Sunke Schmidtko

6.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
42 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Sunke Schmidtko is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunke Schmidtko has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Oceanography, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Sunke Schmidtko's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (29 papers) and Climate variability and models (11 papers). Sunke Schmidtko is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (29 papers) and Climate variability and models (11 papers). Sunke Schmidtko collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Sunke Schmidtko's co-authors include Lothar Stramma, Martin Visbeck, Gregory C. Johnson, Peter Brandt, Karen J. Heywood, Andreas Oschlies, Andrew F. Thompson, Lisa A. Levin, John M. Lyman and Shigeru Aoki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Sunke Schmidtko

42 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Decline in global oceanic oxygen content during the past five decades
    2017 892 citations Sunke Schmidtko, Lothar Stramma et al. Nature profile →
  2. Ocean oxygen minima expansions and their biological impacts
    2010 454 citations Lothar Stramma, Sunke Schmidtko et al. profile →
  3. Multidecadal warming of Antarctic waters
    2014 358 citations Sunke Schmidtko, Karen J. Heywood et al. profile →
  4. Drivers and mechanisms of ocean deoxygenation
    2018 324 citations Andreas Oschlies, Peter Brandt et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  5. Summertime increases in upper-ocean stratification and mixed-layer depth
    2021 167 citations Jean‐Baptiste Sallée, Violaine Pellichero et al. Nature profile →
  6. An Overview of Ocean Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean pH, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Thickness and Volume, Sea Level and Strength of the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)
    2021 142 citations Sunke Schmidtko et al. Frontiers in Marine 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
Sunke Schmidtko Germany 24 2.9k 1.6k 1.3k 1.1k 305 42 4.1k
Edmo Campos Brazil 33 2.9k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 215 0.7× 90 4.2k
Daniele Bianchi United States 32 2.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 646 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 414 1.4× 90 2.9k
Pedro M. S. Monteiro South Africa 30 2.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 600 0.4× 714 0.7× 421 1.4× 69 3.0k
Volker Mohrholz Germany 32 3.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 666 2.2× 87 4.3k
Hajime Kayanne Japan 36 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 878 0.7× 2.7k 2.5× 220 0.7× 130 4.0k
Denis Gilbert Canada 28 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 638 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 592 1.9× 53 4.1k
Ilson Carlos Almeida da Silveira Brazil 25 1.8k 0.6× 886 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 771 0.7× 193 0.6× 83 2.5k
Steven J. Lentz United States 49 5.1k 1.8× 1.9k 1.2× 2.7k 2.0× 1.4k 1.3× 249 0.8× 119 6.2k
Helmuth Thomas Canada 35 3.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 795 0.8× 759 2.5× 131 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sunke Schmidtko

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunke Schmidtko

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brandt, Peter, et al.. (2024). Impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the Decadal Variability of the Upper Subtropical‐Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(4). 2 indexed citations
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Brandt, Peter, et al.. (2023). Recent large-scale mixed layer and vertical stratification maxima changes. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 11 indexed citations
3.
Sallée, Jean‐Baptiste, Violaine Pellichero, Camille Akhoudas, et al.. (2021). Summertime increases in upper-ocean stratification and mixed-layer depth. Nature. 591(7851). 592–598. 167 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sallée, Jean‐Baptiste, Violaine Pellichero, Camille Akhoudas, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Summertime increases in upper-ocean stratification and mixed-layer depth. Nature. 596(7872). E7–E7. 1 indexed citations
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Brandt, Peter, Johannes Hahn, Sunke Schmidtko, et al.. (2021). Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent intensification counteracts warming-induced deoxygenation. Nature Geoscience. 14(5). 278–282. 25 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar & Sunke Schmidtko. (2021). Tropical deoxygenation sites revisited to investigate oxygen and nutrient trends. Ocean science. 17(3). 833–847. 6 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar, Sunke Schmidtko, Steven J. Bograd, et al.. (2020). Trends and decadal oscillations of oxygen and nutrients at 50 to 300 m depth in the equatorial and North Pacific. Biogeosciences. 17(3). 813–831. 30 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar & Sunke Schmidtko. (2020). Oxygen and nutrient trends in the Tropical Oceans. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 2 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar, Sunke Schmidtko, Steven J. Bograd, et al.. (2019). The influence of decadal oscillations on the oxygen and nutrienttrends in the Pacific Ocean. 3 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar, et al.. (2019). ENSO-driven fluctuations in oxygen supply and vertical extent of oxygen-poor waters in the oxygen minimum zone of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 8 indexed citations
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Oschlies, Andreas, Peter Brandt, Lothar Stramma, & Sunke Schmidtko. (2018). Drivers and mechanisms of ocean deoxygenation. Nature Geoscience. 11(7). 467–473. 324 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fischer, Jürgen, Johannes Karstensen, Marilena Oltmanns, & Sunke Schmidtko. (2018). Mean circulation and EKE distribution in the Labrador Sea Water level of the subpolar North Atlantic. Ocean science. 14(5). 1167–1183. 18 indexed citations
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Meyer, Amélie, Arild Sundfjord, Ilker Fer, et al.. (2017). Winter to summer oceanographic observations in the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(8). 6218–6237. 59 indexed citations
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Hahn, Johannes, Peter Brandt, Sunke Schmidtko, & Gerd Krahmann. (2017). Decadal oxygen change in the eastern tropical North Atlantic. Ocean science. 13(4). 551–576. 25 indexed citations
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Schmidtko, Sunke, Lothar Stramma, & Martin Visbeck. (2017). Decline in global oceanic oxygen content during the past five decades. Nature. 542(7641). 335–339. 892 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brandt, Peter, Hermann W. Bange, Marcus Dengler, et al.. (2015). On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic. Biogeosciences. 12(2). 489–512. 126 indexed citations
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Thompson, Andrew F., Karen J. Heywood, Sunke Schmidtko, & Andrew L. Stewart. (2014). Eddy transport as a key component of the Antarctic overturning circulation. Nature Geoscience. 7(12). 879–884. 88 indexed citations
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Schmidtko, Sunke, et al.. (2013). Monthly Isopycnal/Mixed-layer Ocean Climatology (MIMOC). EGUGA. 1 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar, Andreas Oschlies, & Sunke Schmidtko. (2012). Mismatch between observed and modeled trends in dissolved upper-ocean oxygen over the last 50 yr. Biogeosciences. 9(10). 4045–4057. 91 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar, Andreas Oschlies, & Sunke Schmidtko. (2012). Anticorrelated observed and modeled trends in dissolved oceanic oxygen over the last 50 years. 4 indexed citations

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