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D-Index
65
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14493
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2214
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148

Heike Wex publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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 Heike Wex sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 225 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Heike Wex D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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 Heike Wex sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heike Wex is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has a research profile centered on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis on a subfield level.

The scientific output of Wex features a significant focus on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate. Additional topics include Marine and coastal ecosystems, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Icing and De-icing Technologies.

Their recent papers include:

  • Wintertime Airborne Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles in the High Arctic: A Hint to a Marine, Biogenic Source for Ice Nucleating Particles, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Characterization of aerosol particles at Cabo Verde close to sea level and at the cloud level - Part 2: Ice-nucleating particles in air, cloud and seawater, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Marine organic matter in the remote environment of the Cape Verde islands - an introduction and overview to the MarParCloud campaign, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Terrestrial or marine - indications towards the origin of ice-nucleating particles during melt season in the European Arctic up to 83.7°N, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Aerosol Marine Primary Carbohydrates and Atmospheric Transformation in the Western Antarctic Peninsula, 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Common publication venues for Wex's research include Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Geophysical Research Letters, Atmospheric measurement techniques, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Wex's collaborative network features frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications, such as Frank Stratmann, Manuela van Pinxteren, Xianda Gong, Hartmut Herrmann, and Sebastian Zeppenfeld.

Best Publications

  • Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and galactic cosmic rays in atmospheric aerosol nucleation

    Jasper Kirkby;Joachim Curtius;João Almeida;João Almeida;Eimear Dunne

  • Overview of Ice Nucleating Particles

    Zamin A. Kanji;Luis A. Ladino;Heike Wex;Yvonne Boose

  • Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid-amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere

    Joao Almeida;Joao Almeida;Siegfried Schobesberger;Andreas Kürten;Ismael K. Ortega

  • Oxidation products of biogenic emissions contribute to nucleation of atmospheric particles.

    Francesco Riccobono;Siegfried Schobesberger;Catherine E. Scott;Josef Dommen

  • Bassoon, a Novel Zinc-finger CAG/Glutamine-repeat Protein Selectively Localized at the Active Zone of Presynaptic Nerve Terminals

    Susannetom Dieck;Lydia Sanmartí-Vila;Kristina Langnaese;Karin Richter

  • The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification

    Manfred Wendisch;Andreas Macke;André Ehrlich;Christof Lüpkes

  • A comprehensive laboratory study on the immersion freezing behavior of illite NX particles: a comparison of 17 ice nucleation measurement techniques

    Naruki Hiranuma;Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz;Heinz Bingemer;Carsten Budke

  • Ice nucleation by water-soluble macromolecules

    B. G. Pummer;Carsten Budke;S. Augustin-Bauditz;D. Niedermeier;D. Niedermeier

  • Towards closing the gap between hygroscopic growth and activation for secondary organic aerosol: Part 1 – Evidence from measurements

    H. Wex;M. D. Petters;C. M. Carrico;E. Hallbauer

  • Irreversible loss of ice nucleation active sites in mineral dust particles caused by sulphuric acid condensation

    R. C. Sullivan;M. D. Petters;M. D. Petters;P. J. DeMott;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • Measuring atmospheric composition change

    Paolo Laj;J. Klausen;M. Bilde;C. Plaß-Duelmer

  • Heterogeneous ice nucleation: exploring the transition from stochastic to singular freezing behavior

    D. Niedermeier;R. A. Shaw;S. Hartmann;H. Wex

  • Annual variability of ice-nucleating particle concentrations at different Arctic locations

    Heike Wex;Lin Huang;Wendy Zhang;Hayley Hung

  • Design and performance of an automatic regenerating adsorption aerosol dryer for continuous operation at monitoring sites

    T. M. Tuch;A. Haudek;T. Müller;A. Nowak

  • Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)3 Project

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  • Kaolinite particles as ice nuclei: learning from the use of different kaolinite samples and different coatings

    H. Wex;P. J. DeMott;Y. Tobo;S. Hartmann

  • Intercomparing different devices for the investigation of ice nucleating particles using Snomax ® as test substance

    Heike Wex;Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz;Yvonne Boose;Carsten Budke

  • Heterogeneous freezing of droplets with immersed mineral dust particles – measurements and parameterization

    D. Niedermeier;S. Hartmann;R. A. Shaw;R. A. Shaw;D. Covert

  • Wintertime Airborne Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles in the High Arctic: A Hint to a Marine, Biogenic Source for Ice Nucleating Particles

    M. Hartmann;K. Adachi;O. Eppers;O. Eppers;C. Haas

  • The immersion mode ice nucleation behavior of mineral dusts: A comparison of different pure and surface modified dusts

    S. Augustin-Bauditz;H. Wex;S. Kanter;M. Ebert

  • Results from the CERN pilot CLOUD experiment

    J. Duplissy;Martin Andreas Bødker Enghoff;K.L. Aplin;F. Arnold

  • Towards closing the gap between hygroscopic growth and activation for secondary organic aerosol – Part 2: Theoretical approaches

    M. D. Petters;H. Wex;C. M. Carrico;E. Hallbauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus D. Petters
Markus D. Petters North Carolina State University
Johannes Schneider
Johannes Schneider Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Raymond A. Shaw
Raymond A. Shaw Michigan Technological University
Joachim Curtius
Joachim Curtius Goethe University Frankfurt
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
Manfred Wendisch
Manfred Wendisch Leipzig University
Martin Ebert
Martin Ebert Technical University of Darmstadt
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Andreas Massling
Andreas Massling Aarhus University
Jonathan Duplissy
Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki

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