Manuel Helbig

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Manuel Helbig is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Helbig has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Atmospheric Science, 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Manuel Helbig's work include Climate change and permafrost (19 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (14 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 papers). Manuel Helbig is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (19 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (14 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 papers). Manuel Helbig collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Manuel Helbig's co-authors include Oliver Sonnentag, William L. Quinton, L. Chasmer, Christoforos Pappas, Natascha Kljun, William B. Bowden, Bethany Deshpande, Warwick F. Vincent, Katey Walter Anthony and Milla Rautio and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geophysical Research Letters and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Helbig

38 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems

2015 427 citations Jorien E. Vonk, Suzanne E. Tank et al. Biogeosciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Manuel Helbig	781	431	426	155	73	40	1.2k
Pavel Alekseychik	571 0.7×	462 1.1×	366 0.9×	177 1.1×	79 1.1×	32	934
Yongwon Kim	888 1.1×	484 1.1×	616 1.4×	101 0.7×	20 0.3×	79	1.4k
Anna Ekberg	477 0.6×	597 1.4×	359 0.8×	194 1.3×	29 0.4×	18	1.1k
Carole Helfter	550 0.7×	494 1.1×	765 1.8×	191 1.2×	70 1.0×	48	1.4k
Edwin A. Romanowicz	297 0.4×	525 1.2×	211 0.5×	113 0.7×	35 0.5×	14	733
W. Bleuten	344 0.4×	441 1.0×	243 0.6×	242 1.6×	51 0.7×	20	893
R. C. Zulueta	779 1.0×	437 1.0×	552 1.3×	83 0.5×	21 0.3×	23	1.3k
Carolyn Gibson	998 1.3×	327 0.8×	328 0.8×	169 1.1×	25 0.3×	13	1.2k
Olli Peltola	338 0.4×	228 0.5×	633 1.5×	87 0.6×	114 1.6×	38	823
Fengming Yuan	498 0.6×	482 1.1×	553 1.3×	167 1.1×	34 0.5×	40	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Helbig

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Helbig, Manuel, Julien Fouché, Youngryel Ryu, et al.. (2025). Multi-scale water balance analysis of a thawing boreal peatland complex near the southern permafrost limit in northwestern Canada. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 29(19). 4871–4892.

Carrell, Alyssa A., Gustaf Granath, A. Jonathan Shaw, et al.. (2025). Host Species–Microbiome Interactions Contribute to Sphagnum Moss Growth Acclimation to Warming. Global Change Biology. 31(2). e70066–e70066. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Changhui, et al.. (2024). Nocturnal peak methane flux diel patterns in rice paddy fields. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 358. 110238–110238.

Helbig, Manuel, et al.. (2024). Surface-atmosphere energy exchanges and their effects on surface climate and atmospheric boundary layer characteristics in the forest-tundra ecotone in northwestern Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 350. 109996–109996. 3 indexed citations

Faiola, Celia, Manuel Helbig, Yunyan Zhang, et al.. (2024). AFM Special Issue Summary - Integrating Surface Flux with Boundary Layer Measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 346. 109872–109872. 1 indexed citations

Helbig, Manuel, et al.. (2024). Boreal Forest Fire Causes Daytime Surface Warming During Summer to Exceed Surface Cooling During Winter in North America. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(5). 3 indexed citations

Beamesderfer, Eric, Sébastien Biraud, N. A. Brunsell, et al.. (2023). The role of surface energy fluxes in determining mixing layer heights. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 342. 109687–109687. 4 indexed citations

Talbot, Julie, Lee E. Brown, Manuel Helbig, et al.. (2023). Climate‐driven spatial and temporal patterns in peatland pool biogeochemistry. Global Change Biology. 29(14). 4056–4068. 8 indexed citations

Moore, Paul, et al.. (2023). Reduced Net CO₂ Uptake During Dry Summers in a Boreal Shield Peatland. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(2). 5 indexed citations

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Beamesderfer, Eric, Celia Faiola, Manuel Helbig, et al.. (2022). Advancing Cross‐Disciplinary Understanding of Land‐Atmosphere Interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(2). 14 indexed citations

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Runkle, Benjamin R. K., Josefine Walz, Christian Wille, et al.. (2022). Lateral carbon export has low impact on the net ecosystem carbon balance of a polygonal tundra catchment. Biogeosciences. 19(16). 3863–3876. 7 indexed citations

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Helbig, Manuel, Karoline Wischnewski, Sébastien Biraud, et al.. (2016). Addressing a systematic bias in carbon dioxide flux measurements with the EC150 and the IRGASON open-path gas analyzers. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 228-229. 349–359. 29 indexed citations

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Sonnentag, Oliver, Manuel Helbig, Karoline Wischnewski, et al.. (2016). Permafrost thaw and fire history: implications of boreal tree cover changes on land surface properties and turbulent energy fluxes in the Taiga Plains, Canada. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Helbig, Manuel, Christoforos Pappas, Oliver Sonnentag, et al.. (2016). Contribution of black spruce (Picea mariana) transpiration to growing season evapotranspiration in a subarctic discontinuous permafrost peatland complex. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Vonk, Jorien E., Suzanne E. Tank, William B. Bowden, et al.. (2015). Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems. Biogeosciences. 12(23). 7129–7167. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Helbig, Manuel, et al.. (2015). Effects of biased CO2 flux measurements by open-path sensors on the interpretation of CO2 flux dynamics at contrasting ecosystems. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 281. 1 indexed citations

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Helbig, Manuel, et al.. (2015). On the importance of high-frequency air-temperature fluctuations for spectroscopic corrections of open-path carbon dioxide flux measurements. EGUGA. 2333. 3 indexed citations

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Burba, George, Beniamino Gioli, Sami Haapanala, et al.. (2014). Advancements in Micrometeorological Technique for Monitoring CH4 Release from Remote Permafrost Regions: Principles, Emerging Research, and Latest Updates. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1185. 1 indexed citations

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Helbig, Manuel, Karoline Wischnewski, L. Chasmer, et al.. (2014). Seasonal dynamics of the land surface energy balance of a boreal forest-peatland landscape affected by degrading permafrost in the Taiga Plains, Canada. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Helbig, Manuel, Julia Boike, Moritz Langer, et al.. (2013). Spatial and seasonal variability of polygonal tundra water balance: Lena River Delta, northern Siberia (Russia). Hydrogeology Journal. 21(1). 133–147. 68 indexed citations

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