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Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen

Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
6007
World Ranking
5648
National Ranking
139

Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen 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 Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 103 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen 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 Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a concentrated focus on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist has contributed extensively to fields such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, fungal ecology involving lichens, fire effects on ecosystems, geological formations and processes, and archaeology linked to ancient environmental studies.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by van Leeuwen are:

  • Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Pollen and plant diversity relationships in a Mediterranean montane area, 2020, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • 8,000 years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy), 2021, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • Föhn, fire and grazing in Southern Tibet? A 20,000-year multi-proxy record in an alpine ecotonal ecosystem, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Palynological investigations reveal Eemian interglacial vegetation dynamics at Spiezberg, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

Their work appears frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Journal of Ecology

Van Leeuwen often collaborates with a number of co-authors, notably Willem O. van der Knaap, Erika Gobet, Willy Tinner, Hendrik Vogel, and Martín Grosjean.

Best Publications

  • Climatic change and contemporaneous land-use phases north and south of the Alps 2300 BC to 800 AD

    Willy Tinner;André F. Lotter;Brigitta Ammann;Marco Conedera

  • A 22,000 14C year BP sediment and pollen record of climate change from Laguna Miscanti (23°S), northern Chile

    M Grosjean;J.F.N van Leeuwen;W.O van der Knaap;M.A Geyh

  • Holocene environmental and climatic changes at Gorgo Basso, a coastal lake in southern Sicily, Italy

    Willy Tinner;Willy Tinner;Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen;Daniele Colombaroli;Elisa Vescovi

  • Holocene vegetation succession and degradation as responses to climatic change and human activity in the Serra de Estrela, Portugal

    W.O. van der Knaap;J.F.N. van Leeuwen

  • Middle to Late Holocene vegetation history of the Upper Engadine (Swiss Alps): the role of man and fire

    E. Gobet;W. Tinner;P. A. Hochuli;J. F. N. van Leeuwen

  • Late Glacial and early Holocene vegetation succession, altitudinal vegetation zonation, and climatic change in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal

    W.O. van der Knaap;J.F.N. van Leeuwen

  • Towards mapping the late Quaternary vegetation change of Europe

    Thomas Giesecke;Basil Davis;Simon Brewer;Walter Finsinger

  • Holocene vegetation development in the catchment of Sagistalsee (1935 m asl), a small lake in the Swiss Alps

    Lucia Wick;Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen;Willem O. van der Knaap;André F. Lotter

  • Pollen productivity estimates for quantitative reconstruction of vegetation cover on the Swiss Plateau

    Welmoed Soepboer;Shinya Sugita;André F. Lotter;Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen

  • The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project

    Basil A S Davis;Marco Zanon;Pamella Collins;Achille Mauri

  • Rapid summer temperature changes during Termination 1a: high-resolution multi-proxy climate reconstructions from Gerzensee (Switzerland)

    André F. Lotter;Oliver Heiri;Oliver Heiri;Stephen Brooks;Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen

  • The sedimentary and remote-sensing reflection of biomass burning in Europe

    Carole Adolf;Stefan Wunderle;Daniele Colombaroli;Daniele Colombaroli;Helga Weber

  • The ecological impact of oceanic island colonization – a palaeoecological perspective from the Azores

    Simon E. Connor;Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen;Tammy M. Rittenour;Willem O. van der Knaap

  • Migration and population expansion of Abies, Fagus, Picea, and Quercus since 15000 years in and across the Alps, based on pollen-percentage threshold values

    W.O. van der Knaap;Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen;Walter Finsinger;Erika Gobet

  • Mid- and late-Holocene vegetation and fire history at Biviere di Gela, a coastal lake in southern Sicily, Italy

    Roland Noti;Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen;Daniele Colombaroli;Daniele Colombaroli;Elisa Vescovi

  • High-resolution late-glacial chronology for the Gerzensee lake record (Switzerland): δ18O correlation between a Gerzensee-stack and NGRIP

    Ulrike J. van Raden;Daniele Colombaroli;Adrian Gilli;Jakob Schwander

  • Fossil pollen as a guide to conservation in the Galapagos.

    Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen;Cynthia A. Froyd;W. O. van der Knaap;Emily E. Coffey

  • Vegetation responses to rapid warming and to minor climatic fluctuations during the Late-Glacial Interstadial (GI-1) at Gerzensee (Switzerland)

    Brigitta Ammann;Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen;Willem Oscar van der Knaap;Heike Lischke

  • Lateglacial environmental and climatic changes at the Maloja Pass, Central Swiss Alps, as recorded by chironomids and pollen

    Boris Ilyashuk;Boris Ilyashuk;Erika Gobet;Oliver Heiri;André F. Lotter

  • Seven years of annual pollen influx at the forest limit in the Swiss Alps studied by pollen traps: relations to vegetation and climate

    W.O. van der Knaap;Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen;Brigitta Ammann

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy Tinner
Willy Tinner University of Bern
W.O. van der Knaap
W.O. van der Knaap University of Bern
Daniele Colombaroli
Daniele Colombaroli Royal Holloway University of London
Brigitta Ammann
Brigitta Ammann University of Bern
André F. Lotter
André F. Lotter University of Bern
Oliver Heiri
Oliver Heiri University of Basel
Adrian Gilli
Adrian Gilli ETH Zurich
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Hendrik Vogel
Hendrik Vogel University of Bern
Tomasz Goslar
Tomasz Goslar Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

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