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Papers

(The median citation count of Permafrost and Periglacial Processes is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Changing climate and the permafrost environment on the Qinghai–Tibet (Xizang) plateau	134
Impact of wildfire on permafrost landscapes: A review of recent advances and future prospects	97
Landscape matters: Predicting the biogeochemical effects of permafrost thaw on aquatic networks with a state factor approach	65
Surface energy balance of sub‐Arctic roads with varying snow regimes and properties in permafrost regions	39
Recent advances (2010–2019) in the study of taliks	37
Active layer thickening and controls on interannual variability in the Nordic Arctic compared to the circum‐Arctic	37
A general theory of rock glacier creep based on in‐situ and remote sensing observations	36
Permafrost research in China related to express highway construction	32
The distribution and dynamics of aufeis in permafrost regions	27
Engineering in the rugged permafrost terrain on the roof of the world under a warming climate	27
Recent advances in paleoclimatological studies of Arctic wedge‐ and pore‐ice stable‐water isotope records	25
Recent advances in the study of Arctic submarine permafrost	25
What and where are periglacial landscapes?	24
Rock glacier inventory of the western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau, supported by InSAR time series and automated classification	23
Permafrost thaw‐related slope failures in Alaska’s Arctic National Parks, c. 1980–2019	23
Thermo‐erosional valleys in Siberian ice‐rich permafrost	18
Periglacial water paths within a rock glacier‐dominated catchment in the Stepanek area, Central Andes, Mendoza, Argentina	17
Shrinking thermokarst lakes and ponds on the northeastern Qinghai‐Tibet plateau over the past three decades	16
A conceptual model for talik dynamics and icing formation in a river floodplain in the continuous permafrost zone at Salluit, Nunavik (Quebec), Canada	16
Rock temperature prior to failure: Analysis of 209 rockfall events in the Mont Blanc massif (Western European Alps)	15
Permafrost warming near the northern limit of permafrost on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau during the period from 2005 to 2017: A case study in the Xidatan area	15
Study on ice nucleation temperature and water freezing in saline soils	15
Fluvio‐thermal erosion and thermal denudation in the yedoma region of northern Alaska: Revisiting the Itkillik River exposure	14
Hot trends and impact in permafrost science	14
Taliks, cryopegs, and permafrost dynamics related to channel migration, Colville River Delta, Alaska	14

Study on the mechanism of crystallization deformation of sulfate saline soil during the unidirectional freezing process	13
Current thermal state of permafrost in the southern Peruvian Andes and potential impact from El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)	12
Utilizing the TTOP model to understand spatial permafrost temperature variability in a High Arctic landscape, Cape Bounty, Nunavut, Canada	12
Landscape‐scale variations in near‐surface soil temperature and active‐layer thickness: Implications for high‐resolution permafrost mapping	12
Hydrological impacts of near‐surface soil warming on the Tibetan Plateau	11
Effects of a long‐term anoxic warming scenario on microbial community structure and functional potential of permafrost‐affected soil	11
Profile distributions of soil organic carbon fractions in a permafrost region of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	10
Long‐term field measurements of climate‐induced thaw subsidence above ice wedges on hillslopes, western Arctic Canada	10
Detection of the freezing state and frozen section thickness of fine sand by ultrasonic testing	9
Intra‐ice and intra‐sediment cryopeg brine occurrence in permafrost near Utqiaġvik (Barrow)	9
Recent thermokarst evolution in the Italian Central Alps	9
An effective approach for mapping permafrost in a large area using subregion maps and satellite data	8
Inherited periglacial geomorphology of a basalt hill in the Sudetes, Central Europe: Insights from LiDAR‐aided landform mapping	8
Distribution, morphometry, and ice content of ice‐wedge polygons in Tombstone Territorial Park, central Yukon, Canada	8
Changes in surface velocities over four decades on the Laurichard rock glacier (French Alps)	8
Influence of permafrost thaw on an extreme geologic methane seep	8
Rock glaciers automatic mapping using optical imagery and convolutional neural networks	8
A characteristic periglacial landform: Automated recognition and delineation of cryoplanation terraces in eastern Beringia	7
Three‐dimensional investigation of an open‐ and a closed‐system Pingo in northwestern Canada	7
A systematic evaluation of electrical resistivity tomography for permafrost interface detection using forward modeling	7
Risk assessment of engineering diseases of embankment–bridge transition section for railway in permafrost regions	7
Ground‐penetrating radar, electromagnetic induction, terrain, and vegetation observations coupled with machine learning to map permafrost distribution at Twelvemile Lake, Alaska	7
Holocene pore‐ice δ¹⁸O and δ²H records from drained thermokarst lake basins in the Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada	7
Periglacial slopewash dominated by solute transfers and subsurface erosion on a High Arctic slope	7
Internal structure and palsa development at Orravatnsrústir Palsa Site (Central Iceland), investigated by means of integrated resistivity and ground‐penetrating radar methods	7
Internal structure of a large, complex rock glacier and its significance in hydrological and dynamic behavior: A case study in the semi‐arid Andes of Argentina	6
Winter air temperature during the Holocene optimum in the north‐eastern part of the east European plain based on ice wedge stable isotope records	6
Method for calculating the liquid water fraction of saline soil during the freezing process	6
Effects of thermosyphons on the thermal regime and stability of cast‐in‐place piles in permafrost regions on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau	6
Post‐glacial dynamics of an alpine Little Ice Age glacitectonized frozen landform (Aget, western Swiss Alps)	6
Spatial and stratigraphic variation of near‐surface ground ice in discontinuous permafrost of the taiga shield	6
Modeling thermal regime and evolution of the methane hydrate stability zone of the Yamal peninsula permafrost	6
TTOP‐model‐based maps of permafrost distribution in Northeast China for 1961–2020	5
Strength and the cracking behavior of frozen sandstone containing ice‐filled flaws under uniaxial compression	5
A model for stable isotopes of residual liquid water and ground ice in permafrost soils using arbitrary water chemistries and soil‐specific empirical residual water functions	5
Comparison of freezing and hydration characteristics for porous media	4
First evidence of rock wall permafrost in the Pyrenees (Vignemale peak, 3,298 m a.s.l., 42°46′16″N/0°08′33″W)	4
Cryogenic wedges and cryoturbations on the Ordos Plateau in North China since 50 ka BP and their paleoenvironmental implications	4
Combination of historical and modern data to decipher the geomorphic evolution of the Innere Ölgruben rock glacier, Kaunertal, Austria, over almost a century (1922–2021)	4
Temperature evolution and runoff contribution of three rock glaciers in Switzerland under future climate forcing	4
High‐resolution stable isotopic signals of ground ice indicate freeze–thaw history in permafrost on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	4
Spatial and temporal dynamics of aufeis in the Tso Moriri basin, eastern Ladakh, India	4
Thermal regime variability of islands in the Lena River near Yakutsk, eastern Siberia	4
The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in a permafrost‐affected wetland on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: Implications for Holocene development and environmental change	4
Evidence of ground ice melting detected by InSAR and in situ monitoring over permafrost terrain on the Qinghai‐Xizang (Tibet) Plateau	4
Thermokarst processes increase the supply of stabilizing surfaces and elements (Fe, Mn, Al, and Ca) for mineral–organic carbon interactions	4
Multi‐stage evolution of frost‐induced microtextures on the surface of quartz grains—An experimental study	4
Hotspots and trends in frozen soils research in 2010–2019	4
Assessment of the sediment and associated nutrient/contaminant continuum, from permafrost thaw slump scars to tundra lakes in the western Canadian Arctic	4
Development of a rapid active layer detachment slide in the Fenghuoshan Mountains, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	3

