Marcel Nicolaus

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Marcel Nicolaus is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Nicolaus has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Atmospheric Science, 22 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Marcel Nicolaus's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (105 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (71 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (64 papers). Marcel Nicolaus is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (105 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (71 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (64 papers). Marcel Nicolaus collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Norway and United States. Marcel Nicolaus's co-authors include Christian Katlein, Christian Haas, Stefan Hendricks, Sascha Willmes, Stephen R. Hudson, Stefanie Arndt, James A Maslanik, Ilka Peeken, Benjamin Rabe and Sebastian Gerland and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Nicolaus

106 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

2013 331 citations Antje Boëtius, Sebastian Albrecht et al. Science profile →

Peers

Marcel Nicolaus

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Lars Kaleschke Germany

Gunnar Spreen Germany

Tim Papakyriakou Canada

Stefan Hendricks Germany

Dmitry Divine Norway

Brent Else Canada

Jens K. Ehn Canada

Martin Vancoppenolle France

Lars H. Smedsrud Norway

Yves Gratton Canada

Lars Kaleschke Germany

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1.3k ×1.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Marcel Nicolaus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcel Nicolaus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Nicolaus

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel Nicolaus. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel Nicolaus 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 Marcel Nicolaus. Marcel Nicolaus is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Arndt, Stefanie, et al.. (2024). From snow accumulation to snow depth distributions by quantifying meteoric ice fractions in the Weddell Sea. The cryosphere. 18(4). 2001–2015. 4 indexed citations

Flores, Hauke, Giulia Castellani, Jeremy Wilkinson, et al.. (2023). Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer. Nature Climate Change. 13(10). 1122–1130. 17 indexed citations

Kawaguchi, Yusuke, Zoé Koenig, Daïki Nomura, et al.. (2022). Turbulent Mixing During Late Summer in the Ice–Ocean Boundary Layer in the Central Arctic Ocean: Results From the MOSAiC Expedition. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(8). 12 indexed citations

Frickenhaus, Stephan, et al.. (2022). Data from the MOSAiC Arctic Ocean drift experiment. Scientific Data. 9(1). 568–568.

Anhaus, Philipp, Christian Katlein, Marcel Nicolaus, Mario Hoppmann, & Christian Haas. (2021). From Bright Windows to Dark Spots: Snow Cover Controls Melt Pond Optical Properties During Refreezing. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(23). 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Bin, Timo Vihma, Timo Palo, et al.. (2021). Observation and modelling of snow and sea ice mass balance and its sensitivity to atmospheric forcing during spring and summer 2007 in the Central. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE. 309–323. 2 indexed citations

Raphael, Ian, Donald K. Perovich, Chris Polashenski, et al.. (2021). Manual point-measurements of sea ice mass balance during the MOSAiC Expedition. 1 indexed citations

Wever, Nander, Nina Maaß, Katherine Leonard, et al.. (2020). Version 1 of a sea ice module for the physics-based, detailed, multi-layer SNOWPACK model. Geoscientific model development. 13(1). 99–119. 18 indexed citations

Oggier, Marc, Robert Rember, Allison A. Fong, et al.. (2020). Ice core studies of autumn-to-spring sea ice evolution at the MOSAiC floe. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations

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Katlein, Christian, Stefanie Arndt, Hans Jakob Belter, Giulia Castellani, & Marcel Nicolaus. (2019). Seasonal Evolution of Light Transmission Distributions Through Arctic Sea Ice. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(8). 5418–5435. 44 indexed citations

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Krumpen, Thomas, Hans Jakob Belter, Antje Boëtius, et al.. (2019). Arctic warming interrupts the Transpolar Drift and affects long-range transport of sea ice and ice-rafted matter. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5459–5459. 110 indexed citations

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Nicolaus, Marcel, Markus Rex, Klaus Dethloff, Matthew D. Shupe, & Anja Sommerfeld. (2016). The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Nicolaus, Marcel, Caixin Wang, Sebastian Gerland, et al.. (2015). Advancing the understanding of variations of Arctic sea ice optical and thermal behaviors through an international research and mobility project. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE. 26(2). 179–187. 2 indexed citations

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Taskjelle, Torbjørn, Stephen R. Hudson, Mats A. Granskog, et al.. (2015). Spectral albedo and transmittance of thin young Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 121(1). 540–553. 17 indexed citations

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Heimbürger‐Boavida, Lars‐Éric, Jeroen E. Sonke, Daniel Cossa, et al.. (2015). Shallow methylmercury production in the marginal sea ice zone of the central Arctic Ocean. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10318–10318. 84 indexed citations

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Eicken, Hajo, Bodil A. Bluhm, R. Eric Collins, et al.. (2014). Field Techniques in Sea-Ice Research. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 13 indexed citations

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German, Christopher R., Antje Boëtius, Louis L. Whitcomb, et al.. (2014). First scientific dives of the Nereid Under Ice hybrid ROV in the Arctic Ocean.. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 2014. 5 indexed citations

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Katlein, Christian, Mar Fernández‐Méndez, Frank Wenzhöfer, & Marcel Nicolaus. (2014). Distribution of algal aggregates under summer sea ice in the Central Arctic. Polar Biology. 38(5). 719–731. 31 indexed citations

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Boëtius, Antje, Sebastian Albrecht, Karel Bakker, et al.. (2013). Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice. Science. 339(6126). 1430–1432. 331 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haas, Christian, et al.. (2004). Seasonal development of structure and optical surface properties of fast ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Communications Biology. 1. 233–233. 10 indexed citations

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