William Colgan
Impact in
- Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Climate change and permafrost
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
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- Landslides and related hazards
Papers in
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- Cryospheric studies and observations 93
- Climate change and permafrost 53
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 37
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 16
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- Landslides and related hazards 29
- Co-authors
- Jason E. Box (31 shared papers)Robert S. Fausto (27 shared papers)Dirk van As (24 shared papers)Konrad Steffen (12 shared papers)W. Abdalati (11 shared papers)Harihar Rajaram (11 shared papers)Kenneth David Mankoff (14 shared papers)Shfaqat Abbas Khan (15 shared papers)
- Journals
- GEUS Bulletin (14 papers)Journal of Glaciology (12 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (10 papers)Earth system science data (9 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- DenmarkUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
William Colgan
103 papers receiving 4.3k citations
William Colgan's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 99
- Atmospheric Science 3.7k
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 807
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 937
- Global and Planetary Change 646
- Oceanography 321
Countries citing papers authored by William Colgan
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Fields of papers citing papers by William Colgan
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside William Colgan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Key indicators of Arctic climate change: 1971–2017 Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 608 |
| 2 | 2015 | 204 | |
| 3 | 2016 | 188 | |
| 4 | Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020 Hit paper breakdown → | 2023 | 184 |
| 5 | 2016 | 163 | |
| 6 | 2016 | 136 | |
| 7 | 2021 | 119 | |
| 8 | 2012 | 106 | |
| 9 | 2020 | 104 | |
| 10 | 2020 | 95 | |
| 11 | 2022 | 85 | |
| 12 | 2016 | 79 | |
| 13 | Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023 Hit paper breakdown → | 2025 | 75 |
| 14 | 2018 | 74 | |
| 15 | 2011 | 73 | |
| 16 | 2016 | 66 | |
| 17 | 2013 | 65 | |
| 18 | 2011 | 64 | |
| 19 | 2013 | 61 | |
| 20 | 2013 | 60 |
About William Colgan
William Colgan is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 106 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (93 papers), Climate change and permafrost (53 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (41 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (37 papers), Landslides and related hazards (29 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (3.7k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (807 citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (937 citations), Global and Planetary Change (646 citations) and Oceanography (321 citations). William Colgan has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Jason E. Box, Robert S. Fausto, Dirk van As, Konrad Steffen, W. Abdalati, Harihar Rajaram, Kenneth David Mankoff, Shfaqat Abbas Khan, Andreas Peter Ahlstrøm and Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen. Their work appears in journals such as GEUS Bulletin, Journal of Glaciology, Geophysical Research Letters, Earth system science data and Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface.
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