O. U. Bräker

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

O. U. Bräker is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, O. U. Bräker has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in O. U. Bräker's work include Tree-ring climate responses (16 papers), Forest ecology and management (15 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers). O. U. Bräker is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (16 papers), Forest ecology and management (15 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers). O. U. Bräker collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Italy. O. U. Bräker's co-authors include Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Andreas Rigling, Dieter Eckstein, F. Serre-Bachet, Christof Bigler, Harald Bugmann, Matthias Dobbertin, Paolo Cherubini, Roberto Tognetti and Barbara L. Gartner and has published in prestigious journals such as Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and Forest Ecology and Management.

In The Last Decade

O. U. Bräker

22 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Identification, presentation and interpretation of event ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400
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. Identification, presentation and interpretation of event years and pointer years in dendrochronology.
    1990 478 citations Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Dieter Eckstein et al. Dendrochronologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
O. U. Bräker Switzerland 13 1.9k 1.8k 1.1k 343 250 22 2.3k
Carlo Urbinati Italy 25 2.1k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 349 1.0× 158 0.6× 64 2.8k
Tom Levanič Slovenia 26 1.9k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 376 1.1× 149 0.6× 106 2.5k
Friedrich‐Karl Holtmeier Germany 20 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 816 0.7× 173 0.5× 49 0.2× 42 1.8k
Raúl Sánchez‐Salguero Spain 33 2.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.4× 1.9k 1.7× 380 1.1× 149 0.6× 95 3.0k
Ernst van der Maaten Germany 22 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 217 0.6× 112 0.4× 53 2.0k
Marieke van der Maaten‐Theunissen Germany 21 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 217 0.6× 103 0.4× 53 2.0k
Gabriel Sangüesa‐Barreda Spain 32 2.2k 1.2× 2.5k 1.4× 1.8k 1.6× 546 1.6× 148 0.6× 90 3.2k
Ignacio García‐González Spain 28 2.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 543 1.6× 272 1.1× 61 2.5k
Alfredo Di Filippo Italy 23 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 301 0.9× 92 0.4× 49 2.1k
Christian Zang Germany 25 2.2k 1.2× 2.7k 1.5× 1.8k 1.7× 344 1.0× 106 0.4× 51 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by O. U. Bräker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. U. Bräker

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bräker, O. U. & E. Baumann. (2006). Growth Reactions of Sub-Alpine Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) Following One-Sided Light Exposure (Case Study at Davos “Lusiwald”). Tree-Ring Research. 62(2). 67–73. 7 indexed citations
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Gärtner, Holger & O. U. Bräker. (2004). Roots - the hidden key players in estimating the potential of Swiss forests to act as carbon sinks. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 13–18. 5 indexed citations
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Cherubini, Paolo, Holger Gärtner, Jan Esper, et al.. (2004). Jahrringe als Archive für interdisziplinäre Umweltforschung | Annual rings as an archive for interdisciplinary environmental research. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen. 155(6). 162–168. 4 indexed citations
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Cherubini, Paolo, Barbara L. Gartner, Roberto Tognetti, et al.. (2003). Identification, measurement and interpretation of tree rings in woody species from mediterranean climates. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 78(1). 119–148. 350 indexed citations
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Rigling, Andreas, et al.. (2003). Effects of irrigation on diameter growth and vertical resin duct production in Pinus sylvestris L. on dry sites in the central Alps, Switzerland. Forest Ecology and Management. 175(1-3). 285–296. 85 indexed citations
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Bräker, O. U.. (2002). Measuring and data processing in tree-ring research – a methodological introduction. Dendrochronologia. 20(1-2). 203–216. 133 indexed citations
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Rigling, Andreas, et al.. (2001). Ecological interpretation of tree-ring width and intraannual density fluctuations inPinus sylvestrison dry sites in the central Alps and Siberia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(1). 18–31. 130 indexed citations
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Rigling, Andreas, et al.. (2001). Ecological interpretation of tree-ring width and intraannual density fluctuations in <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> on dry sites in the central Alps and Siberia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(1). 18–31. 11 indexed citations
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Kontic, Raymond, et al.. (1990). Growth ring analyses in the Sihlwald.. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen. 141(1). 55–76. 2 indexed citations
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Schweingruber, Fritz Hans, Dieter Eckstein, F. Serre-Bachet, & O. U. Bräker. (1990). Identification, presentation and interpretation of event years and pointer years in dendrochronology.. Dendrochronologia. 8. 9–38. 478 indexed citations breakdown →
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Becker, Michel, O. U. Bräker, G. Kenk, O. Schneider, & Fritz Hans Schweingruber. (1990). Aspect des houppiers et croissance des arbres au cours des dernières décennies dans les régions frontalières d'Allemagne,de France et de Suisse. Revue Forestière Française. 284–284. 8 indexed citations
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Becker, Michel, O. U. Bräker, G. Kenk, O. Schneider, & Fritz Hans Schweingruber. (1990). Crown condition and growth of forest trees over recent decades in the area where Germany, France and Switzerland meet.. 11(11). 263–266272274. 1 indexed citations
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Becker, Maja, et al.. (1990). Kronenzustand und Wachstum von Waldbäumen im Dreiländereck Deutschland-Frankreich-Schweiz in den letzten Jahrzehnten. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 45(11). 16 indexed citations
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Kienast, Felix, et al.. (1987). Tree-ring studies on conifers along ecological gradients and the potential of single-year analyses. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 17(7). 683–696. 133 indexed citations
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Bräker, O. U., et al.. (1985). Methods for evaluating and predicting forest growth responses to air pollution. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 41(3). 310–319. 17 indexed citations
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Schweingruber, Fritz Hans, et al.. (1979). Dendroclimatic studies on conifers from central Europe and Great Britain. Boreas. 8(4). 427–452. 76 indexed citations
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Schweingruber, Fritz Hans, et al.. (1978). The X-Ray Technique as Applied to Dendroclimatology. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 38. 61–91. 222 indexed citations

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