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Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
62
Citations
11332
World Ranking
1724
National Ranking
181

Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand 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 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 721 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand 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 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several key subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their primary research topics cover a range of areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Polar Research and Ecology, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Hillenbrand's publication record demonstrates active engagement with a variety of scientific journals. They have published multiple papers in venues such as Quaternary Science Reviews, The Cryosphere, Science Advances, Journal of Micropalaeontology, and Nature Communications.

Some of the recent research papers associated with Hillenbrand include:

  • Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth (2020), Nature
  • Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era (2022), Nature Geoscience
  • Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry: implications for warm-water routing and bed controls on ice flow and buttressing (2020), The Cryosphere
  • A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude (2021), Nature

In collaboration, Hillenbrand frequently works with several coauthors, including Gerhard Kühn, Robert D Larter, James A Smith, Julia S. Wellner, and Johann Philipp Klages, with collaboration counts ranging from 15 to 18 publications.

Best Publications

  • Antarctic terrestrial life--challenging the history of the frozen continent?

    Peter Convey;John A E Gibson;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Dominic A Hodgson

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • On the origin of Antarctic marine benthic community structure.

    Sven Thatje;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Rob Larter

  • Drake Passage and Cenozoic climate: An open and shut case?

    Roy Livermore;Roy Livermore;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Michael P. Meredith;Graeme Eagles

  • Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments between Indonesia and NW Australia - source and transport by ocean currents

    Franz X. Gingele;Patrick De Deckker;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

    M. J. Bentley;D. A. Hodgson;J. A. Smith;C. Ó. Cofaigh

  • Antarctic palaeo-ice streams

    Stephen J. Livingstone;Colm Ó Cofaigh;Chris R. Stokes;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope

    Stewart S. R. Jamieson;Andreas Vieli;Stephen J. Livingstone;Colm Ó Cofaigh

  • Opal sedimentation shifts in the World Ocean over the last 15 Myr

    Giuseppe Cortese;Rainer Gersonde;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Gerhard Kuhn

  • Exploring biological constraints on the glacial history of Antarctica

    Peter Convey;Mark I. Stevens;Mark I. Stevens;Dominic A. Hodgson;John L. Smellie

  • The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: Present Knowledge and Future Challenges

    M. Vernet;Walter Geibert;Mario Hoppema;P.J. Brown

  • LIFE HUNG BY A THREAD: ENDURANCE OF ANTARCTIC FAUNA IN GLACIAL PERIODS

    Sven Thatje;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Andreas Mackensen;Robert Larter

  • Sub-ice-shelf sediments record history of twentieth-century retreat of Pine Island Glacier

    J. A. Smith;T. J. Andersen;M. Shortt;A. M. Gaffney

  • Bedform signature of a West Antarctic palaeo-ice stream reveals a multi-temporal record of flow and substrate control

    Alastair G.C. Graham;Robert D. Larter;Karsten Gohl;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;James A. Smith;David A. Hodell;Mervyn Greaves

  • Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Bethan J. Davies;Stephen J. Livingstone;James A. Smith

  • Atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica

    John Turner;Andrew Orr;G. Hilmar Gudmundsson;Adrian Jenkins

  • Oxygen depletion recorded in upper waters of the glacial Southern Ocean

    Zunli Lu;Babette A. A. Hoogakker;Claus Dieter Hillenbrand;Xiaoli Zhou

  • Reconstruction of changes in the Weddell Sea sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Michael J. Bentley;Travis D. Stolldorf;Andrew S. Hein

  • Paleo ice flow and subglacial meltwater dynamics in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

    Frank O. Nitsche;Karsten Gohl;Robert D. Larter;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • The marine geological imprint of Antarctic ice shelves

    James A. Smith;Alastair G. C. Graham;Alastair G. C. Graham;Alix L. Post;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions, supplementary data

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;James A Smith;David A Hodell;Mervyn Greaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Alastair G C Graham
Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida
Karsten Gohl
Karsten Gohl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Werner Ehrmann
Werner Ehrmann Leipzig University
Steven Grahame Moreton
Steven Grahame Moreton Natural Environment Research Council
Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Matthias Forwick
Matthias Forwick University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Ulrich Salzmann
Ulrich Salzmann Northumbria University
David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey

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