G. Esser

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

G. Esser is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Esser has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in G. Esser's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (16 papers), Climate variability and models (7 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers). G. Esser is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (16 papers), Climate variability and models (7 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers). G. Esser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. G. Esser's co-authors include Uwe Wittenberg, David W. Kicklighter, Jerry M. Melillo, Martin Heimann, A. D. McGuire, Tim G. Reichenau, Jens Kattge, Berrien Moore, Annette L. Schloss and Stephen Sitch and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

G. Esser

28 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO₂, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

2001 632 citations A. D. McGuire, Stephen Sitch et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Esser Germany	18	1.3k	512	366	252	242	29	1.7k
Dorothea Frank Germany	8	1.3k 1.1×	524 1.0×	426 1.2×	239 0.9×	260 1.1×	12	1.8k
Mingkui Cao China	24	1.8k 1.4×	594 1.2×	992 2.7×	242 1.0×	428 1.8×	31	2.5k
Alexander Cernusca Austria	22	1.2k 1.0×	407 0.8×	392 1.1×	544 2.2×	352 1.5×	43	1.7k
T. A. STONE United States	15	1.2k 0.9×	291 0.6×	683 1.9×	177 0.7×	326 1.3×	23	1.8k
David Wårlind Sweden	15	951 0.8×	414 0.8×	386 1.1×	190 0.8×	280 1.2×	31	1.4k
Angelo Nolè Italy	21	1.2k 1.0×	556 1.1×	374 1.0×	266 1.1×	155 0.6×	29	1.7k
James M. Sulzman United States	7	690 0.5×	401 0.8×	431 1.2×	237 0.9×	494 2.0×	8	1.4k
Takehisa Oikawa Japan	21	959 0.8×	324 0.6×	452 1.2×	361 1.4×	356 1.5×	47	1.6k
Mei Huang China	21	997 0.8×	359 0.7×	529 1.4×	143 0.6×	323 1.3×	91	1.6k
Brad Seely Canada	24	1.0k 0.8×	261 0.5×	488 1.3×	141 0.6×	272 1.1×	45	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Esser

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Maire, Vincent, Pierre Martre, Jens Kattge, et al.. (2012). The Coordination of Leaf Photosynthesis Links C and N Fluxes in C3 Plant Species. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38345–e38345. 108 indexed citations

Reichenau, Tim G. & G. Esser. (2003). Is interannual fluctuation of atmospheric CO₂ dominated by combined effects of ENSO and volcanic aerosols?. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 17(4). 24 indexed citations

Dargaville, Roger, Martin Heimann, A. David McGuire, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models with atmospheric CO₂ measurements: Results from transient simulations considering increasing CO₂, climate, and land‐use effects. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 16(4). 51 indexed citations

McGuire, A. D., Stephen Sitch, J. S. Clein, et al.. (2001). The effects of CO2, climate and land-use on terrestrial carbon balance, 1920-1992: An analysis with four process-based ecosystem models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 6 indexed citations

McGuire, A. D., Stephen Sitch, J. S. Clein, et al.. (2001). Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO₂, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 15(1). 183–206. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

Esser, G., Helmut Lieth, J. M. O. Scurlock, & Randall J. Olson. (2000). OSNABRÜCK NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY DATA SET. Ecology. 81(4). 1177–1177. 6 indexed citations

Meyer, Robert E., Fortunat Joos, G. Esser, et al.. (1999). The substitution of high‐resolution terrestrial biosphere models and carbon sequestration in response to changing CO₂ and climate. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 13(3). 785–802. 22 indexed citations

Alexandrov, G. A., Teruki Oikawa, & G. Esser. (1999). Estimating terrestrial NPP: what the data say and how they may be interpreted?. Ecological Modelling. 117(2-3). 361–369. 30 indexed citations

Wittenberg, Uwe, Martin Heimann, G. Esser, A. David McGuire, & Walter Sauf. (1998). On the influence of biomass burning on the seasonal CO₂Signal as observed at monitoring stations. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 12(3). 531–544. 26 indexed citations

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Heimann, Martin, G. Esser, Alex Haxeltine, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models through simulations of the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO₂: First results of a model intercomparison study. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 12(1). 1–24. 127 indexed citations

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Esser, G., et al.. (1997). The high resolution biosphere model : status of development, validation, results. / Le modèle biosphère haute résolution (HRBM) : état des travaux, validation, résultats. Sciences Géologiques Bulletin. 50(1). 73–88. 7 indexed citations

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Ahamer, Gilbert & G. Esser. (1997). A scenario generator for land use changes for use in global carbon cycle models like the HRBM. / Un générateur de scénario de changement d'utilisation des terres applicable dans des modèles de cycle global comme le HRBM. Sciences Géologiques Bulletin. 50(1). 183–217. 3 indexed citations

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Nevison, C. D., G. Esser, & Elisabeth A. Holland. (1996). A global model of changing N2O emissions from natural and perturbed soils. Climatic Change. 32(3). 327–378. 52 indexed citations

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Esser, G.. (1995). Contribution of Monsoon Asia to the carbon budget of the biosphere, past and future. Plant Ecology. 121(1-2). 175–188. 15 indexed citations

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Esser, G. & Michael Lautenschlager. (1994). Estimating the change of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere from 18 000 BP to present using a carbon cycle model. Environmental Pollution. 83(1-2). 45–53. 37 indexed citations

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Slanina, J., P. P. Tans, David R. Turner, et al.. (1991). Assessment of uncertainties in the projected concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (International Workshop, ECN, Petten, The Netherlands: 4-6 July 1990). Pure and Applied Chemistry. 63(5). 763–765. 4 indexed citations

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Esser, G. & Lex Bouwman. (1990). Modelling global terrestrial sources and sinks of CO2 with special reference to soil organic matter.. 247–261. 18 indexed citations

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Esser, G.. (1989). Global land-use changes from 1860 to 1980 and future projections to 2500. Ecological Modelling. 44(3-4). 307–316. 20 indexed citations

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Esser, G.. (1987). Sensitivity of global carbon pools and fluxes to human and potential climatic impacts. Tellus B. 39B(3). 245–260. 90 indexed citations

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Esser, G.. (1982). Vegetationsgliederung und Kakteenvegetation von Paraguay. 7 indexed citations

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