Hermann Held

13.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
62 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Hermann Held is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hermann Held has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 10 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Hermann Held's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (19 papers), Climate variability and models (13 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (8 papers). Hermann Held is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (19 papers), Climate variability and models (13 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (8 papers). Hermann Held collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Hermann Held's co-authors include Elmar Kriegler, Marten Scheffer, Victor Brovkin, Egbert H. van Nes, Vasilis Dakos, Stefan Rahmstorf, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Jim W. Hall, Timothy M. Lenton and Wolfgang Lucht and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hermann Held

60 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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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.

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

2009 3.0k citations Marten Scheffer, Jordi Bascompte et al. Nature profile →
Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

2008 2.3k citations Timothy M. Lenton, Hermann Held et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Slowing down as an early warning signal for abrupt climate change

2008 697 citations Vasilis Dakos, Marten Scheffer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Guidance Note for Lead Authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties

2010 456 citations Hermann Held, Elmar Kriegler et al. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hermann Held Germany	23	5.3k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	980	62	8.6k
Jonathan F. Donges Germany	43	3.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	653 0.6×	515 0.5×	132	9.6k
Vasilis Dakos France	40	8.7k 1.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	2.3k 2.1×	2.9k 2.9×	100	13.3k
George Sugihara United States	50	7.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	4.7k 4.8×	109	16.8k
A. C. Davison Switzerland	40	2.7k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	755 0.7×	837 0.9×	142	11.7k
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Germany	62	8.2k 1.6×	3.3k 1.9×	3.7k 2.6×	2.3k 2.1×	1.4k 1.4×	209	19.9k
John C. Moore Finland	61	6.4k 1.2×	8.0k 4.8×	1.2k 0.8×	958 0.9×	3.0k 3.1×	313	18.7k
Timothy M. Lenton United Kingdom	76	9.6k 1.8×	6.1k 3.6×	2.6k 1.9×	2.0k 1.8×	3.1k 3.1×	271	23.5k
Max Rietkerk Netherlands	54	9.3k 1.8×	2.1k 1.3×	570 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	4.4k 4.5×	152	14.7k
Sonia Kéfi France	39	3.8k 0.7×	573 0.3×	299 0.2×	840 0.7×	2.1k 2.1×	99	7.3k
Gian‐Kasper Plattner Switzerland	36	5.9k 1.1×	3.2k 1.9×	1.0k 0.7×	748 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	62	11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hermann Held

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20 of 20 papers shown

Held, Hermann, et al.. (2025). High probability of triggering climate tipping points under current policies modestly amplified by Amazon dieback and permafrost thaw. Earth System Dynamics. 16(2). 565–583.

Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Jonas Letschert, Joachim Claudet, et al.. (2024). Exploring the adaptive capacity of a fisheries social-ecological system to global change. Ocean & Coastal Management. 258. 107391–107391. 3 indexed citations

Cormier, Roland, et al.. (2024). Adding the risk of stock collapse over time to stock assessments and harvest allocation decisions. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 81(7). 1234–1246. 1 indexed citations

Held, Hermann, et al.. (2021). A Scheme for Jointly Trading off Costs and Risks of Solar Radiation Management and Mitigation Under Long-Tailed Climate Sensitivity Probability Density Distributions. PUBLISSO (German National Library of Medicine). 3 indexed citations

Schmidt, Hauke, et al.. (2021). How can solar geoengineering and mitigation be combined under climate targets?. Earth System Dynamics. 12(4). 1529–1542. 3 indexed citations

Held, Hermann, et al.. (2019). On the future role of the most parsimonious climate module in integrated assessment. Earth System Dynamics. 10(1). 135–155. 5 indexed citations

Held, Hermann, et al.. (2018). The Role of Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) in the Case of Delayed Climate Policy - Insights from Cost-Risk Analysis. EGUGA. 8615. 1 indexed citations

Held, Hermann, et al.. (2017). Analysis of the changes in economic activities of Brazilian Forest Communities after methodical support and provision of pre-financing capital. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 29. 227–237. 4 indexed citations

Held, Hermann, et al.. (2017). Cost-Risk Trade-off of Solar Radiation Management and Mitigation under Probabilistic Information on Climate Sensitivity. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 13939. 1 indexed citations

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Held, Hermann, et al.. (2017). The Role of Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)in the Case of Delayed Climate Policy – Insights from Cost-RiskAnalysis. 7 indexed citations

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Held, Hermann, et al.. (2015). Integrated mitigation and solar radiation management scenarios under combined climate guardrails. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 7152. 3 indexed citations

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Engels, Anita, Otto Hüther, Mike S. Schäfer, & Hermann Held. (2013). Public climate-change skepticism, energy preferences and political participation. Global Environmental Change. 23(5). 1018–1027. 175 indexed citations

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Scheffer, Marten, Jordi Bascompte, William A. Brock, et al.. (2009). Early-warning signals for critical transitions. Nature. 461(7260). 53–59. 3011 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Held, Hermann, Thomas Augustin, & Elmar Kriegler. (2008). Bayesian learning for a class of priors with prescribed marginals. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 49(1). 212–233. 7 indexed citations

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Stroebe, Maximilian, Martin Scheringer, Hermann Held, & Konrad Hungerbühler. (2004). Inter-comparison of multimedia modeling approaches: modes of transport, measures of long range transport potential and the spatial remote state. The Science of The Total Environment. 321(1-3). 1–20. 18 indexed citations

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Kriegler, Elmar & Hermann Held. (2004). Utilizing belief functions for the estimation of future climate change. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 39(2-3). 185–209. 72 indexed citations

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Kriegler, Elmar & Hermann Held. (2003). Climate Projections for the 21st Century Using Random Sets.. Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)). 345–359. 6 indexed citations

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Kleinen, Thomas, Hermann Held, & Gerhard Petschel‐Held. (2003). The potential role of spectral properties in detecting thresholds in the Earth system: application to the thermohaline circulation. Ocean Dynamics. 53(2). 53–63. 159 indexed citations

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Held, Hermann, et al.. (2002). Uncertainty Analysis of Model Coupling. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4456. 1 indexed citations

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