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Reinhard Dietrich

Reinhard Dietrich

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
4270
World Ranking
9192
National Ranking
556

Reinhard Dietrich 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 Reinhard Dietrich sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 206 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Reinhard Dietrich 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 Reinhard Dietrich sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Reinhard Dietrich is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics covered in their work involve cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, earthquake and tectonic studies, winter sports injuries and performance, geological and geochemical analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Dietrich has published in a range of scholarly venues, with frequent contributions appearing in Frontiers in Earth Science, Tectonics, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Journal of Glaciology, and Polarforschung.

  • Surface Mass Balance Models Vs. Stake Observations: A Comparison in the Lake Vostok Region, Central East Antarctica (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • Horizontal and Vertical Deformation Rates Linked to the Magallanes-Fagnano Fault, Tierra Del Fuego: Reconciling Geological and Geodetic Observations by Modeling the Current Seismic Cycle (2021, Tectonics)
  • Perito Moreno Glacier dam rupture - A recurrent natural experiment to probe solid-earth elasticity (2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)
  • The hydrostatic control of load-induced height changes above subglacial Lake Vostok (2022, Journal of Glaciology)
  • Auf den Spuren von Erich von Drygalski am Großen Karajak-Gletscher in Grönland (2024, Polarforschung)

Frequent co-authors in Dietrich's research include Mirko Scheinert, Andreas Richter, Andreas Groh, С. В. Попов, and Martin Horwath.

  • Mirko Scheinert
  • Andreas Richter
  • Andreas Groh
  • С. В. Попов
  • Martin Horwath

Best Publications

  • Reprocessing of a global GPS network

    P. Steigenberger;M. Rothacher;R. Dietrich;M. Fritsche

  • Impact of higher‐order ionospheric terms on GPS estimates

    M. Fritsche;R. Dietrich;C. Knöfel;A. Rülke

  • On-land ice loss and glacial isostatic adjustment at the drake passage: 2003-2009

    Erik R. Ivins;Michael M. Watkins;Dah Ning Yuan;Reinhard Dietrich

  • Four decades of Antarctic surface elevation changes from multi-mission satellite altimetry

    Ludwig Schröder;Ludwig Schröder;Martin Horwath;Reinhard Dietrich;Veit Helm

  • ITRF coordinates and plate velocities from repeated GPS campaigns in Antarctica – an analysis based on different individual solutions

    R. Dietrich;R. Dach;G. Engelhardt;J. Ihde

  • Signal and error in mass change inferences from GRACE: the case of Antarctica

    Martin Horwath;Reinhard Dietrich

  • Validation of precipitable water vapor within the NCEP/DOE reanalysis using global GPS observations from one decade.

    Sibylle Vey;Reinhard Dietrich;Axel Rülke;Mathias Fritsche

  • Rapid crustal uplift in Patagonia due to enhanced ice loss

    R. Dietrich;E.R. Ivins;G. Casassa;H. Lange

  • Volume and mass changes of the Greenland ice sheet inferred from ICESat and GRACE

    H. Ewert;A. Groh;R. Dietrich

  • Plate kinematics and deformation status of the Antarctic Peninsula based on GPS

    Reinhard Dietrich;Axel Rülke;Johannes Ihde;Klaus Lindner

  • On the homogeneity and interpretation of precipitable water time series derived from global GPS observations

    S. Vey;R. Dietrich;M. Fritsche;A. Rülke

  • A processing system to monitor Greenland outlet glacier velocity variations at decadal and seasonal time scales utilizing the Landsat imagery

    R. Rosenau;M. Scheinert;R. Dietrich

  • An investigation of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment over the Amundsen Sea sector, West Antarctica

    A. Groh;H. Ewert;M. Scheinert;M. Fritsche

  • Global surface mass from a new combination of GRACE, modelled OBP and reprocessed GPS data

    Roelof Rietbroek;M. Fritsche;Sandra-Esther Brunnabend;I. Daras

  • Geodetic observation of sea-level change and crustal deformation in the Baltic Sea region

    A. Richter;A. Groh;R. Dietrich

  • Influence of tides and tidal current on Mertz Glacier, Antarctica

    Benoît Legrésy;Anja Wendt;Ignazio Tabacco;Frédérique Rémy

  • Present-day vertical crustal deformations in West Greenland from repeated GPS observations

    R. Dietrich;A. Rülke;M. Scheinert

  • Grounding line migration and high‐resolution calving dynamics of Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland

    R. Rosenau;E. Schwalbe;H.-G. Maas;M. Baessler

  • Realization of the Terrestrial Reference System by a reprocessed global GPS network

    A. Rülke;R. Dietrich;M. Fritsche;M. Rothacher

  • Potential of reflected GNSS signals for ice sheet remote sensing

    M. Wiehl;B. Legrésy;R. Dietrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Steigenberger
Peter Steigenberger German Aerospace Center
Rolf Dach
Rolf Dach University of Bern
Erik R. Ivins
Erik R. Ivins California Institute of Technology
Urs Hugentobler
Urs Hugentobler Technical University of Munich
Gino Casassa
Gino Casassa University of Magallanes
Jürgen Kusche
Jürgen Kusche University of Bonn
Veit Helm
Veit Helm Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Wilfried Jokat
Wilfried Jokat University of Bremen
Sergio A. Marenssi
Sergio A. Marenssi University of Buenos Aires

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