Bert Rudels

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Bert Rudels is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert Rudels has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Atmospheric Science, 48 papers in Oceanography and 44 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bert Rudels's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (66 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (44 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (38 papers). Bert Rudels is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (66 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (44 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (38 papers). Bert Rudels collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Finland and United States. Bert Rudels's co-authors include E. Peter Jones, Ursula Schauer, Leif G. Anderson, Detlef Quadfasel, Göran Björk, Robin D. Muench, Hans Friedrich, Patrick Eriksson, Michael Kärcher and James H. Swift and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Bert Rudels

90 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Arctic freshwater export:... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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. Arctic freshwater export: Status, mechanisms, and prospects
    2014 347 citations Michael Kärcher, Bert Rudels et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bert Rudels 5.5k 3.2k 3.0k 1.5k 961 91 6.5k
James H. Swift 4.6k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 2.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 615 0.6× 64 5.6k
E. Peter Jones 4.3k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 515 0.5× 81 5.2k
Ursula Schauer 3.8k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 470 0.5× 80 4.6k
Knut Aagaard 8.9k 1.6× 5.3k 1.7× 4.1k 1.3× 2.5k 1.7× 904 0.9× 87 10.3k
J. Morison 5.7k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.8k 1.2× 362 0.4× 98 6.5k
Igor V. Polyakov 5.9k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 2.7k 1.8× 449 0.5× 114 7.0k
Richard Krishfield 4.6k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 309 0.3× 87 5.9k
Agnieszka Beszczyńska-Möller 2.4k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 245 0.3× 67 4.0k
Rebecca A. Woodgate 4.4k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 360 0.4× 60 5.1k
Andrey Proshutinsky 5.2k 0.9× 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 378 0.4× 98 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bert Rudels

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bert Rudels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bert Rudels

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bert Rudels. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bert Rudels 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 Bert Rudels. Bert Rudels is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dmitrenko, Igor, Sergei Kirillov, Bert Rudels, et al.. (2023). Modification of Pacific water in the northern Canadian Arctic. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 2 indexed citations
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Rudels, Bert & Eddy C. Carmack. (2022). Arctic Ocean Water Mass Structure and Circulation. Oceanography. 22 indexed citations
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Dmitrenko, Igor, Sergey Kirillov, Bert Rudels, et al.. (2017). Arctic Ocean outflow and glacier–ocean interactions modify water over the Wandel Sea shelf (northeastern Greenland). Ocean science. 13(6). 1045–1060. 13 indexed citations
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Damm, Ellen, Bert Rudels, Ursula Schauer, Susan Mau, & Gerhard Dieckmann. (2015). Methane excess in Arctic surface water- triggered by sea ice formation and melting. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16179–16179. 52 indexed citations
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Korhonen, Meri, Bert Rudels, Marika Marnela, Andreas Wisotzki, & Jinping Zhao. (2013). Time and space variability of freshwater content, heat content and seasonal ice melt in the Arctic Ocean from 1991 to 2011. Ocean science. 9(6). 1015–1055. 44 indexed citations
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Rabe, Benjamin, Michael Kärcher, Frank Kauker, et al.. (2013). Arctic Ocean liquid freshwater storage trend 1992 - 2012. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations
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Пака, В. Т., Victor Zhurbas, Bert Rudels, et al.. (2013). Microstructure measurements and estimates of entrainment in the Denmark Strait overflow plume. Ocean science. 9(6). 1003–1014. 12 indexed citations
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Marnela, Marika, et al.. (2013). Recirculation in the Fram Strait and transports of water in and north of the Fram Strait derived from CTD data. Ocean science. 9(3). 499–519. 63 indexed citations
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Rudels, Bert, Ursula Schauer, Göran Björk, et al.. (2013). Observations of water masses and circulation with focus on the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean from the 1990s to the late 2000s. Ocean science. 9(1). 147–169. 66 indexed citations
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Korhonen, Meri, et al.. (2012). Time and space variability of freshwater content, heat content and seasonal ice melt in the Arctic Ocean from 1991 to 2011. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 8 indexed citations
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Anderson, Leif G., Toste Tanhua, Göran Björk, et al.. (2010). Arctic Ocean Shelf - basin interaction, an active continental shelf CO2 pump and its impact on degree of calcium carbonate solubility. Deep Sea Research. 57(7). 869–879. 2 indexed citations
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Пака, В. Т., Bert Rudels, Detlef Quadfasel, & Victor Zhurbas. (2010). Measurements of turbulence in the zone of strong bottom currents in the strait of Denmark. Doklady Earth Sciences. 432(1). 613–617. 5 indexed citations
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Jakobsson, Martin, Jan Backman, Bert Rudels, et al.. (2007). The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean. Nature. 447(7147). 986–990. 209 indexed citations
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Woodgate, Rebecca A., Robin D. Muench, John T. Gunn, et al.. (2001). The Arctic Ocean bounndary current along the Eurasian slope and the adjacent Lomonosov Ridge : water mass properties, transportas and transformation from moored instruments. Deep Sea Research. 48. 1757–1792. 15 indexed citations
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Rudels, Bert, Ralf Meyer, Eberhard Fahrbach, et al.. (2000). Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997. Annales Geophysicae. 18(6). 687–705. 123 indexed citations
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Jones, E. Peter, Bert Rudels, & Leif G. Anderson. (1995). Deep waters of the Arctic Ocean : origin and circulation. Deep Sea Research. 42. 737–760. 38 indexed citations
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Rudels, Bert. (1995). The thermohaline circulation of the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland Sea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 352(1699). 287–299. 65 indexed citations
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Quadfasel, Detlef, Alexander Sy, & Bert Rudels. (1993). A ship of opportunity section to the North Pole: upper ocean temperature observations. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 40(4). 777–789. 39 indexed citations
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Rudels, Bert. (1987). On the mass balance of the Polar Ocean, with special emphasis on the Fram Strait. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 104 indexed citations

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