Buhr, L, Lenzi, DS, Pols, AJ, Brunner, CE, Fischer, A, Staal, A, Hofbauer, BP & Bovenkerk, B 2024, 'The concepts of irreversibility and reversibility in research on anthropogenic environmental changes', PNAS Nexus, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. pgae577. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae577

Conzelmann, S, Seiser, B, Lauria, MV, Bertolotti, G, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Fischer, A & Hartl, L 2026, 'Mapping vanishing glaciers in Vorarlberg, Austria', Annals of Glaciology, vol. 67, no. 67, e10. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2026.10044

Brighenti, S, Delpero, M, Bearzot, F, Bertolotti, G, Tolotti, M, Bruno, MC, Fischer, A, Winkler, G, Voto, G, Aguzzoni, A, Tirler, W & Comiti, F 2026, 'Cryosphere and lithology influence the hydrological gradients of high elevation Alpine catchments', Catena, vol. 263, 109676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.109676

Wachs, D, Spagnesi, A, Bohleber, P, Fischer, A, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Junkermann, A, Kindermann, C, Langenbacher, L, Mandaric, N, Marks, J, Meienburg, F, Jenk, TM, Oberthaler, MK & Aeschbach, W 2026, 'A continuous 6000 a age depth relationship for the remainder of the Weißseespitze summit glacier based on ³⁹Ar and ¹⁴C dating', Climate of the Past, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 173-185. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-173-2026

Bertolotti, G, Vremec, M, Seelig, S, Krainer, K, Wagner, T, Fischer, A & Winkler, G 2026, 'Characterization of recharge components for delineation of a high-alpine rock glacier spring catchment, Ötztal Alps (northern Italy)', Hydrogeology Journal, no. 3, pp. 687-705. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-025-03005-y

Brighenti, S, Millar, C, Hotaling, S, Reato, A, Wiegand, T, Hayashi, M, Carturan, L, Morriss, M, Bearzot, F, Lencioni, V, Scotti, A, Janicke, A, Fischer, A, Larsen, S, Benech, A, Gschwentner, A, Tolotti, M, Bruno, MC, Finn, DS, Freppaz, M, Herbst, D, Tronstad, L, Comiti, F & Colombo, N 2025, 'Global evidence that cold rocky landforms support icy springs in warming mountains', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 20, no. 10, 104001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adf07f

Hartl, L, Seiser, B, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Baldo, A, Lauria, MV & Fischer, A 2024, 'Glaciological and meteorological monitoring at Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites Mullwitzkees and Venedigerkees, Austria, 2006–2022', Earth System Science Data, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 4077–4101. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4077-2024

