Steffen Wolters

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 730 citations indexed

About

Steffen Wolters is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Wolters has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 730 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 6 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Steffen Wolters's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers). Steffen Wolters is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers). Steffen Wolters collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Steffen Wolters's co-authors include Thomas Giesecke, Petr Kuneš, Simon Brewer, Michelle Leydet, Susanne Jahns, Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen, Walter Finsinger, Ondřej Mottl, Sarah Ivory and Suzette G. A. Flantua and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Wolters

19 papers receiving 711 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.

  1. Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change over the past 18,000 years
    2021 189 citations Ondřej Mottl, Suzette G. A. Flantua et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steffen Wolters Germany 11 529 194 182 182 116 19 730
Michelle Leydet France 11 471 0.9× 170 0.9× 189 1.0× 175 1.0× 123 1.1× 14 712
Basil A.S. Davis Switzerland 11 419 0.8× 181 0.9× 132 0.7× 99 0.5× 93 0.8× 15 651
Sonia L. Fontana Germany 18 541 1.0× 303 1.6× 156 0.9× 149 0.8× 170 1.5× 38 866
N. I. Dorofeyuk Russia 10 632 1.2× 167 0.9× 192 1.1× 255 1.4× 89 0.8× 20 878
Camille A. Holmgren United States 12 297 0.6× 179 0.9× 144 0.8× 132 0.7× 83 0.7× 17 530
Ana M. Abarzúa Chile 12 292 0.6× 166 0.9× 190 1.0× 168 0.9× 72 0.6× 26 623
Leif Björkman Sweden 17 761 1.4× 191 1.0× 178 1.0× 167 0.9× 157 1.4× 26 978
J. Sakari Salonen Finland 20 758 1.4× 377 1.9× 152 0.8× 193 1.1× 64 0.6× 39 1.0k
Vivian A. Felde Norway 14 591 1.1× 243 1.3× 123 0.7× 128 0.7× 204 1.8× 24 863

Countries citing papers authored by Steffen Wolters

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steffen Wolters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Wolters

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steffen Wolters. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steffen Wolters 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 Steffen Wolters. Steffen Wolters is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Wolters, Steffen, et al.. (2024). Six feet under – the Funnel Beaker megalithic graves under the Ahlen-Falkenberger Moor, Germany. Praehistorische Zeitschrift. 99(2). 479–528. 1 indexed citations
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Bungenstock, Friederike, Georg Irion, Björn Machalett, et al.. (2023). Change of sediment transport direction within the Rio Jaguaribe estuary, NE Brazil, by means of clay mineralogical analyses. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 287. 108323–108323. 1 indexed citations
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Mottl, Ondřej, Suzette G. A. Flantua, Kuber P. Bhatta, et al.. (2021). Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change over the past 18,000 years. Science. 372(6544). 860–864. 189 indexed citations breakdown →
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Giesecke, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Postglacial change of the floristic diversity gradient in Europe. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5422–5422. 65 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sascha, Walter Dörfler, Ole Bennike, & Steffen Wolters. (2017). Life in Doggerland – palynological investigations of the environment of prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies in the North Sea Basin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 66(1). 3–13. 11 indexed citations
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Brewer, Simon, Thomas Giesecke, Basil Davis, et al.. (2016). Late-glacial and Holocene European pollen data. Journal of Maps. 13(2). 921–928. 53 indexed citations
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González, M. Ruiperez, et al.. (2015). Digital mapping of soil nutrients for the Republics of Burundi and Rwanda. 179–179. 2 indexed citations
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Giesecke, Thomas, Basil Davis, Simon Brewer, et al.. (2013). Towards mapping the late Quaternary vegetation change of Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 23(1). 75–86. 101 indexed citations
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Giesecke, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Exploring Holocene Changes in Palynological Richness in Northern Europe – Did Postglacial Immigration Matter?. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51624–e51624. 51 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Anne Birgitte, Thomas Giesecke, Martin Theuerkauf, et al.. (2012). Quantitative reconstructions of changes in regional openness in north-central Europe reveal new insights into old questions. Quaternary Science Reviews. 47. 131–149. 105 indexed citations
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Giesecke, Thomas, K. D. Bennett, H. J. B. Birks, et al.. (2011). The pace of Holocene vegetation change – testing for synchronous developments. Quaternary Science Reviews. 30(19-20). 2805–2814. 88 indexed citations
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Wolters, Steffen, Dirk Enters, & Felix Bittmann. (2010). Landscape history and land-use dependent soil erosion in central Bosnia from the Bronze Age to Medieval Times. EGUGA. 11200. 2 indexed citations
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Wolters, Steffen, et al.. (2009). Early Holocene environmental history of sunken landscapes: pollen, plant macrofossil and geochemical analyses from the Borkum Riffgrund, southern North Sea. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 99(8). 1707–1719. 20 indexed citations
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Benecke, Norbert, Nils Müller‐Scheeßel, Felix Bittmann, et al.. (2008). Rekonstrukcija procesa naseljavanja u kasnom neolitu na prostoru centralne Bosne. 11–178. 5 indexed citations
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Wolters, Steffen. (2007). Zur spätholozänen Vegetationsgeschichte des Pfälzerwaldes: Neue pollenanalytische Untersuchungen im Pfälzischen Berg- und Hügelland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 56(3). 139–161. 3 indexed citations
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Wolters, Steffen, Felix Bittmann, & Volker Kummer. (2005). The first subfossil records of Urtica kioviensis Rogow. and their consequences for palaeoecological interpretations. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 14(4). 518–527. 13 indexed citations
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Wolters, Steffen. (2001). Vegetationsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zur spätglazialen - und holozänen Landschaftsentwicklung in der Döberitzer Heide - (Brandenburg). 12 indexed citations

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