Michael Sigl

12.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Sigl is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Sigl has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Atmospheric Science, 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Sigl's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (84 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (43 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (35 papers). Michael Sigl is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (84 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (43 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (35 papers). Michael Sigl collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Sigl's co-authors include Joseph R. McConnell, Matthew Toohey, Margit Schwikowski, Lukas Wacker, Ulf Büntgen, O. J. Maselli, Jan Esper, Nicola Di Cosmo, Kirstin Krüger and Sepp Kipfstuhl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Sigl

104 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD

2016 526 citations Ulf Büntgen, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Sigl Switzerland	38	3.7k	1.4k	647	582	485	108	4.5k
Jihong Cole‐Dai United States	25	3.0k 0.8×	908 0.7×	838 1.3×	389 0.7×	201 0.4×	63	3.5k
Guaciara M. Santos United States	37	2.0k 0.5×	776 0.6×	1.4k 2.1×	1.0k 1.7×	158 0.3×	122	4.2k
Sallie I. Whitlow United States	40	5.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 2.3×	791 1.4×	292 0.6×	71	6.1k
Éric Douville France	29	1.3k 0.4×	426 0.3×	857 1.3×	840 1.4×	1.0k 2.1×	85	3.4k
Jan Fietzke Germany	39	1.7k 0.5×	904 0.7×	1.5k 2.3×	635 1.1×	610 1.3×	97	3.9k
Barbara Stenni Italy	39	3.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 2.1×	389 0.7×	145 0.3×	130	4.5k
Graham Shimmield United Kingdom	31	2.4k 0.7×	665 0.5×	1.4k 2.1×	489 0.8×	272 0.6×	50	4.0k
Boáz Lazar Israel	34	1.5k 0.4×	843 0.6×	1.6k 2.4×	668 1.1×	288 0.6×	119	4.1k
Jürg Beer Switzerland	38	4.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	1.2k 2.1×	314 0.6×	63	6.5k
Marc Delmotte France	22	4.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 2.3×	520 0.9×	128 0.3×	44	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Sigl

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Sigl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Sigl

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Aubry, Thomas J., Chris Smith, Peter O. Hopcroft, et al.. (2025). Using reduced-complexity volcanic aerosol and climate models to produce large ensemble simulations of Holocene temperature. Climate of the past. 21(10). 1755–1778.

Esper, Jan, Jason E. Smerdon, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, et al.. (2024). The IPCC’s reductive Common Era temperature history. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 12 indexed citations

Fang, Shih‐Wei, Michael Sigl, Matthew Toohey, et al.. (2023). The Role of Small to Moderate Volcanic Eruptions in the Early 19th Century Climate. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(22). 7 indexed citations

Zhai, Shuting, Joseph R. McConnell, Nathan Chellman, et al.. (2023). Implications of Snowpack Reactive Bromine Production for Arctic Ice Core Bromine Preservation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(20). 3 indexed citations

Guillet, Sébastien, Christophe Corona, Clive Oppenheimer, et al.. (2023). Lunar eclipses illuminate timing and climate impact of medieval volcanism. Nature. 616(7955). 90–95. 11 indexed citations

Plunkett, Gill, Michael Sigl, Hans F. Schwaiger, et al.. (2022). No evidence for tephra in Greenland from the historic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE: implications for geochronology and paleoclimatology. Climate of the past. 18(1). 45–65. 17 indexed citations

Dallmeyer, Anne, Martin Claußen, Stephan Lorenz, et al.. (2021). Holocene vegetation transitions and their climatic drivers in MPI-ESM1.2. Climate of the past. 17(6). 2481–2513. 36 indexed citations

Gao, Chaochao, Francis Ludlow, John A. Matthews, et al.. (2021). Volcanic climate impacts can act as ultimate and proximate causes of Chinese dynastic collapse. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 23 indexed citations

Liu, Pengfei, Jed O. Kaplan, Loretta J. Mickley, et al.. (2021). Improved estimates of preindustrial biomass burning reduce the magnitude of aerosol climate forcing in the Southern Hemisphere. Science Advances. 7(22). 32 indexed citations

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Dallmeyer, Anne, Martin Claußen, Stephan Lorenz, et al.. (2021). Holocene vegetation transitions and their climatic drivers in MPI-ESM1.2. 2 indexed citations

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Plunkett, Gill, Michael Sigl, Hans F. Schwaiger, et al.. (2021). No evidence for tephra in Greenland from the historic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE: Implications for geochronology and paleoclimatology. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Vicki, Antonio Costa, Gerardo J. Aguirre‐Díaz, et al.. (2020). The magnitude and impact of the 431 CE Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Ilopango, El Salvador. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(42). 26061–26068. 40 indexed citations

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Abbott, Peter M, Gill Plunkett, Christophe Corona, et al.. (2020). Cryptotephra from the Icelandic Veiðivötn 1477 CE eruption in a Greenland ice core: confirming the dating of 1450s CE volcanic events and assessing the eruption's climatic impact. 1 indexed citations

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Toohey, Matthew, Kirstin Krüger, Hauke Schmidt, et al.. (2019). Disproportionately strong climate forcing from extratropical explosive volcanic eruptions. Nature Geoscience. 12(2). 100–107. 98 indexed citations

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Toohey, Matthew & Michael Sigl. (2017). Volcanic stratospheric sulfur injections and aerosol optical depth from 500 BCE to 1900 CE. Earth system science data. 9(2). 809–831. 221 indexed citations

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Toohey, Matthew & Michael Sigl. (2017). Volcanic stratospheric sulphur injections and aerosol optical depthfrom 500 BCE to 1900 CE. 13 indexed citations

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Oppenheimer, Clive, Lukas Wacker, Jiandong Xu, et al.. (2017). Multi-proxy dating the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Changbaishan to late 946 CE. Quaternary Science Reviews. 158. 164–171. 149 indexed citations

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Mitchell, L., Christo Buizert, Edward J. Brook, et al.. (2015). Observing and modeling the influence of layering on bubble trapping in polar firn. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(6). 2558–2574. 41 indexed citations

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Kirchgeorg, Torben, Jacopo Gabrieli, Michael Sigl, et al.. (2011). Perfluorinated compounds in ice core samples from the Alps, SETAC meeting "Ecosystem Protection in a Sustainable World: a Challenge for Science and Regulation", Milan, Italy, 15-19 May, 2011. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 1 indexed citations

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Sigl, Michael, Theo M. Jenk, Thomas Kellerhals, et al.. (2009). Towards radiocarbon dating of ice cores. Journal of Glaciology. 55(194). 985–996. 41 indexed citations

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