W. Seiler

13.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
117 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

W. Seiler is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Seiler has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 57 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W. Seiler's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (58 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (52 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (34 papers). W. Seiler is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (58 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (52 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (34 papers). W. Seiler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. W. Seiler's co-authors include Ralf Conrad, Paul J. Crutzen, Annette Holzapfel-Pschorn, F. Šlemr, Heinz Rennenberg, H. Schütz, L. E. Heidt, W. H. Pollock, Jack Fishman and D. Scharffe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. Seiler

115 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Estimates of gross and net fluxes of carbon between the biosphere and the atmosphere from biomass burning

1980 1.0k citations W. Seiler et al. profile →
Biomass burning as a source of atmospheric gases CO, H2, N2O, NO, CH3Cl and COS

1979 602 citations W. Seiler et al. profile →
A 3‐year continuous record on the influence of daytime, season, and fertilizer treatment on methane emission rates from an Italian rice paddy

1989 500 citations H. Schütz, Ralf Conrad et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Processes involved in formation and emission of methane in rice paddies

1989 447 citations W. Seiler, Ralf Conrad et al. profile →
Tropospheric chemical composition measurements in Brazil during the dry season

1985 317 citations W. Seiler et al. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry profile →
Methane production by domestic animals, wild ruminants, other herbivorous fauna, and humans

1986 315 citations W. Seiler et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Seiler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Seiler

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stratospheric and tropospheric NO ₂ variability on the diurnal and annual scale: a combined retrieval from ENVISAT/SCIAMACHY and solar FTIR at the Permanent Ground-Truthing Facility Zugspitze/Garmisch 2005 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ralf Sussmann, Wolfgang Stremme, John P. Burrows, Andreas Richter, W. Seiler, Markus Rettinger	26
2	In situ CO concentrations at the sites Zugspitze (47°N, 11°E) and Cape Point (34°S, 18°E) in April and October 1994 1998 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·H.E. Scheel, Ernst-Günther Brunke, R. Sládkovič, W. Seiler	12
3	Fluxes and pools of methane in wetland rice soils with varying organic inputs 1996 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Reiner Waßmann, H. U. Neue, Ma. Carmelita Alberto, R. S. Lantin, Crisanta Sunio Bueno, (unknown), J. R. M. Arah, H. Papen, W. Seiler, Heinz Rennenberg	97
4	Methane emission from wood-feeding termites in Amazonia 1993 ·Chemosphere ·Christopher Martius, Reiner Waßmann, (unknown), Adelmar Gomes Bandeira, Heinz Rennenberg, Wolfgang J. Junk, W. Seiler	44
5	Soil and land use related sources and sinks of methane (CH4) in the context of the global methane budget. 1990 ·H. Schütz, W. Seiler, Heinz Rennenberg, Lex Bouwman	71
6	CH 4 EMISSION FROM A CHINESE RICE PADDY FIELD 1990 ·Mingxing Wang, Aiguo Dai, (unknown), (unknown), Heinz Rennenberg, W. Seiler, (unknown)	34
7	Trends of tropospheric CO, N2O and CH4 as observed at cape point, South Africa 1990 ·Atmospheric Environment Part A General Topics ·E.-G. Brunke, H.E. Scheel, W. Seiler	85
8	Localization of microbial activities relevant to the emission of nitrous oxide from the soil into the atmosphere 1985 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ralf Conrad, W. Seiler	11
9	The latitudinal distribution of carbon monoxide across the pacific from California to Antarctica 1984 ·Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry ·Elmer Robinson, David Clark, W. Seiler	13
10	Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilized and unfertilized soils in a subtropical region (Andalusia, Spain) 1984 ·Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry ·F. Šlemr, Ralf Conrad, W. Seiler	37
11	Field studies of methane emission from termite nests into the atmosphere and measurements of methane uptake by tropical soils 1984 ·Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry ·W. Seiler, Ralf Conrad, D. Scharffe	149
12	The inability of hydrogen bacteria to utilize atmospheric hydrogen is due to threshold and affinity for hydrogen 1983 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Ralf Conrad, Michel Aragno, W. Seiler	54
13	Method for determination of formaldehyde in air in the pptv-range by HPLC after extraction as 2,4-dinitrophenyl-hydrazone 1982 ·Fresenius Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie ·(unknown), (unknown), W. Seiler, Rolf Neeb	14
14	Detection of carbon monoxide and hydrogen by conversion of mercury oxide to mercury vapor 1980 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·W. Seiler, H. Giehl, (unknown)	70
15	Photooxidative production and microbial consumption of carbon monoxide in seawater 1980 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Ralf Conrad, W. Seiler	66
16	The role of hydrogen bacteria during the decomposition of hydrogen by soil 1979 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Ralf Conrad, W. Seiler	40
17	Photolysis of formaldehyde: Relative quantum yields of H2 and CO in the wavelength range 270–360 nm 1978 ·Chemical Physics Letters ·G. K. Moortgat, (unknown), W. Seiler, Peter Warneck	21
18	Die Vertikalverteilung von H₂, CH₄, CO, N₂O, CFCl₃ und CF₂Cl₂ in der Stratosphäre 1978 ·Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie ·Ulrich Schmidt, A. Volz‐Thomas, D. H. Ehhalt, A. Khedim, F. J. Johnen, E. Roth, P. Fabian, R. Borchers, W. Seiler, Felix L. Müller	1
19	Quecksilber in der Troposphäre 1978 ·Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie ·F. Šlemr, W. Seiler, G. Schuster	11
20	Die Bildung von Spuren von Kohlenmonoxid durch Saccharomyces cerevisiae und andere Mikroorganismen 1974 ·Archives of Microbiology ·F. Radler, (unknown), R. Böck, W. Seiler	20

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