Bernd Zolitschka

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
186 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Bernd Zolitschka is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Zolitschka has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Atmospheric Science, 78 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 39 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Bernd Zolitschka's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (164 papers), Geological formations and processes (71 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (34 papers). Bernd Zolitschka is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (164 papers), Geological formations and processes (71 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (34 papers). Bernd Zolitschka collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Argentina and Switzerland. Bernd Zolitschka's co-authors include Christian Ohlendorf, Jörg F. W. Negendank, Pierre Francus, Andreas Lücke, Antti Ojala, Christoph Mayr, Torsten Haberzettl, Arndt Schimmelmann, Gerhard H. Schleser and Frank Schäbitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Zolitschka

179 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Rapid environmental changes in southern Europe during the last glacial period

1999 533 citations Achim Brauer, Jörg F. W. Negendank et al. profile →
Varves in lake sediments – a review

2015 359 citations Bernd Zolitschka, Pierre Francus et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernd Zolitschka Germany	48	5.7k	2.2k	2.0k	1.5k	1.3k	186	7.1k
Daniel Arizteguí Switzerland	45	4.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	845 0.6×	187	5.7k
Achim Brauer Germany	50	7.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	243	8.9k
Jason H. Curtis United States	49	6.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.4×	3.1k 2.0×	1.3k 1.0×	136	8.5k
L. E. Lisiecki United States	25	8.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	53	9.2k
Larry C. Peterson United States	36	7.2k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	82	8.9k
Michel Fontugne France	50	5.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	166	7.8k
Megan J. Kelly United States	11	5.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	13	5.9k
Jörg F. W. Negendank Germany	40	5.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	96	6.2k
Marco Spurk Germany	15	4.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	17	5.7k
Helge W. Arz Germany	42	4.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	696 0.5×	163	5.9k

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Tylmann, Wojciech, Anna Pędziszewska, Maurycy Żarczyński, Małgorzata Latałowa, & Bernd Zolitschka. (2024). Lake level fluctuations and varve preservation – The sediment record from Lake Suminko (Poland) reflects European paleoclimatic changes. Quaternary Science Reviews. 339. 108854–108854. 1 indexed citations

Zolitschka, Bernd, Frank Preusser, Nikolaus Froitzheim, et al.. (2024). Stratigraphy and dating of Middle Pleistocene sediments from Rodderberg, Germany. Journal of Quaternary Science. 39(7). 1011–1030.

Zolitschka, Bernd, et al.. (2024). Is the ‘Year Without a Summer’ imprinted in continental varve thickness records?. Quaternary Science Reviews. 346. 109085–109085.

Enters, Dirk, et al.. (2021). Facies characterisation of sediments from the East Frisian Wadden Sea (Germany): new insights from down-core scanning techniques. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw. 100. 6 indexed citations

Zolitschka, Bernd & Wojciech Tylmann. (2020). Annually Laminated Lake Sediments. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 1 indexed citations

Jenny, Jean‐Philippe, Sujan Koirala, Irene Gregory‐Eaves, et al.. (2019). Human and climate global-scale imprint on sediment transfer during the Holocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 22972–22976. 98 indexed citations

Profe, Jörn, Lara Wacha, Manfred Frechen, Christian Ohlendorf, & Bernd Zolitschka. (2018). XRF scanning of discrete samples – A chemostratigraphic approach exemplified for loess-paleosol sequences from the Island of Susak, Croatia. Quaternary International. 494. 34–51. 18 indexed citations

Profe, Jörn, Ágnes Novothny, Christian Rolf, et al.. (2018). Paleoenvironmental conditions and sedimentation dynamics in Central Europe inferred from geochemical data of the loess-paleosol sequence at Süttő (Hungary). Quaternary Science Reviews. 196. 21–37. 20 indexed citations

Ehrmann, Werner, Yvonne Milker, Jürgen Möbius, et al.. (2017). Combined North Atlantic and anthropogenic forcing of changes in the marine environments in the Gulf of Taranto (Italy) during the last millennium. 1 indexed citations

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Profe, Jörn, Bernd Zolitschka, Manfred Frechen, et al.. (2017). Geochemical record of the loess-paleosol sequence Süttő (Hungary) derived from X-ray fluorescence scanning of discrete samples. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9085. 1 indexed citations

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Jenny, Jean‐Philippe, Alexandre Normandeau, Pierre Francus, et al.. (2016). Urban point sources of nutrients were the leading cause for the historical spread of hypoxia across European lakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(45). 12655–12660. 104 indexed citations

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Jenny, Jean‐Philippe, Pierre Francus, Alexandre Normandeau, et al.. (2015). Global spread of hypoxia in freshwater ecosystems during the last three centuries is caused by rising local human pressure. Global Change Biology. 22(4). 1481–1489. 280 indexed citations

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Lücke, Andreas, Holger Wissel, Christoph Mayr, et al.. (2014). Climate history of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies belt during the last glacial–interglacial transition revealed from lake water oxygen isotope reconstruction of Laguna Potrok Aike (52° S, Argentina). Climate of the past. 10(6). 2153–2169. 11 indexed citations

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Wissel, Holger, et al.. (2010). Carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of core catcher samples from the ICDP deep drilling at Laguna Potrok Aike (Patagonia, Argentina). EGUGA. 7714. 1 indexed citations

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Lücke, Andreas, Holger Wissel, Christoph Mayr, et al.. (2009). Carbon and oxygen isotopes of sedimentary cellulose from Laguna Azul reflect hydrological variations in the Patagonian steppe of southern Argentina since AD 600. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 8815. 1 indexed citations

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Tylmann, Wojciech, et al.. (2008). Laminowane osady denne jeziora Szurpiły jako podstawa rekonstrukcji zmian środowiska przyrodniczego w północno-wschodniej Polsce. Landform Analysis. 9. 2 indexed citations

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Haberzettl, Torsten, Christoph Mayr, Martin Wille, & Bernd Zolitschka. (2007). Linkages between southern hemisphere westerlies and hydrological changes in semi-arid Patagonia during the last 16,000 years. PAGES news. 15(2). 22–23. 10 indexed citations

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Schäbitz, Frank, Marta M. Paez, Marı́a Virginia Mancini, et al.. (2003). Estudios paleoambientales en lagos volcánicos en la Región Volcánica de Pali Aike, sur de Patagonia (Argentina): palinología. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 5(2). 301–316. 8 indexed citations

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Zolitschka, Bernd, et al.. (1999). Geomorphologie der Mosel-Niederterrassen und Ablagerungen eines ehemaligen Altarmsees (Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz) : Indikatoren für jungquartäre Umweltveränderungen und anthropogene Schwermetallbelastung. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 143. 401–416. 7 indexed citations

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Negendank, Jörg F. W., et al.. (1997). Varves and solar variability (Lake Holzmaar, Eifel, Germany). Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 1 indexed citations

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