2026 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand: 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	62	1724	1547	181	163	721	11332

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

370
Citations
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

329
Citations
On the origin of Antarctic marine benthic community structure.

Sven Thatje;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Rob Larter

326
Citations
Drake Passage and Cenozoic climate: An open and shut case?

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

283
Citations
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

269
Citations
Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

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

262
Citations
Antarctic palaeo-ice streams

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

231
Citations
Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope

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

204
Citations
Opal sedimentation shifts in the World Ocean over the last 15 Myr

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

196
Citations
Exploring biological constraints on the glacial history of Antarctica

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

195
Citations
The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: Present Knowledge and Future Challenges

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

195
Citations
LIFE HUNG BY A THREAD: ENDURANCE OF ANTARCTIC FAUNA IN GLACIAL PERIODS

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

186
Citations
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

175
Citations
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

172
Citations
West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions

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

168
Citations
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

165
Citations
Atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica

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

165
Citations
Oxygen depletion recorded in upper waters of the glacial Southern Ocean

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

151
Citations
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

142
Citations
Paleo ice flow and subglacial meltwater dynamics in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

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

133
Citations
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

131
Citations
West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions, supplementary data

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

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen

Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey

Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida

Karsten Gohl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Werner Ehrmann Leipzig University

Steven Grahame Moreton Natural Environment Research Council

Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Matthias Forwick University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Ulrich Salzmann Northumbria University

David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey

External Links

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