Achim Bräuning

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
235 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Achim Bräuning is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Achim Bräuning has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 213 papers in Atmospheric Science, 196 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 86 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Achim Bräuning's work include Tree-ring climate responses (205 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (178 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (65 papers). Achim Bräuning is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (205 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (178 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (65 papers). Achim Bräuning collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Kenya. Achim Bräuning's co-authors include Ze‐Xin Fan, Bao Yang, Jussi Grießinger, Kun‐Fang Cao, Aster Gebrekirstos, Mahmuda Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Berhan Gessesse, Woldeamlak Bewket and Jörg Löffler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Achim Bräuning

227 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt c... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years
    2021 159 citations Chun Qin, Achim Bräuning et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Achim Bräuning Germany 48 5.5k 5.1k 2.4k 646 523 235 7.0k
Eryuan Liang China 47 5.6k 1.0× 5.8k 1.1× 3.0k 1.2× 896 1.4× 502 1.0× 185 7.3k
Neil Pederson United States 47 4.2k 0.8× 5.0k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 824 1.3× 548 1.0× 127 6.4k
Ricardo Villalba Argentina 53 6.7k 1.2× 5.7k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 1.3k 2.0× 466 0.9× 232 9.1k
Martín de Luis Spain 53 3.8k 0.7× 5.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 897 1.7× 143 6.9k
Martin Wilmking Germany 40 3.6k 0.7× 3.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.2k 1.9× 528 1.0× 135 5.1k
David M. Meko United States 45 8.1k 1.5× 8.8k 1.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 1.9× 566 1.1× 124 10.8k
Paolo Cherubini Switzerland 51 6.1k 1.1× 6.3k 1.2× 3.6k 1.5× 892 1.4× 1.9k 3.7× 261 8.9k
M. Vennetier France 20 2.6k 0.5× 5.0k 1.0× 3.2k 1.3× 1.4k 2.2× 1.3k 2.6× 53 6.8k
Еugene А. Vaganov Russia 39 6.0k 1.1× 5.5k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 495 0.8× 441 0.8× 185 6.8k
Henri D. Grissino‐Mayer United States 34 3.6k 0.6× 4.6k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 2.0× 560 1.1× 118 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Achim Bräuning

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Fields of papers citing papers by Achim Bräuning

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Achim Bräuning

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Achim Bräuning. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Achim Bräuning based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Achim Bräuning. Achim Bräuning is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Huang, Ru, Hong Yin, Haifeng Zhu, et al.. (2025). A late summer temperature reconstruction based on tree-ring maximum latewood density since AD 1246 on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews. 355. 109266–109266. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Bao, Wang Feng, Gang Li, et al.. (2025). Meta-analysis of climate effects on radial growth of Qinghai spruce in northwestern China. Journal of Forestry Research. 36(1).
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Grießinger, Jussi, et al.. (2025). Drought reconstruction and related dendrogeomorphic time-series analysis from Kinnaur region of western Himalayas. CATENA. 254. 108950–108950. 1 indexed citations
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Birhane, Emiru, et al.. (2024). Survival and plasticity in Acacia saligna growth across Contrasting management practices and growing niches. Journal of Environmental Management. 367. 121941–121941. 1 indexed citations
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Ullah, Waheed, Siddique Ullah, Achim Bräuning, et al.. (2024). Land use land cover and land surface temperature changes and their relationship with human modification in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. Brazilian Journal of Biology. 84. e281700–e281700. 3 indexed citations
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Qin, Chun, Bao Yang, Achim Bräuning, et al.. (2024). Persistent humid climate favored the Qin and Western Han Dynasties in China around 2,200 y ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2415294121–e2415294121. 10 indexed citations
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Peng, Xinhua, et al.. (2023). Tree rings in Tsuga dumosa reveal increasing drought variability in subtropical southwest China over the past two centuries. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 628. 111757–111757. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Chaoyong, et al.. (2023). Quantitative relative humidity reconstruction combining tree-ring with ice core oxygen isotope records. Journal of Hydrology. 617. 129084–129084. 7 indexed citations
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Gaire, Narayan Prasad, et al.. (2023). The impact of warming climate on Himalayan silver fir growth along an elevation gradient in the Mt. Everest region. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 339. 109575–109575. 14 indexed citations
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Grießinger, Jussi, et al.. (2022). Tree-Ring Oxygen Isotope Variations in Subalpine Firs from the Western Himalaya Capture Spring Season Temperature Signals. Forests. 13(3). 437–437. 8 indexed citations
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Hartl, Claudia, Lea Schneider, Achim Bräuning, et al.. (2021). Reduced Temperature Sensitivity of Maximum Latewood Density Formation in High-Elevation Corsican Pines under Recent Warming. Atmosphere. 12(7). 804–804. 14 indexed citations
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Gillner, Sten, et al.. (2020). Response of Growth to Climate within Oaks of the World Heritage Site of Prussian Gardens. 6(2). 4 indexed citations
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Mokria, Mulugeta, Aster Gebrekirstos, Abrham Abiyu, Meine van Noordwijk, & Achim Bräuning. (2017). Multi‐century tree‐ring precipitation record reveals increasing frequency of extreme dry events in the upper Blue Nile River catchment. Global Change Biology. 23(12). 5436–5454. 36 indexed citations
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Gessesse, Berhan, Woldeamlak Bewket, & Achim Bräuning. (2015). Why does accuracy assessment and validation of multi-resolution-based satellite image classification matter? A methodological discourse. SINET Ethiopian Journal of Science. 38(1). 29–42. 2 indexed citations
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Hochreuther, Philipp, David Loibl, Jakob Wernicke, et al.. (2015). Ages of major Little Ice Age glacier fluctuations on the southeast Tibetan Plateau derived from tree-ring-based moraine dating. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 422. 1–10. 21 indexed citations
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Gebrekirstos, Aster, Achim Bräuning, Meine van Noordwijk, & Ralph Mitlöhner. (2011). Understanding past, present, and future climate changes from East to West Africa. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Bao & Achim Bräuning. (2007). Temperature Variations on the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Millennium. 3. 31–34. 7 indexed citations
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