Ralf Kunkel

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ralf Kunkel is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Kunkel has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Water Science and Technology, 33 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 24 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Ralf Kunkel's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (44 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (23 papers). Ralf Kunkel is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (44 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (23 papers). Ralf Kunkel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Ralf Kunkel's co-authors include Frank Wendland, Bene Poelsema, Laurens K. Verheij, George Comşa, Harry Vereecken, Peter Kreins, Björn Tetzlaff, Heye Bogena, Frank Herrmann and Carsten Montzka and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Kunkel

85 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Reentrant layer-by-layer growth during molecular-beam epi... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Kunkel Germany 22 735 490 462 460 447 87 1.9k
A. Jenkins United Kingdom 29 1.0k 1.4× 517 1.1× 1.0k 2.2× 508 1.1× 454 1.0× 112 2.8k
Scott T. Allen United States 36 875 1.2× 823 1.7× 79 0.2× 342 0.7× 441 1.0× 176 5.3k
Alexander Graf Germany 29 378 0.5× 326 0.7× 129 0.3× 593 1.3× 43 0.1× 97 2.9k
Thomas Graf Germany 27 139 0.2× 140 0.3× 115 0.2× 841 1.8× 416 0.9× 91 2.0k
Roger Guérin France 31 90 0.1× 315 0.6× 68 0.1× 416 0.9× 122 0.3× 169 3.1k
Hongbo Zhang China 29 653 0.9× 80 0.2× 122 0.3× 385 0.8× 104 0.2× 64 3.0k
R. A. Wooding Australia 21 623 0.8× 38 0.1× 112 0.2× 1.2k 2.7× 186 0.4× 41 3.4k
Philipp Steinmann Switzerland 26 46 0.1× 224 0.5× 274 0.6× 59 0.1× 482 1.1× 80 2.6k
J. T. Hutton United States 17 47 0.1× 137 0.3× 119 0.3× 110 0.2× 466 1.0× 38 2.5k
William E. Asher United States 32 88 0.1× 208 0.4× 281 0.6× 437 0.9× 39 0.1× 91 4.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Kunkel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bumberger, Jan, Ralf Kunkel, Christof Lorenz, et al.. (2025). Digital ecosystem for FAIR time series data management in environmental system science. SoftwareX. 29. 102038–102038. 2 indexed citations
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Tetzlaff, Björn, et al.. (2024). Modelling Current-State N- and P-Fluxes into Surface Waters in Germany. Water. 16(13). 1872–1872. 1 indexed citations
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Blöschl, Günter, Heye Bogena, Karsten H. Jensen, et al.. (2017). The need for a European data platform for hydrological observatories. EGUGA. 8271. 2 indexed citations
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Qu, Wei, Heye Bogena, Johan Alexander Huisman, et al.. (2016). The integrated water balance and soil data set of the Rollesbroichhydrological observatory. Earth system science data. 8(2). 517–529. 20 indexed citations
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Heidecke, Claudia, Peter Kreins, Ralf Kunkel, et al.. (2016). Erreichbarkeit der Nährstoffreduzierungsziele in Niedersachsen fraglich. Wasser und Abfall. 18(7-8). 21–26. 4 indexed citations
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Panagopoulos, Andreas, et al.. (2015). Area-differentiated modeling of water balance in Pinios River basin, central Greece.. Global NEST Journal. 17(2). 221–235. 6 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Ralf, et al.. (2014). Determination of nitrogen reduction levels necessary to reach groundwater quality targets in Slovenia. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 26(9). 1806–1817. 14 indexed citations
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Devaraju, Anusuriya, Ralf Kunkel, & Heye Bogena. (2013). Incorporating Quality Control Information in the Sensor Web. EGUGA. 13766. 1 indexed citations
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Bogena, Heye, Ralf Kunkel, Thomas Pütz, et al.. (2012). TERENO - Long-term monitoring network for terrestrial environmental research. elib (German Aerospace Center). 56(3). 138. 32 indexed citations
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Wendland, Frank, Horst Behrendt, Ulrike Hirt, et al.. (2010). Model-based analysis of agricultural and environmental actions to reduce the nitrogen load in groundwater and surface waters in the Weser river basin district. 54(4). 231–243. 3 indexed citations
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Kreins, Peter, Horst Behrendt, Claudia Heidecke, et al.. (2010). Analyse von Agrar- und Umweltmaßnahmen im Bereich des landwirtschaftlichen Gewässerschutzes vor dem Hintergrund der EG -Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in der Flussgebietseinheit Weser. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 336. 342. 11 indexed citations
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Wendland, Frank, et al.. (2009). Area differentiated analysis of impacts of climate change scenarios on ground- water resources in Northwestern Germany. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 2189. 3 indexed citations
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Montzka, Carsten, Morton John Canty, Ralf Kunkel, et al.. (2008). Modelling the water balance of a mesoscale catchment basin using remotely sensed land cover data. Journal of Hydrology. 353(3-4). 322–334. 51 indexed citations
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Tetzlaff, Björn, Peter Kreins, Ralf Kunkel, & Frank Wendland. (2007). Area-differentiated modelling of P-fluxes in heterogeneous macroscale river basins. Water Science & Technology. 55(3). 123–131. 10 indexed citations
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Tetzlaff, Björn, et al.. (2007). Determination and ranking of target areas in catchments for the implementation of nitrogen reduction measures. Advances in geosciences. 11. 69–75. 2 indexed citations
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Montzka, Carsten, Heye Bogena, Morton John Canty, et al.. (2006). Combining agricultural economic and hydrological models with the aid of remote sensing data.. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 299–304. 1 indexed citations
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Bogena, Heye, et al.. (2003). Distributed modelling of distributed groundwater recharge at the macroscale under special consideration of geology. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 1071. 1 indexed citations
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Parmeter, J. E., Ralf Kunkel, Bene Poelsema, Laurens K. Verheij, & G. Comsa. (1990). Morphology of a Pt(111) surface during its growth from the vapor phase. Vacuum. 41(1-3). 467–470. 12 indexed citations

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