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D-Index
42
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7255
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2580

Claudia I. Czimczik 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 Claudia I. Czimczik sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claudia I. Czimczik 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 Claudia I. Czimczik sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Claudia I. Czimczik is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The scientist's recent publications reflect diverse areas within environmental and atmospheric research. Key papers include:

  • Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of 14C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region (2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • Fossil-driven secondary inorganic PM2.5 enhancement in the North China Plain: Evidence from carbon and nitrogen isotopes (2020, Environmental Pollution)
  • Do recent NDVI trends demonstrate boreal forest decline in Alaska? (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Seasonal fluctuation of nonstructural carbohydrates reveals the metabolic availability of stemwood reserves in temperate trees with contrasting wood anatomy (2020, Tree Physiology)
  • Closing the Winter Gap-Year-Round Measurements of Soil CO2 Emission Sources in Arctic Tundra (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)

Their frequent coauthors include Xiaomei Xu, Allison Welch, S. Pedron, Hui Wang, and Alex Guenther, indicating collaborative engagement across multiple studies.

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • AGU Advances

Main fields of study consist of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, while subfields include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Plant Science.

Topics addressed in their research cover atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, climate change and permafrost, fire effects on ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, air quality and health impacts, and cryospheric studies and observations.

In 2013, Claudia I. Czimczik was recognized as a Hellman Fellow, an award acknowledging their contributions to the field.

Best Publications

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Nonstructural carbon in woody plants.

    Michael C. Dietze;Anna Sala;Mariah S. Carbone;Claudia I. Czimczik

  • Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

    C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;O. L. Phillips;M. Schwarz;C. I. Czimczik

  • The above-ground coarse wood productivity of 104 Neotropical forest plots

    Yadvinder Malhi;Timothy R. Baker;Timothy R. Baker;Oliver L. Phillips;Samuel Almeida

  • Soils of Amazonia with particular reference to the RAINFOR sites

    C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;L. O. Anderson;N. M. Fyllas

  • Variations in chemical and physical properties of Amazon forest soils in relation to their genesis

    C. A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;M. Schwarz;S. Patiño;S. Patiño

  • Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001.

    O. L. Phillips;T. R. Baker;T. R. Baker;L. Arroyo;N. Higuchi

  • Microbial activity and soil respiration under nitrogen addition in Alaskan boreal forest

    Steven D. Allison;Claudia I. Czimczik;Kathleen K. Treseder

  • Stability of Biochar in Soil

    Johannes Lehmann;Claudia Czimczik;David Laird;Saran Sohi

  • Controls on black carbon storage in soils

    Claudia I. Czimczik;Caroline A. Masiello

  • Comparative analysis of black carbon in soils

    Michael W. I. Schmidt;Jan O. Skjemstad;Claudia I. Czimczik;Bruno Glaser

  • Seasonal dynamics and age of stemwood nonstructural carbohydrates in temperate forest trees

    Andrew D. Richardson;Mariah S. Carbone;Trevor F. Keenan;Claudia I. Czimczik

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

    E. A. G. Schuur;B. W. Abbott;W. B. Bowden;V. Brovkin

  • Effects of charring on mass, organic carbon, and stable carbon isotope composition of wood

    Claudia I. Czimczik;Caroline M. Preston;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Roland A. Werner

  • An Uncertain Future for Soil Carbon

    Susan E. Trumbore;Claudia I. Czimczik

  • Age, allocation and availability of nonstructural carbon in mature red maple trees.

    Mariah S. Carbone;Claudia I. Czimczik;Trevor F. Keenan;Paula F. Murakami

  • Ecosystem‐level controls on root‐rhizosphere respiration

    Francesca Hopkins;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler;Charles E. Flower;Douglas J. Lynch

  • How surface fire in Siberian Scots pine forests affects soil organic carbon in the forest floor: Stocks, molecular structure, and conversion to black carbon (charcoal)

    Claudia I. Czimczik;Caroline M. Preston;Michael W. I. Schmidt;Ernst-Detlef Schulze

  • Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in urban turf

    Amy Townsend-Small;Claudia I. Czimczik

  • Stability of Biochar in the Soil

    Johannes Lehmann;C. I. Czimczik;David Laird;Saran Sohi

Frequent Co-Authors

Guaciara M. Santos
Guaciara M. Santos University of California, Irvine
Jeffrey M. Welker
Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu
Carlos A. Quesada
Carlos A. Quesada National Institute of Amazonian Research
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Michael Schwarz
Michael Schwarz Flinders University
Andrew D. Richardson
Andrew D. Richardson Northern Arizona University
Nigel C. A. Pitman
Nigel C. A. Pitman Field Museum of Natural History
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford

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