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D-Index
32
Citations
4171
World Ranking
8648
National Ranking
625

Christian Hirt 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 Christian Hirt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 123 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Hirt 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 Christian Hirt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Comparison and validation of recent freely-available ASTER-GDEM ver1, SRTM ver4.1 and GEODATA DEM-9S ver3 digital elevation models over Australia

    Christian Hirt;Michael Filmer;Will Featherstone

  • New ultrahigh‐resolution picture of Earth's gravity field

    Christian Hirt;Sten Claessens;Thomas Fecher;Michael Kuhn

  • Comparison of free high resolution digital elevation data sets (ASTER GDEM2, SRTM v2.1/v4.1) and validation against accurate heights from the Australian National Gravity Database

    Unknown

  • Earth2014: 1 arc-min shape, topography, bedrock and ice-sheet models – Available as gridded data and degree-10,800 spherical harmonics

    Unknown

  • Modern Determination of Vertical Deflections Using Digital Zenith Cameras

    Unknown

  • Combining EGM2008 and SRTM/DTM2006.0 residual terrain model data to improve quasigeoid computations in mountainous areas devoid of gravity data

    Christian Hirt;Will Featherstone;U. Marti

  • Evaluation of the first GOCE static gravity field models using terrestrial gravity, vertical deflections and EGM2008 quasigeoid heights

    Christian Hirt;T. Gruber;Will Featherstone

  • Study of the Earth's short-scale gravity field using the ERTM2160 gravity model

    Christian Hirt;Michael Kuhn;Sten Claessens;Roland Pail

  • The AUSGeoid09 model of the Australian Height Datum

    Will Featherstone;Jonathan Kirby;Christian Hirt;Michael Filmer

  • Accuracy analysis of vertical deflection data observed with the Hannover Digital Zenith Camera System TZK2-D

    Unknown

  • Band-limited topographic mass distribution generates full-spectrum gravity field: Gravity forward modeling in the spectral and spatial domains revisited

    Christian Hirt;Christian Hirt;Michael Kuhn

  • Prediction of vertical deflections from high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis and residual terrain model data

    Unknown

  • Kilometer-resolution gravity field of Mars: MGM2011

    Christian Hirt;Sten Claessens;Michael Kuhn;Will Featherstone

  • Digital Terrain Models

    Unknown

  • The Digital Zenith Camera - A New High-Precision and Economic Astrogeodetic Observation System for Real-Time Measurement of Deflections of the Vertical

    Unknown

  • Topographic/isostatic evaluation of new-generation GOCE gravity field models

    Christian Hirt;Michael Kuhn;Will Featherstone;F. Göttl

  • Artefact detection in global digital elevation models (DEMs): The maximum slope approach and its application for complete screening of the SRTM v4.1 and MERIT DEMs

    Unknown

  • Efficient and accurate high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis of gravity field functionals at the Earth’s surface using the gradient approach

    Unknown

  • Assessment of EGM2008 in Europe using accurate astrogeodetic vertical deflections and omission error estimates from SRTM/DTM2006.0 residual terrain model data

    Christian Hirt;Urs Marti;Beat Burki;Will Featherstone

  • Layer-Based Modelling of the Earth’s Gravitational Potential up to 10-km Scale in Spherical Harmonics in Spherical and Ellipsoidal Approximation

    Moritz Rexer;Christian Hirt;Sten Claessens;Robert Tenzer;Robert Tenzer

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