Wolfgang Roether

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Roether is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Roether has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Oceanography, 40 papers in Atmospheric Science and 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Roether's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (30 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers). Wolfgang Roether is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (30 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers). Wolfgang Roether collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Wolfgang Roether's co-authors include Birgit Klein, Beniamino B. Manca, Anna Luchetta, Davide Bregant, Vedrana Kovačević, Reiner Schlitzer, K. Nittis, A. Lascaratos, Dimitrios Georgopoulos and Wolfgang Weiß and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Roether

85 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Recent Changes in Eastern Mediterranean Deep Waters

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang Roether Germany	36	2.9k	1.9k	1.7k	778	739	87	4.4k
William M. Smethie United States	47	3.5k 1.2×	3.1k 1.6×	1.9k 1.1×	607 0.8×	710 1.0×	107	5.5k
William J. Jenkins United States	46	3.6k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	110	7.4k
S. Bradley Moran United States	47	3.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	988 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	114	5.7k
James K. B. Bishop United States	44	4.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	936 1.2×	1.8k 2.5×	79	6.8k
Liliane Merlivat France	37	1.7k 0.6×	3.7k 1.9×	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 2.6×	1.3k 1.8×	105	6.3k
Norman L. Guinasso United States	28	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	249 0.3×	730 1.0×	73	4.0k
B.L.K. Somayajulu India	35	938 0.3×	2.1k 1.1×	857 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	755 1.0×	114	4.1k
Karl Otto Münnich Germany	35	905 0.3×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	669 0.9×	72	4.4k
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff Germany	47	3.7k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	857 1.1×	1.7k 2.4×	120	6.3k
Robert W. Collier United States	32	2.2k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	835 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	1.1k 1.4×	61	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Roether

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Jenkins, William J., Scott C. Doney, Rana A. Fine, et al.. (2019). A comprehensive global oceanic dataset of helium isotope and tritium measurements. Earth system science data. 11(2). 441–454. 23 indexed citations

Ayache, Mohamed, Jean‐Claude Dutay, P. Jean‐Baptiste, et al.. (2015). Modelling of the anthropogenic tritium transient and its decay product helium-3 in the Mediterranean Sea using a high-resolution regional model. Ocean science. 11(3). 323–342. 14 indexed citations

Schneider, Anke, Toste Tanhua, Wolfgang Roether, & Reiner Steinfeldt. (2014). Changes in ventilation of the Mediterranean Sea during the past 25 year. Ocean science. 10(1). 1–16. 54 indexed citations

Roether, Wolfgang, Philippe Jean‐Baptiste, Élise Fourré, & Jürgen Sültenfuß. (2013). The transient distributions of nuclear weapon-generated tritium and its decay product ³ He in the Mediterranean Sea, 1952–2011, and their oceanographic potential. Ocean science. 9(5). 837–854. 16 indexed citations

Roether, Wolfgang & J. E. Lupton. (2011). Tracers confirm downward mixing of Tyrrhenian Sea upper waters associated with the Eastern Mediterranean Transient. Ocean science. 7(1). 91–99. 15 indexed citations

Rodehacke, Christian, Wolfgang Roether, Hartmut Hellmer, & Tim Hall. (2009). Temporal variations and trends of CFC11 and CFC12 surface-water saturations in Antarctic marginal seas: Results of a regional ocean circulation model. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 57(2). 175–198. 8 indexed citations

LeBel, Deborah A., Monika Rhein, Dagmar Kieke, et al.. (2008). The formation rate of North Atlantic Deep Water and Eighteen Degree Water calculated from CFC-11 inventories observed during WOCE. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 55(8). 891–910. 72 indexed citations

Huhn, Oliver, Wolfgang Roether, & Reiner Steinfeldt. (2008). Age spectra in North Atlantic Deep Water along the South American continental slope, 10°N–30°S, based on tracer observations. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 55(10). 1252–1276. 13 indexed citations

Roether, Wolfgang, et al.. (2003). An additional deep-water mass in Drake Passage as revealed by 3He data. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 50(9). 1079–1098. 44 indexed citations

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Theocharis, A., Birgit Klein, K. Nittis, & Wolfgang Roether. (2002). Evolution and status of the Eastern Mediterranean Transient (1997–1999). Journal of Marine Systems. 33-34. 91–116. 112 indexed citations

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Klatt, Olaf, Mario Hoppema, & Wolfgang Roether. (2001). Repeated CFC Sections at the Greenwich Meridian in the Weddell Sea. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Huhn, Oliver, et al.. (2001). Validity limits of carbon tetrachloride as an ocean tracer. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 48(9). 2025–2049. 23 indexed citations

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Schlösser, Peter & Wolfgang Roether. (1999). Anthropogene Spurenstoffe zur Untersuchung der ozeanischen Zirkulation. Physikalische Blätter. 55(1). 31–34.

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Lascaratos, A., Wolfgang Roether, K. Nittis, & Birgit Klein. (1999). Recent changes in deep water formation and spreading in the eastern Mediterranean Sea: a review. Progress In Oceanography. 44(1-3). 5–36. 319 indexed citations

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Roether, Wolfgang, et al.. (1999). The Eastern Mediterranean tritium distribution in 1987. Journal of Marine Systems. 20(1-4). 49–61. 17 indexed citations

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Roether, Wolfgang, et al.. (1988). Water mass transport and ventilation in the Northeast Atlantic derived from tracer data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 325(1583). 63–69. 12 indexed citations

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Roether, Wolfgang, et al.. (1980). On the ¹⁴C to Tritium Relationship in the North Atlantic Ocean. Radiocarbon. 22(3). 636–646. 6 indexed citations

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Roether, Wolfgang. (1980). The effect of the ocean on the global carbon cycle. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 36(9). 1017–1025. 1 indexed citations

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Weiß, Wolfgang, et al.. (1976). Determination of blanks in low-level tritium measurement. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 27(4). 217–225. 34 indexed citations

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Roether, Wolfgang. (1970). Water-CO2 exchange set-up for the routine 18oxygen assay of natural waters. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 21(7). 379–387. 77 indexed citations

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