Christian Schweitzer

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Christian Schweitzer is a scholar working on Ecology, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Schweitzer has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Water Science and Technology and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Christian Schweitzer's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (4 papers) and Water Resources and Management (4 papers). Christian Schweitzer is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (4 papers) and Water Resources and Management (4 papers). Christian Schweitzer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands. Christian Schweitzer's co-authors include Joerg A. Priess, Rasmus Fensholt, Robert J. Scholes, José M. Paruelo, Lennart Olsson, Stephen D. Prince, Howard E. Epstein, Compton J. Tucker, Kjeld Rasmussen and Andrea E. Gaughan and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing and Land Use Policy.

In The Last Decade

Christian Schweitzer

19 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 —... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
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. Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers
    2012 654 citations Christian Schweitzer et al. profile →

Peers

Christian Schweitzer
Abdulhakim M. Abdi Sweden
Luguang Jiang China
Ling Luo China
Neil Sims Australia
Pavel Propastin Germany
Yeqiao Wang United States
Guangbin Yang China
R. Gil Pontius United States
Siqin Tong China
Abdulhakim M. Abdi Sweden
Christian Schweitzer
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Countries citing papers authored by Christian Schweitzer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Schweitzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Schweitzer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Schweitzer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Schweitzer 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 Christian Schweitzer. Christian Schweitzer 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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Berger, Katja, Saskia Foerster, Zoltan Szantoi, et al.. (2025). Evolving Earth observation capabilities for recent land-related EU policies. Land Use Policy. 158. 107749–107749.
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Strauch, Michael, Anna F. Cord, Sven Lautenbach, et al.. (2019). Constraints in multi-objective optimization of land use allocation – Repair or penalize?. Environmental Modelling & Software. 118. 241–251. 52 indexed citations
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Yalew, Seleshi, Tobias Pilz, Christian Schweitzer, et al.. (2018). Coupling land-use change and hydrologic models for quantification of catchment ecosystem services. Environmental Modelling & Software. 109. 315–328. 23 indexed citations
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Yalew, Seleshi, Marloes Mul, Ann van Griensven, et al.. (2016). Land-Use Change Modelling in the Upper Blue Nile Basin. Environments. 3(3). 21–21. 37 indexed citations
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Pause, Marion, Christian Schweitzer, Michael P. Rosenthal, et al.. (2016). In Situ/Remote Sensing Integration to Assess Forest Health—A Review. Remote Sensing. 8(6). 471–471. 94 indexed citations
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Karthe, Daniel, Sergey Chalov, Galina Shinkareva, et al.. (2014). INTEGRATING MULTI-SCALE DATA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF WATER AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY IN THE KHARAA—ORKHON—SELENGA RIVER SYSTEM. GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY. 7(3). 65–86. 4 indexed citations
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Priess, Joerg A., et al.. (2014). Impacts of agricultural land-use dynamics on erosion risks and options for land and water management in Northern Mongolia. Environmental Earth Sciences. 73(2). 697–708. 34 indexed citations
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Hülsmann, Lisa, S. Geyer, Christian Schweitzer, Joerg A. Priess, & Daniel Karthe. (2014). The effect of subarctic conditions on water resources: initial results and limitations of the SWAT model applied to the Kharaa River Basin in Northern Mongolia. Environmental Earth Sciences. 73(2). 581–592. 32 indexed citations
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Yalew, Seleshi, Tobias Pilz, Christian Schweitzer, et al.. (2014). Dynamic Feedback between Land Use and Hydrology for Ecosystem Services Assessment. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 4 indexed citations
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Karthe, Daniel, Sergey Chalov, Galina Shinkareva, et al.. (2014). INTEGRATING MULTI-SCALE DATA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF WATER AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY IN THE KHARAA - ORKHON - SELENGA RIVER SYSTEM. GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY. 7(3). 65–86. 27 indexed citations
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Priess, Joerg A., et al.. (2011). Modelling regional scale biofuel scenarios – a case study for India. GCB Bioenergy. 4(2). 176–192. 14 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Christian, et al.. (2011). A generic framework for land-use modelling. Environmental Modelling & Software. 26(8). 1052–1055. 31 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Christian & Joerg A. Priess. (2010). Linking wildfire behaviour and land-use modelling in Northern Mongolia. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 2 indexed citations
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Priess, Joerg A., et al.. (2010). The consequences of land-use change and water demands in Central Mongolia. Land Use Policy. 28(1). 4–10. 66 indexed citations
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Priess, Joerg A., et al.. (2010). Biofuel Options for India—Perspectives on Land Availability, Land Management and Land-Use Change. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy. 4(3). 243–255. 5 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Christian. (2006). Cost management for the construction of ethanol plants: "more solutions-less buildings".. International sugar journal. 108(1295). 662–666.
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Colditz, René R., et al.. (2005). Ableitung von phänologischen Verlaufsmustern aus MODIS-Zeitserien und Möglichkeiten der Anwendung. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Christian, et al.. (2005). Preliminary Report on the Geophysical Survey at c Ezbet Rushdi/Tell el-Dabca in spring 2004. Ägypten und Levante. 1(XIV). 101–110. 2 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Christian, et al.. (2005). Knowledge-based land use classification combining expert knowledge, GIS, multi-temporal Landsat 7 ETM+ and MODIS time series data in Khorezm, Uzbeskistan. elib (German Aerospace Center). 7 indexed citations
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Conrad, Christopher, et al.. (2004). Modeling seasonal actual evapotranspiration with remote sensing and GIS in Khorezm region, Uzbekistan. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5568. 214–214. 2 indexed citations

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