Martin Heimann

44.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
268 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Martin Heimann is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Heimann has authored 268 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 160 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Martin Heimann's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (184 papers), Climate variability and models (85 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (66 papers). Martin Heimann is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (184 papers), Climate variability and models (85 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (66 papers). Martin Heimann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Martin Heimann's co-authors include Markus Reichstein, Christian Rödenbeck, Bernadette P. Walter, Ralph F. Keeling, Martin Werner, Georg F. Hoffmann, Axel Kleidon, Wolfgang Knorr, Sander Houweling and Stephen C. Piper and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Martin Heimann

261 papers receiving 19.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks

2008 1.2k citations Martin Heimann, Markus Reichstein profile →
Sensitivity of the carbon cycle in the Arctic to climate change

2009 773 citations Martin Heimann et al. profile →
Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes

2007 696 citations Markus Reichstein, Galina Churkina et al. profile →
Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO ₂ Sink Due to Recent Climate Change

2007 652 citations Corinne Le Quéré, Christian Rödenbeck et al. Science profile →
Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO₂, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

2001 632 citations A. D. McGuire, Stephen Sitch et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Enhanced seasonal CO ₂ exchange caused by amplified plant productivity in northern ecosystems

2016 321 citations Matthias Forkel, Nuno Carvalhais et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Heimann

