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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 45 4339 3991 303 287 309 14115

Frank Wilhelms publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Frank Wilhelms between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Frank Wilhelms published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2000. 12 of the 351 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2000. 1996: 10 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 18 publications 2000: 40 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 25 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 27 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 9 publications 2026: 3 publications
1996 2026

351 publications in total across all disciplines

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Frank Wilhelms: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 10
1997 3
1998 3
1999 18
2000 40
2001 6
2002 25
2003 15
2004 27
2005 11
2006 9
2007 14
2008 17
2009 8
2010 16
2011 7
2012 17
2013 13
2014 6
2015 4
2016 2
2017 6
2018 6
2019 11
2020 10
2021 12
2022 9
2023 4
2024 10
2025 9
2026 3
Total 351
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Frank Wilhelms 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 Frank Wilhelms 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, 308–317 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: 309 publications — 88th percentile

88% 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
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107 309
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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Frank Wilhelms 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 Frank Wilhelms 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, 45 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: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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 45
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
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

Frank Wilhelms is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research spans several main fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these disciplines, they concentrate on subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, winter sports injuries and performance, polar research and ecology, climate change and permafrost, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Notable recent papers by Frank Wilhelms include the following:

  • Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period, 2020, Climate of the Past
  • A first chronology for the East Greenland Ice-core Project (EGRIP) over the Holocene and last glacial termination, 2020, Climate of the Past
  • Cosmogenic radionuclides reveal an extreme solar particle storm near a solar minimum 9125 years BP, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Airborne ultra-wideband radar sounding over the shear margins and along flow lines at the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, 2022, Earth System Science Data

Frank Wilhelms collaborates frequently with several researchers in their field. Their most frequent co-authors include Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Johannes Freitag, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Seyedhamidreza Mojtabavi, and Anders Svensson.

The scientist's work is published in a range of scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Other frequent venues include Nature Communications, Annals of Glaciology, The Cryosphere, and Climate of the Past.

Best Publications

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    Laurent Augustin;Carlo Barbante;Piers R. F. Barnes;Jean Marc Barnola

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • 9,400 years of cosmic radiation and solar activity from ice cores and tree rings

    Friedhelm Steinhilber;Jose A. Abreu;Jürg Beer;Irene Brunner

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

    D. Dahl-Jensen;M. R. Albert;A. Aldahan;N. Azuma

  • 8 glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    E. W. Wolff;Epica Community Members;Hubertus Fischer;Philippe Huybrechts

  • A first chronology for the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ice core

    S. O. Rasmussen;P. M. Abbott;T. Blunier;A. J. Bourne

  • Where to find 1.5 million yr old ice for the IPICS "Oldest-Ice" ice core

    H. Fischer;J. Severinghaus;E. Brook;E. Wolff;E. Wolff

  • EDML1: a chronology for the EPICA deep ice core from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, over the last 150 000 years

    Urs Ruth;Jean-Marc Barnola;Jurg Beer;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler

  • Accumulation rates in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, as revealed by dielectric-profiling measurements of shallow firn cores

    Hans Oerter;Frank Wilhelms;F. Jung-Rothenhäusler;F. Göktas

  • Amplified melt and flow of the Greenland ice sheet driven by late-summer cyclonic rainfall

    Samuel H. Doyle;Alun Hubbard;Roderik S. W. van de Wal;Jason E. Box;Jason E. Box

  • Little Ice Age clearly recorded in northern Greenland ice cores

    Hubertus Fischer;Martin Werner;D. Wagenbach;M. Schwager

  • Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom

    Joseph R. McConnell;Joseph R. McConnell;Michael Sigl;Gill Plunkett;Andrea Burke

  • The densification of layered polar firn

    Maria Hörhold;Sepp Kipfstuhl;Frank Wilhelms;Johannes Freitag

  • Layer disturbances and the radio-echo free zone in ice sheets

    Reinhard Drews;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen;Ilka Weikusat;Sepp Kipfstuhl

  • Self-regulation of ice flow varies across the ablation area in south-west Greenland

    R. S. W. van de Wal;C. J. P. P. Smeets;W. Boot;M. Stoffelen

  • Spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation rate on the East Antarctic ice divide between Dome Fuji and EPICA DML

    S. Fujita;Per Holmlund;I. Andersson;Ian Brown

  • Balance velocities and measured properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from a new compilation of gridded data for modelling

    Philippe Huybrechts;Daniel Steinhage;Frank Wilhelms;Jonathan Bamber

  • Direct evidence for continuous radar reflector originating from changes in crystal-orientation fabric

    O. Eisen;I. Hamann;S. Kipfstuhl;D. Steinhage

  • Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period

    Anders Svensson;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Jørgen Peder Steffensen;Thomas Blunier

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core (SCI)

    D Dahl-Jensen;M R Albert;A Aldahan;N Azuma

  • Balance velocities and measured properties of the Antarctic ice sheet from a new compilation of gridded data for modeling

    Philippe Huybrechts;Daniel Steinhage;Frank Wilhelms

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Oerter
Hans Oerter Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Olaf Eisen
Olaf Eisen University of Bremen
Heinz Miller
Heinz Miller Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jakob Schwander
Jakob Schwander University of Bern
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Robert Mulvaney
Robert Mulvaney British Antarctic Survey
Sepp Kipfstuhl
Sepp Kipfstuhl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hanno Meyer
Hanno Meyer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Matthias Bigler
Matthias Bigler University of Bern

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