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2023

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D-Index
70
Citations
16279
World Ranking
1697
National Ranking
116

Hermann Behling 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 Hermann Behling sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 384 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hermann Behling 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 Hermann Behling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Hermann Behling is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and has a substantial body of research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work covers multiple related subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, and Insect Science.

Their research interests are concentrated around topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Plant and animal studies, Marine and environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, and Plant Diversity and Evolution.

Recent publications by Hermann Behling include:

  • Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes (2023, Nature)
  • Widespread reforestation before European influence on Amazonia (2021, Science)
  • Employing DNA metabarcoding to determine the geographical origin of honey (2020, Heliyon)
  • Origin Identification of Hungarian Honey Using Melissopalynology, Physicochemical Analysis, and Near Infrared Spectroscopy (2021, Molecules)
  • Climate reconstructions based on GDGT and pollen surface datasets from Mongolia and Baikal area: calibrations and applicability to extremely cold-dry environments over the Late Holocene (2021, Climate of the past)

Behling frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including Siria Biagioni, Julia Unkelbach, Asmadi Saad, Christina Ani Setyaningsih, and Supiandi Sabiham. These collaborations have produced multiple joint publications.

The scientist's work has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Changes in Fire Regimes Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Assessment Based on a Global Synthesis and Analysis of Charcoal Data

    Mitch J. Power;J. Marlon;N. Ortiz;P. J. Bartlein

  • South and southeast Brazilian grasslands during Late Quaternary times: a synthesis

    Hermann Behling

  • Late Quaternary vegetational and climatic changes in Brazil

    Hermann Behling

  • Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes

    A.L. Daniau;P.J. Bartlein;S.P. Harrison;S.P. Harrison;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice

  • Late Quaternary Araucaria forest, grassland (Campos), fire and climate dynamics, studied by high-resolution pollen, charcoal and multivariate analysis of the Cambará do Sul core in southern Brazil

    Hermann Behling;Valerio DePatta Pillar;László Orlóci;Soraia Girardi Bauermann

  • Late Quaternary vegetational and climate dynamics in northeastern Brazil, inferences from marine core GeoB 3104-1

    Hermann Behling;Helge W. Arz;Jürgen Pätzold;Gerold Wefer

  • Late Quaternary vegetation, climate and fire history of the Araucaria forest and campos region from Serra Campos Gerais, ParanáState (South Brazil)

    Hermann Behling

  • Evidence of dry and cold climatic conditions at Glacial Times in Tropical Southeastern Brazil

    Hermann Behling;Martin Lichte

  • Paleo-environmental change in Amazonian and African rainforest during the LGM

    D. Anhuf;D. Anhuf;M.-P. Ledru;H. Behling;F.W. Da Cruz

  • A high resolution Holocene pollen record from Lago do Pires, SE Brazil: vegetation, climate and fire history

    Hermann Behling

  • Tropical Rain Forest and Climate Dynamics of the Atlantic Lowland, Southern Brazil, during the Late Quaternary

    Hermann Behling;Raquel R. B. Negrelle

  • Late Quaternary vegetation, biodiversity and fire dynamics on the southern Brazilian highland and their implication for conservation and management of modern Araucaria forest and grassland ecosystems

    Hermann Behling;Valério DePatta Pillar

  • Studies on Holocene mangrove ecosystem dynamics of the Bragança Peninsula in north-eastern Pará, Brazil

    H. Behling;M.C.L. Cohen;R.J. Lara

  • Distribution and ecology of parent taxa of pollen lodged within the Latin American Pollen Database

    Robert Marchant;Lucia Almeida;Hermann Behling;Juan Carlos Berrio

  • Investigations into the late Pleistocene and Holocene history of vegetation and climate in Santa Catarina (S Brazil)

    Hermann Behling

  • Late Quaternary grassland (Campos), gallery forest, fire and climate dynamics, studied by pollen, charcoal and multivariate analysis of the Sao Francisco de Assis core in western Rio Grande do Sul (southern Brazil)

    Hermann Behling;Valerio DePatta Pillar;Soraia Girardi Bauermann

  • Holocene Environmental Changes from the Rio Curuá Record in the Caxiuanã Region, Eastern Amazon Basin

    Hermann Behling;Marcondes Lima da Costa

  • Asynchronous Terrestrial and Marine Signals of Climate Change During Heinrich Events

    Tim C. Jennerjahn;Venugopalan Ittekkot;Helge W. Arz;Hermann Behling

  • Holocene Amazon rainforest-savanna dynamics and climatic implications: high-resolution pollen record from Laguna Loma Linda in eastern Colombia

    Hermann Behling;Henry Hooghiemstra

  • Late Quaternary vegetation, climate and fire history from the tropical mountain region of Morro de Itapeva, SE Brazil

    Hermann Behling

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry Hooghiemstra
Henry Hooghiemstra University of Amsterdam
Lydie M Dupont
Lydie M Dupont University of Bremen
Helge W Arz
Helge W Arz Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Tim C Jennerjahn
Tim C Jennerjahn University of Bremen
Marie-Pierre Ledru
Marie-Pierre Ledru Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Eric C. Grimm
Eric C. Grimm University of Minnesota
Fabienne Marret
Fabienne Marret University of Liverpool
Rob Marchant
Rob Marchant University of York
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux

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