Rolf Siegwolf

18.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
223 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Rolf Siegwolf is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Siegwolf has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 153 papers in Atmospheric Science and 76 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Rolf Siegwolf's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (153 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (123 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (58 papers). Rolf Siegwolf is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (153 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (123 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (58 papers). Rolf Siegwolf collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Russia. Rolf Siegwolf's co-authors include Matthias Saurer, Christian Körner, Michael Bahn, Lucas A. Cernusak, Frank Hagedorn, Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Kimberly A. Novick, Thomas N. Buckley, Charlotte Grossiord and Nate G. McDowell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Siegwolf

221 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 400 800 1.2k
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. Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit
    2020 1.3k citations Lucas A. Cernusak, Rolf Siegwolf et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers

Rolf Siegwolf
Arthur Geßler Switzerland
Stan D. Wullschleger United States
Dan Yakir Israel
Belinda E. Medlyn Australia
Maurizio Mencuccini United Kingdom
Jon Lloyd Germany
George W. Koch United States
Steven W. Leavitt United States
Sune Linder Sweden
David G. Williams United States
Arthur Geßler Switzerland
Rolf Siegwolf
Citations per year, relative to Rolf Siegwolf Rolf Siegwolf (= 1×) peers Arthur Geßler

Countries citing papers authored by Rolf Siegwolf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rolf Siegwolf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rolf Siegwolf

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rolf Siegwolf. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rolf Siegwolf 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 Rolf Siegwolf. Rolf Siegwolf 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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Lehmann, Marco M., et al.. (2025). Contrasting photosynthetic, stomatal, and mesophyll mechanisms drive common reductions in leaf water-use efficiency under blue light. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(18). 5512–5527. 1 indexed citations
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Hobbie, Erik A., Sonja G. Keel, Tamir Klein, et al.. (2023). Tracing the spatial extent and lag time of carbon transfer from Picea abies to ectomycorrhizal fungi differing in host type, taxonomy, or hyphal development. Fungal ecology. 68. 101315–101315. 1 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Marco M., Gregory R. Goldsmith, Rosemarie B. Weigt, et al.. (2019). The 18O‐signal transfer from water vapour to leaf water and assimilates varies among plant species and growth forms. Plant Cell & Environment. 43(2). 510–523. 20 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Giovanni, Giovanna Battipaglia, Paolo Cherubini, et al.. (2019). Tree-ring δ18O from an Alpine catchment reveals changes in glacier stream water inputs between 1980 and 2010. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 51(1). 250–264. 4 indexed citations
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Churakova, Olga V., Marina V. Fonti, Matthias Saurer, et al.. (2019). Siberian tree-ring and stable isotope proxies as indicators of temperature and moisture changes after major stratospheric volcanic eruptions. Climate of the past. 15(2). 685–700. 27 indexed citations
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Brooks, J. Renée, John S. Roden, Rolf Siegwolf, & Matthias Saurer. (2019). Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 2 indexed citations
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Churakova, Olga V., Marina V. Fonti, Matthias Saurer, et al.. (2018). Heterogeneous response of Siberian tree-ring and stable isotope proxies to the largest Common Era volcanic eruptions. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 3 indexed citations
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Keller, K., Sebastian Lienert, Thomas F. Stocker, et al.. (2017). 20th century changes in carbon isotopes and water-use efficiency: tree-ring-based evaluation of the CLM4.5 and LPX-Bern models. Biogeosciences. 14(10). 2641–2673. 59 indexed citations
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Klein, Tamir, Rolf Siegwolf, & Christian Körner. (2016). Belowground carbon trade among tall trees in a temperate forest. Science. 352(6283). 342–344. 155 indexed citations
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Churakova, Olga V., Matthias Saurer, Marina V. Bryukhanova, Rolf Siegwolf, & Christof Bigler. (2016). Site-specific water-use strategies of mountain pine and larch to cope with recent climate change. Tree Physiology. 36(8). 942–953. 24 indexed citations
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Moreno‐Gutiérrez, Cristina, Rolf Siegwolf, & Ansgar Kahmen. (2015). Physiological responses of herbaceous plants to climate change: a century long assessment based on the stable isotope analysis of herbaria specimens. EGUGA. 1740. 2 indexed citations
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Bader, Martin Karl‐Friedrich, Sebastian Leuzinger, Sonja G. Keel, et al.. (2014). Central European hardwood trees in a high-CO 2 future. 1 indexed citations
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Roden, John S., Ansgar Kahmen, Nina Buchmann, & Rolf Siegwolf. (2013). The enigma of effective pathlength for 18 O enrichment in leaf water of conifers. AGUFM. 2013. 4 indexed citations
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Hagedorn, Frank, et al.. (2010). Winter soil respiration originates mainly from old soil organic matter - a 13CO2-tracer study at the alpine treeline. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2918. 1 indexed citations
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Körner, Christian, Roman Asshoff, Olivier Bignucolo, et al.. (2005). Carbon Flux and Growth in Mature Deciduous Forest Trees Exposed to Elevated CO 2. Science. 309(5739). 1360–1362. 425 indexed citations
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Siegwolf, Rolf, et al.. (2005). Crown-To-Rhizosphere Carbon Transfer In A Temperate Mixed Forest. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Eugster, Werner, et al.. (2002). Fogwater Inputs to a Cloud Forest in Puerto Rico. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 4 indexed citations
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Graber, Werner K., et al.. (1970). Modelling Risk Assessment Of Air PollutionImpact On High Elevated Alpine Forests. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 5. 2 indexed citations

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