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Researcher · Past Global Changes · Switzerland

Thorsten Kiefer

Thorsten Kiefer publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Ecology, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

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World rank
#707,028
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#12,578
of 80,918
Works
153
Citations
6.6k
Citations per work
43.4
h-index
25
i10-index 39Top 21% in Atmospheric Science
Thorsten Kiefer

What does Thorsten Kiefer research?

Thorsten Kiefer's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (50%), Environmental Science (24%).

Physical Sciences: 113 works · 73.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 76 works · 49.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 53 works · 34.7% of their workOceanography: 17 works · 10.9% of their workPaleontology: 6 works · 4.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 37 works · 24.2% of their workEcology: 15 works · 9.9% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 works · 8.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 40 works · 26.2% of their workTHEIR WORKThorsten Kiefer153works
Physical Sciences74%

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 Sciences7649.6%
    2. Environmental Science3724.2%
  2. Everything else4026.2%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science35% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography11% of their works
  3. 3Ecology10% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thorsten Kiefer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Holocene, Sea Level, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics, Global Warming and Extreme Events.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change774 topics
  2. Paleoclimatology612 topics
  3. Holocene582 topics
  4. Sea Level582 topics
  5. Glacial Cycles521 topic
  6. Monsoon Dynamics521 topic
  7. Global Warming253 topics
  8. Extreme Events192 topics
  9. Stable Isotopes161 topic
  10. Trophic Position161 topic
  11. Anaerobic101 topic
  12. Climate Modeling101 topic
  13. Methane Oxidation101 topic
  14. Precipitation Extremes101 topic
  15. Temperature Variability91 topic
  16. Tree Rings91 topic
  17. Agricultural Origins61 topic
  18. Black Sea61 topic
  19. Dissolved Organic Matter61 topic
  20. Eutrophication61 topic
  21. Radiocarbon Dating61 topic
  22. paleoceanography61 topic

Where does Thorsten Kiefer work?

Thorsten Kiefer's main affiliation in the publication record is Past Global Changes, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Thorsten Kiefer have?

OpenAlex counts 153 works and 6,635 citations for Thorsten Kiefer, an h-index of 25, ranking #707,028 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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