Impacts of ecological succession and climate warming on permafrost aggradation in drained lake basins of the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, Northwest Territories, Canada	3
¹⁰Be exposure age for sorted polygons in the Sudetes Mountains	3
Batagay megaslump: A review of the permafrost deposits, Quaternary environmental history, and recent development	3
Reconstructing cold climate paleoenvironments from micromorphological analysis of relict slope deposits (Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal)	3
Transportable system for on‐site calibration of permafrost temperature sensors	3
Distribution and characteristics of Pleistocene ground thermal contraction polygons in Europe from satellite images	3
Microbial response to warming and cellulose addition in a maritime Antarctic soil	3
Variations of permafrost under freezing and thawing conditions in the coastal catchment Fuglebekken (Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard)	3
Analytical model to predict unfrozen water content based on the probability of ice formation in soils	3
Spatial distribution mapping of permafrost in Mongolia using TTOP	3
Pingo drilling reveals sodium–chloride‐dominated massive ice in Grøndalen, Spitsbergen	3
Field investigation on the influence of periglacial processes on pile foundations on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	3
Mechanism of strength degradation of frozen soil–rock mixture under temperature rise‐induced particle ice film ablation	3
Holocene ice wedges of the Kolyma Lowland and January paleotemperature reconstructions based on oxygen isotope records	3
Characteristic periglacial topography: Multi‐scale hypsometric analysis of cryoplanated uplands in eastern Beringia	3
Isotopic composition of heterogeneous ice wedges in peatlands of the Pur‐Taz interfluve (northern West Siberia)	3
Origin of CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O trapped in ice wedges in central Yakutia and their relationship	2
Thermal history of the permafrost zone in the vicinity of the deep Tyumen SG‐6 well, West Siberian Basin	2
Permafrost of the Oka Plateau (Eastern Sayan Ridge)	2
Carbon dioxide emissions from periglacial patterned ground under changing permafrost conditions and shrub encroachment in an alpine landscape, Jotunheimen, Norway	2
Stephen Taber and the development of North American cryostratigraphy and periglacial geomorphology	2
Ground warming and permafrost degradation in various terrestrial ecosystems in northcentral Mongolia	2
Growing season CO₂ exchange and evapotranspiration dynamics among thawing and intact permafrost landforms in the Western Hudson Bay lowlands	2
Holocene January paleotemperature of northwestern Siberia reconstructed based on stable isotope ratio of ice wedges	2
Investigations of polygonal patterned ground in continuous Antarctic permafrost by means of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography: Some unexpected correlations	2
Factors influencing the development of microtextures on cold‐climate aeolian quartz grains revealed by experimental frost action	2
Best practices for using electrical resistivity tomography to investigate permafrost	2
Quantification of freeze–thaw hysteresis of unfrozen water content and electrical resistivity from time lapse measurements in the active layer and permafrost	2
Thermal contraction crack polygons in Nunavik (northern Quebec): Distribution and development of polygonal patterned ground	2
Little tools, big job: The periglacial conveyor system in cryoplanated uplands	2
Challenging the southern boundary of active rock glaciers in West Greenland	2
Seasonally distinct runoff–recharge partitioning in an alpine tundra catchment	2