2026 Ilker Fer: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	46	4263	3919	50	45	197	7166

Overview

Ilker Fer is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing substantially to Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Ocean Engineering.

The central themes of Ilker Fer's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Climate variability and models, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

The scientist has a record of publications in several notable venues such as:

Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Ocean Science
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
Journal of Physical Oceanography
The Nansen Legacy Report Series

Among recent publications, the following papers highlight Ilker Fer's research contributions:

Tidally Forced Lee Waves Drive Turbulent Mixing Along the Arctic Ocean Margins, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography, 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
Weakening of Cold Halocline Layer Exposes Sea Ice to Oceanic Heat in the Eastern Arctic Ocean, 2020, Journal of Climate
Storms drive outgassing of CO2 in the subpolar Southern Ocean, 2022, Nature Communications
Intensification of Near-Surface Currents and Shear in the Eastern Arctic Ocean, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Collaboration forms a significant part of Ilker Fer's research network. Frequent co-authors include:

Zoé Koenig
Till M. Baumann
Eivind Kolås
Kirstin Schulz
Mario Hoppmann

Best Publications

Global Patterns of Diapycnal Mixing from Measurements of the Turbulent Dissipation Rate

Amy F. Waterhouse;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash;Matthew H. Alford

562
Citations
On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

424
Citations
Toward Quantifying the Increasing Role of Oceanic Heat in Sea Ice Loss in the New Arctic

Eddy Carmack;Igor V. Polyakov;Laurie Padman;Ilker Fer

339
Citations
Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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237
Citations
Advances in understanding and parameterization of small-scale physical processes in the marine Arctic climate system : a review

Timo Vihma;Timo Vihma;R. Pirazzini;I. Fer;I. A. Renfrew

196
Citations
Ocean internal wave spectra inferred from seismic reflection transects

W. Steven Holbrook;Ilker Fer

189
Citations
OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

152
Citations
Weakening of cold halocline layer exposes sea ice to oceanic heat in the eastern Arctic Ocean

Igor V. Polyakov;Igor V. Polyakov;Tom P. Rippeth;Ilker Fer;Matthew B. Alkire

142
Citations
Weak Vertical Diffusion Allows Maintenance of Cold Halocline in the Central Arctic

Ilker Fer

141
Citations
Observations of turbulent mixing and hydrography in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea

Arild Sundfjord;Arild Sundfjord;Arild Sundfjord;Ilker Fer;Ilker Fer;Yoshie Kasajima;Yoshie Kasajima;Harald Svendsen

135
Citations
Microstructure Measurements from an Underwater Glider in the Turbulent Faroe Bank Channel Overflow

Ilker Fer;Algot Kristoffer Peterson;Jenny Ullgren

126
Citations
Revisiting internal waves and mixing in the Arctic Ocean

John D. Guthrie;James H. Morison;Ilker Fer

118
Citations
Winter storms accelerate the demise of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean.

Robert M. Graham;Polona Itkin;Amelie Meyer;Amelie Meyer;Arild Sundfjord

111
Citations
Scaling turbulent dissipation in an Arctic fjord

Ilker Fer

110
Citations
Intense mixing of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow

Ilker Fer;Ilker Fer;Gunnar Voet;Knut S. Seim;Bert Rudels;Bert Rudels

103
Citations
Internal Waves and Mixing in the Marginal Ice Zone near the Yermak Plateau

Ilker Fer;Ragnheid Skogseth;Florian Geyer

99
Citations
Turbulent heat and momentum fluxes in the upper ocean under Arctic sea ice

Algot Kristoffer Peterson;Algot Kristoffer Peterson;Ilker Fer;Ilker Fer;Miles G. McPhee;Achim Randelhoff

98
Citations
Winter cascading of cold water in Lake Geneva

Ilker Fer;Ilker Fer;Ulrich Lemmin;S. A. Thorpe

92
Citations
Vertical heat transfer in the Arctic Ocean: The role of double-diffusive mixing

Anders Sirevaag;Anders Sirevaag;Ilker Fer;Ilker Fer

90
Citations
Observed vulnerability of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to wind-driven inflow of warm deep water

Elin Maria K. Darelius;Ilker Fer;Keith W. Nicholls

78
Citations
Cascading of water down the sloping sides of a deep lake in winter

Ilker Fer;Ulrich Lemmin;S. A. Thorpe

76
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arild Sundfjord Norwegian Polar Institute

Igor V. Polyakov University of Alaska Fairbanks

Frank Nilsen University of Bergen

Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council

Lars Henrik Smedsrud University of Bergen

Laurie Padman Oregon State University

James H. Morison University of Washington

Vladimir Ivanov Lomonosov Moscow State University

Miles G. McPhee University of Washington

Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute

External Links

Personal website of Ilker Fer

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