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Jeffrey S. Kargel 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 Jeffrey S. Kargel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 334 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey S. Kargel 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 Jeffrey S. Kargel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jeffrey S. Kargel is affiliated with the Planetary Science Institute in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including atmospheric science, astronomy and astrophysics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, management, monitoring, policy and law, and water science and technology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics with notable emphasis on cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, winter sports injuries and performance, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, landslides and related hazards, planetary science and exploration, and astro and planetary science.

Frequent collaborators with Jeffrey S. Kargel include Umesh K. Haritashya, C. Scott Watson, Dan H. Shugar, Simon Allen, and J. A. P. Rodriguez, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach and a networked research environment.

Jeffrey S. Kargel's publications appear primarily in venues such as Scientific Reports, The Science of The Total Environment, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Science, and The Cryosphere.

Selected recent papers encompass:

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya (2021, Science)
  • Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990 (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • Glaciohydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram (2021, Science)
  • Annual 30 m dataset for glacial lakes in High Mountain Asia from 2008 to 2017 (2021, Earth System Science Data)
  • Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers - more frequent than thought? (2021, The Cryosphere)

Best Publications

  • The state and fate of Himalayan glaciers

    Tobias Bolch;Tobias Bolch;A Kulkarni;Andreas Kääb;Christian Huggel;Christian Huggel

  • Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

    W W Immerzeel;A F Lutz;M Andrade;M Andrade;A Bahl

  • Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars

    V. R. Baker;R. G. Strom;V. C. Gulick;J. S. Kargel

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

    D. H. Shugar;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;D. Shean;S. Bhushan

  • Voyager 2 at neptune: imaging science results.

    B. A. Smith;L. A. Soderblom;D. Banfield;c. Barnet

  • Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

  • Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990

    Dan H. Shugar;Dan H. Shugar;Aaron Burr;Umesh K. Haritashya;Jeffrey S. Kargel

  • Europa's Crust and Ocean: Origin, Composition, and the Prospects for Life

    Jeffrey S. Kargel;Jonathan Z. Kaye;James W. Head;Giles M. Marion

  • Climate Change and the Global Pattern of Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

    Stephan Harrison;Jeffrey S. Kargel;Christian Huggel;John M. Reynolds

  • Review of the status and mass changes of Himalayan-Karakoram glaciers

    Mohd Farooq Azam;Patrick Wagnon;Etienne Berthier;Christian Vincent

  • Multispectral imaging contributions to global land ice measurements from space

    Jeffrey S. Kargel;Michael J. Abrams;Michael P. Bishop;Andrew Bush

  • Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

    Andreas Kääb;Silvan Leinss;Adrien Gilbert;Yves Bühler

  • Ancient glaciation on Mars

    Jeffrey S. Kargel;Robert G. Strom

  • Brine volcanism and the interior structures of asteroids and icy satellites

    Jeffrey S. Kargel

  • Remote sensing and GIS technology in the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Project

    Bruce Raup;Andreas Kääb;Jeffrey S. Kargel;Michael P. Bishop

  • Glaciohydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram.

    Mohd. Farooq Azam;Jeffrey S. Kargel;Joseph M. Shea;Santosh Nepal

  • Mars--A Warmer, Wetter Planet

    Jeffrey S. Kargel

  • Glacier Monitoring From Aster Imagery: Accuracy and Applications

    A. Kääb;F. Paul;C. Huggel;H. Kieffer

  • Channels and valleys on Venus: Preliminary analysis of Magellan data

    V. R. Baker;G. Komatsu;T. J. Parker;V. C. Gulick

  • Annual 30-meter Dataset for Glacial Lakes in High Mountain Asia from 2008 to 2017

    Fang Chen;Meimei Zhang;Huadong Guo;Simon Allen;Simon Allen

  • Global land ice measurements from space

    Jeffrey S. Kargel

  • Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?

    Andreas Kääb;Mylène Jacquemart;Adrien Gilbert;Silvan Leinss

  • Erratum: Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars

    V. R. Baker;R. G. Strom;V. C. Gulick;J. S. Kargel

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor R. Baker
Victor R. Baker University of Arizona
Alberto G. Fairén
Alberto G. Fairén Cornell University
David C. Catling
David C. Catling University of Washington
Umesh K. Haritashya
Umesh K. Haritashya University of Dayton
Andreas Kääb
Andreas Kääb University of Oslo
Hideaki Miyamoto
Hideaki Miyamoto University of Tokyo
Robert G. Strom
Robert G. Strom University of Arizona
Goro Komatsu
Goro Komatsu International Research School of Planetary Sciences
Christian Huggel
Christian Huggel University of Zurich
Frank Paul
Frank Paul University of Zurich

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