Knollova, I, Chytry, M, Bruelheide, H, Dullinger, S, Jandt, U, Bernhardt-Romermann, M, Biurrun, I, de Bello, Glaser, M, Hennekens, S, Jansen, F, Jimenez-Alfaro, B, Kadas, D, Kaplan, E, Klinkovska, K, Lenzner, B, Pauli, H, Sperandii, MG, Verheyen, K, Winkler, M, Abdaladze, O, Acic, S, Acosta, AT, Alignier, A, Andrews, C, Arlettaz, R, Attorre, F, Axmanova, I, Babbi, M, Baeten, L, Baran, J, Barni, E, Benito-Alonso, J-L, Berg, C, Bergamini, A, Berki, I, Boch, S, Bock, B, Bode, F, Bonari, G, Boublik, K, Britton, AJ, Brunet, J, Bruzzaniti, V, Buholzer, S, Burrascano, S, Campos, JA, Carlsson, B-G, Carranza, ML, Cerny, T, Charmillot, K, Chiarucci, A, Choler, P, Chytry, K, Corcket, E, Csecserits, A, Cutini, M, Czarniecka-Wiera, M, Danihelka, J, de Francesco, Carla, M, Frenne, D, Musciano, D, Sanctis, D, Deak, B, Decocq, G, Dembicz, I, Dengler, J, Cecco, D, Dick, J, Diekmann, M, Dierschke, H, Dirnboeck, T, Doerfler, I, Dolezal, J, Doering, U, Durak, T, Dwyer, C, Ejrnaes, R, Ermakova, I, Erschbamer, B, Fanelli, G, Fernandez-Calzado, M-R, Fickert, T, Fischer, A, Fischer, M, Foremnik, K, Frouz, J, Garcia-Gonzalez, R, Garcia-Magro, D, Garcia-Mijangos, I, Gavilan, RG, Germ, M, Ghosn, D, Gigauri, K, Gizela, J, Golob, A, Golub, V, Gomez-Garcia, D, Gowing, D, Grytnes, J-A, Gueler, B, Gutierrez-Giron, A, Haase, P, Haider, S, Hajek, M, Halassy, M, Harasek, M, Haerdtle, W, Heinken, T, Hester, A, Humbert, J-Y, Ibanez, R, Illa, E, Jaroszewicz, B, Jensen, K, Jentsch, A, Jirousek, M, Kalnikova, V, Kanka, R, Kapfer, J, Kazakis, G, Kermavnar, J, Kesting, S, Khanina, L, Kindermann, E, Kotrik, M, Koutecky, T, Kozub, L, Kuhn, G, Kutnar, L, Montagna, L, Lamprecht, A, Lenoir, J, Leps, J, Leuschner, C, Lorite, J, Madsen, B, Ugarte, RM, Malicki, M, Maliniemi, T, Malis, F, Maringer, A, Marrs, R, Matesanz, S, Metze, K, Meyer, S, Millett, J, Mitchell, RJ, Moeslund, JE, Moiseev, P, Cella, D, Morra, U, Mudrak, O, Mueller, F, Mueller, N, Naaf, T, Nagy, L, Napoleone, F, Nascimbene, J, Navratilova, J, Ninot, JM, Niu, Y, Normand, S, Ogaya, R, Onipchenko, V, Orczewska, A, Ortmann-Ajkai, A, Pakeman, RJ, Pardo, I, Paetsch, R, Peet, RK, Penuelas, J, Peppler-Lisbach, C, Perez-Hernandez, J, Perez-Haase, A, Petraglia, A, Petrik, P, Pielech, R, Piorkowski, H, Pladevall-Izard, E, Poschlod, P, Prach, K, Praleskouskaya, S, Prokhorov, V, Provoost, S, Puscas, M, Pustkova, S, Randin, CF, Rasomavicius, V, Reczynska, K, Redei, T, Rehounkova, K, Richner, N, Risch, AC, Rixen, C, Rosbakh, S, Roscher, C, Rosenthal, G, Rossi, G, Roetzer, H, Roux, C, Rumpf, SB, Ruprecht, E, Rusina, S, Sanz-Zubizarreta, I, Schindler, M, Schmidt, W, Schories, D, Schrautzer, J, Schubert, H, Schuetz, M, Schwabe, A, Schwaiger, H, Schwartze, P, Sebesta, J, Seiler, H, Silc, U, Silva, V, Smilauer, P, Smilauerova, M, Sperle, T, Stachurska-Swakon, A, Stanik, N, Stanisci, A, Steffen, K, Storm, C, Stroh, HG, Sugorkina, N, Swierkosz, K, Swierszcz, S, Szymura, M, Teleki, B, Thebaud, G, Theurillat, J-P, Tichy, L, Treier, UA, Turtureanu, PD, Ujhazy, K, Ujhazyova, M, Ursu, TM, Uzieblo, AK, Valko, O, Calster, V, Meerbeek, V, Vandevoorde, B, Vandvik, V, Varricchione, M, Vassilev, K, Villar, L, Virtanen, R, Vittoz, P, Voigt, W, von Hessberg, von Oheimb, Wagner, E, Walther, G-R, Wellstein, C, Wesche, K, Wilhelm, M, Willner, W, Wipf, S, Wittig, B, Wohlgemuth, T, Woodcock, BA, Wulf, M & Essl, F 2024, 'ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe', Journal of Vegetation Science, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. e13235. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13235

Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A, Bodin, X, Delaloye, R, Lambiel, C, Gartner-Roer, I, Bonnefoy-Demongeot, M, Carturan, L, Damm, B, Eulenstein, J, Fischer, A, Hartl, L, Ikeda, A, Kaufmann, V, Krainer, K, Matsuoka, N, Cella, D, Morra, U, Noetzli, J, Seppi, R, Scapozza, C, Schoeneich, P, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Thibert, E & Zumiani, M 2024, 'Acceleration and interannual variability of creep rates in mountain permafrost landforms (rock glacier velocities) in the European Alps in 1995-2022', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 034022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad25a4

Spagnesi, A, Bohleber, P, Barbaro, E, Feltracco, M, Blasi, D, Dreossi, G, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Festi, D, Gabrieli, J, Gambaro, A, Fischer, A & Barbante, C 2023, 'Preservation of chemical and isotopic signatures within the WeiÃseespitze millennial old ice cap (Eastern Alps), despite the ongoing ice loss', Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 11, pp. ARTN 1322411. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1322411

Fischer, A 2023, 'Umweltbildungsstellen in den österreichischen Alpen', Geographische Rundschau, no. 75, pp. 3.

Pilo, L, Reitmaier, T, Fischer, A, Barrett, JH & Nesje, A 2023, 'Ötzi, 30 years on: A reappraisal of the depositional and post-depositional history of the find', Holocene, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221126133

Fischer, A, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Frey, M & Bohleber, P 2022, 'Contemporary mass balance on a cold Eastern Alpine ice cap as a potential link to the Holocene climate', Sci Rep, no. 12, pp. 1331. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04699-2

Wagner, T, Kainz, S, Helfricht, K (ed.), Fischer, A, Avian, M, Krainer, K & Winkler, G 2021, 'Assessment of liquid and solid water storage in rock glaciers versus glacier ice in the Austrian Alps', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 800, pp. 149593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149593

Fischer, A, Schwaizer, G, Seiser, B, Helfricht, K & Stocker-Waldhuber, M 2021, 'High-resolution inventory to capture glacier disintegration in the Austrian Silvretta', Cryosphere, vol. 15, pp. 4637–4654. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4637-2021

Hohensinner, S, Atzler, U, Fischer, A, Schwaizer, G & Helfricht, K 2021, 'Tracing the Long-Term Evolution of Land Cover in an Alpine Valley 1820–2015 in the Light of Climate, Glacier and Land Use Changes', Frontiers in Environmental Science, vol. 9, pp. 683397. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.683397

Hartl, L, Helfricht, K, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Seiser, B & Fischer, A 2021, 'Classifying disequilibrium of small mountain glaciers from patterns of surface elevation change distributions', Journal of Glaciology, vol. x, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.90

Bohleber, P, Schwikowski, M, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Fang, L & Fischer, A 2020, 'New glacier evidence for ice‐free summits during the life of the Tyrolean Iceman', Scientific Reports, vol. 10, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77518-9

Hartl, L, Felbauer, L, Schwaizer, G & Fischer, A 2020, 'Small-scale spatial variability in bare-ice reflectance at Jamtalferner, Austria', Cryosphere, vol. 14, pp. 4063–4081. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4063-2020

Zemp, M, Sajood, A, Pitte, P, van Ommen, Fischer, A, Soruco, A, Thomson, L, Schaefer, M, Li, Z, Lievano, C & al, E 2019, 'Glacier monitoring tracks progress in limiting climate change', Nature Communications, vol. 576, pp. 39. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03700-3

Fischer, A, Fickert, T, Schwaizer, G, Patzelt, G & Groß, G 2019, 'Vegetation dynamics in Alpine glacier forelands tackled from space', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50273-2

Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Fischer, A, Helfricht, K & Kuhn, M 2019, 'Long-term records of glacier surface velocities in the Ötztal Alps (Austria)', Earth System Science Data, no. 11, pp. 705-715. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-705-2019

Feng, Z, Bohleber, P, Ebser, S, Ringena, L, Schmidt, M, Kersting, A, Hopkins, P, Hoffmann, H, Fischer, A, Aeschbach, W & Oberthaler, MK 2019, 'Dating glacier ice of the last millennium by quantum technology', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 18, pp. 8781-8786. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816468116

Helfricht, K, Huss, M, Fischer, A & Otto, J-C 2019, 'Calibrated Ice Thickness Estimate for All Glaciers in Austria', Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 7, no. 68, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00068

Charalampidis, C, Fischer, A, Kuhn, M, Lambrecht, A, Mayer, C, Thomaidis, K & Weber, M 2018, 'Mass-Budget Anomalies and Geometry Signals of Three Austrian Glaciers', Frontiers of Earth Science, vol. 6, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00218

Hartl, L, Fischer, A & Olefs, M 2018, 'Analysis of past changes in wet bulb temperature in relation to snow making conditions based on long term observations Austria and Germany', Global and Planetary Change, vol. 167, pp. 123-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.05.011

Djukic, I, Kepfer-Rojas, S, Schmidt, K, Larsen, S, Beier, C, Berg, B, Verheyen, K, al, E & Fischer, A 2018, 'Early stage litter decomposition across biomes', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 628-629, pp. 1369-1394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012

Bohleber, P, Hoffmann, H, Kerch, J, Sold, L & Fischer, A 2018, 'Investigating cold based summit glaciers through direct access to the glacier base: a case study constraining the maximum age of Chli Titlis glacier, Switzerland', Cryosphere, vol. 12, pp. 401-412. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-401-2018

Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Fischer, A, Keller, L, Morche, D & Kuhn, M 2017, 'Funnel-shaped surface depressions – Indicatior or accelerant of rapid glacier disintegration? A case study in the Tyrolean Alps', Geomorphology, vol. 28, pp. 58-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.11.006

Vincent, C, Fischer, A, Mayer, C, Bauder, A, Galos, S, Funk, M, Thibert, E, Six, D, Braun, L & Huss, M 2017, 'Common climatic signal from glaciers in the European Alps over the last 50 years', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 1376–1383. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072094

Farinotti, D, Brinkerhoff, D, Clarke, G, Fürst, J, Frey, H, Gantayat, P, Gillet-Chaulet, F, Girard, C, Huss, M, Leclercq, P, Linsbauer, A, Machguth, H, Martin, C, Maussion, F, Morlighem, M, Mosbeux, C, Pandit, A, Portmann, A, Rabatel, A, Ramsankaran, R, Reerink, T, Sanchez, O, Stentoft, P, Kumari, S, van Pelt, W, JJ, Anderson, B, Benham, T, Binder, D, Dowdeswell, J, Fischer, A, Helfricht, K, Kutuzov, S, Lavrentiev, I, McNabb, R, Gudmundsson, G, Li, H & Andreassen, A 2017, 'How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison Experiment', Cryosphere, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 949-970. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-949-2017

Vincent, C, Fischer, A, Mayer, C, Bauder, A, Galos, SP, Funk, M, Thibert, E, Six, D, Braun, L & and, M 2017, 'Common climatic signal from glaciers in the European Alps over the last 50 years', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, pp. 1376–1383. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072094

Bohleber, P, Sold, L, Hardy, D, Schwikowski, M, Klenk, P, Fischer, A, Sirguey, P, Cullen, N, Potocki, M, Hoffmann, H & Mayewski, P 2017, 'Ground-penetrating radar reveals ice thickness and undisturbed englacial layers at Kilimanjaro's Northern Ice Field', Cryosphere, no. 11, pp. 469-482. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-469-2017

