Wolfgang Lucht

37.3k total citations · 12 hit papers
144 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Lucht is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Lucht has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 39 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Lucht's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (48 papers), Climate variability and models (34 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers). Wolfgang Lucht is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (48 papers), Climate variability and models (34 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers). Wolfgang Lucht collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Wolfgang Lucht's co-authors include Dieter Gerten, Alberte Bondeau, Sibyll Schaphoff, Wolfgang Crämer, Alan H. Strahler, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Crystal Schaaf, Benjamin Smith, Stephen Sitch and Timothy M. Lenton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Lucht

140 papers receiving 18.9k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluation of ecosystem d... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2003 2008 2007 2017 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model
    2003 2.5k citations Alberte Bondeau, Wolfgang Crämer et al. profile →
  2. Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system
    2008 2.3k citations Timothy M. Lenton, Hermann Held et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Quantifying and mapping the human appropriation of net primary production in earth's terrestrial ecosystems
    2007 1.0k citations Helmut Haberl, Karl‐Heinz Erb et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. A Systematic Study of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Interactions
    2017 1.0k citations Wolfgang Lucht et al. profile →
  5. Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance
    2006 961 citations Alberte Bondeau, Sibyll Schaphoff et al. profile →
  6. An algorithm for the retrieval of albedo from space using semiempirical BRDF models
    2000 839 citations Wolfgang Lucht, Crystal Schaaf et al. profile →
  7. Responses of spring phenology to climate change
    2004 771 citations Alberte Bondeau, Wolfgang Lucht et al. profile →
  8. Terrestrial vegetation and water balance—hydrological evaluation of a dynamic global vegetation model
    2003 680 citations Dieter Gerten, Sibyll Schaphoff et al. profile →
  9. Agricultural green and blue water consumption and its influence on the global water system
    2008 646 citations Dieter Gerten, Alberte Bondeau et al. profile →
  10. Climatic Control of the High-Latitude Vegetation Greening Trend and Pinatubo Effect
    2002 607 citations Wolfgang Lucht, Wolfgang Crämer et al. profile →
  11. Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050
    2020 481 citations Ilona M. Otto, Jonathan F. Donges et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. Feeding ten billion people is possible within four terrestrial planetary boundaries
    2020 397 citations Dieter Gerten, Vera Heck et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Lucht Germany 57 11.2k 5.0k 4.1k 3.6k 2.6k 144 19.9k
Carlos A. Nobre Brazil 60 12.0k 1.1× 4.2k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.8× 174 16.8k
Alberte Bondeau Germany 49 9.7k 0.9× 4.9k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 89 15.9k
G. C. Hurtt United States 50 12.4k 1.1× 4.6k 0.9× 4.9k 1.2× 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 147 19.6k
Michael T. Coe United States 58 12.9k 1.2× 6.1k 1.2× 2.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 3.4k 1.3× 110 21.0k
Richard Betts United Kingdom 59 15.6k 1.4× 4.0k 0.8× 7.2k 1.8× 2.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 165 23.9k
Dieter Gerten Germany 67 8.8k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 3.3k 0.9× 6.3k 2.4× 154 21.9k
Allison M. Thomson United States 38 13.0k 1.2× 3.2k 0.6× 6.2k 1.5× 2.3k 0.6× 3.0k 1.2× 79 22.3k
Melinda Tignor Netherlands 9 12.5k 1.1× 4.1k 0.8× 8.7k 2.1× 2.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 12 24.7k
Zhiyun Ouyang China 75 12.9k 1.2× 6.3k 1.3× 1.7k 0.4× 3.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 519 24.8k
Kristen Averyt United States 16 10.6k 1.0× 3.7k 0.7× 8.1k 2.0× 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 26 21.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Lucht

