Jochen Erbacher

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Jochen Erbacher is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Jochen Erbacher has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Paleontology, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 20 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Jochen Erbacher's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers) and Geological formations and processes (20 papers). Jochen Erbacher is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers) and Geological formations and processes (20 papers). Jochen Erbacher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Jochen Erbacher's co-authors include Oliver Friedrich, Richard D. Norris, Jörg Mutterlose, Jürgen Thurow, Ralf Littke, Brian T. Huber, Paul A. Wilson, Juergen W Thurow, Kazuyoshi Moriya and Christoph Hemleben and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Jochen Erbacher

50 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Evolution of middle to Late Cretaceous oceans—A 55 m.y. record of Earth's temperature and carbon cycle
    2011 427 citations Oliver Friedrich, Richard D. Norris et al. Geology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jochen Erbacher 2.3k 1.7k 672 671 606 55 2.9k
Jens O. Herrle 2.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 463 0.7× 657 1.0× 583 1.0× 63 3.2k
Silke Voigt 2.5k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 671 1.0× 824 1.2× 396 0.7× 80 3.3k
Thomas Steuber 2.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 486 0.7× 677 1.0× 441 0.7× 71 2.8k
Tracy D. Frank 3.0k 1.3× 2.4k 1.4× 989 1.5× 1.0k 1.5× 521 0.9× 94 4.1k
David K. Loydell 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 609 0.9× 986 1.5× 838 1.4× 115 3.2k
Emmanuelle Vennin 1.9k 0.8× 990 0.6× 442 0.7× 805 1.2× 345 0.6× 108 2.7k
Werner Buggisch 2.5k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 734 1.1× 1.2k 1.8× 481 0.8× 54 3.1k
T. R. Bailey 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 643 1.0× 905 1.3× 277 0.5× 16 2.8k
Matías Reolid 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 683 1.0× 1.3k 1.9× 361 0.6× 173 3.2k
Richard M. Corfield 2.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.4× 669 1.0× 1.1k 1.6× 436 0.7× 51 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jochen Erbacher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jochen Erbacher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jochen Erbacher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jochen Erbacher 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 Jochen Erbacher. Jochen Erbacher 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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Wohlwend, Stephan, Gaudenz Deplazes, Thomas Mann, et al.. (2025). The hidden message of fine-grained sediments: towards a new depositional model for the Opalinus Clay. Applied Clay Science. 276. 107934–107934. 2 indexed citations
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Littke, Ralf, Martin Blumenberg, Jochen Erbacher, et al.. (2025). Black shale deposition during the Early Jurassic: Geochemistry of Pliensbachian and Toarcian sedimentary rocks of the Hunzen Well, Hils Syncline, Northwest German Basin. The Depositional Record. 11(5). 1451–1478.
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Heimhofer, Ulrich, et al.. (2024). Palynofacies as sea-level-sensitive proxy in Early Cretaceous marine mudstones – A critical evaluation. International Journal of Coal Geology. 295. 104645–104645. 1 indexed citations
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Götz, Annette E., et al.. (2024). Composition and distribution of sedimentary organic matter in nearshore Berriasian strata (‘German Wealden’) of the eastern Lower Saxony Basin, NW Germany. Geological Society London Special Publications. 545(1). 47–63. 1 indexed citations
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Bornemann, André, Jochen Erbacher, Martin Blumenberg, & Silke Voigt. (2023). A first high-resolution carbon isotope stratigraphy from the Boreal (NW Germany) for the Berriasian to Coniacian interval—implications for the timing of the Aptian–Albian boundary. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 4 indexed citations
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Bornemann, André, Ulrich Heimhofer, Friedrich Wilhelm Luppold, et al.. (2019). Using high‐resolution XRF analyses as a sequence stratigraphic tool in a mudstone‐dominated succession (Early Cretaceous, Lower Saxony Basin, Northern Germany). The Depositional Record. 6(1). 236–258. 23 indexed citations
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Heimhofer, Ulrich, et al.. (2018). Climatic fluctuations and seasonality during the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic): Stable isotope and clay mineralogical data from the Lower Saxony Basin, Northern Germany. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 517. 1–15. 16 indexed citations
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Voigt, Silke, Jochen Erbacher, Heiko Pälike, & Thomas Westerhold. (2015). Orbital chronology for the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 and the timing of the "Plenus Cold Event". EGUGA. 8604. 3 indexed citations
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Helmond, Niels A. G. M. van, Appy Sluijs, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, et al.. (2015). Freshwater discharge controlled deposition of Cenomanian–Turonian black shales on the NW European epicontinental shelf (Wunstorf, northern Germany). Climate of the past. 11(3). 495–508. 43 indexed citations
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Mutterlose, Jörg, et al.. (2012). The Middle Cenomanian Event in the equatorial Atlantic: The calcareous nannofossil and benthic foraminiferal response. Marine Micropaleontology. 96-97. 66–74. 23 indexed citations
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Friedrich, Oliver, Richard D. Norris, & Jochen Erbacher. (2011). Evolution of middle to Late Cretaceous oceans—A 55 m.y. record of Earth's temperature and carbon cycle. Geology. 40(2). 107–110. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beckmann, Britta, Daniel Birgel, Jochen Erbacher, et al.. (2010). Evaluating terrestrial input into the upper Cretaceous western tropical Atlantic by biomarker and compound specific isotope analyses. EGUGA. 8621. 1 indexed citations
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Voigt, Silke, Jochen Erbacher, Jörg Mutterlose, et al.. (2008). The Cenomanian Turonian of the Wunstorf section (North Germany): global stratigraphic reference section and new orbital time scale for Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 43(1). 65–89. 172 indexed citations
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Erbacher, Jochen, et al.. (2007). The Wunstorf Drilling Project: Coring a Global Stratigraphic Reference Section of the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Scientific Drilling. 4. 19–21. 6 indexed citations
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Oboh‐Ikuenobe, Francisca E., et al.. (2006). Re-evaluation of the Albian–Cenomanian boundary in the U.S. Western Interior based on dinoflagellate cysts. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 144(1-2). 77–97. 17 indexed citations
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Erbacher, Jochen & Susanne Nelskamp. (2006). Comparison of benthic foraminifera inside and outside a sulphur-oxidizing bacterial mat from the present oxygen-minimum zone off Pakistan (NE Arabian Sea). Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 53(5). 751–775. 39 indexed citations
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Erbacher, Jochen, et al.. (2001). Increased thermohaline stratification as a possible cause for an ocean anoxic event in the Cretaceous period. Nature. 409(6818). 325–327. 247 indexed citations

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