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Gerhard H. Schleser

Gerhard H. Schleser

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
6978
World Ranking
5229
National Ranking
368

Gerhard H. Schleser 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 Gerhard H. Schleser sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 86 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerhard H. Schleser 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 Gerhard H. Schleser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gerhard H. Schleser is affiliated with the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. The scientist's research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant body of work in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields include Economics and Econometrics, Automotive Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics Gerhard H. Schleser investigates encompass:

  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Climate variability and models
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Gerhard H. Schleser has contributed to multiple publications, including the following recent papers:

  • "Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years," 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • "European tree-ring isotopes indicate unusual recent hydroclimate," 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "The unknown third - Hydrogen isotopes in tree-ring cellulose across Europe," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Large-scale climate signals of a European oxygen isotope network from tree rings," 2021, Climate of the past
  • "A past and present perspective on the European summer vapor pressure deficit," 2024, Climate of the past

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Climate of the past
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Gerhard H. Schleser's research, showing recurring co-authorship with several researchers, including:

  • Gerhard Helle (8 co-authored works)
  • Mandy Freund (6 co-authored works)
  • Daniel F. Balting (6 co-authored works)
  • Monica Ioniță (5 co-authored works)
  • Gerrit Lohmann (5 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • The twentieth century was the wettest period in northern Pakistan over the past millennium

    Kerstin S. Treydte;Gerhard H. Schleser;Gerhard Helle;David C. Frank

  • Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene

    D. C. Frank;B. Poulter;M. Saurer;J. Esper

  • Beyond CO2‐fixation by Rubisco – an interpretation of 13C/12C variations in tree rings from novel intra‐seasonal studies on broad‐leaf trees

    G. Helle;G. H. Schleser

  • Isotope signals as climate proxies: the role of transfer functions in the study of terrestrial archives

    Gerhard H. Schleser;Gerhard Helle;Andreas Lücke;Heinz Vos

  • Climatically induced lake level changes during the last two millennia as reflected in sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike, southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

    Torsten Haberzettl;Michael Fey;Andreas Lücke;Nora Maidana

  • Long tree‐ring chronologies reveal 20th century increases in water‐use efficiency but no enhancement of tree growth at five Iberian pine forests

    Laia Andreu-Hayles;Laia Andreu-Hayles;Octavi Planells;Emilia Gutiérrez;Elena Muntan

  • Signal strength and climate calibration of a European tree-ring isotope network

    K. Treydte;D. Frank;J. Esper;L. Andreu

  • Holocene climate development on the central Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary record from Cuoe Lake

    Wu Yanhong;Andreas Lücke;Jin Zhangdong;Wang Sumin

  • Lateglacial and Holocene wet-dry cycles in southern Patagonia: chronology, sedimentology and geochemistry of a lacustrine record from Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

    Torsten Haberzettl;Hugo Corbella;Michael Fey;Stephanie Janssen

  • Precipitation origin and evaporation of lakes in semi-arid Patagonia (Argentina) inferred from stable isotopes (δ18O, δ2H)

    Christoph Mayr;Andreas Lücke;Willibald Stichler;Peter Trimborn

  • The climatic significance of δ13C in subalpine spruces (Lötschental, Swiss Alps): A case study with respect to altitude, exposure and soil moisture

    Kerstin Treydte;Gerhard H. Schleser;Fritz H. Schweingruber;Matthias Winiger

  • CARBON ISOTOPE BEHAVIOUR IN WOOD AND CELLULOSE DURING ARTIFICIAL AGING

    G.H. Schleser;J. Frielingsdorf;A. Blair

  • Impact of climate and CO2 on a millennium-long tree-ring carbon isotope record.

    Kerstin S. Treydte;David C. Frank;Matthias Saurer;Gerhard Helle

  • Annual cyclicity in high‐resolution stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in the wood of the mangrove tree Rhizophora mucronata

    Anouk Verheyden;Gerd Helle;Gerard H. Schleser;Frank Dehairs

  • Holocene variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies in Argentinean Patagonia (52°S)

    Christoph Mayr;Michael Wille;Torsten Haberzettl;Michael Fey

  • A Lateglacial and Holocene organic carbon isotope record of lacustrine palaeoproductivity and climatic change derived from varved lake sediments of Lake Holzmaar, Germany

    Andreas Lücke;Gerhard H. Schleser;Bernd Zolitschka;Jörg F.W. Negendank

  • Climate signals in tree-ring width, density and δ13C from larches in Eastern Siberia (Russia)

    Alexander V. Kirdyanov;Kerstin S. Treydte;Anatolii Nikolaev;Gerhard Helle

  • Late Holocene Asian summer monsoon variability reflected by δ18O in tree-rings from Tibetan junipers

    Jussi Grießinger;Achim Bräuning;Gerd Helle;Axel Thomas

  • Crater lakes of the Pali Aike Volcanic Field as key sites for paleoclimatic and paleoecological reconstructions in southern Patagonia, Argentina

    Bernd Zolitschka;Frank Schäbitz;Andreas Lücke;Hugo Corbella

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes in southern Patagonia during the last millennium recorded in lake sediments from Laguna Azul (Argentina)

    Christoph Mayr;Michael Fey;Torsten Haberzettl;Stephanie Janssen

  • Precipitation origin and evaporation of lakes in semi-arid Patagonia (Argentina) inferred from

    Christoph Mayr;Willibald Stichler;Peter Trimborn;Bettina Ercolano

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Lücke
Andreas Lücke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gerhard Helle
Gerhard Helle University of Potsdam
Bernd Zolitschka
Bernd Zolitschka University of Bremen
Christoph Mayr
Christoph Mayr University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Christian Ohlendorf
Christian Ohlendorf University of Bremen
Torsten Haberzettl
Torsten Haberzettl Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Frank Schäbitz
Frank Schäbitz University of Cologne
Emilia Gutiérrez
Emilia Gutiérrez University of Barcelona
Jörg F. W. Negendank
Jörg F. W. Negendank University of Potsdam
Achim Bräuning
Achim Bräuning University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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