Frank Sirocko

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Frank Sirocko is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Sirocko has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Atmospheric Science, 27 papers in Ecology and 26 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Frank Sirocko's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (72 papers), Geological formations and processes (20 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (20 papers). Frank Sirocko is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (72 papers), Geological formations and processes (20 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (20 papers). Frank Sirocko collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Frank Sirocko's co-authors include Michael Staubwasser, Heinz Lange, Pieter Meiert Grootes, Bert Rein, Dirk C Leuschner, Monika Segl, Michael Sarnthein, Andreas Lückge, H. Erlenkeuser and Maurice Arnold and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Frank Sirocko

87 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

Climate change at the 4.2 ka BP termination of the Indus valley civilization and Holocene south Asian monsoon variability

2003 549 citations Michael Staubwasser, Frank Sirocko et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
Century-scale events in monsoonal climate over the past 24,000 years

1993 525 citations Frank Sirocko et al. profile →

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Citations

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Vegetation Patterns during the Last 132,000 Years: A Synthesis from Twelve Eifel Maar Sediment Cores (Germany): The ELSA-23-Pollen-Stack 2024 ·Quaternary ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Frank Sirocko	6
2	A Cryptotephra Layer in Sediments of an Infilled Maar Lake from the Eifel (Germany): First Evidence of Campanian Ignimbrite Ash Airfall in Central Europe 2024 ·Quaternary ·(unknown), Ulrich Hambach, (unknown), Daniel Vereş, Frank Sirocko	2
3	Reconstruction of warm-season temperatures in central Europe during the past 60 000 years from lacustrine branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) 2024 ·Climate of the past ·Paul D. Zander, (unknown), Frank Sirocko, Alexandra Auderset, Gerald H. Haug, Alfredo Martínez‐García	12
4	Evidence for an Extreme Cooling Event Prior to the Laschamp Geomagnetic Excursion in Eifel Maar Sediments 2023 ·Quaternary ·(unknown), Frank Sirocko	4
5	Vegetation Dynamics and Megaherbivore Presence of MIS 3 Stadials and Interstadials 10–8 Obtained from a Sediment Core from Auel Infilled Maar, Eifel, Germany 2023 ·Quaternary ·(unknown), Frank Sirocko	6
6	Thresholds for the presence of glacial megafauna in central Europe during the last 60,000 years 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·Frank Sirocko, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alfredo Martínez‐García, Anthony Dosseto, Joachim Bürger, Thomas Terberger, Gerald H. Haug	9
7	Eolian sedimentation in central European Auel dry maar from 60 to 13 ka 2021 ·Quaternary Research ·(unknown), Klemens Seelos, Frank Sirocko	10
8	Aridity synthesis for eight selected key regions of the global climate system during the last 60 000 years 2020 ·Climate of the past ·(unknown), (unknown), Xun Gong, Gerrit Lohmann, Frank Sirocko	19
9	Global aridity synthesis for the last 60 000 years 2019 ·(unknown), (unknown), Xun Gong, Gerrit Lohmann, Frank Sirocko	6
10	How dry was the Younger Dryas? Evidence from a coupled δ ² H– δ ¹⁸ O biomarker paleohygrometer applied to the Gemündener Maar sediments, Western Eifel, Germany 2019 ·Climate of the past ·Johannes Hepp, (unknown), Tobias Bromm, Marcel Bliedtner, (unknown), Bruno Glaser, Kazimierz Różański, Frank Sirocko, Roland Zech, Michael Zech	26
11	Annual ¹⁴C Tree-Ring Data Around 400 AD: Mid- and High-Latitude Records 2019 ·Radiocarbon ·Ronny Friedrich, Bernd Kromer, Frank Sirocko, Jan Esper, Susanne Lindauer, Daniel Nievergelt, (unknown), (unknown)	8
12	A sugar biomarker proxy for assessing terrestrial versus aquatic sedimentary input 2016 ·Organic Geochemistry ·Johannes Hepp, (unknown), (unknown), Tobias Bromm, Christian Laforsch, Frank Sirocko, Bruno Glaser, Michael Zech	13
13	Ancient DNA Reveals Key Stages in the Formation of Central European Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity 2013 ·Science ·Guido Brandt, Wolfgang Haak, Christina Adler, Christina Roth, Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy, (unknown), (unknown), Harald Meller, Robert Ganslmeier, Susanne Friederich, Veit Dresely, Nicole Nicklisch, Joseph K. Pickrell, Frank Sirocko, (unknown), Alan Cooper, Kurt W. Alt	196
14	Dating Bulk Sediments from Limnic Deposits Using a Grain-Size Approach 2013 ·Radiocarbon ·(unknown), Alexander Dreves, Frank Sirocko, Pieter Meiert Grootes, Marie‐Josée Nadeau	5
15	Multi-proxy dating of Holocene maar lakes and Pleistocene dry maar sediments in the Eifel, Germany 2013 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Frank Sirocko, Stephan Dietrich, Daniel Vereş, Pieter Meiert Grootes, (unknown), Klemens Seelos, Marie‐Josée Nadeau, Bernd Kromer, (unknown), (unknown), Matthias Krbetschek, P. G. Appleby, Ulrich Hambach, Christian Rolf, Masafumi Sudo, (unknown)	72
16	Solar influence on winter severity in central Europe 2012 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Frank Sirocko, (unknown), Stephan Pfahl	21
17	The potential of dust detection by means of µXRF scanning in Eifel maar lake sediments 2011 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Stephan Dietrich, Frank Sirocko	7
18	Mineralogy of the Dehner and Jungferweiher maar tephras (Eifel, Germany) 2010 ·Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen ·Davide Lenaz, Roberta Marciano, Daniel Vereş, Stephan Dietrich, Frank Sirocko	7
19	A 20,000 year record of ENSO activity phases in Peru 2003 ·EAEJA ·Bert Rein, Andreas Lückge, Frank Sirocko	1
20	Climate change at the 4.2 ka BP termination of the Indus valley civilization and Holocene south Asian monsoon variability breakdown → 2003 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Michael Staubwasser, Frank Sirocko, Pieter Meiert Grootes, Monika Segl	549

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