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 Elena Xoplaki sits on this spectrum.
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.
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 Elena Xoplaki sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile
74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.
Elena Xoplaki is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany and has an extensive research background primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Artificial Intelligence, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.
The main topics of their work focus on Climate variability and models, Tree-ring climate responses, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.
Notable recent research papers include:
Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (2022, Reviews of Geophysics)
Towards a rigorous understanding of societal responses to climate change (2021, Nature)
The extremely hot and dry 2018 summer in central and northern Europe from a multi-faceted weather and climate perspective (2023, Natural hazards and earth system sciences)
Facilitating adoption of AI in natural disaster management through collaboration (2022, Nature Communications)
Ambient temperature and mental health hospitalizations in Bern, Switzerland: A 45-year time-series study (2021, PLoS ONE)
Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include:
Their work is often published in venues such as:
Elena Xoplaki has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Nature: Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition, 2021).
The scientist has received recognition as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2020.
Jürg Luterbacher;Daniel Dietrich;Elena Xoplaki;Martin Grosjean
Wolfgang Cramer;Joël Guiot;Marianela Fader;Joaquim Garrabou;Joaquim Garrabou
P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough
P Lionello;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Roberta Boscolo;Pinhas Alpert
J. Lelieveld;P. Hadjinicolaou;E. Kostopoulou;E. Kostopoulou;J. Chenoweth
Elena Xoplaki;J. F. González-Rouco;Jürg Luterbacher;Heinz Wanner
Anders Moberg;Philip D. Jones;David Lister;Alexander Walther
J. Luterbacher;J.P. Werner;J.E. Smerdon;L. Fernández-Donado
J. Luterbacher;E. Xoplaki;D. Dietrich;R. Rickli
Jan Esper;David Frank;Ulf Büntgen;Anne Verstege
Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Jürg Luterbacher;H von Weissenfluh;Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki;Jürg Luterbacher;Heiko Paeth;Daniel Dietrich
E. Xoplaki;E. Xoplaki;J. F. González-Rouco;J. Luterbacher;H. Wanner
F. G. Kuglitsch;F. G. Kuglitsch;A. Toreti;A. Toreti;E. Xoplaki;E. Xoplaki;P. M. Della-Marta
Stefan Brönnimann;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Andreas Pauling
Jurg Luterbacher;R. Rickli;Elena Xoplaki;Elena Xoplaki;C. Tinguely
Dagomar Degroot;Kevin Anchukaitis;Martin Bauch;Jakob Burnham
Franz G. Kuglitsch;Andrea Toreti;Elena Xoplaki;Paul M. Della Marta
Jonathan Chenoweth;Panos Hadjinicolaou;Adriana Bruggeman;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld
Jürg Luterbacher;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner
Huan Zhang;Johannes P. Werner;Elena García-Bustamante;Fidel González-Rouco
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