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Researcher · WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF · Switzerland

Alexander Bast

Alexander Bast publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Geophysics, on topics such as Climate change and permafrost, Landslides and related hazards and Cryospheric studies and observations.

ORCID 0000-0002-6737-3309 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,672,982
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#27,285
of 80,918
Works
92
Citations
648
Citations per work
7.0
h-index
17
i10-index 18Top 36% in Atmospheric Science
Alexander Bast

What does Alexander Bast research?

Alexander Bast's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (39%), Environmental Science (22%), Engineering (6%).

Physical Sciences: 63 works · 68.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 works · 39.5% of their workAtmospheric Science: 29 works · 31.9% of their workGeophysics: 7 works · 7.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 21 works · 22.4% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 works · 11.9% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 works · 5.7% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 works · 4.8% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 6.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 6 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 31.9% of their workTHEIR WORKAlexander Bast92works
Physical Sciences68%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3639.5%
    2. Environmental Science2122.4%
    3. Engineering66.2%
  2. Everything else2931.9%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science32% of their works
  2. 2Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law12% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics8% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change6% of their works
  6. 6Nature and Landscape Conservation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alexander Bast's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Arctic, Permafrost, Hazard, Landslide and Glacier.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change674 topics
  2. Remote Sensing563 topics
  3. Hydrology542 topics
  4. Arctic301 topic
  5. Permafrost301 topic
  6. Hazard251 topic
  7. Landslide251 topic
  8. Glacier241 topic
  9. Water Availability241 topic
  10. Root Reinforcement121 topic
  11. Slope Stability121 topic
  12. Seismic Noise91 topic
  13. Tomography91 topic
  14. Allometric Models71 topic
  15. Biomass Estimation71 topic
  16. Forest Fires71 topic
  17. Wildfire Activity71 topic
  18. Temperature Variability61 topic
  19. Tree Rings61 topic

Where does Alexander Bast work?

Alexander Bast's main affiliation in the publication record is WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Alexander Bast have?

OpenAlex counts 92 works and 648 citations for Alexander Bast, an h-index of 17, ranking #1,672,982 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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