Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

57.9k total citations · 17 hit papers
209 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 43 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 41 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Hans Joachim Schellnhuber's work include Climate variability and models (35 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (23 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (21 papers). Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (35 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (23 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (21 papers). Hans Joachim Schellnhuber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber's co-authors include Stefan Rahmstorf, Timothy M. Lenton, Johan Rockström, Wolfgang Lucht, Will Steffen, Elmar Kriegler, Hermann Held, Jim W. Hall, Katherine Richardson and Armin Bunde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

200 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

Tipping elements in the Earth's cli... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2008 2018 2019 2011 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Germany 62 8.2k 3.7k 3.3k 2.7k 2.3k 209 19.9k
Timothy M. Lenton United Kingdom 76 9.6k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 6.1k 1.9× 2.6k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 271 23.5k
Jim W. Hall United Kingdom 70 9.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.4× 2.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 487 21.7k
Stephen H. Schneider United States 67 8.2k 1.0× 2.6k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 273 22.4k
Elmar Kriegler Germany 55 9.0k 1.1× 5.8k 1.6× 3.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.6× 3.9k 1.7× 126 19.6k
Andrea Saltelli Italy 59 4.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 969 0.4× 5.2k 2.3× 181 28.4k
Will Steffen Australia 53 9.6k 1.2× 2.7k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 4.6k 1.7× 2.8k 1.2× 150 29.0k
Stéphane Hallegatte United States 59 8.4k 1.0× 4.4k 1.2× 3.3k 1.0× 4.2k 1.5× 2.0k 0.9× 231 18.2k
Myles Allen United Kingdom 74 17.5k 2.1× 4.8k 1.3× 11.5k 3.5× 1.4k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 269 26.4k
Wolfgang Lucht Germany 57 11.2k 1.4× 1.8k 0.5× 4.1k 1.2× 1.0k 0.4× 3.6k 1.6× 144 19.9k
Stefan Rahmstorf Germany 67 12.7k 1.6× 1.4k 0.4× 13.7k 4.2× 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 160 24.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans Joachim Schellnhuber 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 Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber 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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Gidden, Matthew, John Armitage, Miranda Boettcher, et al.. (2025). A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage. Nature. 645(8079). 124–132. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Teng, Dean Chen, Lan Yang, et al.. (2023). Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system. Nature Climate Change. 13(1). 67–74. 66 indexed citations
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Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W., Adam Choryński, Janusz Olejnik, et al.. (2023). Climate Change Science and Policy—A Guided Tour across the Space of Attitudes and Outcomes. Sustainability. 15(6). 5411–5411. 4 indexed citations
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Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, et al.. (2023). Reconstructing the Future.
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Mishra, Abhijeet, Florian Humpenöder, Galina Churkina, et al.. (2022). Land use change and carbon emissions of a transformation to timber cities. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4889–4889. 168 indexed citations breakdown →
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Warszawski, Lila, Elmar Kriegler, Timothy M. Lenton, et al.. (2021). All options, not silver bullets, needed to limit global warming to 1.5 °C: a scenario appraisal. Environmental Research Letters. 16(6). 64037–64037. 64 indexed citations
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Chen, Shaoqing, Bin Chen, Kuishuang Feng, et al.. (2020). Physical and virtual carbon metabolism of global cities. Nature Communications. 11(1). 182–182. 108 indexed citations
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Shan, Yuli, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, et al.. (2018). City-level climate change mitigation in China. Science Advances. 4(6). eaaq0390–eaaq0390. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Messner, Dirk, Ina Schieferdecker, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, et al.. (2018). Zeit-gerechte Klimapolitik : Vier Initiativen für Fairness. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen).
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Huber, Veronika, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Nigel W. Arnell, et al.. (2014). Climate impact research: beyond patchwork. Earth System Dynamics. 5(2). 399–408. 24 indexed citations
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Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, et al.. (2013). Welt im Wandel: Menschheitserbe Meer. Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)). 2 indexed citations
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Donges, Jonathan F., Reik V. Donner, Martin H. Trauth, et al.. (2012). Recurrence network-based time series analysis for identifying tipping points in Plio-Pleistocene African climate. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4342. 1 indexed citations
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Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, et al.. (2011). World in Transition - A Social Contract for Sustainability. Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)). 169 indexed citations
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Lenton, Timothy M., Hermann Held, Elmar Kriegler, et al.. (2008). Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(6). 1786–1793. 2271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carraro, Carlo, Michael Grubb, & Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. (2006). Technological Change for Atmospheric Stabilization. The Energy Journal. 27. 1–16. 16 indexed citations
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Krumbein, Wolfgang E., Werner von Bloh, S. Franck, & Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. (2006). Bacteria rule the world - a survey of planetary tectonics and life-. epsc. 201. 1 indexed citations
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Bunde, Armin, Jürgen P. Kropp, & Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. (2002). The science of disasters : climate disruptions, heart attacks, and market crashes. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 112 indexed citations
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Franck, S., Werner von Bloh, C. Bounama, et al.. (2002). Habitable Zones and the Number of Gaia's Sisters. ASPC. 269(6). 261–74. 1 indexed citations
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Eichner, Jan F., Eva Koscielny–Bunde, Armin Bunde, Shlomo Havlin, & Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. (2002). Power-law persistence in the atmosphere: A detailed study of long temperature records. arXiv (Cornell University). 7 indexed citations
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Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, et al.. (1998). Earth system analysis : integrating science for sustainability : complemented results of a symposium organized by the Potsdam Institute (PIK). Springer eBooks. 29 indexed citations

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