Markus Weiler

17.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
232 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Markus Weiler is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Weiler has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Water Science and Technology, 86 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 78 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Markus Weiler's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (141 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (47 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (46 papers). Markus Weiler is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (141 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (47 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (46 papers). Markus Weiler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Canada. Markus Weiler's co-authors include Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Andreas Hartmann, Matthias Sprenger, Jens Lange, Félix Naef, Kerstin Stahl, K. J. McGuire, Thorsten Wagener, Stefan Seeger and Jan Seibert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Markus Weiler

226 papers receiving 11.3k citations

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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.

Karst water resources in a changing world: Review of hydrological modeling approaches

2014 741 citations Andreas Hartmann, Markus Weiler et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
Moving beyond heterogeneity and process complexity: A new vision for watershed hydrology

2007 587 citations Jeffrey J. McDonnell, James W. Kirchner et al. Water Resources Research profile →
The role of topography on catchment‐scale water residence time

2005 584 citations Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Markus Weiler et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Illuminating hydrological processes at the soil‐vegetation‐atmosphere interface with water stable isotopes

2016 414 citations Matthias Sprenger, Markus Weiler et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Weiler Germany	58	6.7k	4.9k	3.7k	3.0k	1.9k	232	11.6k
Doerthe Tetzlaff United Kingdom	67	9.3k 1.4×	5.4k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	290	12.8k
P. A. Troch United States	57	6.0k 0.9×	5.6k 1.1×	2.8k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	650 0.3×	175	9.7k
Changming Liu China	59	6.8k 1.0×	8.1k 1.7×	2.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.1×	831 0.4×	320	13.6k
Jan Seibert Sweden	74	13.2k 2.0×	10.1k 2.1×	4.3k 1.2×	5.0k 1.7×	1.2k 0.6×	298	18.6k
Andrew W. Western Australia	50	7.1k 1.1×	5.4k 1.1×	5.6k 1.5×	3.1k 1.0×	337 0.2×	224	12.3k
B. L. McGlynn United States	47	5.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	880 0.5×	113	7.8k
Okke Batelaan Belgium	50	4.4k 0.7×	4.0k 0.8×	4.2k 1.1×	949 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	289	8.9k
Thomas Dunne United States	57	5.5k 0.8×	4.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	491 0.3×	134	13.7k
K. J. McGuire United States	40	4.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	102	6.4k
Rodger B. Grayson Australia	41	5.3k 0.8×	3.8k 0.8×	5.0k 1.3×	2.3k 0.8×	227 0.1×	104	10.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Weiler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Markus Weiler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Markus Weiler 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 Markus Weiler. Markus Weiler 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

Weiler, Markus, et al.. (2025). Controls on tree transpiration dynamics in an urban environment. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 372. 110726–110726.

Kattenborn, Teja, et al.. (2025). Forest Dieback in Drinking Water Protection Areas—A Hidden Threat to Water Quality. Earth s Future. 13(4). 2 indexed citations

Weiler, Markus, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Shifts in Radial Sap Flow of Two Temperate Tree Species in Response to the Dry Summer 2022. Ecohydrology. 18(4). 1 indexed citations

Weiler, Markus, et al.. (2024). Rainfall interception by urban trees: Event characteristics and tree morphological traits. Hydrological Processes. 38(4). 7 indexed citations

Seeger, Stefan & Markus Weiler. (2023). Dye-tracer-aided investigation of xylem water transport velocity distributions. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(18). 3393–3404. 3 indexed citations

Herbstritt, Barbara, Benjamin Gralher, Stefan Seeger, Michael Rinderer, & Markus Weiler. (2023). Technical note: Discrete in situ vapor sampling for subsequent lab-based water stable isotope analysis. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(20). 3701–3718. 1 indexed citations

Weiler, Markus, et al.. (2023). Combining Daily Sensor Observations and Spatial LiDAR Data for Mapping Snow Water Equivalent in a Sub‐Alpine Forest. Water Resources Research. 59(9). 5 indexed citations

Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, et al.. (2023). The development of nutrient pools along two holocene chronosequences with contrasting bedrocks in the Swiss Alps. CATENA. 233. 107507–107507. 1 indexed citations

Tiel, Marit Van, et al.. (2023). Melting Alpine Water Towers Aggravate Downstream Low Flows: A Stress‐Test Storyline Approach. Earth s Future. 11(3). 11 indexed citations

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Haberstroh, Simon, Julian Frey, Maren Dubbert, et al.. (2023). Interaction between beech and spruce trees in temperate forests affects water use, root water uptake pattern and canopy structure. Tree Physiology. 44(1). 10 indexed citations

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Hahn, Hans Jürgen, Petra Döll, Markus Noack, et al.. (2022). Making waves: Pulling the plug—Climate change effects will turn gaining into losing streams with detrimental effects on groundwater quality. Water Research. 220. 118649–118649. 25 indexed citations

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Graaf, Inge de, et al.. (2020). Large‐Scale Assessment of Delayed Groundwater Responses to Drought. Water Resources Research. 56(2). 105 indexed citations

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Sprenger, Matthias, Christine Stumpp, Markus Weiler, et al.. (2019). The Demographics of Water: A Review of Water Ages in the Critical Zone. Reviews of Geophysics. 57(3). 800–834. 227 indexed citations

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Seibert, Jan, Marc Vis, Irene Kohn, Markus Weiler, & Kerstin Stahl. (2018). Technical note: Representing glacier geometry changes in a semi-distributed hydrological model. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(4). 2211–2224. 45 indexed citations

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Herbstritt, Barbara, Stefan Seeger, Michael Rinderer, & Markus Weiler. (2018). Low cost water vapour sampling for mobile in-situ measurements of stable water isotopes. EGUGA. 9188. 1 indexed citations

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Freudiger, Daphné, Irene Kohn, Jan Seibert, Kerstin Stahl, & Markus Weiler. (2017). Snow redistribution for the hydrological modeling of alpine catchments. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 4(5). 92 indexed citations

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Volkmann, Till H. M., K. Haberer, Arthur Geßler, & Markus Weiler. (2016). High‐resolution isotope measurements resolve rapid ecohydrological dynamics at the soil–plant interface. New Phytologist. 210(3). 839–849. 157 indexed citations

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Hartmann, Andreas, Johannes Kobler, Martin Králík, et al.. (2016). Model-aided quantification of dissolved carbon and nitrogen release after windthrow disturbance in an Austrian karst system. Biogeosciences. 13(1). 159–174. 48 indexed citations

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Volkmann, Till H. M., K. Haberer, Arthur Geßler, & Markus Weiler. (2013). Coupled Soil-Plant Water Dynamics During Drought-Rewetting Transitions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Weiler, Markus, G. Jost, & Younes Alila. (2005). Micro Temperature Loggers: A Cost Effective Technology to Derive Input Data for Distributed Snow Melt Models. AGUFM. 2005.

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