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Detlef Quadfasel

Detlef Quadfasel

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
6038
World Ranking
5054
National Ranking
359

Detlef Quadfasel 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 Detlef Quadfasel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 120 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Detlef Quadfasel 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 Detlef Quadfasel sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Detlef Quadfasel is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. The available data does not list recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields of study, subfields, or main topics of their scientific work.

There are no recorded awards or honors associated with Detlef Quadfasel in the provided information.

Due to limited bibliographic and topical data, a more detailed overview of their research focus, collaborations, or academic contributions cannot be established at this time.

Best Publications

  • The Arctic Circumpolar Boundary Current

    Bert Rudels;Hans J. Friedrich;Detlef Quadfasel

  • Outflow of dense water from a Svalbard fjord into the Fram Strait

    Detlef Quadfasel;Bert Rudels;Katharina Kurz

  • Equatorial currents and transports in the upper central Indian Ocean: Annual cycle and interannual variability

    Jörg Reppin;Friedrich A. Schott;Jürgen Fischer;Detlef Quadfasel

  • Warming in the Arctic

    Detlef Quadfasel;Alexander Sy;Dougald Wells;Alfred Tunik

  • Near‐surface circulation in the northern North Atlantic as inferred from Lagrangian drifters: Variability from the mesoscale to interannual

    Philip K. Jakobsen;Mads H. Ribergaard;Detlef Quadfasel;Torben Schmith

  • Currents and transports of the Monsoon Current south of Sri Lanka

    F. Schott;J. Reppin;J. Fischer;D. Quadfasel

  • Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997

    B. Rudels;R. Meyer;Eberhard Fahrbach;V. Ivanov

  • The Irminger Gyre: Circulation, convection, and interannual variability

    Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Artem Sarafanov;Øyvind Knutsen

  • Large‐scale oceanography in Fram Strait during the 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment

    Detlef Quadfasel;Jean-Claude Gascard;Klaus-Peter Koltermann

  • Is the Arctic Ocean warming

    Kerstin Grotefendt;Kai Logemann;Detlef Quadfasel;Stephanie Ronski

  • Circulation in the Timor Sea

    George Cresswell;Andrea Frische;Jan Peterson;Detlef Quadfasel

  • Convection and deep water formation in the Arctic Ocean-Greenland Sea System

    Bert Rudels;Detlef Quadfasel

  • A note on the seasonal variability of the South Java Current

    Detlef Quadfasel;George R. Cresswell

  • Variability of the Denmark Strait overflow: Moored time series from 1996–2011

    Kerstin Jochumsen;Detlef Quadfasel;Heã°Inn Valdimarsson;SteingríMur Jónsson

  • Observed and modelled stability of overflow across the Greenland–Scotland ridge

    Steffen M. Olsen;Bogi Hansen;Detlef Quadfasel;Svein Osterhus

  • Gyre-scale circulation cells in the Red Sea

    Detlef Quadfasel;Horst Baudner

  • Already the Day After Tomorrow

    Bogi Hansen;Svein Østerhus;Detlef Quadfasel;William Turrell

  • Deep-water renewal by turbidity currents in the Sulu Sea

    Detlef Quadfasel;Hermann Kudrass;Andrea Frische

  • Arctic Mediterranean exchanges: a consistent volume budget and trends in transports from two decades of observations

    Svein Østerhus;Rebecca Woodgate;Hedinn Valdimarsson;Bill Turrell

  • Formation of Southern Hemisphere Thermocline Waters: Water Mass Conversion and Subduction*

    Johannes Karstensen;Detlef Quadfasel

  • Renewal of deep water in the Red Sea during 1982–1987

    Sofie Woelk;Detlef Quadfasel

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedrich Schott
Friedrich Schott Kiel University
Bogi Hansen
Bogi Hansen University of the Faroe Islands
Svein Østerhus
Svein Østerhus Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Johannes Karstensen
Johannes Karstensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Marcus Dengler
Marcus Dengler GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Sheldon Bacon
Sheldon Bacon National Oceanography Centre
Peter Brandt
Peter Brandt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Lothar Stramma
Lothar Stramma GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Rebecca A. Woodgate
Rebecca A. Woodgate University of Washington
Ursula Schauer
Ursula Schauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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