2026 Bärbel Hönisch: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	45	4383	4030	1696	1507	113	9393

Overview

Bärbel Hönisch is a researcher affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Environmental Sciences, focusing particularly on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

Their primary subfields of study include:

Atmospheric Science
Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Paleontology
Oceanography

Hönisch's work extensively covers topics related to the analysis of geological and paleoclimatological data. Main themes in their research are:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Among recent publications credited to Hönisch are:

"Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO ₂" (2023), published in Science
"Past climates inform our future" (2020), published in Science
"Sub-Permil Interlaboratory Consistency for Solution-Based Boron Isotope Analyses on Marine Carbonates" (2020), published in Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
"The seawater carbon inventory at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"New Calcium Carbonate Nano-particulate Pressed Powder Pellet (NFHS-2-NP) for LA-ICP-OES, LA-(MC)-ICP-MS and µXRF" (2022), published in Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Frequent collaborators in research include:

Laura L. Haynes
Isabel P. Montañez
Gavin L. Foster
Gabriel J. Bowen
Dana L. Royer

Publications by Hönisch have appeared in several scientific journals, notably:

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Science
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification

Bärbel Hönisch;Andy Ridgwell;Daniela N. Schmidt;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas

1239
Citations
Interglacials of the last 800,000 years

A. Berger;M. Crucifix;D.A. Hodell

630
Citations
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition

Bärbel Hönisch;N. Gary Hemming;N. Gary Hemming;David Archer;Mark Siddall

626
Citations
Past climates inform our future

Jessica E. Tierney;Christopher J. Poulsen;Isabel P. Montañez;Tripti Bhattacharya

574
Citations
Effects of seawater carbonate ion concentration and temperature on shell U, Mg, and Sr in cultured planktonic foraminifera

Ann D. Russell;Bärbel Hönisch;Howard J. Spero;David W. Lea

494
Citations
Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

E.J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H.A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

377
Citations
Atmospheric CO2 decline during the Pliocene intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations

Gretta Bartoli;Bärbel Hönisch;Richard E. Zeebe

355
Citations
Surface ocean pH response to variations in pCO2 through two full glacial cycles

Bärbel Hönisch;Bärbel Hönisch;N. Gary Hemming;N. Gary Hemming

269
Citations
Rapid and sustained surface ocean acidification during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Donald E. Penman;Bärbel Hönisch;Richard E. Zeebe;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas

260
Citations
Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

E. J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H. A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

258
Citations
TRADITIONAL AND EMERGING GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES IN FORAMINIFERA

Miriam E. Katz;Benjamin S. Cramer;Allison Franzese;Bärbel Hönisch

255
Citations
Assessing scleractinian corals as recorders for paleo-pH: Empirical calibration and vital effects

B. Hönisch;N.G. Hemming;N.G. Hemming;A.G. Grottoli;A. Amat

250
Citations
B/Ca in planktonic foraminifera as a proxy for surface seawater pH

Jimin Yu;Henry Elderfield;Bärbel Hönisch;Bärbel Hönisch

214
Citations
Impact of the ocean carbonate chemistry on living foraminiferal shell weight: Comment on “Carbonate ion concentration in glacial-age deep waters of the Caribbean Sea” by W. S. Broecker and E. Clark

Jelle Bijma;Bärbel Hönisch;Richard E. Zeebe

202
Citations
The influence of symbiont photosynthesis on the boron isotopic composition of foraminifera shells.

Bärbel Hönisch;Jelle Bijma;Ann D. Russell;Howard J. Spero

187
Citations
The Influence of Salinity on Mg/Ca in Planktic Foraminifers – Evidence from Cultures, Core-top Sediments and Complementary δ18O

Barbel Honisch;Katherine A. Allen;David W. Lea;Howard J. Spero

160
Citations
Ground-truthing the boron isotope-paleo-pH proxy in planktonic foraminifera shells: Partial dissolution and shell size effects

Bärbel Hönisch;Bärbel Hönisch;N. Gary Hemming;N. Gary Hemming

154
Citations
Timing and mechanism for intratest Mg/Ca variability in a living planktic foraminifer

Howard J. Spero;Stephen M. Eggins;Ann D. Russell;Lael Vetter

148
Citations
Interlaboratory Comparison of Boron Isotope Analyses of Boric Acid, Seawater and Marine CaCO3 by MC-ICPMS and NTIMS

Gavin L. Foster;Bärbel Hönisch;Guillaume Paris;Gary S. Dwyer

148
Citations
Trace element proxies for surface ocean conditions: A synthesis of culture calibrations with planktic foraminifera

Katherine A. Allen;Katherine A. Allen;Bärbel Hönisch;Stephen M. Eggins;Laura L. Haynes

146
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Zeebe University of Hawaii at Manoa

Howard J. Spero University of California, Davis

James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz

Stephen Eggins Australian National University

Jelle Bijma Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Ellen Thomas Yale University

Yair Rosenthal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jimin Yu Australian National University

Gavin L. Foster University of Southampton

Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge

External Links

Personal website of Bärbel Hönisch

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