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Ilker Fer 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 Ilker Fer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 197 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Ilker Fer 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 Ilker Fer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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  • 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

  • Ocean internal wave spectra inferred from seismic reflection transects

    W. Steven Holbrook;Ilker Fer

  • OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

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

  • 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

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

    Ilker Fer

  • 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

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

    Ilker Fer;Algot Kristoffer Peterson;Jenny Ullgren

  • Revisiting internal waves and mixing in the Arctic Ocean

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

  • 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

  • Scaling turbulent dissipation in an Arctic fjord

    Ilker Fer

  • Intense mixing of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow

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

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

    Ilker Fer;Ragnheid Skogseth;Florian Geyer

  • 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

  • Winter cascading of cold water in Lake Geneva

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

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

    Anders Sirevaag;Anders Sirevaag;Ilker Fer;Ilker Fer

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

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

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

    Ilker Fer;Ulrich Lemmin;S. A. Thorpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Arild Sundfjord
Arild Sundfjord Norwegian Polar Institute
Igor V. Polyakov
Igor V. Polyakov University of Alaska Fairbanks
Frank Nilsen
Frank Nilsen University of Bergen
Keith W. Nicholls
Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council
Lars Henrik Smedsrud
Lars Henrik Smedsrud University of Bergen
Laurie Padman
Laurie Padman Oregon State University
James H. Morison
James H. Morison University of Washington
Vladimir Ivanov
Vladimir Ivanov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Miles G. McPhee
Miles G. McPhee University of Washington
Sebastian Gerland
Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute

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