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Shfaqat Abbas Khan 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 Shfaqat Abbas Khan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 210 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Shfaqat Abbas Khan 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 Shfaqat Abbas Khan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shfaqat Abbas Khan is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extensively covers subfields including Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Oceanography, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020," 2023, Earth System Science Data
  • "Greenland Ice Sheet solid ice discharge from 1986 through March 2020," 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • "Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023," 2025, Nature
  • "Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Centennial response of Greenland's three largest outlet glaciers," 2020, Nature Communications

Shfaqat Abbas Khan frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth System Science Data
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Journal of Glaciology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • William Colgan
  • Anders Anker Bjørk
  • Mathieu Morlighem
  • Brice Noël
  • Javed Hassan

Best Publications

  • Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet from 1992 to 2017.

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik Ivins;Eric Rignot;Ben Smith

  • Sustained mass loss of the northeast Greenland ice sheet triggered by regional warming

    Shfaqat A. Khan;Kurt H. Kjær;Michael Bevis;Jonathan L. Bamber

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

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  • Spatial and temporal distribution of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet since AD 1900

    Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen;Niels J. Korsgaard;Anders A Bjørk;Shfaqat Abbas Khan

  • Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability

    Valentina R. Barletta;Valentina R. Barletta;Michael Bevis;Benjamin E. Smith;Terry Wilson

  • An aerial view of 80 years of climate-related glacier fluctuations in southeast Greenland

    Anders A. Bjørk;Kurt H. Kjær;Niels J. Korsgaard;Shfaqat Abbas Khan

  • Spread of ice mass loss into northwest Greenland observed by GRACE and GPS

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;John Wahr;Michael Bevis;Isabella Velicogna;Isabella Velicogna

  • Accelerating changes in ice mass within Greenland, and the ice sheet's sensitivity to atmospheric forcing

    Michael Bevis;Christopher Harig;Shfaqat A. Khan;Abel Brown

  • Greenland ice sheet mass balance: a review

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Andy Aschwanden;Anders A. Bjørk;John Wahr

  • The use of GPS horizontals for loading studies, with applications to northern California and southeast Greenland

    John Wahr;Shfaqat A. Khan;Tonie van Dam;Lin Liu

  • Geodetic measurements reveal similarities between post–Last Glacial Maximum and present-day mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Ingo Sasgen;Michael Bevis;Tonie van Dam

  • Bedrock displacements in Greenland manifest ice mass variations, climate cycles and climate change

    Michael Bevis;John Wahr;Shfaqat A. Khan;Finn Bo Madsen

  • Greenland Ice Sheet solid ice discharge from 1986 through March 2020

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;Anne Solgaard;William Colgan;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm

  • Digital elevation model and orthophotographs of Greenland based on aerial photographs from 1978–1987

    Niels J. Korsgaard;Christopher Nuth;Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Kristian K. Kjeldsen

  • Step‐wise changes in glacier flow speed coincide with calving and glacial earthquakes at Helheim Glacier, Greenland

    M. Nettles;T. B. Larsen;P. Elósegui;G. S. Hamilton

  • Elastic uplift in southeast Greenland due to rapid ice mass loss

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;John Wahr;Leigh A. Stearns;Gordon S. Hamilton

  • Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Shfaqat A Khan;Niels J Korsgaard;John Wahr

  • Spatial and temporal melt variability at Helheim Glacier, East Greenland, and its effect on ice dynamics

    M. L. Andersen;M. L. Andersen;T. B. Larsen;M. Nettles;P. Elosegui

  • Basin-scale partitioning of Greenland ice sheet mass balance components (2007–2011)

    M.L. Andersen;Lars Stenseng;Henriette Skourup;W. Colgan

  • A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Tobias Binder;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk

  • Delta progradation in Greenland driven by increasing glacial mass loss

    Mette Bendixen;Lars Lønsmann Iversen;Anders Anker Bjørk;Anders Anker Bjørk;Anders Anker Bjørk;Bo Elberling

  • Resolving Seasonal Ice Velocity of 45 Greenlandic Glaciers With Very High Temporal Details

    Saurabh Vijay;Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Anders Kusk;Anne M. Solgaard

  • 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

Anders A. Bjørk
Anders A. Bjørk University of Copenhagen
Kristian K. Kjeldsen
Kristian K. Kjeldsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Kurt H. Kjær
Kurt H. Kjær University of Copenhagen
John Wahr
John Wahr University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
René Forsberg
René Forsberg Technical University of Denmark
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Nicolaj K. Larsen
Nicolaj K. Larsen University of Copenhagen
Tonie van Dam
Tonie van Dam University of Utah
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol

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