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2022

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 65 1444 1283 16 15 199 12129

Atle Nesje publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Atle Nesje between 1987 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Atle Nesje published across 38 years, from 1987 to 2024, averaging 5.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2009. 15 of the 211 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2009. 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 3 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 6 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 8 publications
1987 2024

211 publications in total across all disciplines

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Atle Nesje: publications per year, 1987 to 2024
Year Publications
1987 3
1988 2
1989 2
1990 1
1991 3
1992 9
1993 3
1994 8
1995 3
1996 7
1997 3
1998 3
1999 1
2000 6
2001 4
2002 6
2003 11
2004 7
2005 9
2006 4
2007 8
2008 7
2009 17
2010 3
2011 3
2012 7
2013 11
2014 6
2015 3
2016 7
2017 3
2018 4
2019 6
2020 2
2021 5
2022 9
2023 7
2024 8
Total 211
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Atle Nesje publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Atle Nesje sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 198–207 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 199 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333 199
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Atle Nesje D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Atle Nesje sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83 65
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Atle Nesje is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has a research focus primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, most notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Nesje has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Holocene
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Quaternary Research
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Boreas

Their recent papers demonstrate involvement in studies of glaciers, rock glaciers, and geological hazards. Notable works include:

  • A reconstruction of Jostedalsbreen during the Little Ice Age and geometric changes to outlet glaciers since then, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • New evidence for active talus-foot rock glaciers at Øyberget, southern Norway, and their development during the Holocene, 2021, The Holocene
  • Mass balance and hydrological modeling of the Hardangerjøkulen ice cap in south-central Norway, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Evidence for rapid paraglacial formation of rock glaciers in southern Norway from 10Be surface-exposure dating, 2020, Quaternary Research
  • Anatomy of a Catastrophe: Reconstructing the 1936 Rock Fall and Tsunami Event in Lake Lovatnet, Western Norway, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

Among frequent collaborators are Jacob C. Yde, John A. Matthews, Henriette Linge, Stefan Winkler, and Jonathan L. Carrivick, suggesting a network of research partnerships focused on geological and cryospheric studies.

Best Publications

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations

    Olga N. Solomina;Raymond S. Bradley;Dominic A. Hodgson;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Susan Ivy-Ochs

  • A new approach to calculating Holocene winter precipitation by combining glacier equilibrium-line altitudes and pine-tree limits: a case stud from Hardangerjokulen, central southern Norway:

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations of Flatebreen and winter-precipitation changes in the Jostedalsbreen region, western Norvay, based on glaciolacustrine sediment records:

    Atle Nesje;John A. Matthews;Svein Olaf Dahl;Mark S. Berrisford

  • Norwegian mountain glaciers in the past, present and future

    Atle Nesje;Atle Nesje;Jostein Bakke;Jostein Bakke;Svein Olaf Dahl;Svein Olaf Dahl;Øyvind Lie

  • Quaternary glaciations in southern Fennoscandia: evidence from southwestern Norway and the northern North Sea region

    H.P. Sejrup;E. Larsen;J. Landvik;E.L. King

  • A Piston Corer for Lacustrine and Marine Sediments

    Atle Nesje

  • Holocene glacial and climate history of the Jostedalsbreen region, Western Norway; evidence from lake sediments and terrestrial deposits

    Atle Nesje;Mons Kvamme;Noralf Rye;Reidar Løvlie

  • Latest Pleistocene and Holocene alpine glacier fluctuations in Scandinavia

    Atle Nesje;Atle Nesje

  • The 'Little Ice Age' – only temperature?

    Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years

    Olga N. Solomina;Raymond S. Bradley;Vincent Jomelli;Aslaug Geirsdottir

  • Is the North Atlantic Oscillation reflected in Scandinavian glacier mass balance records

    Atle Nesje;Øyvind Lie;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Glaciers and environmental change

    Atle Nesje;Svein Olat Dahl

  • Paleoclimatic implications based on equilibrium-line altitude depressions of reconstructed Younger Dryas and Holocene cirque glaciers in inner Nordfjord, western Norway

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje

  • The Greenland 8200 cal. yr BP event detected in loss‐on‐ignition profiles in Norwegian lacustrine sediment sequences

    Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Holocene glacier and climate variations in western Norway: Evidence for early Holocene glacier demise and multiple Neoglacial events

    Atle Nesje;Mons Kvamme

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations at Hardangerjøkulen, central-southern Norway: a high-resolution composite chronology from lacustrine and terrestrial deposits:

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje

  • Holocene glacier variations in central Jotunheimen, southern Norway based on distal glaciolacustrine sediment cores

    John A. Matthews;Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje;Mark S. Berrisford

  • Holocene mean July temperature and winter precipitation in western Norway inferred from palynological and glaciological lake-sediment proxies

    Anne Elisabeth Bjune;Jostein Bakke;Atle Nesje;Harry John Betteley Birks

  • THE LAST ICE SHEET IN NORTH-WEST SCOTLAND: RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPLICATIONS

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Danny McCARROLL;Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Glacier fluctuations, equilibrium-line altitudes and palaeoclimate in Lyngen, northern Norway, during the Lateglacial and Holocene

    Jostein Bakke;Svein Olaf Dahl;Øyvind Paasche;Reidar Løvlie

Frequent Co-Authors

Svein Olaf Dahl
Svein Olaf Dahl University of Bergen
Jostein Bakke
Jostein Bakke University of Bergen
John A. Matthews
John A. Matthews Swansea University
Reidar Løvlie
Reidar Løvlie University of Bergen
Danny McCarroll
Danny McCarroll Swansea University
Anne E. Bjune
Anne E. Bjune Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Emmanuel Chapron
Emmanuel Chapron University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Daniel Ariztegui
Daniel Ariztegui University of Geneva
Colin K. Ballantyne
Colin K. Ballantyne University of St Andrews
Margit Schwikowski
Margit Schwikowski Paul Scherrer Institute

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