Eelco J. Rohling

31.0k total citations · 10 hit papers
226 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

Eelco J. Rohling is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eelco J. Rohling has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Atmospheric Science, 69 papers in Oceanography and 58 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eelco J. Rohling's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (185 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (54 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (37 papers). Eelco J. Rohling is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (185 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (54 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (37 papers). Eelco J. Rohling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Netherlands. Eelco J. Rohling's co-authors include Andrew P. Roberts, Katharine Grant, Mark E. Siddall, Gianluca Marino, Harry L. Bryden, Frans Jorissen, Heiko Pälike, Ch. Hemleben, Gregory F. Lane‐Serff and Henry Charnock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eelco J. Rohling

221 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

Holocene climate variability 1997 2026 2006 2016 2004 2003 1997 2005 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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. Holocene climate variability
    2004 2.0k citations Paul A. Mayewski, Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →
  2. Sea-level fluctuations during the last glacial cycle
    2003 1.3k citations Mark E. Siddall, Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →
  3. Postglacial connection of the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and its relation to the timing of sapropel formation
    1997 985 citations Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →
  4. Centennial-scale climate cooling with a sudden cold event around 8,200 years ago
    2005 561 citations Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →
  5. Magnitudes of sea-level lowstands of the past 500,000 years
    1998 504 citations Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →
  6. Sea-level and deep-sea-temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years
    2014 467 citations Eelco J. Rohling, Katharine Grant et al. profile →
  7. Rapid coupling between ice volume and polar temperature over the past 150,000 years
    2012 467 citations Katharine Grant, Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →
  8. Mediterranean climate and oceanography, and the periodic development of anoxic events (sapropels)
    2015 413 citations Eelco J. Rohling, Gianluca Marino et al. profile →
  9. Sea-level variability over five glacial cycles
    2014 370 citations Katharine Grant, Eelco J. Rohling et al. Nature Communications profile →
  10. Plio-Pleistocene climate sensitivity evaluated using high-resolution CO2 records
    2015 283 citations Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eelco J. Rohling United Kingdom 76 16.2k 5.9k 5.4k 4.9k 4.6k 226 21.3k
Melanie J. Leng United Kingdom 69 13.5k 0.8× 6.4k 1.1× 3.9k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 5.9k 1.3× 502 19.6k
David A Hodell United States 80 16.9k 1.0× 6.8k 1.2× 3.4k 0.6× 4.2k 0.9× 7.0k 1.5× 292 21.1k
John Southon United States 78 13.8k 0.9× 6.5k 1.1× 2.2k 0.4× 3.0k 0.6× 5.9k 1.3× 369 22.4k
Pieter Meiert Grootes Germany 71 16.4k 1.0× 6.4k 1.1× 2.5k 0.5× 3.8k 0.8× 4.4k 1.0× 206 21.2k
Paula Reimer United Kingdom 49 16.7k 1.0× 6.4k 1.1× 2.1k 0.4× 5.2k 1.1× 8.1k 1.7× 224 23.6k
Konrad A Hughen United States 44 12.5k 0.8× 5.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.4× 3.3k 0.7× 4.0k 0.8× 118 15.9k
Paul A. Mayewski United States 73 19.8k 1.2× 5.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.4× 3.0k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 375 23.9k
André F. Lotter Netherlands 66 11.6k 0.7× 5.7k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 3.0k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 198 16.5k
H. J. B. Birks Norway 92 22.6k 1.4× 10.9k 1.9× 2.9k 0.5× 4.8k 1.0× 5.5k 1.2× 411 33.4k
T. P. Guilderson United States 57 8.7k 0.5× 5.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 3.5k 0.8× 197 13.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heslop, David, Andrew P. Roberts, Eelco J. Rohling, et al.. (2025). Assessing the Duration of the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 52(7). 4 indexed citations
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Roberts, Andrew P., Eelco J. Rohling, David Heslop, et al.. (2024). Dry hydroclimates in the late Palaeocene-early Eocene hothouse world. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7042–7042. 3 indexed citations
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Krijgsman, Wout, Eelco J. Rohling, Dan V. Palcu, et al.. (2024). Causes and consequences of the Messinian salinity crisis. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5(5). 335–350. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Yihui, Yan Liu, Andrew P. Roberts, et al.. (2024). Bacterial magnetofossil evidence for enhanced Pacific Ocean respired carbon storage during buildup of Antarctic glaciation. Geology. 52(7). 570–574. 2 indexed citations
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Buss, Wolfram, et al.. (2024). Applying minerals to soil to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide through synergistic organic and inorganic pathways. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ze, Eelco J. Rohling, David B. Kemp, Zhixiang Wang, & Chunju Huang. (2024). Orbital‐Scale Global Ocean Sea Surface Temperatures Coupling With Cryosphere‐Carbon Cycle Changes Over the Past 4 Million Years. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39(7). 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, Andrew P. Roberts, Eelco J. Rohling, et al.. (2023). Accelerated light carbon sequestration following late Paleocene-early Eocene carbon cycle perturbations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 604. 117992–117992. 7 indexed citations
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Grant, Katharine, Pengxiang Hu, Laura Rodríguez‐Sanz, et al.. (2022). Organic carbon burial in Mediterranean sapropels intensified during Green Sahara Periods since 3.2 Myr ago. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 32 indexed citations
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Bolton, Clara T, Wolfgang Kuhnt, Ann Holbourn, et al.. (2022). Secular and orbital-scale variability of equatorial Indian Ocean summer monsoon winds during the late Miocene. Climate of the past. 18(4). 713–738. 8 indexed citations
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Buss, Wolfram, et al.. (2021). Enhancing natural cycles in agro-ecosystems to boost plant carbon capture and soil storage. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 1(1). 10 indexed citations
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Yi, Wu, Andrew P. Roberts, Katharine Grant, et al.. (2021). Climatically Modulated Dust Inputs from New Zealand to the Southwest Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean Over the Last 410 kyr. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(5). 2 indexed citations
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Rabe, Benjamin, Paul A. Dodd, E. Hansen, et al.. (2013). Liquid export of Arctic freshwater components through the Fram Strait 1998–2011. Ocean science. 9(1). 91–109. 46 indexed citations
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Medina‐Elizalde, Martín & Eelco J. Rohling. (2013). Classic Maya civilization collapse related to modest reduction in precipitation. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Grant, Katharine, Eelco J. Rohling, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, et al.. (2012). New chronology for Red Sea sea-level record reveals phase relationship between changes in polar climate and ice volume. EGUGA. 3131. 2 indexed citations
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Trommer, Gabriele, Michael Siccha, Eelco J. Rohling, et al.. (2011). Sensitivity of Red Sea circulation to sea level and insolation forcing during the last interglacial. Climate of the past. 7(3). 941–955. 18 indexed citations
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Siddall, Mark E., Eelco J. Rohling, Thomas Blunier, & Renato Spahni. (2010). Patterns of millennial variability over the last 500 ka. Climate of the past. 6(3). 295–303. 24 indexed citations
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Maasch, Kirk A., Paul A. Mayewski, Wibjörn Karlén, et al.. (2003). Holocene Climate Variability. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations
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Scrivner, A. E., Derek Vance, & Eelco J. Rohling. (2001). Neodymium Isotope data for Foraminifera Indicates Increased Nile Outflow During Mediterranean Anoxic Events. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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