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Martin Funk

Martin Funk

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 54 2728 2487 73 69 188 9631

Martin Funk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Martin Funk between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Martin Funk published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2016. 5 of the 202 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2016. 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 4 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 1 publication
1984 2025

202 publications in total across all disciplines

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Martin Funk: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 2
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 1
1992 2
1993 1
1994 3
1995 0
1996 1
1997 3
1998 0
1999 3
2000 4
2001 2
2002 6
2003 7
2004 7
2005 4
2006 5
2007 8
2008 13
2009 10
2010 16
2011 11
2012 6
2013 5
2014 9
2015 6
2016 18
2017 10
2018 7
2019 6
2020 10
2021 3
2022 1
2023 4
2024 4
2025 1
Total 202
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Martin Funk 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 Martin Funk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 188–197 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 188 publications — 58th percentile

58% 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
188–197 401 188
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
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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Martin Funk 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 Martin Funk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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 54
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
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

Martin Funk is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions also in Medicine. Their main research domains include Atmospheric Science and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, with additional work related to Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Geophysics.

The core topics in Martin Funk's research encompass:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis

Among the recent publications associated with Martin Funk are:

  • "Hydromechanical Rock Slope Damage During Late Pleistocene and Holocene Glacial Cycles in an Alpine Valley" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "Numerical Modeling Shows Increased Fracturing Due to Melt-Undercutting Prior to Major Calving at Bowdoin Glacier" (2020), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Rapidly changing glaciers, ocean and coastal environments, and their impact on human society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland" (2020), published in Polar Science
  • "Englacial Warming Indicates Deep Crevassing in Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland" (2020), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Thinning leads to calving-style changes at Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland" (2021), published in The Cryosphere

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Guillaume Jouvet
  • Eef van Dongen
  • Andreas Bauder
  • Shin Sugiyama
  • Douglas I. Benn

The scientist's work has appeared in several publication venues, with multiple papers in:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Polar Science

Best Publications

  • Climate at the equilibrium line of glaciers

    Atsumu Ohmura;Peter Kasser;Martin Funk

  • Modelling runoff from highly glacierized alpine drainage basins in a changing climate

    Matthias Huss;Daniel Farinotti;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • An enhanced temperature-index glacier melt model including the shortwave radiation balance: development and testing for Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Francesca Pellicciotti;Ben Brock;Ulrich Strasser;Paolo Burlando

  • A method to estimate the ice volume and ice-thickness distribution of alpine glaciers

    Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Determination of the seasonal mass balance of four Alpine glaciers since 1865

    M. Huss;A. Bauder;M. Funk;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Runoff evolution in the Swiss Alps: projections for selected high-alpine catchments based on ENSEMBLES scenarios

    Daniel Farinotti;Stephanie Usselmann;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder

  • Modelling last glacial cycle ice dynamics in the Alps

    Julien Seguinot;Julien Seguinot;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Guillaume Jouvet;Matthias Huss

  • Homogenization of long-term mass-balance time series

    Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Ice-volume changes of selected glaciers in the Swiss Alps since the end of the 19th century

    Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk;Matthias Huss

  • Mechanisms of fast flow in Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland. Part III. Measurements of ice deformation, temperature and cross-borehole conductivity in boreholes to the bedrock

    Martin Lüthi;Martin Funk;Almut Iken;Shivaprasad Gogineni

  • An estimate of the glacier ice volume in the Swiss Alps

    Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Flow dynamics of tidewater glaciers: a numerical modelling approach

    Andreas Vieli;Martin Funk;Heinz Blatter

  • Glacier-dammed lake outburst events of Gornersee, Switzerland

    Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Mauro Werder;Martin Funk

  • 100‐year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

    Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Regine Hock;Regine Hock;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Dynamic damage model of crevasse opening and application to glacier calving

    A. Pralong;M. Funk

  • Mechanisms of fast flow in Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland. I: Measurements of temperature and water level in deep boreholes

    Almut Iken;Keith A. Echelmeyer;William D. Harrison;Martin Funk

  • A comparison of empirical and physically based glacier surface melt models for long-term simulations of glacier response

    Jeannette Gabbi;Marco Carenzo;Francesca Pellicciotti;Andreas Bauder

  • Modelling the retreat of Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland, in a changing climate

    Guillaume Jouvet;Matthias Huss;Martin Funk;Heinz Blatter

  • Solving the paradox of the end of the Little Ice Age in the Alps

    Christian Vincent;Emmanuel Le Meur;Delphine Six;Martin Funk

  • Glaciochemical dating of an ice core from upper Grenzgletscher (4200 m a.s.l.)

    Anja Eichler;Margit Schwikowski;Heinz W. Gäggeler;Verena Furrer

  • Modelling last glacial cycle ice dynamics in the Alps

    Julien Seguinot;Guillaume Jouvet;Matthias Huss;Martin Funk

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Bauder
Andreas Bauder ETH Zurich
Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Martin P. Lüthi
Martin P. Lüthi University of Zurich
Heinz Blatter
Heinz Blatter ETH Zurich
Christian Vincent
Christian Vincent Grenoble Alpes University
Fabian Walter
Fabian Walter ETH Zurich
Regine Hock
Regine Hock University of Alaska Fairbanks
Margit Schwikowski
Margit Schwikowski Paul Scherrer Institute

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