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Christian Winter

Christian Winter

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 32 8766 8145 633 604 194 3247

Christian Winter publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Christian Winter between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Christian Winter published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 4.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2014. 19 of the 225 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2014. 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 38 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 10 publications
1971 2025

225 publications in total across all disciplines

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Christian Winter: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year Publications
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 1
2002 0
2003 0
2004 2
2005 2
2006 9
2007 6
2008 5
2009 6
2010 4
2011 10
2012 8
2013 11
2014 38
2015 11
2016 25
2017 14
2018 14
2019 11
2020 10
2021 7
2022 4
2023 5
2024 9
2025 10
Total 225
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Christian Winter 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 Christian Winter sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 188–197 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 194 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401 194
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Christian Winter 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 Christian Winter sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 32 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278 32
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Christian Winter is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has contributed to research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The main subfields of their work encompass Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Geological Formations and Processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Aeolian Processes and Effects, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Recent papers authored by Christian Winter include the following:

  • Accuracy of sand beach topography surveying by drones and photogrammetry (2020, Geo-Marine Letters)
  • Processes of Stratification and Destratification During An Extreme River Discharge Event in the German Bight ROFI (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Morphology of estuarine bedforms, Weser Estuary, Germany (2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)
  • Changes in tidal asymmetry in the German Wadden Sea (2022, Ocean Dynamics)
  • Cliff Retreat Contribution to the Littoral Sediment Budget along the Baltic Sea Coastline of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (2021, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering)

Christian Winter has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • Geo-Marine Letters
  • Ocean Dynamics
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Geomorphology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent collaborators include the following researchers:

  • Marius Becker
  • Knut Krämer
  • Moritz Holtappels
  • Hans-Christian Reimers
  • Gudrun Massmann

Best Publications

  • Trade-Offs between Competition and Defense Specialists among Unicellular Planktonic Organisms: the “Killing the Winner” Hypothesis Revisited

    Christian Winter;Thierry Bouvier;Markus G. Weinbauer;T. Frede Thingstad

  • Practical global salinity gradient energy potential

    O A Alvarez-Silva;O A Alvarez-Silva;Andres F Osorio;Christian Winter

  • Coupled nitrification–denitrification leads to extensive N loss in subtidal permeable sediments

    Hannah K. Marchant;Moritz Holtappels;Gaute Lavik;Soeren Ahmerkamp

  • Accuracy of sand beach topography surveying by drones and photogrammetry

    Elisa Casella;Jan Drechsel;Christian Winter;Markus Benninghoff

  • Flow structure and resistance over subaquaeous high‐ and low‐angle dunes

    Eva Kwoll;Eva Kwoll;J G Venditti;R W Bradley;Christian Winter

  • The Coastal Observing System for Northern and Arctic Seas (COSYNA)

    Burkard Baschek;Friedhelm Schroeder;Holger Brix;Rolf Riethmüller

  • A unified model of ripples and dunes in water and planetary environments

    Orencio Duran Vinent;Orencio Duran Vinent;Bruno Andreotti;Bruno Andreotti;Philippe Claudin;Christian Winter;Christian Winter

  • Decadal scale stability of sorted bedforms, German Bight, southeastern North Sea

    Markus Diesing;Adam Kubicki;Christian Winter;Klaus Schwarzer

  • Quantification of dune dynamics during a tidal cycle in an inlet channel of the Danish Wadden Sea

    Verner Brandbyge Ernstsen;Riko Noormets;Christian Winter;Dierk Hebbeln

  • Development of subaqueous barchanoid‐shaped dunes due to lateral grain size variability in a tidal inlet channel of the Danish Wadden Sea

    Verner Brandbyge Ernstsen;Riko Noormets;Christian Winter;Dierk Hebbeln

  • Regulation of benthic oxygen fluxes in permeable sediments of the coastal ocean

    Soeren Ahmerkamp;Christian Winter;Knut Krämer;Dirk de Beer

  • A hydrothermal deposit from the floor of the Gulf of Aden

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  • Recent morphologic evolution of the German Wadden Sea.

    Markus Benninghoff;Christian Winter

  • Morphological and sedimentological response of a mixed-energy barrier island tidal inlet to storm and fair-weather conditions

    G Herrling;Christian Winter

  • Flocculated meltwater particles control Arctic land-sea fluxes of labile iron.

    Thor Nygaard Markussen;Bo Elberling;Christian Winter;Thorbjørn Joest Andersen

  • The impact of bedform migration on benthic oxygen fluxes

    Soeren Ahmerkamp;Christian Winter;Felix Janssen;Marcel M. M. Kuypers

  • Development of subaqueous barchanoid-shaped dunes due to lateral grain size variability in a tidal inlet channel of the Danish Wadden Sea: DEVELOPMENT OF BARCHANOID-SHAPED DUNES

    Verner B. Ernstsen;Riko Noormets;Christian Winter;Dierk Hebbeln

  • Predicting bed form roughness: the influence of lee side angle

    Alice Lefebvre;Christian Winter

  • Characterising natural bedform morphology and its influence on flow

    Alice Lefebvre;Andries J. Paarlberg;Christian Winter

  • Abrupt emergence of a large pockmark field in the German Bight, southeastern North Sea.

    Knut Krämer;Peter Holler;Gabriel Herbst;Alexander Bratek

  • Shore and bar cross‐shore migration, rotation, and breathing processes at an embayed beach

    B. Blossier;K. R. Bryan;C. J. Daly;C. Winter

  • Development of subaqueous barchanoid-shaped dunes due to lateral grain size variability in a tidal inlet channel of the Danish Wadden Sea : Marine sandware and river dune dynamics

    Verner B. Ernstsen;Riko Noormets;Christian Winter;Dierk Hebbeln

Frequent Co-Authors

Dierk Hebbeln
Dierk Hebbeln University of Bremen
Karin R. Bryan
Karin R. Bryan University of Auckland
Bruno Andreotti
Bruno Andreotti École Normale Supérieure
Riko Noormets
Riko Noormets University Centre in Svalbard
Marcel M. M. Kuypers
Marcel M. M. Kuypers Max Planck Society
Thorbjørn Joest Andersen
Thorbjørn Joest Andersen University of Copenhagen
Jeremy G. Venditti
Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Bo Elberling
Bo Elberling University of Copenhagen
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society

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