Alexandra Barthelmes

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 740 citations indexed

About

Alexandra Barthelmes is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Barthelmes has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 740 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Barthelmes's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (11 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (6 papers). Alexandra Barthelmes is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (11 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (6 papers). Alexandra Barthelmes collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Norway. Alexandra Barthelmes's co-authors include Hans Joosten, John Couwenberg, Anja Prager, Franziska Koebsch, Anke Günther, Vytas Huth, Gerald Jurasinski, Martin Theuerkauf, Alexander Popp and Hermann Lotze‐Campen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Research Letters and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Barthelmes

14 papers receiving 713 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Prompt rewetting of drained peatlands reduces climate warming despite methane emissions

2020 237 citations Anke Günther, Alexandra Barthelmes et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Alexandra Barthelmes

ECOLO

GPC

EEBS

R. E. Stoneman United Kingdom

Qian Hao China

Peter D. McIntosh Australia

Dan Yeloff Netherlands

Erwan Roussel France

C. A. S. Smith Canada

Greta C. Dargie United Kingdom

P. R. Dowty United States

Sam Moore United Kingdom

Theo Spek Netherlands

R. E. Stoneman United Kingdom

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592 ×1.3

ECOLO

420 ×1.7

240 ×1.5

GPC

111 ×0.7

66 ×1.0

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Citations per year, relative to Alexandra Barthelmes Alexandra Barthelmes (= 1×) peers R. E. Stoneman

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandra Barthelmes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra Barthelmes

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16 of 16 papers shown

Barthelmes, Alexandra, John Couwenberg, Kristiina Lång, et al.. (2025). Identifying hotspots of greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands in the European Union. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10825–10825. 1 indexed citations

Connolly, John, et al.. (2024). Remote sensing of peatland degradation in temperate and boreal climate zones – A review of the potentials, gaps, and challenges. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112437–112437. 7 indexed citations

Barthelmes, Alexandra, et al.. (2024). What, when, who and how? A review of peatland research in Amazonia. Mires and Peat. 31. 3–3.

Zhao, Junbin, Simon Weldon, Alexandra Barthelmes, et al.. (2023). Global observation gaps of peatland greenhouse gas balances: needs and obstacles. Biogeochemistry. 167(4). 427–442. 4 indexed citations

Temmink, Ralph J. M., Bjorn J. M. Robroek, Gijs van Dijk, et al.. (2023). Wetscapes: Restoring and maintaining peatland landscapes for sustainable futures. AMBIO. 52(9). 1519–1528. 19 indexed citations

Tanneberger, Franziska, Asbjørn Moen, Alexandra Barthelmes, et al.. (2021). Mires in Europe—Regional Diversity, Condition and Protection. Diversity. 13(8). 381–381. 60 indexed citations

Günther, Anke, Alexandra Barthelmes, Vytas Huth, et al.. (2020). Prompt rewetting of drained peatlands reduces climate warming despite methane emissions. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1644–1644. 237 indexed citations breakdown →

Humpenöder, Florian, Kristine Karstens, Hermann Lotze‐Campen, et al.. (2020). Peatland protection and restoration are key for climate change mitigation. Environmental Research Letters. 15(10). 104093–104093. 123 indexed citations

Barthelmes, Alexandra, et al.. (2015). Peatlands and Climate in a Ramsar context. Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Barthelmes, Alexandra, Pim de Klerk, Anja Prager, et al.. (2012). Expanding NPP analysis to eutrophic and forested sites: Significance of NPPs in a Holocene wood peat section (NE Germany). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 186. 22–37. 19 indexed citations

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Prager, Anja, Martin Theuerkauf, John Couwenberg, et al.. (2012). Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs as tools for identifying alder carr deposits: A surface sample study from NE-Germany. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 186. 38–57. 30 indexed citations

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Barthelmes, Alexandra, et al.. (2010). Short-Term Vegetation Dynamics of Alnus Dominated Peatlands: a High Resolution Palaeoecological Case Study from Western Pomerania (NE Germany). Folia Geobotanica. 45(3). 279–302. 24 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Knut, Georg Miehe, Alexandra Barthelmes, et al.. (2008). Turf-bearing topsoils on the central Tibetan Plateau, China: Pedology, botany, geochronology. CATENA. 73(3). 300–311. 77 indexed citations

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Prager, Anja, Alexandra Barthelmes, Martin Theuerkauf, & Hans Joosten. (2006). Non-pollen palynomorphs from modern Alder carrs and their potential for interpreting microfossil data from peat. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 141(1-2). 7–31. 57 indexed citations

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Barthelmes, Alexandra, Anja Prager, & Hans Joosten. (2006). Palaeoecological analysis of Alnus wood peats with special attention to non-pollen palynomorphs. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 141(1-2). 33–51. 45 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Knut, Alexandra Barthelmes, Alexandra Hilgers, et al.. (2006). A Lateglacial palaeosol cover in the Altdarss area, southern Baltic Sea coast (northeast Germany): investigations on pedology, geochronology and botany. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw. 85(3). 197–220. 25 indexed citations

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