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Martin Funk

Martin Funk

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
54
Citations
9631
World Ranking
2728
National Ranking
73

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.

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38 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.

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.

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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.

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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