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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 54 2682 173 269 11130

Eberhard Fahrbach publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eberhard Fahrbach between 1978 and 2018, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eberhard Fahrbach published across 41 years, from 1978 to 2018, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 49 publications in 2013. 1 of the 294 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2018. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 49. Peak 49 publications in 2013. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 7 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 7 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 21 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 49 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 1 publication
1978 2018

294 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eberhard Fahrbach: publications per year, 1978 to 2018
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 0
1980 1
1981 0
1982 0
1983 7
1984 2
1985 1
1986 2
1987 3
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 7
1992 9
1993 3
1994 7
1995 8
1996 3
1997 3
1998 8
1999 11
2000 5
2001 12
2002 13
2003 2
2004 9
2005 21
2006 5
2007 14
2008 5
2009 14
2010 11
2011 11
2012 20
2013 49
2014 3
2015 17
2016 4
2017 0
2018 1
Total 294
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Eberhard Fahrbach 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 Eberhard Fahrbach sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 268–277 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 269 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147 269
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Eberhard Fahrbach 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 Eberhard Fahrbach sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163 54
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Eberhard Fahrbach was affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily contributed to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work addressed topics including Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and marine and environmental studies.

Their recent publication record includes the paper titled "Direct measurements of heat and mass transports through Fram Strait", published in 2023 by the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). This paper received citations reflecting interest in their research.

  • Gerd Rohardt
  • Ursula Schauer
  • Jens Meincke
  • Svein Østerhus
  • Jennifer Verduin

  • Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

The collaboration network of Eberhard Fahrbach included frequent co-authors who contributed to advancing the understanding of polar and marine research topics alongside them.

Their work intersected with detailed studies of the polar marine environment, particularly focusing on heat and mass transport mechanisms relevant to climate and oceanographic processes.

Best Publications

  • Antarctic climate change and the environment

    Peter Convey;R. Bindschadler;G. Di Prisco;E. Fahrbach

  • Arctic warming through the Fram Strait: Oceanic heat transport from 3 years of measurements

    Ursula Schauer;Ursula Schauer;Eberhard Fahrbach;Svein Osterhus;Gerd Rohardt

  • Variability in Atlantic water temperature and transport at the entrance to the Arctic Ocean, 1997-2010

    Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller;Eberhard Fahrbach;Ursula Schauer;Edmond Hansen

  • One More Step Toward a Warmer Arctic

    Igor V. Polyakov;Agnieszka Beszczynska;Eddy C. Carmack;Igor A. Dmitrenko

  • Ice-ocean processes over the continental shelf of the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica: a review

    Keith W. Nicholls;Svein Østerhus;Keith Makinson;Tor Gammelsrød;Tor Gammelsrød

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Ice shelf water overflow and bottom water formation in the southern Weddell Sea

    Arne Foldvik;Tor Gammelsrød;Svein Østerhus;E. Fahrbach

  • Substantial advective iron loss diminishes phytoplankton production in the Antarctic Zone

    Mario Hoppema;Mario Hoppema;Hein J. W. de Baar;Eberhard Fahrbach;Hartmut H. Hellmer

  • The East Greenland Current and its contribution to the Denmark Strait overflow

    Bert Rudels;Eberhard Fahrbach;Jens Meincke;Gereon Budéus

  • Formation and discharge of deep and bottom water in the northwestern Weddell Sea

    Eberhard Fahrbach;Gerd Rohardt;Norbert Scheele;Michael Schröder

  • Direct measurements of volume transports through Fram Strait

    Eberhard Fahrbach;Jens Meincke;Svein Østerhus;Gerd Rohardt

  • Variation of Measured Heat Flow Through the Fram Strait Between 1997 and 2006

    Ursula Schauer;Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller;Waldemar Walczowski;Eberhard Fahrbach

  • Transport and structure of the Weddell Gyre

    Eberhard Fahrbach;Gerd Rohardt;Michael Schröder;Volker Strass

  • How much deep water is formed in the Southern Ocean

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

  • On the structure and the transport of the eastern Weddell Gyre

    Michael Schröder;Eberhard Fahrbach

  • Long-term temperature trends in the deep waters of the Weddell Sea

    Robin Robertson;Martin Visbeck;Arnold L. Gordon;E. Fahrbach

  • Freshwater fluxes in the East Greenland Current: A decade of observations

    L. de Steur;E. Hansen;Rüdiger Gerdes;Michael Karcher

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

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

  • Decadal-scale variations of water mass properties in the deep Weddell Sea

    Eberhard Fahrbach;Mario Hoppema;Gerd Rohardt;Michael Schröder

  • Early spring phytoplankton blooms in ice platelet layers of the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

    Victor Smetacek;R. Scharek;L. I. Gordon;H. Eicken

  • Observations in the Ocean

    Bert Rudels;Bert Rudels;Leif Anderson;Patrick Eriksson;Eberhard Fahrbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Hoppema
Mario Hoppema Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ursula Schauer
Ursula Schauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Colin Summerhayes
Colin Summerhayes University of Cambridge
Hein J W de Baar
Hein J W de Baar University of Groningen
Rebecca A. Woodgate
Rebecca A. Woodgate University of Washington
Volker Strass
Volker Strass Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Svein Østerhus
Svein Østerhus Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller
Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller Polish Academy of Sciences
Julian Gutt
Julian Gutt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
John Turner
John Turner Natural Environment Research Council

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