Ursula Röhl

24.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
134 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Ursula Röhl is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ursula Röhl has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Atmospheric Science, 63 papers in Paleontology and 37 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ursula Röhl's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (126 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (50 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (31 papers). Ursula Röhl is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (126 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (50 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (31 papers). Ursula Röhl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Ursula Röhl's co-authors include Thomas Westerhold, Gerald H. Haug, Larry C. Peterson, Konrad A Hughen, James C. Zachos, Daniel M. Sigman, Appy Sluijs, Heather K McCarren, Isabella Raffi and Gerold Wefer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ursula Röhl

127 papers receiving 13.2k 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.

Southward Migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Through the Holocene

2001 1.9k citations Gerald H. Haug, Konrad A Hughen et al. profile →
Rapid Acidification of the Ocean During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

2005 871 citations James C. Zachos, Ursula Röhl et al. profile →
Rapid Changes in the Hydrologic Cycle of the Tropical Atlantic During the Last Glacial

2000 698 citations Gerald H. Haug, Konrad A Hughen et al. profile →
Links between tropical rainfall and North Atlantic climate during the last glacial period

2013 358 citations Konrad A Hughen, Ursula Röhl et al. profile →
Synchronous tropical and polar temperature evolution in the Eocene

2018 208 citations Marlow J. Cramwinckel, Matthew Huber et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ursula Röhl	11.8k	5.1k	3.6k	3.0k	2.8k	134	13.7k
Mark Pagani	11.0k 0.9×	6.6k 1.3×	3.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	81	16.4k
Melanie J. Leng	13.5k 1.1×	5.9k 1.2×	6.4k 1.8×	3.1k 1.0×	3.9k 1.4×	502	19.6k
Lucas Joost Lourens	8.4k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	152	10.4k
James P. Kennett	12.4k 1.1×	5.0k 1.0×	5.2k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.3×	234	15.8k
Yair Rosenthal	8.7k 0.7×	3.8k 0.7×	4.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	3.4k 1.2×	182	12.6k
Jess F. Adkins	9.1k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	5.0k 1.4×	2.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	182	14.3k
Ellen Thomas	13.0k 1.1×	7.9k 1.5×	5.1k 1.4×	2.5k 0.8×	5.0k 1.8×	193	18.6k
Konrad A Hughen	12.5k 1.1×	4.0k 0.8×	5.1k 1.4×	3.3k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	118	15.9k
Warren L Prell	12.1k 1.0×	2.6k 0.5×	4.7k 1.3×	3.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.3×	95	14.9k
David A Hodell	16.9k 1.4×	7.0k 1.4×	6.8k 1.9×	4.2k 1.4×	3.4k 1.2×	292	21.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ursula Röhl

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Crocker, Anya J., Anieke Brombacher, Thomas Westerhold, et al.. (2025). Increased North African Dust Fluxes and Higher Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic Ocean Linked to Stronger Trade Winds From About 2.7 Million Years ago. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40(1).

Robinson, Marci M., Kenneth G. Miller, Tali L. Babila, et al.. (2024). Paleogene Earth perturbations in the US Atlantic Coastal Plain (PEP-US): coring transects of hyperthermals to understand past carbon injections and ecosystem responses. Scientific Drilling. 33(1). 47–65. 4 indexed citations

Inglis, Gordon N., Jaime L. Toney, Jiang Zhu, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Terrestrial Carbon Export From East Antarctica During the Early Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(2). 5 indexed citations

Röhl, Ursula, et al.. (2022). Volume 378 South Pacific Paleogene Climate. 1 indexed citations

Miko, Slobodan, Nikolina Ilijanić, Maurizio Petrelli, et al.. (2020). Holocene tephra record of Lake Veliko jezero, Croatia: implications for the central Mediterranean tephrostratigraphy and sea level rise. Boreas. 49(3). 653–673. 23 indexed citations

Barnet, James S K, Kate Littler, Thomas Westerhold, et al.. (2019). A High‐Fidelity Benthic Stable Isotope Record of Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene Climate Change and Carbon‐Cycling. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 34(4). 672–691. 108 indexed citations

Boulila, Slah, Maximilian Vahlenkamp, David De Vleeschouwer, et al.. (2018). Towards a robust and consistent middle Eocene astronomical timescale. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 486. 94–107. 67 indexed citations

Escutia, Carlota, Ursula Röhl, Claudia Nelson, et al.. (2018). Paleoceanography and ice sheet variability offshore Wilkes Land, Antarctica – Part 1: Insights from late Oligocene astronomically paced contourite sedimentation. Climate of the past. 14(7). 991–1014. 36 indexed citations

Drury, Anna Joy, Thomas Westerhold, David A Hodell, & Ursula Röhl. (2018). Reinforcing the North Atlantic backbone: revision and extension of the composite splice at ODP Site 982. Climate of the past. 14(3). 321–338. 21 indexed citations

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Barnet, James S K, Kate Littler, Dick Kroon, et al.. (2017). A new high-resolution chronology for the late Maastrichtian warming event: Establishing robust temporal links with the onset of Deccan volcanism. Geology. 46(2). 147–150. 81 indexed citations

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Escutia, Carlota, Ursula Röhl, Claudia Nelson, et al.. (2017). Late Oligocene obliquity-paced contourite sedimentation in the Wilkes Landmargin of East Antarctica: implications for paleoceanographic and ice sheetconfigurations. 12 indexed citations

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Westerhold, Thomas, Ursula Röhl, Roy H Wilkens, et al.. (2017). Synchronizing early Eocene deep-sea and continental records – new cyclostratigraphic age models from the Bighorn Basin Coring Project. 2 indexed citations

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Voelker, Antje H L, André Bahr, Gary D Acton, et al.. (2014). Mediterranean Outflow Water changes in the Gulf of Cadiz during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition – The role of insolation. VLIZ Special Publication. 3 indexed citations

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Basavaiah, N., Sushma Prasad, Ambili Anoop, et al.. (2010). A high resolution continental record of palaeoclimate variability over past 11.5 kyr: A multi proxy study of Lonar impact crater lake core, India. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10645. 1 indexed citations

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Westerhold, Thomas & Ursula Röhl. (2009). High resolution cyclostratigraphy of the early Eocene – new insights into the origin of the Cenozoic cooling trend. Climate of the past. 5(3). 309–327. 98 indexed citations

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Hodell, David A, James E T Channell, Jason H. Curtis, Oscar E Romero, & Ursula Röhl. (2008). Onset of “Hudson Strait” Heinrich events in the eastern North Atlantic at the end of the middle Pleistocene transition (∼640 ka)?. Paleoceanography. 23(4). 297 indexed citations

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Helmke, Jan Peter, Henning A. Bauch, Ursula Röhl, & Evgenia S Kandiano. (2008). Uniform climate development between the subtropical and subpolar Northeast Atlantic across marine isotope stage 11. Climate of the past. 4(3). 181–190. 33 indexed citations

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Stickley, Catherine E, Henk Brinkhuis, Stephen A. Schellenberg, et al.. (2004). Timing and Nature of the Deepening of the Tasmanian Gateway. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 2004. 4 indexed citations

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Sluijs, Appy, Henk Brinkhuis, Stephen A. Schellenberg, et al.. (2002). Timing and Nature of the Opening of the Tasmanian Gateway at the Eocene-Oligocene transition: ODP Site 1172. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Haug, Gerald H., Detlef Günther, Konrad A Hughen, L. C. Peterson, & Ursula Röhl. (2002). a Marine Record of Holocene Climate Events in Tropical South America. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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