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Andreas Richter

Andreas Richter

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
105
Citations
42596
World Ranking
268
National Ranking
16

Andreas Richter publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Richter sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 545 publications — 98th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Andreas Richter D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Richter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Andreas Richter is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Automotive Engineering. The main topics covered by their research are atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality and health impacts, and maritime transport emissions and efficiency.

Richter has multiple publications in leading journals and venues within atmospheric and environmental sciences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Recent papers authored by Richter or in close collaboration showcase work on satellite data validation, intercomparison of atmospheric measurement techniques, and observations related to pollution transport. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Ground-based validation of the Copernicus Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO 2 measurements with the NDACC ZSL-DOAS, MAX-DOAS and Pandonia global networks" (2021), Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Comparative assessment of TROPOMI and OMI formaldehyde observations and validation against MAX-DOAS network column measurements" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Intercomparison of NO 2, O 4, O 3 and HCHO slant column measurements by MAX-DOAS and zenith-sky UV-visible spectrometers during CINDI-2" (2020), Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Unexpected long-range transport of glyoxal and formaldehyde observed from the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite during the 2018 Canadian wildfires" (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Intercomparison of MAX-DOAS vertical profile retrieval algorithms: studies on field data from the CINDI-2 campaign" (2021), Atmospheric measurement techniques

In their research, Richter collaborates frequently with several scientists, including Michel Van Roozendaël, Thomas Wagner, Gaïa Pinardi, François Hendrick, and John P. Burrows.

Best Publications

  • The boundless carbon cycle

    Tom J. Battin;Tom J. Battin;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Louis A. Kaplan;Anthony K. Aufdenkampe

  • Environmental and stoichiometric controls on microbial carbon‐use efficiency in soils

    Stefano Manzoni;Philip Taylor;Andreas Richter;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato

  • ACE2 links amino acid malnutrition to microbial ecology and intestinal inflammation

    Tatsuo Hashimoto;Thomas Perlot;Ateequr Rehman;Ateequr Rehman;Jean Trichereau

  • The Application of ecological stoichiometry to plant-microbial-soil organic matter transformations

    Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern;Katharina Maria Keiblinger;Maria Mooshammer;Josep Peñuelas

  • Nitrososphaera viennensis, an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil

    Maria Tourna;Michaela Stieglmeier;Anja Spang;Martin Könneke

  • Root Exudation of Primary Metabolites: Mechanisms and Their Roles in Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli.

    Alberto Canarini;Christina Kaiser;Andrew Merchant;Andreas Richter

  • Carbon use efficiency of microbial communities: stoichiometry, methodology and modelling

    Robert L. Sinsabaugh;Stefano Manzoni;Daryl L. Moorhead;Andreas Richter

  • Non‐structural carbon compounds in temperate forest trees

    Günter Hoch;Andreas Richter;Christian Körner

  • Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling

    Maria Mooshammer;Wolfgang Wanek;Ieda Hämmerle;Lucia Fuchslueger

  • Stoichiometric imbalances between terrestrial decomposer communities and their resources: mechanisms and implications of microbial adaptations to their resources

    Maria Mooshammer;Wolfgang Wanek;Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern;Andreas Anatol Richter

  • A moderately thermophilic ammonia-oxidizing crenarchaeote from a hot spring.

    Roland Hatzenpichler;Elena V. Lebedeva;Eva Spieck;Kilian Stoecker

  • Who is who in litter decomposition? Metaproteomics reveals major microbial players and their biogeochemical functions

    Thomas Schneider;Katharina M Keiblinger;Emanuel Schmid;Katja Sterflinger-Gleixner

  • Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: When does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?

    Emily B. Graham;Emily B. Graham;Joseph E. Knelman;Joseph E. Knelman;Andreas Schindlbacher;Steven Siciliano

  • amoA-based consensus phylogeny of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions.

    Michael Pester;Thomas Rattei;Stefan Flechl;Alexander Gröngröft

  • Increased microbial growth, biomass, and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity.

    Judith Prommer;Tom W. N. Walker;Tom W. N. Walker;Wolfgang Wanek;Judith Braun;Judith Braun

  • Microbial carbon use efficiency and biomass turnover times depending on soil depth – Implications for carbon cycling

    Marie Spohn;Marie Spohn;Karoline Klaus;Wolfgang Wanek;Andreas Richter

  • Microbial carbon limitation: The need for integrating microorganisms into our understanding of ecosystem carbon cycling.

    Jennifer L. Soong;Lucia Fuchslueger;Sara Marañon-Jimenez;Margaret S. Torn

  • Global patterns of phosphatase activity in natural soils.

    O. Margalef;J. Sardans;M. Fernández-Martínez;R. Molowny-Horas

  • Soil multifunctionality is affected by the soil environment and by microbial community composition and diversity.

    Qing Zheng;Yuntao Hu;Yuntao Hu;Shasha Zhang;Lisa Noll

  • Belowground carbon allocation by trees drives seasonal patterns of extracellular enzyme activities by altering microbial community composition in a beech forest soil

    Christina Kaiser;Marianne Koranda;Barbara Kitzler;Lucia Fuchslueger

  • Microbial community dynamics alleviate stoichiometric constraints during litter decay

    Christina Kaiser;Christina Kaiser;Oskar Franklin;Ulf Dieckmann;Andreas Richter

  • Biochemistry and physiology of raffinose family oligosaccharides and galactosyl cyclitols in seeds

    Thomas Peterbauer;Andreas Richter

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Burrows
John P. Burrows University of Bremen
Folkard Wittrock
Folkard Wittrock University of Bremen
Thomas Wagner
Thomas Wagner Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Mihalis Vrekoussis
Mihalis Vrekoussis University of Bremen
Steffen Beirle
Steffen Beirle Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Gaia Pinardi
Gaia Pinardi Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Ulrich Platt
Ulrich Platt Heidelberg University
M. Van Roozendael
M. Van Roozendael Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Henk Eskes
Henk Eskes Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Heinrich Bovensmann
Heinrich Bovensmann University of Bremen

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