Steffen Lauf

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Steffen Lauf is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Lauf has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 4 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steffen Lauf's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (5 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers). Steffen Lauf is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (5 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers). Steffen Lauf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. Steffen Lauf's co-authors include Birgit Kleinschmit, Kathrin Ward, Wilfried Endlicher, Neele Larondelle, Dagmar Haase, Tobia Lakes, Christian Schuster, Christian Schuster, Patrick Hostert and Jasmin Honold and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Lauf

14 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Heat waves and urban heat islands in Europe: A review of relevant drivers

2016 434 citations Kathrin Ward, Steffen Lauf et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steffen Lauf Germany	12	826	702	644	184	148	14	1.4k
Ellen Banzhaf Germany	19	1.2k 1.5×	929 1.3×	581 0.9×	142 0.8×	91 0.6×	49	1.8k
Manob Das India	20	837 1.0×	499 0.7×	488 0.8×	111 0.6×	143 1.0×	65	1.3k
Yingbiao Chen China	21	961 1.2×	557 0.8×	788 1.2×	148 0.8×	88 0.6×	53	1.4k
Gertrud Jørgensen Denmark	15	981 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	239 1.3×	47 0.3×	38	1.8k
Chang Xia China	19	918 1.1×	363 0.5×	197 0.3×	383 2.1×	136 0.9×	37	1.4k
Md. Abdul Fattah Bangladesh	21	839 1.0×	378 0.5×	616 1.0×	102 0.6×	84 0.6×	57	1.4k
Yousef Sakieh Iran	19	971 1.2×	476 0.7×	453 0.7×	129 0.7×	53 0.4×	33	1.2k
Chiara Cortinovis Italy	16	1.1k 1.3×	674 1.0×	307 0.5×	73 0.4×	189 1.3×	34	1.4k
Lien Poelmans Belgium	13	814 1.0×	240 0.3×	232 0.4×	161 0.9×	126 0.9×	41	1.1k
Andong Guo China	12	571 0.7×	396 0.6×	617 1.0×	146 0.8×	58 0.4×	15	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Lauf

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14 of 14 papers shown

Schuster, Christian, Jasmin Honold, Steffen Lauf, & Tobia Lakes. (2017). Urban heat stress: novel survey suggests health and fitness as future avenue for research and adaptation strategies. Environmental Research Letters. 12(4). 44021–44021. 52 indexed citations

Batuk, Fatmagül, et al.. (2017). CREATING URBAN GROWTH SIMULATION MODELS DRIVEN BY THE BOSPHORUS BRIDGES. 1 indexed citations

Ward, Kathrin, Steffen Lauf, Birgit Kleinschmit, & Wilfried Endlicher. (2016). Heat waves and urban heat islands in Europe: A review of relevant drivers. The Science of The Total Environment. 569-570. 527–539. 434 indexed citations breakdown →

Larondelle, Neele & Steffen Lauf. (2016). Balancing demand and supply of multiple urban ecosystem services on different spatial scales. Ecosystem Services. 22. 18–31. 205 indexed citations

Lauf, Steffen, Dagmar Haase, & Birgit Kleinschmit. (2016). The effects of growth, shrinkage, population aging and preference shifts on urban development—A spatial scenario analysis of Berlin, Germany. Land Use Policy. 52. 240–254. 87 indexed citations

Sun, Zhanli, Iris Lorscheid, James Millington, et al.. (2016). Simple or complicated agent-based models? A complicated issue. Environmental Modelling & Software. 86. 56–67. 132 indexed citations

Lauf, Steffen, et al.. (2015). Estimating greenhouse gas emissions of European cities — Modeling emissions with only one spatial and one socioeconomic variable. The Science of The Total Environment. 520. 49–58. 19 indexed citations

Batuk, Fatmagül, et al.. (2015). Simulating urban growth driven by transportation networks: A case study of the Istanbul third bridge. Land Use Policy. 49. 332–340. 35 indexed citations

Lauf, Steffen, et al.. (2014). Land use patterns, temperature distribution, and potential heat stress risk – The case study Berlin, Germany. Computers Environment and Urban Systems. 48. 86–98. 151 indexed citations

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Lauf, Steffen, Dagmar Haase, & Birgit Kleinschmit. (2014). Linkages between ecosystem services provisioning, urban growth and shrinkage – A modeling approach assessing ecosystem service trade-offs. Ecological Indicators. 42. 73–94. 87 indexed citations

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Scherer, Dieter, Ute Fehrenbach, Tobia Lakes, et al.. (2013). Quantification of heat-stress related mortality hazard, vulnerability and risk in Berlin, Germany. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 144. 238–259. 63 indexed citations

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Lauf, Steffen, Dagmar Haase, Ralf Seppelt, & Nina Schwarz. (2012). Simulating Demography and Housing Demand in an Urban Region under Scenarios of Growth and Shrinkage. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 39(2). 229–246. 51 indexed citations

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Lauf, Steffen, Dagmar Haase, & Birgit Kleinschmit. (2012). Land-use scenario modelling based on human decisions – Combining system dynamics and cellular automata. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 2 indexed citations

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Lauf, Steffen, Dagmar Haase, Patrick Hostert, Tobia Lakes, & Birgit Kleinschmit. (2011). Uncovering land-use dynamics driven by human decision-making – A combined model approach using cellular automata and system dynamics. Environmental Modelling & Software. 27-28. 71–82. 116 indexed citations

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