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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 47 4035 3703 1571 1394 149 7944

Martin Truffer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Martin Truffer between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Martin Truffer published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 7.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2022. 27 of the 199 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2022. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 11 publications
1998 2025

199 publications in total across all disciplines

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Martin Truffer: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 1
2001 1
2002 1
2003 3
2004 2
2005 2
2006 4
2007 7
2008 11
2009 4
2010 7
2011 4
2012 10
2013 8
2014 4
2015 7
2016 12
2017 11
2018 5
2019 14
2020 8
2021 13
2022 20
2023 11
2024 16
2025 11
Total 199
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Martin Truffer 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 Truffer 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, 148–157 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: 149 publications — 38th percentile

38% 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
148–157 495 149
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
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 Truffer 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 Truffer 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 47
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
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 Truffer is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change, and Geophysics. Their work covers a range of topics including cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, landslides and related hazards, winter sports injuries and performance, geology and paleoclimatology research, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Truffer has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Glaciology
  • The Cryosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers featuring or connected to Truffer's work cover significant topics in glaciology and climate science:

  • "The Scientific Legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge," 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Brief communication: A roadmap towards credible projections of ice sheet contribution to sea level," 2021, The Cryosphere
  • "Two decades of dynamic change and progressive destabilization on the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf," 2021, The Cryosphere
  • "Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica," 2022, The Cryosphere
  • "Greenland Mass Trends From Airborne and Satellite Altimetry During 2011-2020," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • T. A. Scambos
  • Erin C. Pettit
  • Karen E. Alley
  • Christian T. Wild
  • Atsuhiro Muto

Truffer's research integrates data from diverse sources and explores processes affecting the cryosphere, especially related to ice sheet dynamics, permafrost, and climate interactions. The range of coauthors and diverse publication venues reflect an interdisciplinary approach to environmental and planetary scientific questions.

Best Publications

  • Ice mélange dynamics and implications for terminus stability, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

    J. M. Amundson;M. Fahnestock;M. Truffer;J. Brown

  • Contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to sea level over the next millennium

    Andy Aschwanden;Mark A. Fahnestock;Martin Truffer;Douglas J. Brinkerhoff

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

    Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Continued evolution of Jakobshavn Isbrae following its rapid speedup

    Ian Joughin;Ian M. Howat;Mark Fahnestock;Ben Smith

  • Submarine melting of the 1985 Jakobshavn Isbræ floating tongue and the triggering of the current retreat

    Roman J. Motyka;Martin Truffer;Mark Fahnestock;John Mortensen

  • Ice-front variation and tidewater behavior on Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq Glaciers, Greenland

    Ian Joughin;Ian Howat;Richard B. Alley;Goran Ekstrom

  • Seasonal to decadal scale variations in the surface velocity of Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland: Observation and model-based analysis

    Ian Joughin;Ben E. Smith;Ian M. Howat;Dana Floricioiu

  • 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

  • Where glaciers meet water: Subaqueous melt and its relevance to glaciers in various settings

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  • Challenges to Understanding the Dynamic Response of Greenland's Marine Terminating Glaciers to Oceanic and Atmospheric Forcing

    Fiammetta Straneo;Patrick Heimbach;Olga Sergienko;Gordon Hamilton

  • Glacier motion dominated by processes deep in underlying till

    M. Truffer;W. D. Harrison;K. A. Echelmeyer

  • Glacier, fjord, and seismic response to recent large calving events, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

    Jason M. Amundson;M. Truffer;M. P. Luthi;M. Fahnestock

  • Sub-ice-shelf sediments record history of twentieth-century retreat of Pine Island Glacier

    J. A. Smith;T. J. Andersen;M. Shortt;A. M. Gaffney

  • Complex Greenland outlet glacier flow captured

    Andy Aschwanden;Mark A. Fahnestock;Martin Truffer

  • Channelized Ice Melting in the Ocean Boundary Layer Beneath Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

    T. P. Stanton;W. J. Shaw;M. Truffer;H. F. J. Corr

  • Seasonal and interannual variations in ice melange and its impact on terminus stability, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

    Ryan Cassotto;Mark Fahnestock;Jason M. Amundson;Martin Truffer

  • On the seasonal freshwater stratification in the proximity of fast-flowing tidewater outlet glaciers in a sub-Arctic sill fjord

    J. Mortensen;J. Bendtsen;R. J. Motyka;K. Lennert

  • Of isbræ and ice streams

    Martin Truffer;Keith A. Echelmeyer

  • Flotation and retreat of a lake-calving terminus, Mendenhall Glacier, southeast Alaska, USA

    Unknown

  • Using surface velocities to calculate ice thickness and bed topography: a case study at Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA

    R.W. McNabb;R. Hock;Shad O'Neel;Lowell A. Rasmussen

  • Implications of till deformation on glacier dynamics

    Martin Truffer;Keith A. Echelmeyer;William D. Harrison

  • Contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to Sea-Level over the Next Millennium

    A. Aschwanden;M. A. Fahnestock;M. Truffer;D. J. Brinkerhoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Regine Hock
Regine Hock University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ted A. Scambos
Ted A. Scambos University of Colorado Boulder
Ian M. Howat
Ian M. Howat The Ohio State University
Shad O'Neel
Shad O'Neel United States Geological Survey
Mark Fahnestock
Mark Fahnestock University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eugene W. Domack
Eugene W. Domack University of South Florida
Andy Aschwanden
Andy Aschwanden University of Alaska Fairbanks
Martin P. Lüthi
Martin P. Lüthi University of Zurich
William D. Harrison
William D. Harrison University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington

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