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D-Index
69
Citations
26283
World Ranking
1738
National Ranking
50

Heinz Wanner 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 Heinz Wanner sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 170 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.

Heinz Wanner 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 Heinz Wanner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Earth Sciences

Overview

Heinz Wanner is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. The researcher's work includes contributions to climate science and environmental studies, with recent publications focusing mainly on regional climate and methodological approaches in climatology.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Feldexperimente im Raum Biel - Datenkatalog" (2020), published in Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
  • "Das Projekt "Durchlüftungskarte der Schweiz" - Methodik und erste Ergebnisse" (2020), also published in Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
  • "Seasonal Climate Change in Europe Over the Last Thousand Years as a Social Challenge" (2025), published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science

Co-authorship is a feature of their academic contributions. Frequent collaborators include:

  • R. Rickli
  • David B. Stephenson
  • Stefan Brönnimann
  • Jürg Luterbacher
  • Christian Pfister

The main publication venues for Heinz Wanner's work are:

  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science

In 2010, Heinz Wanner received recognition from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften) in the category of Earth Sciences.

Best Publications

  • European seasonal and annual temperature variability, trends, and extremes since 1500.

    Jürg Luterbacher;Daniel Dietrich;Elena Xoplaki;Martin Grosjean

  • Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview

    Heinz Wanner;Jürg Beer;Jonathan Bütikofer;Thomas J. Crowley

  • 2500 Years of European Climate Variability and Human Susceptibility

    Ulf Büntgen;Ulf Büntgen;Willy Tegel;Kurt Nicolussi;Michael McCormick

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Structure and origin of Holocene cold events

    Heinz Wanner;Heinz Wanner;Olga Solomina;Martin Grosjean;Martin Grosjean;Stefan P. Ritz;Stefan P. Ritz

  • NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION - CONCEPTS AND STUDIES

    Heinz Wanner;Stefan Brönnimann;Stefan Brönnimann;Carlo Casty;Dimitrios Gyalistras

  • Historical Climatology in Europe - the State of the Art

    Rudolf Brázdil;Christian Pfister;Heinz Wanner;Hans von Storch

  • High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects:

    P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough

  • Wet season Mediterranean precipitation variability: influence of large-scale dynamics and trends

    Elena Xoplaki;J. F. González-Rouco;Jürg Luterbacher;Heinz Wanner

  • Doubled length of western European summer heat waves since 1880

    Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Malcolm Haylock;Jürg Luterbacher;Heinz Wanner

  • Five hundred years of gridded high-resolution precipitation reconstructions over Europe and the connection to large-scale circulation

    Andreas Pauling;Jürg Luterbacher;Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner

  • Extending North Atlantic Oscillation reconstructions back to 1500

    Chris D. Jones;Peter M. Cox

  • Indices for daily temperature and precipitation extremes in Europe analyzed for the period 1901–2000

    Anders Moberg;Philip D. Jones;David Lister;Alexander Walther

  • European summer temperatures since Roman times

    J. Luterbacher;J.P. Werner;J.E. Smerdon;L. Fernández-Donado

  • Temperature and precipitation variability in the European Alps since 1500

    Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner;Jürg Luterbacher;Jan Esper

  • Reconstruction of sea level pressure fields over the Eastern North Atlantic and Europe back to 1500

    J. Luterbacher;E. Xoplaki;D. Dietrich;R. Rickli

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations

    Olga N. Solomina;Raymond S. Bradley;Dominic A. Hodgson;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Susan Ivy-Ochs

  • Summer heat waves over western Europe 1880–2003, their relationship to large-scale forcings and predictability

    Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Jürg Luterbacher;H von Weissenfluh;Elena Xoplaki

  • European spring and autumn temperature variability and change of extremes over the last half millennium

    Elena Xoplaki;Jürg Luterbacher;Heiko Paeth;Daniel Dietrich

  • European climate response to tropical volcanic eruptions over the last half millennium

    Erich Fischer;Erich Fischer;Jürg Luterbacher;Eduardo Zorita;S Tett

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürg Luterbacher
Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen
Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen
Christian Pfister
Christian Pfister University of Bern
Martin Grosjean
Martin Grosjean University of Bern
Stefan Brönnimann
Stefan Brönnimann University of Bern
David Frank
David Frank University of Arizona
Jan Esper
Jan Esper Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Raphael Neukom
Raphael Neukom University of Bern
Eduardo Zorita
Eduardo Zorita Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research

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