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Ian Joughin

Earth and Planetary Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1993
Cryospheric studies and observationsWinter Sports Injuries and PerformanceArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsClimate change and permafrostLandslides and related hazards

Publications

436

Citations

28,938

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

33

Publishing since 1993

Research summary
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Ian Joughin studies how large ice sheets and glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica move, melt, and respond to a warming climate, using satellite radar data to track ice speed, crevasses, and meltwater drainage. His work helps predict how these ice masses may contribute to future sea-level rise. Much of his research also involves developing and validating satellite instruments, such as the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) mission, used to observe ice sheet changes.

Ice sheet and glacier dynamicsSatellite radar remote sensing of iceAntarctic and Greenland ice sheet changeSubglacial and supraglacial meltwater processesSatellite mission development and validation

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, dipping sharply in 2023 before rebounding to a high in 2024, with an overall average of about 9 publications per year in the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.8/year recently
2017: 11 publications172018: 20 publications182019: 14 publications192020: 12 publications202021: 14 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 22 publications22242025: 8 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ˜The œcryosphere×18
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×12
  • AGUFM×7
  • Geophysical Research Letters×5
  • Journal of Glaciology×4
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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