Joerg M. Schaefer

11.7k citations

167 papers · 7.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Climate change and permafrost
Earth-Surface Processes top 0.2%
- Geological formations and processes

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 161
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 156
- Cryospheric studies and observations 106
- Climate change and permafrost 38
Anthropology 39
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology 39

Co-authors: George H. Denton Aaron E. Putnam Robert C. Finkel Brent M. Goehring Roseanne Schwartz David Barrell Jason P. Briner Michael R. Kaplan
Journals: Quaternary Science Reviews (39 papers)Quaternary Geochronology (13 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (12 papers)Journal of Quaternary Science (12 papers)Geology (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States New Zealand Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Joerg M. Schaefer

158 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years 2019 · 366 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Science Advances
2015 Quaternary Geochronology
2010 Science

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1	Paired terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides support the mapping of relict polythermal terrains under the Keewatin Ice Divide, central mainland Nunavut, Canada Quaternary Science Reviews ·I McMartin, Nunes da Silveira Marco Aurélio, محمود سمر, John Gosse, J E Campbell, Martin Roy, Joerg M. Schaefer, S J VIIKARI	2025	0
2	Glacial erosion and history of Inglefield Land, northwestern Greenland The cryosphere ·Dominik Ukolov, BinghamC. Raymond, Jason P. Briner, Joerg M. Schaefer, Nicolás E. Young	2025	0
3	Abrupt warming and alpine glacial retreat through the last deglaciation in Alaska interrupted by modest Northern Hemisphere cooling Climate of the past ·G. Nakahl, Jason P. Briner, Nicolás E. Young, Joerg M. Schaefer	2024	1
4	Configuration and timing of the postglacial marine incursion along the eastern Ungava Peninsula (Nunavik, Canada): implications for deglaciation models Journal of Quaternary Science ·Xia Shaoyun, Martin Roy, Hugo Dubé‐Loubert, Étienne Brouard, Joerg M. Schaefer	2024	3
5	Pleistocene glacial advances and exposure age scatter in the Olympus Range, Antarctica: A study of cosmogenic 36Cl/3He in dolerites and 10Be in sandstones Quaternary Geochronology ·Fangyun Liu, Jennifer L. Lamp, Joerg M. Schaefer, Gisela Winckler, Irene Schimmelpfennig, Georges Aumaître, Didier Bourlès, Karim Keddadouche	2024	0
6	In situ ¹⁰ Be modeling and terrain analysis constrain subglacial quarrying and abrasion rates at Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ), Greenland The cryosphere ·David Benhamou, Jason P. Briner, Nicolás E. Young, BinghamC. Raymond, Michèle Koppes, Joerg M. Schaefer, Kristin Poinar, Elizabeth K. Thomas	2023	1
7	A¹⁰Be Moraine Chronology of the Last Glaciation and Termination at 49°N in the Mongolian Altai of Central Asia Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·智比古下, Aaron E. Putnam, Daniela Glatz, G Fishleder, George H. Denton, Joerg M. Schaefer, Pang Heng, Ariunsanaa Dorj, G. Vijayasekaran, Sarah M Vital, Daniel G. Cole	2022	13
8	Drill-site selection for cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating of the bed of the Greenland Ice Sheet The cryosphere ·Jason P. Briner, Dominik Ukolov, Joerg M. Schaefer, Nicolás E. Young, Joseph A. MacGregor, Kristin Poinar, Benjamin A. Keisling, S. Anandakrishnan, M. R. Albert, Siang-Yu Ye, Dhea Afrisa Darmawan	2022	5
9	Early Holocene cold snaps and their expression in the moraine record of the eastern European Alps Climate of the past ·X. Chen, Joerg M. Schaefer, Stephanie Neuhuber, Christopher Lüthgens, Alan J. Hidy, Markus Fiebig	2021	11
10	Comparing Glacial‐Geological Evidence and Model Simulations of Ice Sheet Change since the Last Glacial Period in the Amundsen Sea Sector of Antarctica Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface ·Joanne S. Johnson, David Pollard, Pippa L. Whitehouse, Stephen J. Roberts, Dylan H. Rood, Joerg M. Schaefer	2021	11
