Manfred Frechen

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
253 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Manfred Frechen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Frechen has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 229 papers in Atmospheric Science, 75 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 72 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Manfred Frechen's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (228 papers), Marine and environmental studies (71 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (69 papers). Manfred Frechen is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (228 papers), Marine and environmental studies (71 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (69 papers). Manfred Frechen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and France. Manfred Frechen's co-authors include Sumiko Tsukamoto, Andrew Murray, Christine Thiel, Wolfgang Boenigk, Jan‐Pieter Buylaert, Slobodan B. Marković, Erzsébet Horváth, Martin Kehl, Birgit Terhorst and Tony Reimann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Frechen

246 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Luminescence dating of the Stratzing loess profile (Austria) – Testing the potential of an elevated temperature post-IR IRSL protocol

2010 531 citations Christine Thiel, Sumiko Tsukamoto et al. Quaternary International profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manfred Frechen Germany	48	6.7k	2.5k	2.1k	1.8k	1.6k	253	7.9k
Achim Brauer Germany	50	7.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	243	8.9k
Dominik Fleitmann Switzerland	51	8.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.9×	139	10.3k
Frank Preusser Germany	49	6.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	560 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	270	7.6k
George S. Burr United States	39	6.9k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	2.6k 1.6×	173	9.2k
Albert Matter Switzerland	48	6.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	3.1k 1.9×	130	9.7k
L. E. Lisiecki United States	25	8.0k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	53	9.2k
Avner Ayalon Israel	42	5.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	2.7k 1.7×	104	7.7k
Giovanni Zanchetta Italy	57	7.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.8k 1.8×	279	9.5k
Ulrich Hambach Germany	43	5.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	156	5.9k
Russell N. Drysdale Australia	46	5.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	633 0.3×	1.8k 1.1×	196	6.6k

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Khormali, Farhad, et al.. (2025). Pedogenesis and paleoenvironmental reconstruction in northern Iran: The loess-paleosol sequence at Baluchabad. CATENA. 253. 108835–108835. 1 indexed citations

Hijma, M.P., Sarah Bradley, K.M. Cohen, et al.. (2025). Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats. Nature. 639(8055). 652–657. 5 indexed citations

Lehmkuhl, Frank, et al.. (2025). Drivers of late Quaternary lake level fluctuations of Khyargas Nuur, western Mongolia - glacial meltwater discharge or atmospheric moisture supply?. Quaternary Science Reviews. 359. 109373–109373. 2 indexed citations

Makeev, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the enigma of the Upper Volga River valley based on the soilscape studies. CATENA. 246. 108431–108431.

Zolitschka, Bernd, Frank Preusser, Nikolaus Froitzheim, et al.. (2024). Stratigraphy and dating of Middle Pleistocene sediments from Rodderberg, Germany. Journal of Quaternary Science. 39(7). 1011–1030.

Tsukamoto, Sumiko, et al.. (2023). Progress and pitfalls of the SAR protocol for the quartz violet stimulated luminescence (VSL) signal: A case study from Sardinia. Quaternary Geochronology. 75. 101433–101433.

Hou, Yandong, Hao Long, Sumiko Tsukamoto, et al.. (2023). Late Quaternary evolution of Daihai Lake in northern China and implications to the variation of the East Asian summer monsoon. Quaternary Science Reviews. 309. 108097–108097. 8 indexed citations

Thiel, Christine, et al.. (2023). Chronological and sedimentological investigations of the Late Pleistocene succession in Osterbylund (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 72(1). 57–72. 2 indexed citations

Khormali, Farhad, et al.. (2023). A loess-paleosol record of climate and vegetation change during the past 27,000 years from South-East of the Caspian Sea, Iran. Quaternary International. 652. 1–16. 1 indexed citations

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Waroszewski, Jarosław, Anna Pietranik, Tobias Sprafke, et al.. (2021). Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland – A widespread parent material for soils. CATENA. 204. 105377–105377. 31 indexed citations

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Profe, Jörn, Lara Wacha, Manfred Frechen, Christian Ohlendorf, & Bernd Zolitschka. (2018). XRF scanning of discrete samples – A chemostratigraphic approach exemplified for loess-paleosol sequences from the Island of Susak, Croatia. Quaternary International. 494. 34–51. 18 indexed citations

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Profe, Jörn, Ágnes Novothny, Christian Rolf, et al.. (2018). Paleoenvironmental conditions and sedimentation dynamics in Central Europe inferred from geochemical data of the loess-paleosol sequence at Süttő (Hungary). Quaternary Science Reviews. 196. 21–37. 20 indexed citations

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Lauer, Tobias, Manfred Frechen, Stefan Vlaminck, et al.. (2016). The Agh Band loess-palaeosol sequence in Northern Iran - a detailed archive for climate and environmental change during the last and penultimate glacial - interglacial cycles. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Durn, Goran, et al.. (2015). Relation of lithified terra rossa-like infillings in limestone cracks and cavities to red paleosols on limestone at the base of the loess sequence on Susak: a high-resolution depth and chronological approach. 62. 2 indexed citations

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Lauer, Tobias, et al.. (2011). Infrared radiofluorescence (IR-RF) dating of middle pleistocene fluvial archives of the Heidelberg Basin (Southwest Germany). Geochronometria. 38(1). 23–33. 23 indexed citations

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Frechen, Manfred. (2011). Loess in Europe: Guest Editorial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 60(1). 3–5. 14 indexed citations

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Marković, Slobodan B., Ulrich Hambach, Björn Machalett, et al.. (2008). Danube Loess Stratigraphy : Serbian Viewpoint. Cell and Tissue Research. 204(3). 463–72. 1 indexed citations

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Stauch, Georg, Frank Lehmkuhl, & Manfred Frechen. (2006). Luminescence chronology from the Verkhoyansk Mountains (North-Eastern Siberia). Quaternary Geochronology. 2(1-4). 255–259. 28 indexed citations

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Antoine, Pierre, Jean‐Jacques Bahain, Philippe Raymond, et al.. (2003). Le gisement paléolithique moyen et les séquencess pléistocènes de Villiers-Adam (Val-d 'Oise) : chronostratigraphie, environnement et implantations humaines. Gallia préhistoire. 45(1). 1–111. 33 indexed citations

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Caspar, Jean-Paul, et al.. (2002). Bettencourt-Saint-Ouen (Somme). Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme eBooks. 30 indexed citations

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