Karin Kvale

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 623 citations indexed

About

Karin Kvale is a scholar working on Oceanography, Pollution and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Kvale has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 623 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Oceanography, 13 papers in Pollution and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Karin Kvale's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (16 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers). Karin Kvale is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (16 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers). Karin Kvale collaborates with scholars based in Germany, New Zealand and Australia. Karin Kvale's co-authors include Andreas Oschlies, A. E. Friederike Prowe, Angela Landolfi, Chia‐Te Chien, Katrin J. Meißner, David P. Keller, Wolfgang Koeve, Matthias Egger, Jan Taucher and Lennart T. Bach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karin Kvale

32 papers receiving 609 citations

Hit Papers

The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean 2025 2026 2025 10 20 30 40
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.

  1. The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean
    2025 41 citations Shiye Zhao, Karin Kvale et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karin Kvale Germany 13 383 216 168 97 78 33 623
Yanfang Li China 13 457 1.2× 323 1.5× 113 0.7× 103 1.1× 46 0.6× 30 774
Manuela Juliano Portugal 10 308 0.8× 185 0.9× 124 0.7× 38 0.4× 64 0.8× 25 504
Marina Sanz‐Martín Spain 8 605 1.6× 383 1.8× 145 0.9× 97 1.0× 147 1.9× 12 844
Aiqin Shi China 10 267 0.7× 178 0.8× 142 0.8× 74 0.8× 40 0.5× 28 476
Fay Couceiro United Kingdom 13 250 0.7× 206 1.0× 87 0.5× 57 0.6× 44 0.6× 23 552
Sherry M. Lippiatt United States 11 312 0.8× 157 0.7× 203 1.2× 32 0.3× 40 0.5× 14 623
Tianning Wu United States 7 512 1.3× 416 1.9× 92 0.5× 104 1.1× 35 0.4× 13 655
Mohammed Qurban Saudi Arabia 11 251 0.7× 120 0.6× 145 0.9× 47 0.5× 39 0.5× 30 546
Laura Hehemann Germany 8 712 1.9× 473 2.2× 163 1.0× 138 1.4× 92 1.2× 11 1.0k
Estefan Monteiro da Fonseca Brazil 17 897 2.3× 446 2.1× 73 0.4× 126 1.3× 84 1.1× 91 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Karin Kvale

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karin Kvale

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Karin Kvale. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Karin Kvale. The network helps show where Karin Kvale may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Kvale

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karin Kvale. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karin Kvale 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 Karin Kvale. Karin Kvale 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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Zhao, Shiye, Karin Kvale, Erik Zettler, et al.. (2025). The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean. Nature. 641(8061). 51–61. 41 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Peipei, Xinle Wang, Xianming Zhang, et al.. (2025). Ecological risk assessment of marine plastic pollution. Nature Sustainability. 8(10). 1143–1153.
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Frenger, Ivy, Angela Landolfi, Karin Kvale, et al.. (2024). Misconceptions of the marine biological carbon pump in a changing climate: Thinking outside the “export” box. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17124–e17124. 17 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, et al.. (2024). Mind the fragmentation gap. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9831–9831. 6 indexed citations
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Meißner, Katrin J., et al.. (2024). Transient Response of Southern Ocean Ecosystems During Heinrich Stadials. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39(2). 2 indexed citations
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Wood, Richard, Jonathan Baker, Grégory Beaugrand, et al.. (2024). Opportunities for Earth Observation to Inform Risk Management for Ocean Tipping Points. Surveys in Geophysics. 46(2). 443–502. 3 indexed citations
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Meißner, Katrin J., et al.. (2023). Impact of iron fertilisation on atmospheric CO 2 during the last glaciation. Climate of the past. 19(7). 1559–1584. 3 indexed citations
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Richon, Camille, Karin Kvale, Laurent Lebreton, & Matthias Egger. (2023). Legacy oceanic plastic pollution must be addressed to mitigate possible long-term ecological impacts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 19 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, et al.. (2023). Regionally disparate ecological responses to microplastic slowing of faecal pellets yields coherent carbon cycle response. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 12 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, Wolfgang Koeve, Angela Landolfi, et al.. (2022). Simulated Future Trends in Marine Nitrogen Fixation Are Sensitive to Model Iron Implementation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(3). 5 indexed citations
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Taucher, Jan, Lennart T. Bach, A. E. Friederike Prowe, et al.. (2022). Enhanced silica export in a future ocean triggers global diatom decline. Nature. 605(7911). 696–700. 54 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, David P. Keller, Wolfgang Koeve, et al.. (2021). Explicit silicate cycling in the Kiel Marine Biogeochemistry Model version 3 (KMBM3) embedded in the UVic ESCM version 2.9. Geoscientific model development. 14(12). 7255–7285. 6 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, A. E. Friederike Prowe, Chia‐Te Chien, Angela Landolfi, & Andreas Oschlies. (2021). Zooplankton grazing of microplastic can accelerate global loss of ocean oxygen. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2358–2358. 105 indexed citations
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Kriest, Iris, et al.. (2020). One size fits all? Calibrating an ocean biogeochemistry model for different circulations. Biogeosciences. 17(12). 3057–3082. 20 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, A. E. Friederike Prowe, Chia‐Te Chien, Angela Landolfi, & Andreas Oschlies. (2020). The global biological microplastic particle sink. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16670–16670. 104 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, A. E. Friederike Prowe, Chia‐Te Chien, Angela Landolfi, & Andreas Oschlies. (2020). Modelling the global biological microplastic particle sink. 1 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, Katherine Turner, Angela Landolfi, & Katrin J. Meißner. (2019). Phytoplankton calcifiers control nitrate cycling and the pace of transition in warming icehouse and cooling greenhouse climates. Biogeosciences. 16(5). 1019–1034. 11 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin & Katrin J. Meißner. (2017). Primary production sensitivity to phytoplankton light attenuation parameter increases with transient forcing. Biogeosciences. 14(20). 4767–4780. 9 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, Samar Khatiwala, Heiner Dietze, Iris Kriest, & Andreas Oschlies. (2017). Evaluation of the transport matrix method for simulation of ocean biogeochemical tracers. Geoscientific model development. 10(6). 2425–2445. 18 indexed citations
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Kvale, Karin, Katrin J. Meißner, & David P. Keller. (2015). Potential increasing dominance of heterotrophy in the global ocean. Environmental Research Letters. 10(7). 74009–74009. 25 indexed citations

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