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Donges, Jonathan F., Wolfgang Lucht, Sarah Cornell, et al.. (2021). Taxonomies for structuring models for World–Earth systems analysis of the Anthropocene: subsystems, their interactions and social–ecological feedback loops. Earth System Dynamics. 12(4). 1115–1137. 24 indexed citations
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Heinke, Jens, Christoph Müller, Mats Lannerstad, Dieter Gerten, & Wolfgang Lucht. (2019). Freshwater resources under success and failure of the Paris climate agreement. Earth System Dynamics. 10(2). 205–217. 18 indexed citations
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Schaphoff, Sibyll, Werner von Bloh, Anja Rammig, et al.. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 1: Model description. Geoscientific model development. 11(4). 1343–1375. 182 indexed citations
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Donges, Jonathan F., Jobst Heitzig, Wolfram Barfuß, et al.. (2018). Earth system modelling with complex dynamic human societies: the copan:CORE World-Earth modeling framework. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 13 indexed citations
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Donges, Jonathan F., Wolfgang Lucht, Jobst Heitzig, et al.. (2018). Taxonomies for structuring models for World-Earth system analysisof the Anthropocene: subsystems, their interactions andsocial-ecological feedback loops. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 8 indexed citations
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Schaphoff, Sibyll, Matthias Forkel, Christoph Müller, et al.. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 2: Model evaluation. Geoscientific model development. 11(4). 1377–1403. 66 indexed citations
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Barfuß, Wolfram, Jonathan F. Donges, Marc Wiedermann, & Wolfgang Lucht. (2017). Sustainable use of renewable resources in a stylized social–ecological network model under heterogeneous resource distribution. Earth System Dynamics. 8(2). 255–264. 30 indexed citations
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Heck, Vera, Jonathan F. Donges, & Wolfgang Lucht. (2016). Collateral transgression of planetary boundaries due to climate engineering by terrestrial carbon dioxide removal. Earth System Dynamics. 7(4). 783–796. 19 indexed citations
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Jägermeyr, Jonas, et al.. (2015). Water savings potentials of irrigation systems: global simulation of processes and linkages. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 19(7). 3073–3091. 270 indexed citations
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Nishina, Kazuya, Akihiko Ito, Pete Falloon, et al.. (2015). Decomposing uncertainties in the future terrestrial carbon budget associated with emission scenarios, climate projections, and ecosystem simulations using the ISI-MIP results. Earth System Dynamics. 6(2). 435–445. 39 indexed citations
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Jägermeyr, Jonas, Dieter Gerten, Jens Heinke, et al.. (2015). Water savings potentials of irrigation systems: dynamic global simulation. 5 indexed citations
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Huber, Veronika, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Nigel W. Arnell, et al.. (2014). Climate impact research: beyond patchwork. Earth System Dynamics. 5(2). 399–408. 24 indexed citations
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Nishina, Kazuya, Akihiko Ito, David J. Beerling, et al.. (2014). Quantifying uncertainties in soil carbon responses to changes in global mean temperature and precipitation. Earth System Dynamics. 5(1). 197–209. 43 indexed citations
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Heinke, Jens, Sebastian Ostberg, Sibyll Schaphoff, et al.. (2013). A new climate dataset for systematic assessments of climate change impacts as a function of global warming. Geoscientific model development. 6(5). 1689–1703. 26 indexed citations
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Ostberg, Sebastian, Wolfgang Lucht, Sibyll Schaphoff, & Dieter Gerten. (2013). Critical impacts of global warming on land ecosystems. Earth System Dynamics. 4(2). 347–357. 37 indexed citations
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Fader, Marianela, Dieter Gerten, Jens Heinke, et al.. (2011). Internal and external green-blue agricultural water footprints of nations, and related water and land savings through trade. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(5). 1641–1660. 193 indexed citations
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Lenton, Timothy M., Hermann Held, Elmar Kriegler, et al.. (2008). Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(6). 1786–1793. 2271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Haberl, Helmut, Karl‐Heinz Erb, Fridolin Krausmann, et al.. (2007). Quantifying and mapping the human appropriation of net primary production in earth's terrestrial ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(31). 12942–12947. 1048 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Fan, Crystal Schaaf, A.H. Strahler, & Wolfgang Lucht. (2003). Variability of MODIS Albedo for Major Global Vegetation Types. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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