Peter Köhler

16.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
154 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Köhler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Köhler has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Atmospheric Science, 48 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Peter Köhler's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (81 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (48 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (26 papers). Peter Köhler is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (81 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (48 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (26 papers). Peter Köhler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Peter Köhler's co-authors include Hubertus Fischer, Andreas Huth, Martin Butzin, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, Édouard Bard, Dieter Wolf‐Gladrow, Timothy Heaton, Fortunat Joos, Christopher Bronk Ramsey and Paula Reimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter Köhler

140 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

2020 1.1k citations Timothy Heaton, Peter Köhler et al. Radiocarbon profile →
Enhanced chemical weathering as a geoengineering strategy to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, supply nutrients, and mitigate ocean acidification

2013 416 citations Peter Köhler, Dieter Wolf‐Gladrow et al. profile →
Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years

2024 51 citations Peter Köhler et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Köhler	3.4k	1.6k	1.3k	1.3k	816	154	5.5k
Xiangdong Yang	3.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.5×	863 0.7×	756 0.9×	122	5.5k
S. W. Hostetler	4.1k 1.2×	811 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	662 0.8×	69	6.5k
K. T. Lawrence	2.5k 0.7×	554 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	619 0.8×	35	4.8k
Liping Zhu	5.1k 1.5×	671 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	828 1.0×	239	7.4k
Michael Sturm	3.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	685 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	162	6.2k
Richard W. Battarbee	3.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	2.5k 1.9×	493 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	114	6.5k
Feng He	4.5k 1.3×	889 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	779 1.0×	71	5.7k
Paul A. Baker	3.9k 1.1×	747 0.5×	2.0k 1.5×	754 0.6×	658 0.8×	105	6.7k
Steve Juggins	4.8k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	3.8k 2.8×	580 0.4×	1.6k 2.0×	120	8.3k
Sherilyn C. Fritz	6.0k 1.7×	1.5k 0.9×	3.3k 2.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	167	8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Köhler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Köhler

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Alves, J., Cameren Swiggum, Josefa E. Großschedl, et al.. (2025). The Solar System’s passage through the Radcliffe wave during the middle Miocene. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. A167–A167. 2 indexed citations

Meyer, Vera D, Peter Köhler, Julius S. Lipp, et al.. (2025). Dominant control of temperature on (sub-)tropical soil carbon turnover. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4530–4530.

Ye, Ying, Guy Munhoven, Peter Köhler, et al.. (2025). FESOM2.1-REcoM3-MEDUSA2: an ocean–sea ice–biogeochemistry model coupled to a sediment model. Geoscientific model development. 18(4). 977–1000. 1 indexed citations

Butzin, Martin, Ying Ye, Christoph Völker, et al.. (2024). Carbon isotopes in the marine biogeochemistry model FESOM2.1-REcoM3. Geoscientific model development. 17(4). 1709–1727. 1 indexed citations

Heaton, Timothy, Martin Butzin, Édouard Bard, et al.. (2023). MARINE RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION IN POLAR REGIONS: A SIMPLE APPROXIMATE APPROACH USING MARINE20. Radiocarbon. 65(4). 848–875. 23 indexed citations

Hinrichs, Claudia, Peter Köhler, Christoph Völker, & Judith Hauck. (2023). Alkalinity biases in CMIP6 Earth system models and implications for simulated CO ₂ drawdown via artificial alkalinity enhancement. Biogeosciences. 20(18). 3717–3735. 9 indexed citations

Mollenhauer, Gesine, Ruediger Stein, Peter Köhler, et al.. (2022). Deglacial release of petrogenic and permafrost carbon from the Canadian Arctic impacting the carbon cycle. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7172–7172. 20 indexed citations

Heaton, Timothy, Édouard Bard, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, et al.. (2022). A RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY QUESTIONS ON THE MARINE20 RADIOCARBON AGE CALIBRATION CURVE: MARINE RESERVOIR AGES AND THE CALIBRATION OF ¹⁴C SAMPLES FROM THE OCEANS. Radiocarbon. 65(1). 247–273. 24 indexed citations

Heaton, Timothy, Édouard Bard, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, et al.. (2021). Radiocarbon: A key tracer for studying Earth’s dynamo, climate system, carbon cycle, and Sun. Science. 374(6568). eabd7096–eabd7096. 40 indexed citations

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Völker, Christoph, Ying Ye, Martin Butzin, Peter Köhler, & Guy Munhoven. (2020). Role of sediment in the marine C cycle—insights from a coupled ocean-sediment model. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations

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Butzin, Martin, Timothy Heaton, Peter Köhler, & Gerrit Lohmann. (2020). A Short Note on Marine Reservoir Age Simulations Used in IntCal20. Radiocarbon. 62(4). 865–871. 41 indexed citations

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Heaton, Timothy, Peter Köhler, Martin Butzin, et al.. (2020). Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP). Radiocarbon. 62(4). 779–820. 1144 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meyer, Vera D, Jens Hefter, Peter Köhler, et al.. (2019). Permafrost-carbon mobilization in Beringia caused by deglacial meltwater runoff, sea-level rise and warming. Environmental Research Letters. 14(8). 85003–85003. 28 indexed citations

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Stap, Lennert B., Peter Köhler, & Gerrit Lohmann. (2019). Including the efficacy of land ice changes in deriving climate sensitivity from paleodata. Earth System Dynamics. 10(2). 333–345. 12 indexed citations

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Winterfeld, Maria, Gesine Mollenhauer, Wolf Dummann, et al.. (2018). Deglacial mobilization of pre-aged terrestrial carbon from degrading permafrost. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3666–3666. 59 indexed citations

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Stap, Lennert B., Roderik S. W. van de Wal, Peter Köhler, et al.. (2018). Modeled Influence of Land Ice and CO₂on Polar Amplification and Paleoclimate Sensitivity During the Past 5 Million Years. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(4). 381–394. 16 indexed citations

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Butzin, Martin, Peter Köhler, & Gerrit Lohmann. (2017). Marine radiocarbon reservoir age simulations for the past 50,000 years. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(16). 8473–8480. 81 indexed citations

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Köhler, Peter, Judith Hauck, Christoph Völker, & Dieter Wolf‐Gladrow. (2015). The role of iron during the open ocean dissolution of olivine in a simulated CO2 removal experiment - enhanced weathering, ocean alkalinization, ocean fertilization. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations

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Parrenin, Frédéric, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, Peter Köhler, et al.. (2013). Synchronous Change of Atmospheric CO ₂ and Antarctic Temperature During the Last Deglacial Warming. Science. 339(6123). 1060–1063. 234 indexed citations

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Seth, Barbara, et al.. (2013). CF4 and CO2 - coupling weathering and carbon cycle. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations

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