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Christoph Heinze

Christoph Heinze

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
18827
World Ranking
5392
National Ranking
63

Christoph Heinze 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 Christoph Heinze sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Christoph Heinze 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 Christoph Heinze sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christoph Heinze is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed to research across several fields related to Earth and environmental sciences. Their work spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, engaging with multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of Heinze's research include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

Heinze has coauthored publications with several researchers, frequently collaborating with:

  • Jörg Schwinger
  • Jerry Tjiputra
  • Ingo Bethke
  • Øyvind Seland
  • Mats Bentsen

The scientist's recent papers cover diverse aspects of climate and Earth system sciences. Notable works include:

  • "Overview of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) and key climate response of CMIP6 DECK, historical, and scenario simulations," 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • "Ocean biogeochemistry in the Norwegian Earth System Model version 2 (NorESM2)," 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • "The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "230Th Normalization: New Insights on an Essential Tool for Quantifying Sedimentary Fluxes in the Modern and Quaternary Ocean," 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • "The Earth system model CLIMBER-X v1.0 - Part 2: The global carbon cycle," 2023, Geoscientific model development

The most frequent publication venues for Heinze encompass:

  • Geoscientific model development
  • e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Best Publications

  • Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry

    Surabi Menon;Kenneth L. Denman;Guy Brasseur;Amnat Chidthaisong

  • Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry

    Kenneth L. Denman;Guy Brasseur;Amnat Chidthaisong;Philippe Ciais

  • Multiple stressors of ocean ecosystems in the 21st century: projections with CMIP5 models

    Laurent Bopp;L. Resplandy;James C. Orr;Scott C. Doney

  • Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean

    Pierre Regnier;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Ciais;Fred T. Mackenzie

  • Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

    S. Sitch;P. Friedlingstein;N. Gruber;S. D. Jones

  • A review of the Si cycle in the modern ocean: recent progress and missing gaps in the application of biogenic opal as a paleoproductivity proxy

    O Ragueneau;P Tréguer;A Leynaert;R.F Anderson

  • Overview of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) and key climate response of CMIP6 DECK, historical, and scenario simulations

    Øyvind Seland;Mats Bentsen;Dirk Jan Leo Oliviè;Thomas Toniazzo;Thomas Toniazzo

  • Global ocean carbon uptake: magnitude, variability and trends

    R. Wanninkhof;G. H. Park;G. H. Park;G. H. Park;T. Takahashi;C. Sweeney;C. Sweeney

  • Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

    P. Ciais;A. J. Dolman;A. Bombelli;R. Duren

  • A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;A. Olsen;D.C.E. Bakker;S. Hankin

  • Evaluation of the carbon cycle components in the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM)

    J. F. Tjiputra;J. F. Tjiputra;C. Roelandt;M. Bentsen;D. M. Lawrence

  • How much deep water is formed in the Southern Ocean

    W. S. Broecker;S. L. Peacock;S. Walker;R. Weiss

  • Tracking the variable North Atlantic sink for atmospheric CO2

    Andrew J. Watson;Ute Schuster;Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Nicholas R. Bates

  • Glacial pCO2 Reduction by the World Ocean: Experiments With the Hamburg Carbon Cycle Model

    Christoph Heinze;Ernst Maier-Reimer;Kyaw Winn

  • Global distribution of the 230Th flux to ocean sediments constrained by GCM modelling

    Gideon M Henderson;Christoph Heinze;Robert F Anderson;Arne M.E Winguth

  • A global oceanic sediment model for long-term climate studies

    Christoph Heinze;Ernst Maier-Reimer;Arne M. E. Winguth;David Archer

  • The ocean carbon sink – impacts, vulnerabilities and challenges

    C. Heinze;S. Meyer;N. Goris;L. Anderson

  • Reconciling surface ocean productivity, export fluxes and sediment composition in a global biogeochemical ocean model

    Marion Gehlen;Laurent Bopp;N. Emprin;Olivier Aumont

  • Oxygen and indicators of stress for marine life in multi-model global warming projections

    V. Cocco;V. Cocco;Fortunat Joos;Fortunat Joos;Marco Steinacher;Marco Steinacher;Thomas Lukas Frölicher

  • Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products

    C.L. Sabine;S. Hankin;H. Koyuk;H. Koyuk;D.C.E. Bakker

  • Ocean biogeochemistry in the Norwegian Earth System Model version 2 (NorESM2)

    Jerry Tjiputra;Jörg Schwinger;Mats Bentsen;Anne Morée

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry Tjiputra
Jerry Tjiputra Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Øyvind Seland
Øyvind Seland Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Mats Bentsen
Mats Bentsen NORCE Research
Marion Gehlen
Marion Gehlen French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Ernst Maier-Reimer
Ernst Maier-Reimer Max Planck Society
Fortunat Joos
Fortunat Joos University of Bern
Trond Iversen
Trond Iversen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Tatiana Ilyina
Tatiana Ilyina Max Planck Society
Laurent Bopp
Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure
Alf Kirkevåg
Alf Kirkevåg Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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