Heinz Wanner

13.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Heinz Wanner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Heinz Wanner has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atmospheric Science, 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Heinz Wanner's work include Tree-ring climate responses (40 papers), Climate variability and models (37 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers). Heinz Wanner is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (40 papers), Climate variability and models (37 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers). Heinz Wanner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Heinz Wanner's co-authors include Jürg Luterbacher, Elena Xoplaki, Martín Grosjean, Daniel Dietrich, Carlo Casty, C. Schmutz, Dimitrios Gyalistras, Jan Esper, Christian Pfister and David Frank and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Heinz Wanner

55 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

European Seasonal and Annual Temperature Variability, Trends, and Extremes Since 1500

2004 1.4k citations Jürg Luterbacher, Elena Xoplaki et al. Science profile →
2500 Years of European Climate Variability and Human Susceptibility

2011 958 citations Ulf Büntgen, Willy Tegel et al. Science profile →
North Atlantic Oscillation – Concepts And Studies

2001 538 citations Heinz Wanner, Carlo Casty et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heinz Wanner Switzerland	35	5.8k	5.0k	638	517	510	56	7.5k
Anders Moberg Sweden	34	5.0k 0.9×	4.7k 0.9×	462 0.7×	324 0.6×	376 0.7×	68	6.5k
Gerhard Krinner France	49	7.5k 1.3×	5.2k 1.0×	1.7k 2.6×	296 0.6×	774 1.5×	141	10.5k
Sylvie Joussaume France	29	3.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	984 1.5×	439 0.8×	529 1.0×	55	5.8k
Kevin J. Anchukaitis United States	48	6.7k 1.1×	7.1k 1.4×	948 1.5×	557 1.1×	441 0.9×	151	9.8k
Eduardo Zorita Germany	55	6.9k 1.2×	7.2k 1.4×	738 1.2×	321 0.6×	2.0k 3.9×	215	9.9k
Jason E. Smerdon United States	45	5.1k 0.9×	7.0k 1.4×	980 1.5×	178 0.3×	420 0.8×	141	9.5k
Martin Claußen Germany	54	8.0k 1.4×	7.8k 1.6×	1.7k 2.7×	593 1.1×	1.1k 2.1×	196	12.2k
Thierry Fichefet Belgium	40	6.7k 1.2×	4.7k 0.9×	879 1.4×	243 0.5×	2.3k 4.6×	125	8.9k
Rudolf Brázdil Czechia	42	3.7k 0.6×	4.1k 0.8×	484 0.8×	138 0.3×	166 0.3×	255	5.8k
Hans W. Linderholm Sweden	43	4.2k 0.7×	4.3k 0.9×	916 1.4×	161 0.3×	448 0.9×	167	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Heinz Wanner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heinz Wanner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heinz Wanner

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wanner, Heinz & Martín Grosjean. (2014). Globale Temperaturvariabilität der letzten 2000 Jahre. Physik in unserer Zeit. 45(4). 176–180. 2 indexed citations

Neukom, Raphael, Joëlle Gergis, David J. Karoly, et al.. (2014). Inter-hemispheric temperature variability over the past millennium. Nature Climate Change. 4(5). 362–367. 216 indexed citations

Büntgen, Ulf, Willy Tegel, Kurt Nicolussi, et al.. (2011). 2500 Years of European Climate Variability and Human Susceptibility. Science. 331(6017). 578–582. 958 indexed citations breakdown →

Küttel, Marcel, Jürg Luterbacher, & Heinz Wanner. (2010). Multidecadal changes in winter circulation-climate relationship in Europe: frequency variations, within-type modifications, and long-term trends. Climate Dynamics. 36(5-6). 957–972. 45 indexed citations

Luterbacher, Jürg, Heinz Wanner, Rudolf Brázdil, et al.. (2009). Documentary evidence as climate proxies "White Paper" written for the Proxy Uncertainty Workshop in Trieste, 9-11 June 2008. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 9 indexed citations

Rutishauser, This, Tim H. Sparks, Øyvind Nordli, et al.. (2009). Temperature sensitivity of Swiss and British plant phenology from 1753 to 1958. Climate Research. 39. 179–190. 29 indexed citations

Neukom, Raphael, María Prieto, Jürg Luterbacher, et al.. (2009). An extended network of documentary data from South America and its potential for quantitative precipitation reconstructions back to the 16th century. Geophysical Research Letters. 36(12). 32 indexed citations

Küttel, Marcel, Jürg Luterbacher, Elena Xoplaki, & Heinz Wanner. (2008). The importance of ship log data: reconstructing North Atlantic, European and Mediterranean Sea Level Pressure back to 1750. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

Della‐Marta, P. M., M. R. Haylock, Jürg Luterbacher, & Heinz Wanner. (2007). Doubled length of western European summer heat waves since 1880. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(D15). 417 indexed citations

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Casty, Carlo, Christoph C. Raible, Thomas F. Stocker, Heinz Wanner, & Jürg Luterbacher. (2007). A European pattern climatology 1766–2000. Climate Dynamics. 29(7-8). 791–805. 126 indexed citations

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Pauling, Andreas, Carlo Casty, & Heinz Wanner. (2006). Five hundred years of gridded high-resolution precipitation reconstructions over Europe and the connection to large-scale. 1 indexed citations

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Raible, Christoph C., Carlo Casty, Jürg Luterbacher, et al.. (2006). Climate Variability-Observations, Reconstructions, and Model Simulations for the Atlantic-European and Alpine Region from 1500-2100 AD. Climatic Change. 79(1-2). 9–29. 66 indexed citations

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Della‐Marta, P. M., et al.. (2006). Summer heat waves over western Europe 1880-2003, their change and relationship to large scale forcings. 1 indexed citations

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Esper, Jan, Rob Wilson, David Frank, et al.. (2005). Climate: past ranges and future changes. Quaternary Science Reviews. 24(20-21). 2164–2166. 91 indexed citations

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Casty, Carlo, Heinz Wanner, Jürg Luterbacher, Jan Esper, & Reinhard Böhm. (2005). Temperature and precipitation variability in the European Alps since 1500. International Journal of Climatology. 25(14). 1855–1880. 310 indexed citations

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Fischer, Erich, Jürg Luterbacher, & Heinz Wanner. (2003). Spatial and Seasonal Impact of Major Volcanic Eruptions on European Temperature over the Last Centuries. EAEJA. 10852. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobeit, Jucundus, Heinz Wanner, Jürg Luterbacher, et al.. (2003). Atmospheric circulation variability in the North-Atlantic-European area since the mid-seventeenth century. Climate Dynamics. 20(4). 341–352. 99 indexed citations

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Luterbacher, Jürg, Elena Xoplaki, D. Dietrich, et al.. (2002). Reconstruction of sea level pressure fields over the Eastern North Atlantic and Europe back to 1500. Climate Dynamics. 18(7). 545–561. 332 indexed citations

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Sturm, Katrin, Rüdiger Glaser, Jucundus Jacobeit, et al.. (2001). Hochwasser in Mitteleuropa seit 1500 und ihre Beziehung zuratmosphaerischen Zirkulation. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 55(6). 1885–1887. 23 indexed citations

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Jeanneret, François & Heinz Wanner. (2001). Alpine Landscapes in New Zealand and Europe. Mountain Research and Development. 21(4). 312–313. 2 indexed citations

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