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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 39 6087 5637 434 414 267 6440

Gregor Knorr publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gregor Knorr between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gregor Knorr published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 5.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2015. 26 of the 278 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2015. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 8 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 4 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 38 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 17 publications
1975 2025

278 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gregor Knorr: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 8
2004 4
2005 4
2006 2
2007 5
2008 1
2009 4
2010 8
2011 9
2012 9
2013 11
2014 19
2015 38
2016 18
2017 16
2018 11
2019 14
2020 11
2021 20
2022 19
2023 19
2024 9
2025 17
Total 278
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Gregor Knorr 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 Gregor Knorr 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, 258–267 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: 267 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
258–267 185 267
268–277 147
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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Gregor Knorr 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 Gregor Knorr 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% 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 39
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
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

Gregor Knorr is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research encompasses a broad range of subjects within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics cover various areas including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Gregor Knorr has co-authored frequently with several researchers, with the most frequent collaborators being:

  • Gerrit Lohmann
  • Agatha M. de Boer
  • Daniel J. Lunt
  • Yannick Donnadieu
  • David K. Hutchinson

They have published extensively in multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Global and Planetary Change

Gregor Knorr's recent significant papers include:

  • The Miocene: The Future of the Past, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • DeepMIP: model intercomparison of early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) large-scale climate features and comparison with proxy data, 2021, Climate of the past
  • Simulating Miocene Warmth: Insights From an Opportunistic Multi-Model Ensemble (MioMIP1), 2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Contribution of the coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-vegetation model COSMOS to the PlioMIP2, 2020, Climate of the past

Their work broadly addresses climate variability, model intercomparison, paleoclimatic warm periods like the Miocene and early Eocene, and complex interactions within the coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-vegetation system. The scientist's contributions link geological and paleoclimatological data with climate modeling, supporting a better understanding of past and future climate dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Interhemispheric Atlantic seesaw response during the last deglaciation.

    Stephen Barker;Paula Diz;Maryline J. Vautravers;Jennifer Pike

  • 800,000 Years of Abrupt Climate Variability

    Stephen Barker;Gregor Knorr;R. Lawrence Edwards;Frédéric Parrenin

  • The Miocene: The Future of the Past

    M. Steinthorsdottir;M. Steinthorsdottir;H. K. Coxall;A. M. de Boer;M. Huber

  • Southern Ocean origin for the resumption of Atlantic thermohaline circulation during deglaciation

    Gregor Knorr;Gregor Knorr;Gerrit Lohmann;Gerrit Lohmann

  • Abrupt glacial climate shifts controlled by ice sheet changes

    Xu Zhang;Gerrit Lohmann;Gregor Knorr;Conor Purcell;Conor Purcell

  • Icebergs not the trigger for North Atlantic cold events

    Stephen Barker;James Chen;Xun Gong;Lukas Jonkers

  • Abrupt North Atlantic circulation changes in response to gradual CO2 forcing in a glacial climate state

    Xu Zhang;Gregor Knorr;Gregor Knorr;Gerrit Lohmann;Gerrit Lohmann;Stephen Barker

  • Extreme deepening of the Atlantic overturning circulation during deglaciation

    Stephen Barker;Gregor Knorr;Maryline J. Vautravers;Maryline J. Vautravers;Paula Diz;Paula Diz

  • A Warm Miocene Climate at Low Atmospheric CO2 levels

    Gregor Knorr;Martin Butzin;Arne Micheels;Gerrit Lohmann

  • Different ocean states and transient characteristics in Last Glacial Maximum simulations and implications for deglaciation

    Xu Zhang;Gerrit Lohmann;Gregor Knorr;Xu Xu

  • Simulating Miocene warmth: insights from an opportunistic Multi-Model ensemble (MioMIP1)

    N. J. Burls;C. D. Bradshaw;C. D. Bradshaw;A. M. De Boer;N. Herold

  • Evidence for ice-free summers in the late Miocene central Arctic Ocean

    Ruediger Stein;Kirsten Fahl;Michael Schreck;Gregor Knorr

  • Rapid transitions in the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation triggered by global warming and Meltwater during the Last Deglaciation

    Gregor Knorr;Gerrit Lohmann

  • Climate warming during Antarctic ice sheet expansion at the Middle Miocene transition

    Gregor Knorr;Gerrit Lohmann

  • Laminated sediments preceding Heinrich event 1 in the Northern North Sea and Southern Norwegian Sea: Origin, processes and regional linkage

    W. A. H. Lekens;Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;G. O. Petersen

  • Permafrost thawing as a possible source of abrupt carbon release at the onset of the Bølling/Allerød.

    Peter Köhler;Gregor Knorr;Edouard Bard

  • Synchronous volcanic eruptions and abrupt climate change ∼17.7 ka plausibly linked by stratospheric ozone depletion

    Joseph R. McConnell;Andrea Burke;Nelia W. Dunbar;Peter Köhler

  • Early interglacial legacy of deglacial climate instability

    Stephen Barker;Gregor Knorr;Stephen Conn;Sian Lordsmith

  • Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability

    Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Stephen Barker;Gregor Knorr;Gerrit Lohmann

  • Late Quaternary seismic stratigraphy and geological development of the south Vøring margin, Norwegian Sea

    Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;Atle Nygård

  • Southern Ocean Origin for Resumption of Atlantic Thermohalilne Circulation during Deglaciation

    Gregor Knorr;Gerrit Lohmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Stephen Barker
Stephen Barker Cardiff University
Wilfried Jokat
Wilfried Jokat University of Bremen
Peter Köhler
Peter Köhler Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ian Hall
Ian Hall Griffith University
Andrea Abelmann
Andrea Abelmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Michael A. Kaminski
Michael A. Kaminski King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Kirsten Fahl
Kirsten Fahl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Niessen
Frank Niessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Matthias Forwick
Matthias Forwick University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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