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Matthias Huss publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Huss sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 315 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Matthias Huss D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Huss sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Matthias Huss is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Atmospheric Science. Their research focuses primarily on cryospheric studies and observations, climate change impacts on permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and related environmental processes.

They have authored numerous papers published across reputable venues, including Nature, Science, Earth's Future, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Nature Climate Change. Notable recent papers include:

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise, 2021, Nature
  • Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters, 2023, Science
  • Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change, 2020, Earth's Future
  • The New Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2016: From a Topographical to a Glaciological Dataset, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

Their frequent co-authors include Daniel Farinotti, Harry Zekollari, Fabien Maussion, David R. Rounce, and Regine Hock. Collaborations with these researchers have resulted in numerous publications contributing to understanding glacier dynamics and climate impacts.

Publications by Matthias Huss are commonly found in these venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Nature
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Their main research fields include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Matthias Huss's work spans subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology

Their research addresses key topics including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Climate variability and models
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Matthias Huss has established a significant body of work that contributes to scientific understanding of glaciers, ice sheets, and their response to environmental change, integrating observational data and modeling efforts.

Best Publications

  • Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early twenty-first century

    Romain Hugonnet;Romain Hugonnet;Romain Hugonnet;Robert McNabb;Robert McNabb;Etienne Berthier;Brian Menounos

  • Global-scale hydrological response to future glacier mass loss

    Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016

    Michael Zemp;Matthias Huss;E Thibert;N Eckert

  • A consensus estimate for the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers on Earth

    Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Johannes J. Fürst;Johannes Marian Landmann;Johannes Marian Landmann

  • Density assumptions for converting geodetic glacier volume change to mass change

    Matthias Huss

  • The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges

    Martin Beniston;Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Markus Stoffel;Liss M. Andreassen

  • Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters

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  • Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice

    Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;B Bookhagen;Christian Huggel;Dean Jacobsen

  • A new model for global glacier change and sea-level rise

    Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Distributed ice thickness and volume of all glaciers around the globe

    Matthias Huss;Daniel Farinotti

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

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

    Matthias Huss;Daniel Farinotti;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

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

    Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation

    Guoxiong Zheng;Guoxiong Zheng;Simon Keith Allen;Simon Keith Allen;Anming Bao;Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas

  • Present and future contribution of glacier storage change to runoff from macroscale drainage basins in Europe

    Matthias Huss

  • Reanalysing glacier mass balance measurement series

    M. Zemp;E. Thibert;M. Huss;D. Stumm

  • Future high-mountain hydrology: a new parameterization of glacier retreat

    Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Guillaume Jouvet;Daniel Farinotti;Andreas Bauder

  • Estimating the volume of glaciers in the Himalayan–Karakoram region using different methods

    H. Frey;Horst Machguth;Matthias Huss;C. Huggel

  • GlacierMIP - A model intercomparison of global-scale glacier mass-balance models and projections

    Regine Hock;Andrew Bliss;B. E.N. Marzeion;Rianne H. Giesen

  • Robust changes and sources of uncertainty in the projected hydrological regimes of Swiss catchments

    Nans Addor;Ole Kristen Rössler;Nina Köplin;Nina Köplin;Matthias Huss

  • Modelling the future evolution of glaciers in the European Alps under the EURO-CORDEX RCM ensemble

    Harry Zekollari;Harry Zekollari;Harry Zekollari;Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti

  • High mountain areas

    Regine Hock;Golam Rasul;Carolina Adler;Bolivar Cáceres

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Bauder
Andreas Bauder ETH Zurich
Martin Funk
Martin Funk ETH Zurich
Martin Hoelzle
Martin Hoelzle University of Fribourg
Regine Hock
Regine Hock University of Alaska Fairbanks
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
Michael Zemp
Michael Zemp University of Zurich
Nadine Salzmann
Nadine Salzmann University of Fribourg
Rolf Weingartner
Rolf Weingartner University of Bern
Frank Paul
Frank Paul University of Zurich

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