Michael Wagreich

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
216 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Wagreich is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Wagreich has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Paleontology, 100 papers in Atmospheric Science and 77 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Michael Wagreich's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (123 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (99 papers) and Geological formations and processes (75 papers). Michael Wagreich is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (123 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (99 papers) and Geological formations and processes (75 papers). Michael Wagreich collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Egypt. Michael Wagreich's co-authors include Xiumian Hu, Peter Faupl, Johann Hohenegger, Stephanie Neuhuber, Kurt Decker, Benjamin Sames, Jan Zalasiewicz, Reinhold Leinfelder, Colin Summerhayes and Colin N. Waters and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Michael Wagreich

200 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a strat... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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. The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene
    2016 547 citations Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters et al. profile →

Peers

Michael Wagreich
Simon H. Bottrell United Kingdom
Kay‐Christian Emeis Germany
Baruch Spiro United Kingdom
Thomas F. Pedersen Canada
Yuexing Feng Australia
Michael Sturm Switzerland
Matthias Zabel Germany
Lynn M. Walter United States
Alessandro Amorosi Italy
Erwin Appel Germany
Simon H. Bottrell United Kingdom
Michael Wagreich
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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Wagreich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Wagreich

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

All Works

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Summerhayes, Colin, Jan Zalasiewicz, Martin J. Head, et al.. (2024). The future extent of the Anthropocene epoch: A synthesis. Global and Planetary Change. 242. 104568–104568. 12 indexed citations
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Hart, Malcolm B., Sietske J. Batenburg, Brian T. Huber, et al.. (2023). About this title - Cretaceous Project 200 Volume 2: Regional Studies. Geological Society London Special Publications. 545(1).
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Wagreich, Michael, et al.. (2022). Factors affecting the development of deformation bands in the Nubian Sandstone, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 192. 104573–104573. 3 indexed citations
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Wagreich, Michael, et al.. (2022). The Paleogene Gosau Group Slope Basins of the Incipient Eastern Alpine Orogenic Wedge: A Case Study at the Gams Basin (Austria). Minerals. 12(2). 178–178. 1 indexed citations
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Trabelsi, Khaled, Benjamin Sames, Michael Wagreich, et al.. (2021). A new diverse charophyte flora and biozonation of the Eocene bauxite cover-sequence at Gánt (Vértes Hills, Hungary). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19(7). 541–563. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Eun Young, et al.. (2019). Compaction trend estimation and applications to sedimentary basin reconstruction (BasinVis 2.0). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100015–100015. 19 indexed citations
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Birgel, Daniel, et al.. (2016). Microbially-driven formation of Cenozoic siderite and calcite concretions from eastern Austria. 109(2). 11 indexed citations
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Wagreich, Michael, Jaume Dinarès‐Turell, & Erik Wolfgring. (2016). A reference section for the Santonian-Campanian boundary and sea-level fluctuations: The Postalm section, Austria, revisited. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Wagreich, Michael, et al.. (2015). Provenance Analysis of Lower Miocene Sediments in the Lower Austrian Molasse Basin. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6990. 2 indexed citations
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Wagreich, Michael, et al.. (2009). Late Neogene and Quaternary alluvial fans give evidence for tectonic events at the eastern margin of the Eastern Alps. EGUGA. 5092. 1 indexed citations
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Wagreich, Michael, Alexander Lukeneder, & Peter Egger. (2008). Cretaceous history of Austria. Phaidra (Universität Wien). 1 indexed citations
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Wagreich, Michael, et al.. (2008). Regional subsidence analysis of the Vienna Basin (Austria). Phaidra (Universität Wien). 23 indexed citations
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Salcher, Bernhard, et al.. (2008). Response of rivers to late Pleistocene and Holocene climate change and subsidence, southern Vienna Basin, eastern Austria. 1 indexed citations

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