2026 Peter Wadhams: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	69	1095	970	112	99	276	12312

Overview

Peter Wadhams is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science as well as Global and Planetary Change. The scientist's work extends into several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Oceanography, and Social Psychology.

The main topics explored in their research include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate change and permafrost, Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions, Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs.

Wadhams has published in various peer-reviewed journals and venues, with frequent contributions to:

Remote Sensing
Polar Science
Geophysical Research Letters
Entropy
London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Among their recent papers are:

"Arctic sea ice and snow cover albedo variability and trends during the last three decades" (2020, Polar Science)
"Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU's Horizon 2020 Programme" (2020, Remote Sensing)
"The Role of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge in Establishing the Northward Extent of Antarctic Sea-Ice" (2023, Geophysical Research Letters)
"Statistical and Proactive Analysis of an Inter-Laboratory Comparison: The Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin" (2020, Entropy)
"Editorial for the Special Issue "Remote Sensing of the Polar Oceans"" (2022, Remote Sensing)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in related fields. Notable coauthors include Giuseppe Aulicino, P. Di Lazzaro, Anthony C. Atkinson, Paola Iacomussi, and Marco Riani.

Best Publications

Of Ocean Waves and Sea Ice

Vernon A. Squire;John P. Dugan;Peter Wadhams;Philip J. Rottier

507
Citations
The attenuation rates of ocean waves in the marginal ice zone

Peter Wadhams;Vernon A. Squire;Dougal J. Goodman;Andrew M. Cowan

379
Citations
Ice in the ocean

Peter Wadhams

366
Citations
The ice thickness distribution across the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic Ocean in midwinter

Peter Wadhams;Manfred A. Lange;Stephen F. Ackley

337
Citations
Correcting a fundamental error in greenhouse gas accounting related to bioenergy

Helmut Haberl;Detlef Sprinz;Marc Bonazountas;Pierluigi Cocco

280
Citations
Further evidence of ice thinning in the Arctic Ocean

Peter Wadhams;Norman R. Davis

258
Citations
Development of sea ice in the Weddell Sea

M. A. Lange;S. F. Ackley;P. Wadhams;Gerhard Dieckmann

244
Citations
The Seasonal Ice Zone

Peter Wadhams

211
Citations
The freshwater budget of the Arctic Ocean

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207
Citations
Characteristics and distribution patterns of snow and meteoric ice in the Weddell Sea and their contribution to the mass balance of sea ice

Hajo Eicken;Manfred A. Lange;Peter Wadhams

203
Citations
An Analysis Of Ice Profiles Obtained By Submarine Sonar In The Beaufort Sea

P. Wadhams;R. J. Horne

195
Citations
The ice cover in the Greenland and Norwegian seas

Peter Wadhams

187
Citations
Sea-Ice Topography of the Arctic Ocean in the Region 70 degrees W to 25 degrees E

P. Wadhams

180
Citations
Measurements beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using an autonomous underwater vehicle

K. W. Nicholls;E. P. Abrahamsen;J. J. H. Buck;P. A. Dodd

178
Citations
Abrupt climate change in the Arctic

Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Timothy M. Lenton;Peter Wadhams;Paul Wassmann

175
Citations
The Effect of the Marginal Ice Zone on the Directional Wave Spectrum of the Ocean

Peter Wadhams;Vernon A. Squire;J. A. Ewing;R. W. Pascal

168
Citations
Climate science: Vast costs of Arctic change

Gail Whiteman;Chris Hope;Peter Wadhams

167
Citations
Evidence for thinning of the Arctic ice cover north of Greenland

Peter Wadhams

167
Citations
Attenuation of swell by sea ice

Peter Wadhams

164
Citations
Relationship between sea ice freeboard and draft in the Arctic Basin, and implications for ice thickness monitoring

P. Wadhams;W. B. Tucker;W. B. Krabill;R. N. Swift

155
Citations
A new view of the underside of Arctic sea ice

P. Wadhams;P. Wadhams;J. P. Wilkinson;S. D. McPhail

139
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Thomson University of Washington

Vernon A. Squire University of Otago

Stephen F. Ackley The University of Texas at San Antonio

Josefino C. Comiso Goddard Space Flight Center

Hans C. Graber University of Miami

Manfred A. Lange Cyprus Institute

Fabrice Ardhuin French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council

Alexander V. Babanin University of Melbourne

Ola M. Johannessen Nansen Scientific Society

External Links

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