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Achim Brauer publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Achim Brauer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 529 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Achim Brauer D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Achim Brauer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Achim Brauer is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research spans a broad range of topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

They have contributed extensively to several key research themes including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Reported recent publications authored or co-authored by Achim Brauer include:

  • Impact of warmer climate periods on flood hazard in the European Alps, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Reanalysis of the Atmospheric Radiocarbon Calibration Record from Lake Suigetsu, Japan, 2020, Radiocarbon
  • The spatio-temporal structure of the Lateglacial to early Holocene transition reconstructed from the pollen record of Lake Suigetsu and its precise correlation with other key global archives: Implications for palaeoclimatology and archaeology, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • The first Holocene varve chronology for the UK: Based on the integration of varve counting, radiocarbon dating and tephrostratigraphy from Diss Mere (UK), 2020, Quaternary Geochronology
  • Advances in understanding calcite varve formation: new insights from a dual lake monitoring approach in the southern Baltic lowlands, 2021, Boreas

Achim Brauer frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Rik Tjallingii
  • Markus J. Schwab
  • Daniela Müller
  • Miroslaw Błaszkiewicz
  • Michał Słowiński

Their work has appeared in prominent publication venues such as:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Boreas
  • Climate of the Past
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • A mid-european decadal isotope-climate record from 15,500 to 5000 years B.P

    Ulrich von Grafenstein;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Achim Brauer;Jean Jouzel

  • Rapid environmental changes in southern Europe during the last glacial period

    Judy R. M. Allen;Ute Brandt;Achim Brauer;Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten

  • A Network of Terrestrial Environmental Observatories in Germany

    Steffen Zacharias;Heye Bogena;Luis Samaniego;Matthias Mauder

  • Correlation and synchronisation of Lateglacial continental sequences in northern central Europe based on annually laminated lacustrine sediments

    Thomas Litt;Achim Brauer;Tomasz Goslar;Josef Merkt

  • Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management

    B. Merz;J. Aerts;K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen;M. Baldi

  • Tephrochronology of the 100 ka lacustrine sediment record of Lago Grande di Monticchio (southern Italy)

    Sabine Wulf;Michael Kraml;Achim Brauer;Jörg Keller

  • High resolution sediment and vegetation responses to Younger Dryas climate change in varved lake sediments from Meerfelder Maar, Germany

    Achim Brauer;Christoph Endres;Christina Günter;Thomas Litt

  • An abrupt wind shift in western Europe at the onset of the Younger Dryas cold period

    Achim Brauer;Gerald H. Haug;Peter Dulski;Daniel Mikhail Sigman

  • A complete terrestrial radiocarbon record for 11.2 to 52.8 kyr B.P

    Christopher Bronk Ramsey;Richard A. Staff;Charlotte L. Bryant;Fiona Brock

  • Evidence for last interglacial chronology and environmental change from Southern Europe

    Achim Brauer;Judy R. M. Allen;Jens Mingram;Peter Dulski

  • Volcanic ash reveals time-transgressive abrupt climate change during the Younger Dryas

    Christine S. Lane;Achim Brauer;Simon P.E. Blockley;Peter Dulski

  • Lateglacial calendar year chronology based on annually laminated sediments from Lake Meerfelder Maar, Germany

    Achim Brauer;Christoph Endres;Jörg F.W Negendank

  • Regional atmospheric circulation shifts induced by a grand solar minimum

    Celia Martin-Puertas;Katja Matthes;Achim Brauer;Raimund Muscheler

  • Reduced interannual rainfall variability in East Africa during the last ice age.

    Christian Wolff;Gerald H. Haug;Gerald H. Haug;Axel Timmermann;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Delayed hydrological response to Greenland cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas in western Europe

    Oliver Rach;Achim Brauer;Heinz Wilkes;Dirk Sachse

  • Palaeoclimate records 60–8 ka in the Austrian and Swiss Alps and their forelands

    Oliver Heiri;Karin A. Koinig;Christoph Spötl;Sam Barrett

  • Annually dated late Weichselian continental paleoclimate record from the Eifel, Germany

    Bernd Zolitschka;Achim Brauer;Jörg F.W. Negendank;Hagen Stockhausen

  • Annually Laminated Lake Sediments and Their Palaeoclimatic Relevance

    Achim Brauer

  • The Iberian–Roman Humid Period (2600–1600 cal yr BP) in the Zoñar Lake varve record (Andalucía, southern Spain)

    Celia Martín-Puertas;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Achim Brauer;M. Pilar Mata

  • SG06, a fully continuous and varved sediment core from Lake Suigetsu, Japan: stratigraphy and potential for improving the radiocarbon calibration model and understanding of late Quaternary climate changes

    Takeshi Nakagawa;Katsuya Gotanda;Tsuyoshi Haraguchi;Toru Danhara

  • Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods

    Bruno Wilhelm;Juan Antonio Ballesteros Cánovas;Neil Macdonald;Willem H.J. Toonen;Willem H.J. Toonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Birgit Plessen
Birgit Plessen University of Potsdam
Peter Dulski
Peter Dulski University of Potsdam
Rik Tjallingii
Rik Tjallingii Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Sabine Wulf
Sabine Wulf University of Portsmouth
Dirk Sachse
Dirk Sachse University of Potsdam
Richard A. Staff
Richard A. Staff Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Nils Andersen
Nils Andersen Kiel University
Simon P.E. Blockley
Simon P.E. Blockley Royal Holloway University of London
Jörg F. W. Negendank
Jörg F. W. Negendank University of Potsdam
Yehouda Enzel
Yehouda Enzel Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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