Kai G. Schulz

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Kai G. Schulz is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai G. Schulz has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Oceanography, 36 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kai G. Schulz's work include Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (101 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (99 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (76 papers). Kai G. Schulz is often cited by papers focused on Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (101 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (99 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (76 papers). Kai G. Schulz collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and Norway. Kai G. Schulz's co-authors include Ulf Riebesell, Lennart T. Bach, Andreas Oschlies, R. G. J. Bellerby, Anja Engel, Tyler Cyronak, Michael Meyerhöfer, G. Nondal, Andrea Ludwig and Craig Neill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kai G. Schulz

147 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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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.

Enhanced biological carbon consumption in a high CO2 ocean

2007 633 citations Ulf Riebesell, Kai G. Schulz et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai G. Schulz Australia	43	5.0k	1.7k	1.7k	669	532	148	6.0k
Philippe D. Tortell Canada	38	4.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	821 1.5×	115	6.0k
Allen J. Milligan United States	28	4.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	597 0.9×	558 1.0×	38	5.5k
Marion Gehlen France	41	5.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	1.5k 2.3×	906 1.7×	99	7.0k
Anja Engel Germany	47	5.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 2.3×	1.2k 2.2×	196	7.8k
Björn Rost Germany	43	5.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	683 1.0×	893 1.7×	101	6.6k
Lennart T. Bach Germany	34	2.9k 0.6×	966 0.6×	873 0.5×	307 0.5×	473 0.9×	121	3.6k
Frances P. Wilkerson United States	37	4.1k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	550 0.8×	1.0k 1.9×	76	5.0k
Arne Körtzinger Germany	45	6.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	2.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.6×	589 1.1×	131	8.0k
C. Mark Moore United Kingdom	44	4.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	770 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	757 1.4×	105	5.7k
Stéphane Blain France	42	4.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	726 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	697 1.3×	132	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai G. Schulz

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Deschaseaux, Elisabeth, et al.. (2025). The Central Great Barrier Reef as a Net Source of Climatically Relevant Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(1). 1 indexed citations

Schulz, Kai G., et al.. (2024). Decomposition of Sargassum detritus varies with exposure to different plastic types. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(56). 64534–64544.

Bach, Lennart T., et al.. (2024). Technical note: Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Pelagic Impact Intercomparison Project (OAEPIIP). Biogeosciences. 21(16). 3665–3676. 4 indexed citations

Schulz, Kai G., et al.. (2024). Investigating the effect of silicate- and calcium-based ocean alkalinity enhancement on diatom silicification. Biogeosciences. 21(11). 2777–2794. 16 indexed citations

Chase, Zanna, et al.. (2022). Assessing the influence of ocean alkalinity enhancement on a coastal phytoplankton community. Biogeosciences. 19(23). 5375–5399. 55 indexed citations

Schulz, Kai G., Eric P. Achterberg, Javier Arı́stegui, et al.. (2021). Nitrogen loss processes in response to upwelling in a Peruvian coastal setting dominated by denitrification – a mesocosm approach. Biogeosciences. 18(14). 4305–4320. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Shaomin, Ulf Riebesell, Kai G. Schulz, et al.. (2021). Temporal dynamics of surface ocean carbonate chemistry in response to natural and simulated upwelling events during the 2017 coastal El Niño near Callao, Peru. 2 indexed citations

Call, Mitchell, Kai G. Schulz, Matheus C. Carvalho, Isaac R. Santos, & Damien T. Maher. (2017). Technical note: Coupling infrared gas analysis and cavity ring down spectroscopy for autonomous, high-temporal-resolution measurements of DIC and δ ¹³ C–DIC. Biogeosciences. 14(5). 1305–1313. 10 indexed citations

Lischka, Silke, Lennart T. Bach, Kai G. Schulz, & Ulf Riebesell. (2017). Ciliate and mesozooplankton community response to increasing CO ₂ levels in the Baltic Sea: insights from a large-scale mesocosm experiment. Biogeosciences. 14(2). 447–466. 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Juntian, et al.. (2016). The role of coccoliths in protecting Emilianiahuxleyi against stressful light and UV radiation. Biogeosciences. 13(16). 4637–4643. 27 indexed citations

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Nausch, Monika, Lennart T. Bach, J. Czerny, et al.. (2016). Effects of CO ₂ perturbation on phosphorus pool sizes and uptake in a mesocosm experiment during a low productive summer season in the northern Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences. 13(10). 3035–3050. 6 indexed citations

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Spilling, Kristian, A. J. Paul, Silke Lischka, et al.. (2016). Ocean acidification decreases plankton respiration: evidence from a mesocosmexperiment. Biogeosciences. 13(16). 4707–4719. 18 indexed citations

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Paul, A. J., Lennart T. Bach, Kai G. Schulz, et al.. (2015). Effect of elevated CO ₂ on organic matter pools and fluxes in a summer Baltic Sea plankton community. Biogeosciences. 12(20). 6181–6203. 60 indexed citations

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Müller, Marius, Mario Lebrato, Ulf Riebesell, et al.. (2014). Influence of temperature and CO ₂ on the strontium and magnesium composition of coccolithophore calcite. Biogeosciences. 11(4). 1065–1075. 35 indexed citations

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Piontek, Judith, et al.. (2013). Response of bacterioplankton activity in an Arctic fjord system to elevated p CO ₂ : results from a mesocosm perturbation study. Biogeosciences. 10(1). 297–314. 70 indexed citations

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Engel, Anja, Corinna Borchard, Judith Piontek, et al.. (2013). CO ₂ increases ¹⁴ C primary production in an Arctic plankton community. Biogeosciences. 10(3). 1291–1308. 118 indexed citations

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Riebesell, Ulf, J. Czerny, Klaus von Bröckel, et al.. (2013). Technical Note: A mobile sea-going mesocosm system – new opportunities for ocean change research. Biogeosciences. 10(3). 1835–1847. 172 indexed citations

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Brussaard, Corina P. D., Anna A.M. Noordeloos, Harry J. Witte, et al.. (2013). Arctic microbial community dynamics influenced by elevated CO ₂ levels. Biogeosciences. 10(2). 719–731. 117 indexed citations

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Oschlies, Andreas, Kai G. Schulz, Ulf Riebesell, & Andreas Schmittner. (2008). Simulated 21st century's increase in oceanic suboxia by CO ₂ ‐enhanced biotic carbon export. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 22(4). 211 indexed citations

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Wingenter, O. W., K. Haase, D. R. Blake, et al.. (2007). Unexpected consequences of increasing CO ₂ and ocean acidity on marine production of DMS and CH ₂ ClI: Potential climate impacts. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(5). 50 indexed citations

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