Birger Schmitz

8.5k total citations
186 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Birger Schmitz is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Birger Schmitz has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Atmospheric Science, 76 papers in Paleontology and 71 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Birger Schmitz's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (98 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (66 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (64 papers). Birger Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (98 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (66 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (64 papers). Birger Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Spain. Birger Schmitz's co-authors include Victoriano Pujalte, Robert P. Speijer, Stig M. Bergström, Bernhard Peucker‐Ehrenbrink, Mario Tassinari, Fredrik Andreasson, Ellen Thomas, Scott L. Wing, Philip D. Gingerich and C. Alwmark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Birger Schmitz

179 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birger Schmitz Sweden 47 4.1k 3.2k 1.8k 1.6k 1.3k 186 6.5k
Philippe Claeys Belgium 39 2.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 2.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 820 0.6× 332 6.5k
Martin D. Brasier United Kingdom 39 2.3k 0.6× 3.8k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 552 0.4× 503 0.4× 76 5.0k
Yemane Asmerom United States 46 6.0k 1.5× 2.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 607 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 167 8.9k
Walter Álvarez United States 40 3.1k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 3.8k 2.1× 1.6k 1.0× 424 0.3× 121 7.5k
Adam C. Maloof United States 39 3.2k 0.8× 3.8k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 313 0.2× 545 0.4× 94 6.5k
Dominik Fleitmann Switzerland 51 8.1k 2.0× 3.1k 1.0× 804 0.4× 495 0.3× 1.8k 1.3× 139 10.3k
Gerta Keller United States 67 7.9k 1.9× 8.1k 2.5× 4.1k 2.2× 586 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 249 11.8k
Michael R. Rampino United States 38 2.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 683 0.4× 474 0.4× 115 4.9k
Albert Matter Switzerland 48 6.7k 1.6× 3.1k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 247 0.2× 1.5k 1.1× 130 9.7k
Francis A. Macdonald United States 49 3.8k 0.9× 5.9k 1.8× 3.6k 1.9× 443 0.3× 506 0.4× 153 8.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Birger Schmitz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birger Schmitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birger Schmitz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Birger Schmitz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Birger Schmitz 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 Birger Schmitz. Birger Schmitz 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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Újvári, Gábor, Sándor Kele, László Rinyu, et al.. (2025). Substantial continental temperature rise over the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Pyrenees. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Liao, Shiyong, et al.. (2024). L-chondrite body breakup in Ordovician strata in China - A time tie point globally and across the inner solar system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 643. 118891–118891. 2 indexed citations
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Liao, Shiyong, Magdalena H. Huyskens, Qing‐Zhu Yin, & Birger Schmitz. (2020). Absolute dating of the L-chondrite parent body breakup with high-precision U–Pb zircon geochronology from Ordovician limestone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 547. 116442–116442. 20 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Birger, Kenneth A. Farley, Steven Goderis, et al.. (2019). An extraterrestrial trigger for the mid-Ordovician ice age: Dust from the breakup of the L-chondrite parent body. Science Advances. 5(9). eaax4184–eaax4184. 65 indexed citations
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Sanborn, M. E., Qing‐Zhu Yin, Birger Schmitz, & Yuri Amelin. (2016). Northwest Africa 5400/6077: Deciphering the Origin of the Mysterious Achondrite with a New Look at the Isotopic Composition. LPI. 2309. 2 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Birger, et al.. (2013). Alteration of Chondrites on the Sea Floor: Mezö-Madaras (L3.7). M&PSA. 76. 5133. 1 indexed citations
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Aubry, Marie‐Pierre, et al.. (2012). The First Radiation of the Fasciculiths: morphologic adaptations of the coccolithophores to oligotrophy. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 19 indexed citations
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Alwmark, C., M. M. M. Meier, Birger Schmitz, et al.. (2011). Variations in the Abundance of Regolith Derived Micrometeorites with Time, Following the L-Chondrite Parent Body Disruption at 470 Ma. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Birger, et al.. (2010). The delta C-13 chemostratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Mjosa Formation at Furuberget near Hamar, southeastern Norway: Baltic, Trans-Atlantic, and Chinese relations. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 90. 65–78. 15 indexed citations
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Heck, P. R., Birger Schmitz, M. M. M. Meier, & R. Wieler. (2010). FOSSIL METEORITES IN ORDOVICIAN SEDIMENTS FROM SWEDEN ARE NOT REDISTRIBUTED METEORITES FROM A SINGLE FALL. P. R. Heck. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1001. 1 indexed citations
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Egger, Hans, Claus Heilmann‐Clausen, & Birger Schmitz. (2009). From shelf to abyss: Record of the Paleocene/Eocene-boundary in the Eastern Alps (Austria). Geologica Acta. 7(1). 215–227. 21 indexed citations
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Pujalte, Victoriano, Birger Schmitz, Juan Ignacio Baceta, et al.. (2009). Correlation of the Thanetian-Ilerdian turnover of larger foraminifera and the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: confirming evidence from the Campo area (Pyrenees, Spain). Geologica Acta. 7(1). 161–175. 50 indexed citations
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Heck, P. R., T. Ushikubo, Birger Schmitz, et al.. (2009). High-Precision Oxygen Three-Isotope SIMS Analyses of Ordovician Extraterrestrial Chromite Grains from Sweden and China: Debris of the L Chondrite Parent Asteroid Breakup. 1119. 4 indexed citations
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Meier, M. M. M., Birger Schmitz, H. Baur, & R. Wieler. (2009). A Regolith Pre-Exposure Signature in Fossil Micrometeorites from an Asteroid Collision 470 Million Years Ago. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1153. 2 indexed citations
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Pujalte, Victoriano, Juan Ignacio Baceta, Birger Schmitz, et al.. (2009). Redefinition of the Ilerdian Stage (early Eocene). Geologica Acta. 7(1). 177–194. 50 indexed citations
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Egger, H., et al.. (2008). From the shelf to abyss: The Paleocene-Eocene boundary in Austria. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations
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Alwmark, C. & Birger Schmitz. (2006). Extraterrestrial Chromite in the Ordovician Lockne Impact Structure, Central Sweden. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement. 41. 5056. 1 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Birger, et al.. (2005). Determination of Production Rates of Cosmogenic He and Ne in Meteoritic Chromite Grains. 36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1712. 2 indexed citations
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Baur, H., et al.. (2003). Cosmic-Ray Exposure Age of a 480 Myr Old Fossil Meteorite by Noble Gas Analyses of Relict Chromite Grains. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1751. 1 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Birger & Mario Tassinari. (2001). A Rain of Ordinary Chondrites in the Early Ordovician. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement. 36. 7 indexed citations

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