Michael Schulz

12.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Schulz is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Schulz has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Atmospheric Science, 49 papers in Oceanography and 42 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Schulz's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (114 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (38 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (36 papers). Michael Schulz is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (114 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (38 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (36 papers). Michael Schulz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Schulz's co-authors include Manfred Mudelsee, Matthias Prange, Stefan Mulitza, Karl Stattegger, André Paul, Ann Holbourn, Wolfgang Kuhnt, Michal Kučera, Henry Elderfield and Ute Merkel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Schulz

152 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

REDFIT: estimating red-noise spectra directly from uneven... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. REDFIT: estimating red-noise spectra directly from unevenly spaced paleoclimatic time series
    2002 1.0k citations Michael Schulz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Schulz Germany 46 6.2k 2.2k 1.8k 1.6k 1.5k 154 7.7k
Ralf Tiedemann Germany 49 6.4k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 194 7.5k
Stefan Mulitza Germany 44 5.6k 0.9× 2.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 884 0.6× 140 6.5k
Frank Lamy Germany 45 5.6k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 145 6.6k
Dick Kroon United Kingdom 48 6.2k 1.0× 3.0k 1.3× 2.6k 1.5× 1.5k 0.9× 2.4k 1.6× 149 7.8k
K. K. Andersen Denmark 24 7.5k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 34 8.9k
Claire Waelbroeck France 40 6.1k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 847 0.6× 100 6.8k
Marie‐France Loutre Belgium 47 8.4k 1.4× 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 104 9.7k
William Showers United States 36 6.0k 1.0× 3.1k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 2.5k 1.7× 81 8.8k
H. Renssen Netherlands 55 7.3k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 188 8.4k
Jessica E. Tierney United States 42 5.8k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 115 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Schulz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Schulz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Schulz

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

All Works

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Tarasov, Lev, et al.. (2024). Uncertainties originating from GCM downscaling and bias correction with application to the MIS-11c Greenland Ice Sheet. Climate of the past. 20(2). 281–296. 7 indexed citations
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Prange, Matthias, Lukas Jonkers, Ute Merkel, Michael Schulz, & Pepijn Bakker. (2023). A multicentennial mode of North Atlantic climate variability throughout the Last Glacial Maximum. Science Advances. 9(44). eadh1106–eadh1106. 6 indexed citations
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Paul, André, et al.. (2022). Glacial state of the global carbon cycle: time-slice simulations for the last glacial maximum with an Earth-system model. Climate of the past. 18(9). 1997–2019. 5 indexed citations
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Prange, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Dynamic boreal summer atmospheric circulation response as negative feedback to Greenland melt during the MIS-11 interglacial. Climate of the past. 18(4). 775–792. 4 indexed citations
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Raitzsch, Markus, Jelle Bijma, Torsten Bickert, et al.. (2021). Atmospheric carbon dioxide variations across the middle Miocene climate transition. Climate of the past. 17(2). 703–719. 14 indexed citations
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Koriche, Sifan A., Matthias Prange, Joy Singarayer, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Variations in Caspian Sea Surface Area on Catchment‐Scale and Large‐Scale Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(18). 23 indexed citations
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Paul, André, et al.. (2019). A dynamical reconstruction of the Last Glacial Maximum ocean state constrained by global oxygen isotope data. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 3 indexed citations
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Prange, Matthias, et al.. (2018). Abrupt cold events in the North Atlantic Ocean in a transient Holocene simulation. Climate of the past. 14(8). 1165–1178. 21 indexed citations
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Prange, Matthias, et al.. (2018). Spatial analysis of early-warning signals for a North Atlantic climate transition in a coupled GCM. Climate Dynamics. 53(1-2). 97–113. 9 indexed citations
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Prange, Matthias, et al.. (2018). Boundary conditions for the Middle Miocene Climate Transition (MMCT v1.0). Geoscientific model development. 11(4). 1607–1626. 73 indexed citations
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Mulitza, Stefan, et al.. (2018). Water Mass Versus Sea Level Effects on Benthic Foraminiferal Oxygen Isotope Ratios in the Atlantic Ocean During the LGM. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 34(1). 98–121. 6 indexed citations
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Paul, André, et al.. (2018). A Dynamical Reconstruction of the Global Monthly Mean Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Seawater. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(10). 7206–7219. 13 indexed citations
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Paul, André, et al.. (2017). Stable water isotopes in the MITgcm. Geoscientific model development. 10(8). 3125–3144. 9 indexed citations
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Paul, André, et al.. (2017). Stable water isotopes in the MITgcm (checkpoint 64w). 1 indexed citations
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Varma, Vidya, Matthias Prange, & Michael Schulz. (2016). Transient simulations of the present and the last interglacial climate using the Community Climate System Model version 3: effects of orbital acceleration. Geoscientific model development. 9(11). 3859–3873. 13 indexed citations
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