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Practical guidelines for reproducible N₂O flux chamber measurements in nutrient-poor ecosystems 2025 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·(unknown), Jan Engel, (unknown), Timo Vesala, Maija E. Marushchak, Anna‐Maria Virkkala, Martin Heimann, Mathias Goeckede	0
2	Land surface model photosynthesis and parameter calibration for boreal sites with adaptive population importance sampler 2019 ·Jarmo Mäkelä, Jürgen Knauer, Mika Aurela, T. Andrew Black, Martin Heimann, Hideki Kobayashi, Annalea Lohila, Ivan Mammarella, Hank A. Margolis, Tiina Markkanen, Jouni Susiluoto, Tea Thum, Toni Viskari, Sönke Zaehle, Tuula Aalto	2
3	Parameter calibration and stomatal conductance formulation comparison for boreal forests with adaptive population importance sampler in the land surface model JSBACH 2019 ·Geoscientific model development ·Jarmo Mäkelä, Jürgen Knauer, Mika Aurela, T. Andrew Black, Martin Heimann, Hideki Kobayashi, Annalea Lohila, Ivan Mammarella, Hank A. Margolis, Tiina Markkanen, Jouni Susiluoto, Tea Thum, Toni Viskari, Sönke Zaehle, Tuula Aalto	16
4	Direct effect of aerosols on solar radiation and gross primary production in boreal and hemiboreal forests 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ekaterina Ezhova, Ilona Ylivinkka, Joel Kuusk, Kaupo Komsaare, Marko Vana, Alisa Krasnova, Steffen M. Noe, Mikhail Arshinov, B. D. Belan, Sung‐Bin Park, Jošt V. Lavrič, Martin Heimann, Tuukka Petäjä, Timo Vesala, Ivan Mammarella, Pasi Kolari, Jaana Bäck, Üllar Rannik, Veli‐Matti Kerminen, Markku Kulmala	54
5	Have precipitation extremes and annual totals been increasing in the world's dry regions over the last 60 years? 2017 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Sebastian Sippel, Jakob Zscheischler, Martin Heimann, Holger Lange, Miguel D. Mahecha, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Friederike E. L. Otto, Markus Reichstein	28
6	Enhanced seasonal CO ₂ exchange caused by amplified plant productivity in northern ecosystems breakdown → 2016 ·Science ·Matthias Forkel, Nuno Carvalhais, Christian Rödenbeck, Ralph F. Keeling, Martin Heimann, Kirsten Thonicke, Sönke Zaehle, Markus Reichstein	321
7	A novel bias correction methodology for climate impact simulations 2016 ·Earth System Dynamics ·Sebastian Sippel, Friederike E. L. Otto, Matthias Forkel, Myles Allen, Benoît P. Guillod, Martin Heimann, Markus Reichstein, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Kirsten Thonicke, Miguel D. Mahecha	67
8	Impacts of a decadal drainage disturbance on surface–atmosphere fluxes ofcarbon dioxide in a permafrost ecosystem 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), (unknown), C. Corradi, Martin Heimann, Olaf Kolle, Lutz Merbold, N. Zimov, S. A. Zimov, Mathias Göckede	17
9	WRF-Chem simulations in the Amazon region during wet and dry season transitions: evaluation of methane models and wetland inundation maps 2013 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·V. Beck, Christoph Gerbig, Thomas Koch, M. M. Bela, K. Longo, Saulo R. Freitas, Jed O. Kaplan, Catherine Prigent, P. Bergamaschi, Martin Heimann	24
10	Long-Term Measurements of Carbon Monoxide and Aerosols at the ZOTTO tall tower, Siberia 2012 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Meinrat O. Andreae, W. Birmili, Chi Xu, Martin Heimann, Jost Heintzenberg, (unknown), A. V. Panov	1
11	Establishment of an atmospheric observatory for trace gases and atmospheric oxygen in Namibia 2012 ·EGUGA ·Eric J. Morgan, Jošt V. Lavrič, Mary Seely, Martin Heimann	1
12	Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO ₂ Sink Due to Recent Climate Change breakdown → 2007 ·Science ·Corinne Le Quéré, Christian Rödenbeck, Erik T. Buitenhuis, T. J. Conway, R. L. Langenfelds, Antony Gomez, Casper Labuschagne, Michel Ramonet, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Nicolas Metzl, Nathan P. Gillett, Martin Heimann	652
13	A comparison of reginal climate variables between various data sources 2007 ·Technical reports ·Youmin Chen, Galina Churkina, Martin Heimann	7
14	Top-down and bottom-up carbon budgets of North America, Europe and Asia 2006 ·AGUFM ·P. Ciais, Shilong Piao, Nicolas Viovy, (unknown), Philippe Peylin, D. F. Baker, S. Denning, K. J. Davis, G.J. Nabuurs, Markus Reichstein, R. A. Houghton, Sönke Zaehle, Martin Heimann	1
15	Siberia Integrated regional study as a basis for international scientific cooperation 2006 ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin Heimann, (unknown), В. Н. Лыкосов, А. Shvidenko, Еugene А. Vaganov	2
16	The effects of CO2, climate and land-use on terrestrial carbon balance, 1920-1992: An analysis with four process-based ecosystem models 2001 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·A. D. McGuire, Stephen Sitch, J. S. Clein, Roger Dargaville, G. Esser, Jonathan A. Foley, Martin Heimann, Fortunat Joos, Jed O. Kaplan, David W. Kicklighter, Ronny Meier, Jerry M. Melillo, Berrien Moore, I. Colin Prentice, Navin Ramankutty, Tim G. Reichenau, Annette L. Schloss, Hanqin Tian, Larry J. Williams, Uwe Wittenberg	6
17	Exchanges of Atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 with the Terrestrial Biosphere and Oceans from 1978 to 2000. I. Global Aspects 2001 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Charles D. Keeling, Stephen C. Piper, Robert Bacastow, M. Wahlen, Timothy P. Whorf, Martin Heimann, Harro A. J. Meijer	172
18	Exchanges of Atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 with the Terrestrial Biosphere and Oceans from 1978 to 2000. II. A Three-Dimensional Tracer Inversion Model to Deduce Regional Fluxes 2001 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Stephen C. Piper, Charles D. Keeling, Martin Heimann, (unknown)	6
19	A review of the contemporary global carbon cycle and as seen a century ago by Arrhenius and Hogbom 1997 ·AMBIO ·Martin Heimann	21
20	Simulation of the biospheric contribution to the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2 by a physiologically based global biosphere model 1995 ·Figshare ·Jörg Kaduk, Martin Heimann	1

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