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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 47 4001 3672 288 269 329 8488

Simon Gascoin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Simon Gascoin between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Simon Gascoin published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 19.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 54 publications in 2020. 68 of the 415 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 54. Peak 54 publications in 2020. 2005: 1 publication 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 33 publications 2018: 28 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 54 publications 2021: 43 publications 2022: 30 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 40 publications 2025: 28 publications
2005 2025

415 publications in total across all disciplines

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Simon Gascoin: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 1
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 10
2010 7
2011 7
2012 9
2013 7
2014 18
2015 17
2016 29
2017 33
2018 28
2019 21
2020 54
2021 43
2022 30
2023 33
2024 40
2025 28
Total 415
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Simon Gascoin 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 Simon Gascoin 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, 328–337 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: 329 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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
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 87 329
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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Simon Gascoin 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 Simon Gascoin 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202 47
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

Simon Gascoin is affiliated with the Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère in France. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on cryospheric studies and related fields.

Their main research fields include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Gascoin's subfields of study further specify their expertise in:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Environmental Engineering

The topics most prominently covered in Gascoin's work are:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Simon Gascoin has contributed to several publication venues with frequent outputs. These include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Remote Sensing
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Water Resources Research

Among notable recent papers featuring Gascoin's research are:

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya, 2021, Science
  • Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers - more frequent than thought?, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Long-term trends (1958-2017) in snow cover duration and depth in the Pyrenees, 2020, International Journal of Climatology
  • Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • The Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) high-priority candidate mission, 2020, The Cryosphere

Gascoin collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, including:

  • César Deschamps-Berger
  • Marie Dumont
  • Juan Ignacio López-Moreno
  • Esteban Alonso-González
  • Matthieu Lafaysse

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

    D. H. Shugar;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;D. Shean;S. Bhushan

  • Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

    Andreas Kääb;Silvan Leinss;Adrien Gilbert;Yves Bühler

  • Theia Snow collection: high-resolution operational snow cover maps from Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 data

    Simon Gascoin;Manuel Grizonnet;Marine Bouchet;Germain Salgues

  • The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project (ALMIP)

    Aaron Boone;Patricia de Rosnay;Gianpaolo Balsamo;Anton Beljaars

  • A snow cover climatology for the Pyrenees from MODIS snow products

    Simon Gascoin;Olivier Hagolle;Mireille Huc;Lionel Jarlan

  • Assessing the capability of the SWAT model to simulate snow, snow melt and streamflow dynamics over an alpine watershed

    Youen Grusson;Youen Grusson;Xiaoling Sun;Xiaoling Sun;Simon Gascoin;Sabine Sauvage;Sabine Sauvage

  • Snow hydrology in Mediterranean mountain regions: A review

    Abbas Fayad;Abbas Fayad;Simon Gascoin;Ghaleb Faour;Juan Ignacio López-Moreno

  • Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?

    Andreas Kääb;Mylène Jacquemart;Adrien Gilbert;Silvan Leinss

  • Mapping snow depth in open alpine terrain from stereo satellite imagery

    Renaud Marti;Renaud Marti;Simon Gascoin;E. Berthier;M. de Pinel

  • Wind effects on snow cover in Pascua-Lama, Dry Andes of Chile

    Simon Gascoin;Stefaan Lhermitte;Christophe Kinnard;Kirsten Bortels

  • Assessment of daily MODIS snow cover products to monitor snow cover dynamics over the Moroccan Atlas mountain range

    A. Marchane;L. Jarlan;L. Hanich;A. Boudhar

  • Remote Sensing of Water Resources in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Areas: the joint international laboratory TREMA

    L. Jarlan;S. Khabba;S. Er-Raki;M. Le Page

  • Glacier contribution to streamflow in two headwaters of the Huasco River, Dry Andes of Chile

    S Gascoin;C Kinnard;R Ponce;Stef Lhermitte

  • LONG TERM TRENDS (1958‐2017) IN SNOW COVER DURATION AND DEPTH IN THE PYRENEES

    J. I. López-Moreno;Jean Michel Soubeyroux;Simon Gascoin;E. Alonso-Gonzalez

  • Different sensitivities of snowpacks to warming in Mediterranean climate mountain areas

    J.I. López-Moreno;Simon Gascoin;J. Herrero;E.A. Sproles

  • Detection of Irrigated Crops from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data to Estimate Seasonal Groundwater Use in South India

    Sylvain Ferrant;Adrien Selles;Adrien Selles;Michel Le Page;Pierre Alexis Herrault

  • Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data

    César Deschamps-Berger;César Deschamps-Berger;Simon Gascoin;Etienne Berthier;Jeffrey Deems

  • Normalizing land surface temperature data for elevation and illumination effects in mountainous areas: A case study using ASTER data over a steep-sided valley in Morocco

    Y. Malbéteau;O. Merlin;S. Gascoin;J.P. Gastellu

  • Land water storage variability over West Africa estimated by Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and land surface models

    M. Grippa;L. Kergoat;F. Frappart;Q. Araud

  • An Assessment of Existing Methodologies to Retrieve Snow Cover Fraction from MODIS Data

    Théo Masson;Marie Dumont;Mauro Dalla Mura;Pascal Sirguey

  • Mechanisms leading to the 2016 giant twin glacier collapses, Aru Range, Tibet

    Adrien Gilbert;Silvan Leinss;Jeffrey S. Kargel;Andreas Kääb

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne Berthier
Etienne Berthier Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
Marie Dumont
Marie Dumont Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Lionel Jarlan
Lionel Jarlan Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Eric Martin
Eric Martin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Olivier Hagolle
Olivier Hagolle Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
Juan I. López-Moreno
Juan I. López-Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Agnès Ducharne
Agnès Ducharne Sorbonne University
Florence Habets
Florence Habets École Normale Supérieure
Jesús Revuelto
Jesús Revuelto Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Olivier Merlin
Olivier Merlin Paul Sabatier University

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