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Fritz Schlunegger

Fritz Schlunegger

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
58
Citations
10341
World Ranking
2195
National Ranking
63

Fritz Schlunegger 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 Fritz Schlunegger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 336 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fritz Schlunegger 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 Fritz Schlunegger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fritz Schlunegger is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has a research portfolio focused largely on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their publications span numerous subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Schlunegger's recent papers offer insights into various geoscientific phenomena. Notable works include:

  • "Climate Change Impacts on Sediment Yield and Debris-Flow Activity in an Alpine Catchment" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "Late-Pleistocene catchment-wide denudation patterns across the European Alps" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Long-wavelength late-Miocene thrusting in the north Alpine foreland: implications for late orogenic processes" (2020), published in Solid Earth
  • "Muon tomography in geoscientific research - A guide to best practice" (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Slab Load Controls Beneath the Alps on the Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Pathways in the Molasse Basin" (2022), published in Geosciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • David Mair
  • Ariel Henrique do Prado
  • Philippos Garefalakis
  • Alexander C. Whittaker
  • Patrick Schläfli

Schlunegger has contributed frequently to several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Solid Earth
  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Geomorphology
  • Geosciences
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

The range and consistency of Schlunegger's work across interdisciplinary subfields and topics related to earth sciences indicate a focus on understanding complex geological and environmental processes, especially in alpine and sedimentary contexts.

Best Publications

  • The role of landslides in mountain range evolution.

    Oliver Korup;Alexander L. Densmore;Fritz Schlunegger

  • Direct measurement of channel erosion by debris flows, Illgraben, Switzerland

    C. Berger;B. W. McArdell;F. Schlunegger

  • Rill development and soil erosion: a laboratory study of slope and rainfall intensity

    Catherine Berger;Marcel Schulze;Dirk Rieke-Zapp;Fritz Schlunegger

  • Climate-induced rebound and exhumation of the European Alps

    Charlotte E. Cederbom;Hugh D. Sinclair;Fritz Schlunegger;Meinert K. Rahn

  • Messinian climate change and erosional destruction of the central European Alps

    Sean D. Willett;Fritz Schlunegger;Vincenzo Picotti

  • River loads and modern denudation of the Alps — A review

    Matthias Hinderer;Martin Kastowski;Achim Kamelger;Carlo Bartolini

  • Denudation rates and a topography-driven rainfall threshold in northern Chile: Multiple cosmogenic nuclide data and sediment yield budgets

    Florian Kober;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Fritz Schlunegger;Heinrich Baur

  • A review of terrestrial radar interferometry for measuring surface change in the geosciences

    Rafael Caduff;Fritz Schlunegger;Andrew Kos;Andreas Wiesmann

  • OSL quartz age underestimation due to unstable signal components

    Damian Steffen;Frank Preusser;Fritz Schlunegger

  • Sediment transfer patterns at the Illgraben catchment, Switzerland: Implications for the time scales of debris flow activities

    Catherine Berger;Brian W. McArdell;Fritz Schlunegger

  • Unsteady and spatially variable evolution of the Neogene Andean Bermejo foreland basin, Argentina

    T.E. Jordan;F. Schlunegger;N. Cardozo

  • Erosion-driven uplift of the modern Central Alps

    Jean-Daniel Champagnac;Fritz Schlunegger;Kevin Norton;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • Pleistocene/Holocene climate change, re-establishment of fluvial drainage network and increase in relief in the Swiss Alps

    Fritz Schlunegger;Matthias Hinderer

  • Limits of sediment transfer in an alpine debris-flow catchment, Illgraben, Switzerland

    Fritz Schlunegger;Alexandre Badoux;Brian W. McArdell;Corina Gwerder

  • The molybdenum isotopic composition in river water: Constraints from small catchments

    N. Neubert;N. Neubert;A.R. Heri;A.R. Heri;A.R. Voegelin;T.F. Nägler

  • The Swiss Alps and their peripheral foreland basin: Stratigraphic response to deep crustal processes

    O. A. Pfiffner;F. Schlunegger;S. J. H. Buiter

  • Topographic evolution and morphology of surfaces evolving in response to coupled fluvial and hillslope sediment transport

    Guy Simpson;Fritz Schlunegger;Fritz Schlunegger

  • Slab rollback orogeny in the Alps and evolution of the Swiss Molasse basin

    Fritz Schlunegger;Eduard Kissling

  • Spatial and temporal variations in exhumation of the central Swiss Alps and implications for exhumation mechanisms

    Fritz Schlunegger;Sean Willett

  • Climate Change Impacts on Sediment Yield and Debris-Flow Activity in an Alpine Catchment

    Jacob Hirschberg;Jacob Hirschberg;Simone Fatichi;Georgina L. Bennett;Brian W. McArdell

  • Magnetostratigraphic calibration of the Oligocene to Middle Miocene (30-15 Ma) mammal biozones and depositional sequences of the Swiss Molasse Basin

    Fritz Schlunegger;D.W. Burbank;Albert Matter;B. Engesser

Frequent Co-Authors

Naki Akçar
Naki Akçar University of Bern
Marcus Christl
Marcus Christl ETH Zurich
Peter Molnar
Peter Molnar University of Colorado Boulder
Peter W. Kubik
Peter W. Kubik ETH Zurich
Susan Ivy-Ochs
Susan Ivy-Ochs ETH Zurich
Stuart N. Lane
Stuart N. Lane University of Lausanne
Marco Herwegh
Marco Herwegh University of Bern
Brian W. McArdell
Brian W. McArdell Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Christian Schlüchter
Christian Schlüchter University of Bern
Albert Matter
Albert Matter University of Bern

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