Tom E. Osterkamp

8.9k citations

90 papers · 7.1k · 2 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Environmental Chemistry top 1%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 75
- Climate change and permafrost 61
- Cryospheric studies and observations 44
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 36
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 7
Environmental Chemistry 18
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 18

Co-authors: Vladimir Romanovsky (14 shared papers)Tingjun Zhang (7 shared papers)Mark Torre Jorgenson (5 shared papers)Jason G. Vogel (2 shared papers)Edward A. G. Schuur (2 shared papers)Walter C. Oechel (1 shared paper)Mark B. Dyurgerov (1 shared paper)Mark C. Serreze (1 shared paper)
Journals: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (13 papers)Cold Regions Science and Technology (11 papers)Journal of Glaciology (9 papers)Water Resources Research (6 papers)Annals of Glaciology (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Germany

In The Last Decade

Tom E. Osterkamp

89 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Tom E. Osterkamp's Hit Papers

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The effect of permafrost thaw on old carbon release and net carbon exchange from tundra 2009 · 914 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2009 Nature
2000 Climatic Change

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1	Observational Evidence of Recent Change in the Northern High-Latitude Environment Climatic Change ·Mark C. Serreze, John Evangelist Walsh, F. Stuart Chapin, Tom E. Osterkamp, Mark B. Dyurgerov, Vladimir Romanovsky, Walter C. Oechel, James H. Morison Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1663
2	The effect of permafrost thaw on old carbon release and net carbon exchange from tundra Nature ·Edward A. G. Schuur, Jason G. Vogel, Kathryn G. Crummer, Hanna Lee, James O. Sickman, Tom E. Osterkamp Hit paper breakdown →	2009	914
3	Evidence for warming and thawing of discontinuous permafrost in Alaska Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Vladimir Romanovsky	1999	482
4	Effects of unfrozen water on heat and mass transport processes in the active layer and permafrost Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Vladimir Romanovsky, Tom E. Osterkamp	2000	350
5	Response of boreal ecosystems to varying modes of permafrost degradation Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, Tom E. Osterkamp	2005	280
6	Characteristics of the recent warming of permafrost in Alaska Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Tom E. Osterkamp	2007	254
7	The role of snow cover in the warming of arctic permafrost Geophysical Research Letters ·Marc Stieglitz, Stephen J. Déry, Vladimir Romanovsky, Tom E. Osterkamp	2003	235
8	Physical and ecological changes associated with warming permafrost and thermokarst in Interior Alaska Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Edward A. G. Schuur, Yuri L. Shur, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Jason G. Vogel, Vladimir Tumskoy	2009	220
9	Interannual variations of the thermal regime of the active layer and near‐surface permafrost in northern Alaska Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Vladimir Romanovsky, Tom E. Osterkamp	1995	211
10	Freezing of the Active Layer on the Coastal Plain of the Alaskan Arctic Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Vladimir Romanovsky	1997	199
11	Observations of Thermokarst and Its Impact on Boreal Forests in Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Leslie A. Viereck, Yuri Shur, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Charles H. Racine, Allen P. Doyle, Richard D. Boone	2000	190
12	Thawing of the Active Layer on the Coastal Plain of the Alaskan Arctic Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Vladimir Romanovsky, Tom E. Osterkamp	1997	189
13	The recent warming of permafrost in Alaska Global and Planetary Change ·Tom E. Osterkamp	2005	183
14	Effects of Climate on the Active Layer and Permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska, U.S.A. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Tingjun Zhang, Tom E. Osterkamp, Knut H. Stamnes	1997	157
15	Influence of the Depth Hoar Layer of the Seasonal Snow Cover on the Ground Thermal Regime Water Resources Research ·Tingjun Zhang, Tom E. Osterkamp, Knut H. Stamnes	1996	123
16	Estimates of permafrost thickness from well logs in northern Alaska Cold Regions Science and Technology ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Myron W. Payne	1981	115
17	Observations of Thermokarst and Its Impact on Boreal Forests in Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Leslie A. Viereck, Yuri L. Shur, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Charles H. Racine, Allen P. Doyle, Richard D. Boone	2000	105
18	Some Characteristics of the Climate in Northern Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research ·Tingjun Zhang, Tom E. Osterkamp, Knut H. Stamnes	1996	101
19	The migration of liquid inclusions in single ice crystals Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Pieter J. Hoekstra, Tom E. Osterkamp, Wilford F. Weeks	1965	75
20	Variations in permafrost thickness in response to changes in paleoclimate Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Tom E. Osterkamp, Joan P. Gosink	1991	69

About Tom E. Osterkamp

Tom E. Osterkamp is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, Geology and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 90 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (61 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (44 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (36 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers), Smart Materials for Construction (11 papers), Icing and De-icing Technologies (8 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (7 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (6.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (731 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.1k citations), Ecology (1.2k citations) and Geology (161 citations). Tom E. Osterkamp has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Vladimir Romanovsky, Tingjun Zhang, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Jason G. Vogel, Edward A. G. Schuur, Walter C. Oechel, Mark B. Dyurgerov, Mark C. Serreze, John Evangelist Walsh and James H. Morison. Their work appears in journals such as Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Cold Regions Science and Technology, Journal of Glaciology, Water Resources Research and Annals of Glaciology.

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