Rainer Zahn

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Rainer Zahn is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Zahn has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Atmospheric Science, 35 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Rainer Zahn's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (33 papers) and Geological formations and processes (19 papers). Rainer Zahn is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (33 papers) and Geological formations and processes (19 papers). Rainer Zahn collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Germany. Rainer Zahn's co-authors include I.R. Hall, Katharina Pahnke, Joan O. Grimalt, Michael Sarnthein, Joachim Schönfeld, Isabel Cacho, L. Diester‐Haass, Miquel Canals, Helmut Erlenkeuser and Belén Martrat and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Zahn

68 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation an... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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. On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate
    2011 450 citations Lisa M. Beal, Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Rainer Zahn
Frank Lamy Germany
Helmut Erlenkeuser Germany
Claire Waelbroeck France
Élisabeth Michel France
Jean‐Claude Duplessy France
Jean‐Louis Turon France
Elsa Cortijo France
Helge W. Arz Germany
S. Barker United Kingdom
L. Labeyrie France
Frank Lamy Germany
Rainer Zahn
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Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Zahn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Zahn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Zahn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Zahn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Zahn 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 Rainer Zahn. Rainer Zahn 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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Sebille, Erik van, Paolo Scussolini, Jonathan V. Durgadoo, et al.. (2015). Ocean currents generate large footprints in marine palaeoclimate proxies. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6521–6521. 64 indexed citations
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Mejía, Luz María, Patrizia Ziveri, Clara T Bolton, et al.. (2014). Effects of midlatitude westerlies on the paleoproductivity at the Agulhas Bank slope during the penultimate glacial cycle: Evidence from coccolith Sr/Ca ratios. Paleoceanography. 29(7). 697–714. 17 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Martin, M.H. Simon, I.R. Hall, et al.. (2013). Development of Middle Stone Age innovation linked to rapid climate change. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1905–1905. 153 indexed citations
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Beal, Lisa M., Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter, Arne Biastoch, et al.. (2011). On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate. Nature. 472(7344). 429–436. 450 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zahn, Rainer, Alexander Thomas, Pere Masqué, et al.. (2010). Reversed flow of Atlantic deep water during the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature. 468(7320). 84–88. 80 indexed citations
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Rose, Kathryn, Elisabeth L. Sikes, T. P. Guilderson, et al.. (2010). Upper-ocean-to-atmosphere radiocarbon offsets imply fast deglacial carbon dioxide release. Nature. 466(7310). 1093–1097. 69 indexed citations
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Méndez, Gema Martínez, Rainer Zahn, I.R. Hall, et al.. (2010). Contrasting multiproxy reconstructions of surface ocean hydrography in the Agulhas Corridor and implications for the Agulhas Leakage during the last 345,000 years. Paleoceanography. 25(4). n/a–n/a. 59 indexed citations
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Charles, C.D., Katharina Pahnke, Rainer Zahn, et al.. (2010). Millennial scale evolution of the Southern Ocean chemical divide. Quaternary Science Reviews. 29(3-4). 399–409. 26 indexed citations
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Méndez, Gema Martínez, et al.. (2009). Variable water column structure of the South Atlantic on glacial–interglacial time scales. Quaternary Science Reviews. 28(27-28). 3379–3387. 11 indexed citations
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Baudin, François, Nathalie Combourieu‐Nebout, & Rainer Zahn. (2007). Signatures of rapid climatic changes in organic matter records in the western Mediterranean Sea during the last glacial period. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 178(1). 3–13. 15 indexed citations
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Knutz, Paul Cornils, I.R. Hall, Rainer Zahn, et al.. (2002). Multidecadal ocean variability and NW European ice sheet surges during the last deglaciation. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 3(12). 1–9. 31 indexed citations
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Zahn, Rainer, et al.. (2000). Upper ocean circulation in the glacial North Atlantic from benthic foraminiferal isotope and trace element fingerprinting. Paleoceanography. 15(5). 515–527. 33 indexed citations
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Doose, Heidi, et al.. (1999). 39. PLANKTONIC δ 18 O AND U k '37 TEMPERATURE ESTIMATES FROM ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENTS AT SITES 974 AND 975, TYRRHENIAN SEA AND BALEARIC RISE 1. 161. 489–503. 7 indexed citations
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Zahn, Rainer, et al.. (1999). 37. PLANKTONIC δ18O RECORDS AT SITES 976 AND 977, ALBORAN SEA: STRATIGRAPHY, FORCING, AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS 1. 161. 469–479. 38 indexed citations
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Zahn, Rainer. (1994). Palaeoclimatology; core correlations. Nature. 371(6495). 289–290. 7 indexed citations
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Zahn, Rainer. (1994). Core correlations. Nature. 371(6495). 289–290. 10 indexed citations
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Sancetta, Constance, M. Lyle, Linda E. Heusser, Rainer Zahn, & J. Platt Bradbury. (1992). Late-Glacial to Holocene Changes in Winds, Upwelling, and Seasonal Production of the Northern California Current System. Quaternary Research. 38(3). 359–370. 54 indexed citations
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Lyle, Mitchell W, Rainer Zahn, Frederick G Prahl, et al.. (1992). Paleoproductivity and carbon burial across the California Current: The multitracers transect, 42°N. Paleoceanography. 7(3). 251–272. 103 indexed citations
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Karlin, Robert, Mitchell W Lyle, & Rainer Zahn. (1992). Carbonate Variations in the Northeast Pacific during the Late Quaternary. Paleoceanography. 7(1). 43–61. 40 indexed citations
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Zahn, Rainer, Michael Sarnthein, & Helmut Erlenkeuser. (1987). Benthic isotope evidence for changes of the Mediterranean outflow during the Late Quaternary. Paleoceanography. 2(6). 543–559. 127 indexed citations

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