Michael Zech

3.9k total citations
100 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Zech is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Zech has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Atmospheric Science, 38 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Michael Zech's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (85 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (31 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 papers). Michael Zech is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (85 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (31 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 papers). Michael Zech collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Michael Zech's co-authors include Bruno Glaser, Roland Zech, Slobodan B. Marković, Ulrich Hambach, Wolfgang Zech, Björn Buggle, Pál Sümegi, Thomas Stevens, K. Leiber-Sauheitl and Ludwig Zöller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Michael Zech

96 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Zech Germany 31 2.1k 643 547 424 393 100 2.6k
Zhaoyan Gu China 27 1.7k 0.8× 657 1.0× 358 0.7× 508 1.2× 550 1.4× 60 2.4k
Roland Zech Germany 31 2.1k 1.0× 431 0.7× 660 1.2× 598 1.4× 453 1.2× 102 2.4k
E. Gibert France 22 1.8k 0.9× 588 0.9× 467 0.9× 787 1.9× 455 1.2× 47 2.5k
Bruno Turcq Brazil 32 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 2.1× 273 0.5× 845 2.0× 397 1.0× 119 3.4k
Mingrui Qiang China 31 2.3k 1.1× 530 0.8× 391 0.7× 1.3k 3.0× 450 1.1× 62 2.6k
Katherine J. Ficken United Kingdom 17 1.6k 0.8× 961 1.5× 207 0.4× 354 0.8× 356 0.9× 22 2.5k
Hai Xu China 31 2.3k 1.1× 935 1.5× 388 0.7× 715 1.7× 652 1.7× 116 3.2k
Sylvain Huon France 23 1.8k 0.9× 833 1.3× 313 0.6× 725 1.7× 289 0.7× 47 2.8k
Aaron F. Diefendorf United States 22 1.8k 0.8× 994 1.5× 211 0.4× 215 0.5× 590 1.5× 57 2.8k
Hedi Oberhänsli Germany 29 1.9k 0.9× 453 0.7× 500 0.9× 535 1.3× 854 2.2× 68 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Zech

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All Works

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Githumbi, Esther, Hosea M. Mwangi, Joseph Sang, et al.. (2024). Using multi-proxy analysis to determine the long-term impacts of catchment dynamics on water reservoirs - A case from a tropical reservoir (Ruiru Basin Kenya). The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176767–176767. 1 indexed citations
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Hepp, Johannes, Paul Strobel, Roland Zech, et al.. (2024). Late Glacial summer paleohydrology across Central Europe. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30546–30546. 2 indexed citations
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Strobel, Paul, et al.. (2024). Paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and human impact over the last 400 years based on lipid biomarkers from Lake Höglwörth, Germany. Quaternary Science Advances. 15. 100231–100231. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Sara A., Maya Chopra, Julie S. Cohen, et al.. (2024). Clinical Actionability of Genetic Findings in Cerebral Palsy. JAMA Pediatrics. 179(2). 3 indexed citations
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Bromm, Tobias, Bruno Glaser, Wolfgang Zech, et al.. (2023). Terrestrial versus aquatic source identification of sedimentary n-alkane and sugar biomarkers: a case study from the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Journal of Paleolimnology. 70(4). 347–360. 1 indexed citations
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Glaser, Bruno, et al.. (2023). Factors determining the distribution of Erica patches on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Alpine Botany. 133(2). 135–147. 2 indexed citations
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Strobel, Paul, Marcel Bliedtner, Sönke Szidat, et al.. (2023). Summer paleohydrology during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene based on δ2H and δ18O from Bichlersee, Bavaria. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18487–18487. 3 indexed citations
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Strobel, Paul, et al.. (2022). Precipitation and Lake Water Evaporation Recorded by Terrestrial and Aquatic n ‐Alkane δ 2 H Isotopes in Lake Khar Nuur, Mongolia. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(2). 4 indexed citations
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Bromm, Tobias, Clemens Geitner, Jean Nicolas Haas, et al.. (2022). Human and livestock faecal biomarkers at the prehistorical encampment site of Ullafelsen in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria – potential and limitations. Biogeosciences. 19(4). 1135–1150. 9 indexed citations
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Hepp, Johannes, Christoph Mayr, Kazimierz Różański, et al.. (2021). Validation of a coupled δ 2 H n -alkane – δ 18 O sugar paleohygrometer approach based on a climate chamber experiment. Biogeosciences. 18(19). 5363–5380. 5 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Roland Zech, Kazimierz Różański, Gerd Gleixner, & Wolfgang Zech. (2015). Don-alkane biomarkers in soils/sediments reflect theδ2H isotopic composition of precipitation? A case study from Mt. Kilimanjaro and implications for paleoaltimetry and paleoclimate research. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 51(4). 508–524. 26 indexed citations
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Häggi, Christoph, Roland Zech, Cameron McIntyre, Michael Zech, & Timothy I. Eglinton. (2014). On the stratigraphic integrity of leaf-wax biomarkers in loess paleosols. Biogeosciences. 11(9). 2455–2463. 31 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Matthias Saurer, Katja T. Rinne‐Garmston, et al.. (2013). A novel methodological approach for δ18O analysis of sugars using gas chromatography-pyrolysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 49(4). 492–502. 10 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, et al.. (2012). Incorrect when uncorrected: Reconstructing vegetation history using n-alkane biomarkers in loess-paleosol sequences - a case study from the Saxonian loess region, Germany. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 7287. 2 indexed citations
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Samimi, Cyrus, et al.. (2010). The influence of grazing on high mountain soils in the Eastern Pamirs/Tajikistan. EGUGA. 10714. 3 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Björn Buggle, K. Leiber-Sauheitl, et al.. (2010). Reconstructing Quaternary vegetation history in the Carpathian Basin, SE-Europe, using n-alkane biomarkers as molecular fossils: Problems and possible solutions, potential and limitations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 58(2). 148–155. 133 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Björn Buggle, & Bruno Glaser. (2009). Should alkane biomarker results be corrected for degradation effects when reconstructing vegetation changes. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11386. 1 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael & Bruno Glaser. (2007). Improved compound‐specific δ 13 C analysis of n‐alkanes for application in palaeoenvironmental studies. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 22(2). 135–142. 50 indexed citations

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