Martin Claußen

23.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
196 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Martin Claußen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Claußen has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Atmospheric Science, 104 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Martin Claußen's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (100 papers), Climate variability and models (58 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers). Martin Claußen is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (100 papers), Climate variability and models (58 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers). Martin Claußen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Martin Claußen's co-authors include Victor Brovkin, Andrey Ganopolski, Vladimir Petoukhov, Thomas Raddatz, Claudia Kubatzki, Christian H. Reick, Julia Pongratz, Stefan Rahmstorf, Monika Esch and Veronika Gayler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Martin Claußen

191 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

The atmospheric general circulation model ECHAM-4: Model description and simulation of present-day climate

1996 1.2k citations Martin Claußen et al. profile →
A reconstruction of global agricultural areas and land cover for the last millennium

2008 455 citations Christian H. Reick, Thomas Raddatz et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Claußen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Claußen

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mid-Holocene extreme precipitation in the Tibesti, Central Sahara 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Philipp Hoelzmann, Martin Claußen, Anne Dallmeyer, Frank Darius, (unknown), Christian Reinhardt‐Imjela, (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Kröpelin	0
2	The deglacial forest conundrum 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Anne Dallmeyer, Thomas Kleinen, Martin Claußen, (unknown), Xianyong Cao, Ulrike Herzschuh	28
3	Holocene vegetation transitions and their climatic drivers in MPI-ESM1.2 2021 ·Climate of the past ·Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claußen, Stephan Lorenz, Michael Sigl, Matthew Toohey, Ulrike Herzschuh	36
4	Holocene vegetation transitions and their climatic drivers in MPI-ESM1.2 2021 ·Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claußen, Stephan Lorenz, Michael Sigl, Matthew Toohey, Ulrike Herzschuh	2
5	Effect of nitrogen limitation and soil processes on mid–Holocene greening of the Sahara 2021 ·(unknown), Martin Claußen, (unknown), Je‐Woo Hong, In‐Sun Song, Jinkyu Hong	1
6	The end of the African humid period as seen by a transient comprehensive Earth system model simulation of the last 8000 years 2020 ·Climate of the past ·Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claußen, Stephan Lorenz, Timothy M. Shanahan	58
7	Global temperature modes shed light on the Holocene temperature conundrum 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Jürgen Bader, Johann Jungclaus, N. A. Krivova, Stephan Lorenz, Amanda C. Maycock, Thomas Raddatz, Hauke Schmidt, Matthew Toohey, (unknown), Martin Claußen	97
8	Harmonising plant functional type distributions for evaluating Earth system models 2019 ·Climate of the past ·Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claußen, Victor Brovkin	26
9	What was the source of the atmospheric CO ₂ increase during the Holocene? 2019 ·Biogeosciences ·Victor Brovkin, Stephan Lorenz, Thomas Raddatz, Tatiana Ilyina, Irene Stemmler, Matthew Toohey, Martin Claußen	26
10	Harmonizing plant functional type distributions for evaluating Earth System Models 2018 ·Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) ·Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claußen, Victor Brovkin	5
11	Environmental change during MIS4 and MIS 3 opened corridors in the Horn of Africa for Homo sapiens expansion 2018 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Finn Viehberg, J. Just, Jonathan R. Dean, Bernd Wagner, Sven Oliver Franz, Nicole Klasen, Thomas Kleinen, Patrick Ludwig, Asfawossen Asrat, Henry F. Lamb, Melanie J. Leng, Janet Rethemeyer, A. E. Milodowski, Martin Claußen, Frank Schäbitz	22
12	Biome changes in Asia since the mid-Holocene – an analysis of different transient Earth system model simulations 2017 ·Climate of the past ·Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claußen, Jian Ni, Xianyong Cao, Yongbo Wang, (unknown), Madlene Pfeiffer, Liya Jin, Vyacheslav Khon, Sebastian Wagner, (unknown), Ulrike Herzschuh	19
13	Earth system model simulations show different carbon cyclefeedback strengths under glacial and interglacial conditions 2017 ·(unknown), Christian H. Reick, Martin Claußen	1
14	Holocene biome changes in Asia – an analysis of different transient Earth system model simulations 2016 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Materialforschung und kustenforschung (The Helmholtz Center Geesthacht) ·Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claußen, Jian Ni, Xianyong Cao, Yongbo Wang, (unknown), Madlene Pfeiffer, Liya Jin, Vyacheslav Khon, Sebastian Wagner, (unknown), Ulrike Herzschuh	1
15	Abrupt or not abrupt - biodiversity affects climate-vegetation interaction at the end of the African Humid Period 2014 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Martin Claußen, Sebastian Bathiany, Victor Brovkin, Thomas Kleinen	1
16	Impact of CO ₂ and climate on Last Glacial maximum vegetation – a factor separation 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Martin Claußen, (unknown), Victor Brovkin, Thomas Raddatz, (unknown)	27
17	Late Quaternary vegetation-climate feedbacks 2009 ·Climate of the past ·Martin Claußen	60
18	Synergy between small‐ and large‐scale feedbacks of vegetation on the water cycle 2005 ·Global Change Biology ·Marten Scheffer, Milena Holmgren, Victor Brovkin, Martin Claußen	108
19	Die Rolle der Vegetation im Klimasystem 2003 ·PROMET - Traffic&Transportation ·Martin Claußen	1
20	On regional surface fluxes over partly forested areas 1992 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Martin Claußen	11

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