Thomas Raddatz

16.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Raddatz is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Raddatz has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 28 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Thomas Raddatz's work include Climate variability and models (33 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (29 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers). Thomas Raddatz is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (33 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (29 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers). Thomas Raddatz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and France. Thomas Raddatz's co-authors include Christian H. Reick, Martin Claußen, Julia Pongratz, Victor Brovkin, Wolfgang Knorr, Jens Kattge, Christian Wirth, Veronika Gayler, C. H. Reick and Reiner Schnur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Raddatz

52 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.

Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global‐scale terrestrial biosphere models

2009 520 citations Jens Kattge, Wolfgang Knorr et al. Global Change Biology profile →
A reconstruction of global agricultural areas and land cover for the last millennium

2008 455 citations Julia Pongratz, Christian H. Reick et al. profile →
Representation of natural and anthropogenic land cover change in MPI‐ESM

2013 344 citations Thomas Raddatz, Victor Brovkin et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Raddatz Germany	30	3.2k	2.2k	754	368	319	53	4.2k
Christian H. Reick Germany	30	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	651 0.9×	228 0.6×	287 0.9×	67	4.1k
M. Mu United States	18	4.6k 1.4×	3.5k 1.6×	861 1.1×	183 0.5×	275 0.9×	29	5.7k
Christine Delire France	37	4.0k 1.3×	1.9k 0.9×	909 1.2×	379 1.0×	444 1.4×	70	5.0k
Randall J. Donohue Australia	26	3.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	836 1.1×	307 0.8×	266 0.8×	50	4.9k
Enrique Morán‐Tejeda Spain	36	5.1k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	827 1.1×	223 0.6×	495 1.6×	81	6.6k
Michele Brunetti Italy	41	4.3k 1.3×	3.4k 1.6×	506 0.7×	292 0.8×	478 1.5×	122	5.7k
Guy Schurgers Sweden	35	3.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 2.0×	846 2.3×	581 1.8×	86	5.6k
Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré France	38	5.2k 1.6×	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	684 1.9×	367 1.2×	70	6.6k
Andreas Gobiet Austria	34	4.4k 1.4×	3.7k 1.7×	416 0.6×	228 0.6×	302 0.9×	66	6.2k
Atsuko Sugimoto Japan	34	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	810 1.1×	382 1.0×	396 1.2×	127	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Raddatz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Raddatz

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Egerer, Sabine, David M. Lawrence, Peter Lawrence, et al.. (2025). Forestation in CMIP6: wide model spread in tree cover and land carbon uptake. Environmental Research Letters. 20(5). 54033–54033. 1 indexed citations

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Havermann, Felix, Fei Luo, Thomas Raddatz, et al.. (2025). Remote carbon cycle changes are overlooked impacts of land cover and land management changes. Earth System Dynamics. 16(2). 631–666.

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Schneck, Rainer, Veronika Gayler, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, et al.. (2022). Assessment of JSBACHv4.30 as a land component of ICON-ESM-V1 in comparison to its predecessor JSBACHv3.2 of MPI-ESM1.2. Geoscientific model development. 15(22). 8581–8611. 10 indexed citations

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Bader, Jürgen, Johann Jungclaus, N. A. Krivova, et al.. (2020). Global temperature modes shed light on the Holocene temperature conundrum. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4726–4726. 97 indexed citations

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Brovkin, Victor, Stephan Lorenz, Thomas Raddatz, et al.. (2019). What was the source of the atmospheric CO ₂ increase during the Holocene?. Biogeosciences. 16(13). 2543–2555. 26 indexed citations

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Winckler, Johannes, Christian H. Reick, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, et al.. (2019). Different response of surface temperature and air temperature to deforestation in climate models. Earth System Dynamics. 10(3). 473–484. 64 indexed citations

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Raddatz, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Plant functional diversity affects climate–vegetation interaction. Biogeosciences. 15(7). 1947–1968. 14 indexed citations

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Reick, Christian H., et al.. (2018). Two drastically different climate states on an Earth-like terra-planet. Earth System Dynamics. 9(2). 739–756. 2 indexed citations

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Jones, Chris, Vivek K. Arora, Pierre Friedlingstein, et al.. (2016). The C4MIP experimental protocol for CMIP6. Spiral (Imperial College London). 5 indexed citations

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Jones, Chris, Vivek Arora, Pierre Friedlingstein, et al.. (2016). C4MIP – The Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project:experimental protocol for CMIP6. Geoscientific model development. 9(8). 2853–2880. 199 indexed citations

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Brücher, Tim, Martin Claußen, & Thomas Raddatz. (2015). Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under global warming. Earth System Dynamics. 6(2). 769–780. 3 indexed citations

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Stanelle, Tanja, I. Bey, Christian H. Reick, Thomas Raddatz, & Ina Tegen. (2014). Changes in anthropogenic contribution of mineral dust since pre-industrial time.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13981. 1 indexed citations

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Loew, Alexander, Peter M. van Bodegom, J. Widlowski, et al.. (2014). Do we (need to) care about canopy radiation schemes in DGVMs? Caveats and potential impacts. Biogeosciences. 11(7). 1873–1897. 51 indexed citations

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Claußen, Martin, et al.. (2013). Impact of CO ₂ and climate on Last Glacial maximum vegetation – a factor separation. Biogeosciences. 10(6). 3593–3604. 27 indexed citations

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Schneck, Rainer, Christian H. Reick, & Thomas Raddatz. (2013). Land contribution to natural CO₂ variability on time scales of centuries. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 5(2). 354–365. 46 indexed citations

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Bathiany, Sebastian, Martin Claußen, Victor Brovkin, Thomas Raddatz, & Veronika Gayler. (2010). Combined biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects of large-scale forest cover changes in the MPI earth system model. 3 indexed citations

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Bathiany, Sebastian, Martin Claußen, Victor Brovkin, Thomas Raddatz, & Veronika Gayler. (2010). Combined biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects of large-scale forest cover changes in the MPI earth system model. Biogeosciences. 7(5). 1383–1399. 143 indexed citations

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Kattge, Jens, Wolfgang Knorr, Thomas Raddatz, & Christian Wirth. (2009). Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global‐scale terrestrial biosphere models. Global Change Biology. 15(4). 976–991. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beer, Christian, Markus Reichstein, Philippe Ciais, et al.. (2009). Spatial pattern of terrestrial carbon dioxide and water vapor coupling. AGUFM. 2009. 4568. 1 indexed citations

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Crueger, Traute, E. Roeckner, Reiner Schnur, Thomas Raddatz, & P. Wetzel. (2009). Slow-down of oceanic CO2 uptake in response to climate change. Annals of Surgery. 273(1). 4578–48. 1 indexed citations

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