Jeffrey S. Kargel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jeffrey S. Kargel between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jeffrey S. Kargel published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 9.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2008. 22 of the 376 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20 25

1988 2025

376 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jeffrey S. Kargel: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year	Publications
1988	1
1989	1
1990	3
1991	16
1992	8
1993	5
1994	4
1995	8
1996	6
1997	4
1998	5
1999	2
2000	8
2001	5
2002	6
2003	11
2004	10
2005	7
2006	10
2007	22
2008	29
2009	13
2010	15
2011	8
2012	8
2013	8
2014	29
2015	18
2016	14
2017	6
2018	10
2019	14
2020	15
2021	9
2022	11
2023	5
2024	14
2025	8
Total	376

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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.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 334 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.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
38–47	5
48–57	33
58–67	94
68–77	161
78–87	278
88–97	376
98–107	404
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557
138–147	491
148–157	495
158–167	458
168–177	490
178–187	414
188–197	401
198–207	333
208–217	292
218–227	290
228–237	262
238–247	243
248–257	208
258–267	185
268–277	147
278–287	128
288–297	119
298–307	120
308–317	107
318–327	93
328–337	87	334
338–347	64
348–357	87
358–367	60
368–377	60
378–387	34
388–397	50
398–407	44
408–417	31
418–427	39
428–437	27
438–447	36
448–457	27
458–467	29
468–477	30
478–487	19
488–497	15
498–507	18
508–517	19
518–527	16
528–537	10
538–547	11
548–557	14
558–567	11
568–577	7
578–587	14
588–597	5
598–602	4
603+	100

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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.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	144
31	215
32	278
33	379
34	366
35	372
36	389
37	366
38	344
39	349
40	296
41	289
42	277
43	279
44	248
45	257
46	212
47	202
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178
52	182
53	178
54	163
55	117
56	163
57	120
58	113
59	136
60	135
61	96
62	103
63	83
64	103
65	83
66	89
67	92
68	89
69	78
70	75
71	53
72	62
73	54
74	35
75	52
76	50	76
77	32
78	37
79	20
80	33
81	36
82	34
83	34
84	24
85	19
86	18
87	26
88	30
89	17
90	21
91	19
92	15
93	14
94	20
95	9
96	10
97	15
98	13
99	3
100	13
101	3
102	9
103	4
104	6
105	6
106+	98

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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

2345
Citations
Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

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

1785
Citations
Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars

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

851
Citations
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

734
Citations
Voyager 2 at neptune: imaging science results.

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

653
Citations
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

572
Citations
Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990

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

556
Citations
Europa's Crust and Ocean: Origin, Composition, and the Prospects for Life

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

551
Citations
Climate Change and the Global Pattern of Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

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

403
Citations
Review of the status and mass changes of Himalayan-Karakoram glaciers

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

351
Citations
Multispectral imaging contributions to global land ice measurements from space

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

350
Citations
Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

Andreas Kääb;Silvan Leinss;Adrien Gilbert;Yves Bühler

345
Citations
Ancient glaciation on Mars

Jeffrey S. Kargel;Robert G. Strom

318
Citations
Brine volcanism and the interior structures of asteroids and icy satellites

Jeffrey S. Kargel

315
Citations
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

308
Citations
Glaciohydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram.

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

238
Citations
Mars--A Warmer, Wetter Planet

Jeffrey S. Kargel

208
Citations
Glacier Monitoring From Aster Imagery: Accuracy and Applications

A. Kääb;F. Paul;C. Huggel;H. Kieffer

205
Citations
Channels and valleys on Venus: Preliminary analysis of Magellan data

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

205
Citations
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

202
Citations
Global land ice measurements from space

Jeffrey S. Kargel

191
Citations
Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?

Andreas Kääb;Mylène Jacquemart;Adrien Gilbert;Silvan Leinss

184
Citations
Erratum: Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars

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

113
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor R. Baker University of Arizona

Alberto G. Fairén Cornell University

David C. Catling University of Washington

Umesh K. Haritashya University of Dayton

Andreas Kääb University of Oslo

Hideaki Miyamoto University of Tokyo

Robert G. Strom University of Arizona

Goro Komatsu International Research School of Planetary Sciences

Christian Huggel University of Zurich

Frank Paul University of Zurich

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