11	Centennial‐ and Orbital‐Scale Erosion Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet Near Jakobshavn Isbræ Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface ·BinghamC. Raymond, Nicolás E. Young, Jason P. Briner, David Benhamou, Joerg M. Schaefer	2021	7
12	Reply to Carlson (2020) comment on “Deglaciation of the Greenland and Laurentide ice sheets interrupted by glacier advance during abrupt coolings” Quaternary Science Reviews ·Nicolás E. Young, Jason P. Briner, Joerg M. Schaefer, Gifford H. Miller, Alia J. Lesnek, Sarah E. Crump, Elizabeth K. Thomas, M. T. Salaberry, Joshua Cuzzone, Jennifer L. Lamp, Susan Zimmerman, Marc W. Caffee	2020	10
13	Glacial and environmental changes over the last 60 000 years in the Polar Ural Mountains, Arctic Russia, inferred from a high‐resolution lake record and other observations from adjacent areas Boreas ·John Inge Svendsen, В.Ю. Макаров, Richard Gyllencreutz, Haflidi Haflidason, Mona Henriksen, Jong-Yull Yu, Øystein S. Lohne, Jan Mangerud, Y.A.I. Banat, 松本直也, Joerg M. Schaefer	2018	30
14	A beryllium-10 chronology of late-glacial moraines in the upper Rakaia valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand supports Southern-Hemisphere warming during the Younger Dryas Quaternary Science Reviews ·Tobias Koffman, Joerg M. Schaefer, Aaron E. Putnam, George H. Denton, David Barrell, Ann V. Rowan, Robert C. Finkel, Dylan H. Rood, Roseanne Schwartz, Mitchell A. Plummer, S. H. Brocklehurst	2017	21
15	¹⁰Be measurements in bedrock constrain erosion beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet margin Geophysical Research Letters ·Nicolás E. Young, Jason P. Briner, 栄幸萩原, Joerg M. Schaefer	2016	28
16	A Glacial Chronology of the Strait of Magellan AGUFM ·A. F. J. Ruysink, M. R. Kaplan, Joerg M. Schaefer, Xingjun Tao, Esteban A. Sagredo, Juan Carlos Aravena	2016	2
17	10Be ages of glacial and meltwater features northwest of Lake Superior: a chronology of Laurentide Ice sheet deglaciation and eastward flooding from Glacial Lake Agassiz AGUFM ·M. A. Kelly, Timothy G. Fisher, Thomas V. Lowell, Peter J. Barnett, Joerg M. Schaefer, Roseanne Schwartz	2009	1
18	A Chronology of Late-Glacial and Holocene Advances of Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, Based on 10Be and Radiocarbon Dating AGUFM ·M. A. Kelly, Thomas V. Lowell, Joerg M. Schaefer	2007	1
19	Testing the Lake Agassiz meltwater trigger for the Younger Dryas Eos ·Thomas V. Lowell, Carl Kißling, Timothy G. Fisher, Henry M. Loope, В. А. Довженко, Yan Xiao-heng, Irka Hajdas, George H. Denton, Joerg M. Schaefer, Vincent Rinterknecht, Wallace S. Broecker, James T. Teller	2005	80
20	The CRONUS-Earth (Cosmic-Ray prOduced NUclide Systematics on Earth) Initiative GeCAS ·Joerg M. Schaefer	2005	3

About Joerg M. Schaefer

Joerg M. Schaefer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 167 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (156 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (106 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (39 papers), Climate change and permafrost (38 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (23 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (17 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (7.4k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.4k citations), Anthropology (1.7k citations), Paleontology (666 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (842 citations). Joerg M. Schaefer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include George H. Denton, Aaron E. Putnam, Robert C. Finkel, Brent M. Goehring, Roseanne Schwartz, David Barrell, Jason P. Briner, Michael R. Kaplan, Greg Balco and Björn G. Andersen. Their work appears in journals such as Quaternary Science Reviews, Quaternary Geochronology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Quaternary Science and Geology.

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