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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 40 5910 5469 627 588 149 5303

Noel Gourmelen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Noel Gourmelen between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Noel Gourmelen published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 8.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2023. 19 of the 198 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2023. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 29 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 10 publications
2002 2025

198 publications in total across all disciplines

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Noel Gourmelen: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 2
2004 0
2005 2
2006 4
2007 1
2008 2
2009 3
2010 6
2011 4
2012 6
2013 3
2014 13
2015 14
2016 15
2017 10
2018 17
2019 14
2020 17
2021 9
2022 7
2023 29
2024 9
2025 10
Total 198
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Noel Gourmelen 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 Noel Gourmelen 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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Noel Gourmelen 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 Noel Gourmelen 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, 40 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: 40 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% 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 40
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
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

Noel Gourmelen is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science. Their research spans a broad spectrum within cryospheric studies and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with critical topics in glaciology and ice sheet mass balance. Notable papers include:

  • Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020 (2023, Earth system science data)
  • Review article: Earth's ice imbalance (2021, The Cryosphere)
  • Evolution of Supraglacial Lakes on the Larsen B Ice Shelf in the Decades Before it Collapsed (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023 (2025, Nature)
  • Repeat Subglacial Lake Drainage and Filling Beneath Thwaites Glacier (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)

The following frequent co-authors are associated with Gourmelen's work:

  • Livia Jakob
  • Andrew Shepherd
  • Peter Nienow
  • Paul Tepes
  • Anna E. Hogg

The venues where Gourmelen has most frequently published include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Remote Sensing
  • Nature Communications

Research topics extensively covered by Gourmelen are:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

Subfields relevant to their publications include Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Social Psychology.

Best Publications

  • Twenty-first century glacier slowdown driven by mass loss in High Mountain Asia

    Amaury Dehecq;Amaury Dehecq;Amaury Dehecq;Noel Gourmelen;Noel Gourmelen;Alex S. Gardner;Fanny Brun;Fanny Brun

  • The glaciers climate change initiative: Methods for creating glacier area, elevation change and velocity products

    Frank Paul;Tobias Bolch;Andreas Kääb;Thomas Nagler

  • Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020

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  • Deriving large-scale glacier velocities from a complete satellite archive: Application to the Pamir–Karakoram–Himalaya

    Amaury Dehecq;Noel Gourmelen;Emmanuel Trouve

  • Decadal slowdown of a land-terminating sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet despite warming

    Andrew J. Tedstone;Peter W. Nienow;Noel Gourmelen;Amaury Dehecq;Amaury Dehecq

  • A four-dimensional viscoelastic deformation model for Long Valley Caldera, California, between 1995 and 2000

    Andrew V. Newman;Timothy H. Dixon;Noel Gourmelen

  • Review Article: Earth's ice imbalance

    Thomas Slater;Isobel R. Lawrence;Inès N. Otosaka;Andrew Shepherd

  • Elevation Changes Inferred From TanDEM-X Data Over the Mont-Blanc Area: Impact of the X-Band Interferometric Bias

    Amaury Dehecq;Romain Millan;Etienne Berthier;Noel Gourmelen

  • Ice velocity determined using conventional and multiple-aperture InSAR

    Noel Gourmelen;S.W. Kim;Andrew Shepherd;J.W. Park;J.W. Park

  • InSAR observations of 2007 Tanzania rifting episode reveal mixed fault and dyke extension in an immature continental rift

    Juliet Biggs;Falk Amelung;Noel Gourmelen;Timothy H. Dixon

  • Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier

    J. W. Park;J. W. Park;Noel Gourmelen;Andrew Shepherd;S. W. Kim

  • Postseismic Mantle Relaxation in the Central Nevada Seismic Belt

    Noel Gourmelen;Falk Amelung

  • Mining-related ground deformation in Crescent Valley, Nevada: Implications for sparse GPS networks

    Noel Gourmelen;Falk Amelung;Francesco Casu;Mariarosaria Manzo

  • Connected subglacial lake drainage beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

    Benjamin E. Smith;Noel Gourmelen;Noel Gourmelen;Alexander Huth;Ian Joughin

  • CryoSat-2 swath interferometric altimetry for mapping ice elevation and elevation change

    Noel Gourmelen;Noel Gourmelen;MariaJose Escorihuela;Andrew Shepherd;Luca Foresta

  • Channelized Melting Drives Thinning Under a Rapidly Melting Antarctic Ice Shelf

    Noel Gourmelen;Noel Gourmelen;Dan N. Goldberg;Kate Snow;Sian F. Henley

  • Increased ice flow in Western Palmer Land linked to ocean melting

    Anna E. Hogg;Andrew Shepherd;Stephen L. Cornford;Stephen L. Cornford;Kate H. Briggs

  • How Accurately Should We Model Ice Shelf Melt Rates

    Daniel Goldberg;Noel Gourmelen;S. Kimura;R. Millan

  • Assessing uncertainty in the dynamical ice response to ocean warming in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica

    Isabel J. Nias;Isabel J. Nias;Isabel J. Nias;Stephen L. Cornford;Tamsin L. Edwards;Noel Gourmelen

  • Interferometric synthetic aperture radar–GPS integration: Interseismic strain accumulation across the Hunter Mountain fault in the eastern California shear zone

    Noel Gourmelen;Noel Gourmelen;Falk Amelung;Riccardo Lanari

  • Heterogeneous and rapid ice loss over the Patagonian Ice Fields revealed by CryoSat-2 swath radar altimetry

    Luca Foresta;Noel Gourmelen;Noel Gourmelen;Flora Weissgerber;Peter Nienow

  • Evolution of Supraglacial Lakes on the Larsen B Ice Shelf in the Decades Before it Collapsed

    A. A. Leeson;E. Forster;A. Rice;N. Gourmelen

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Shepherd
Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds
Peter Nienow
Peter Nienow University of Edinburgh
Falk Amelung
Falk Amelung University of Miami
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida
Andrew Sole
Andrew Sole University of Sheffield
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Jeremie Mouginot
Jeremie Mouginot Grenoble Alpes University
Adrian Luckman
Adrian Luckman Swansea University
Etienne Berthier
Etienne Berthier Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
Simon F. B. Tett
Simon F. B. Tett University of Edinburgh

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