Fischer, A, Helfricht, K & Stocker-Waldhuber, M 2016, 'Local reduction of decadal glacier thickness loss through mass balance management in ski resorts', Cryosphere, no. 10, pp. 2941-2952. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2941-2016

Hartl, L, Fischer, A, Stocker-Waldhuber, M & Abermann, J 2016, 'Recent speed-up of an Alpine rock glacier: An updated chronology of the kinematics of outer Hochebenkar rock glacier based on geodetic measurements', Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, vol. 98, pp. 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoa.12127

Hartl, L, Fischer, A, Klug, C & Nicholson, L 2016, 'Can a simple numerical model help to fine-tune the analysis of ground-penetrating radar data? Hochebenkar rock glacier as a case study', Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 377-393. https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0014-081

Zemp, M, Frey, H, Gärtner-Roer, I, Nussbaumer, SU, Hoelzle, M, Paul, F, Haeberli, W, Denzinger, F, Ahlstrøm, AP, Anderson, B, Bajracharya, S, Baroni, C, Braun, LN, Cáceres, BE, Casassa, G, Cobos, G, Dávila, LR, Granados, D, Demuth, MN, Espizua, L, Fischer, A, Fujita, K, Gadek, B, Ghazanfar, A, Hagen, JO, Holmlund, P, Karimi, N, Li, Z, Pelto, M, Pitte, P, Popovnin, VV, Portocarrero, CA, Prinz, R, Sangewar, CV, Severskiy, I, Sigurðsson, O, Soruco, A, Usubaliev, R & Vincent, C 2015, 'Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century', Journal of Glaciology, vol. 61, no. 228, pp. 745-762. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J017

Fischer, A, Seiser, B, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Mitterer, C & Abermann, J 2015, 'Tracing glacier changes in Austria from the Little Ice Age to the present using a lidar-based high-resolution glacier inventory in Austria', Cryosphere, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 753-766. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-753-2015

Fischer, A, Stocker-Waldhuber, M, Seiser, B, Hynek, B & Slupetzky, H 2014, 'Glaciological Monitoring in the Hohe Tauern National Park', Eco.mont, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 55-62.

Zemp, M, Thibert, E, Huss, M, Stumm, D, Denby, R, Nuth, C, Nussbaumer, S, Moholdt, G, Mercer, A, Mayer, C, Joerg, P, Jansson, P, Hynek, B, Fischer, A, Escher-Vetter, H, Elvehøy, H & Andreassen, L 2013, 'Uncertainties and re-analysis of glacier mass balance measurements', Cryosphere, vol. 7, pp. 789-839.

Helfricht, K, Schöber, J, Seiser, B, Fischer, A, Stötter, J & Kuhn, M 2012, 'Snow accumulation of a high alpine catchment derived from LiDAR measurements', Advances in Geosciences, vol. 32, pp. 31-39. https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-32-31-2012

Prinz, R, Fischer, A, Nicholson, L & Kaser, G 2011, 'Seventy‐six years of mean mass balance rates derived from recent and re‐evaluated ice volume measurements on tropical Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 38, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049208

Fischer, A 2011, 'Comparison of direct and geodetic mass balances on a multi-annual time scale', Cryosphere, vol. 5, pp. 107-124.

Fischer, A, Olefs, M & Abermann, J 2011, 'Glaciers, snow and ski tourism in Austria's changing climate.', Annals of Glaciology, vol. 52, no. 58, pp. 89-96.

Fischer, A, Schneider, H, Merkel, G & Sailer, R 2011, 'Comparison of direct and geodetic mass balances on annual time scale', The Cryosphere Discussions, vol. 5, pp. 565-604. https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-5-565-2011

Fischer, A & Kuhn, M 2013, 'Ground-penetrating radar measurements of 64 Austrian glaciers between 1995 and 2010', Annals of Glaciology, vol. 54, no. 64, pp. 179-188. https://doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG64A108