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D-Index
66
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21893
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2042
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137

Jakob Zscheischler 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 Jakob Zscheischler sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 161 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jakob Zscheischler 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 Jakob Zscheischler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jakob Zscheischler is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oceanography, and Ecology.

Their research topics cover a broad range of areas including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Jakob Zscheischler's recent scientific papers illustrate a focus on extreme weather events, compound climate phenomena, and ecosystem impacts. Notable papers include:

  • "A typology of compound weather and climate events," 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Understanding and managing connected extreme events," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "High-impact marine heatwaves attributable to human-induced global warming," 2020, Science
  • "Increasing impact of warm droughts on northern ecosystem productivity over recent decades," 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • "Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events," 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Collaborations play an important role in their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Emanuele Bevacqua
  • Karin van der Wiel
  • Sebastian Lienert
  • Olivia Martius
  • Edoardo Vignotto

Best Publications

  • Future climate risk from compound events

    Jakob Zscheischler;Seth Westra;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

    Markus Reichstein;Michael Bahn;Philippe Ciais;Dorothea Frank

  • A typology of compound weather and climate events

    Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Olivia Martius;Olivia Martius;Seth Westra;Emanuele Bevacqua

  • Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

    Dorothe A. Frank;Markus Reichstein;Michael Bahn;Kirsten Thonicke

  • Inferring causation from time series in Earth system sciences

    Jakob Runge;Jakob Runge;Sebastian Bathiany;Erik Bollt;Gustau Camps-Valls

  • Dependence of drivers affects risks associated with compound events.

    Jakob Zscheischler;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Understanding and managing connected extreme events

    Colin Raymond;Colin Raymond;Radley M. Horton;Jakob Zscheischler;Olivia Martius

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 growth rate to observed changes in terrestrial water storage

    Vincent Humphrey;Jakob Zscheischler;Philippe Ciais;Lukas Gudmundsson

  • Increasing impact of warm droughts on northern ecosystem productivity over recent decades

    David Gampe;David Gampe;Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Markus Reichstein;Michael O’Sullivan

  • Drought impacts on terrestrial primary production underestimated by satellite monitoring

    Benjamin D. Stocker;Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan;I. Colin Prentice

  • High-impact marine heatwaves attributable to human-induced global warming.

    Charlotte Laufkötter;Charlotte Laufkötter;Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Thomas L. Frölicher;Thomas L. Frölicher

  • Distinguishing cause from effect using observational data: methods and benchmarks

    Joris M. Mooij;Jonas Peters;Dominik Janzing;Jakob Zscheischler

  • Precipitation trends determine future occurrences of compound hot–dry events

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  • Quantifying soil moisture impacts on light use efficiency across biomes.

    Benjamin D. Stocker;Jakob Zscheischler;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan;I. Colin Prentice

  • Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events.

    Nina N. Ridder;Andy J. Pitman;Seth Westra;Anna Ukkola

  • Information-geometric approach to inferring causal directions

    Dominik Janzing;Joris Mooij;Kun Zhang;Jan Lemeire

  • Concurrent 2018 Hot Extremes Across Northern Hemisphere Due to Human‐Induced Climate Change

    M. M. Vogel;J. Zscheischler;J. Zscheischler;J. Zscheischler;R. Wartenburger;D. Dee

  • Impact of large‐scale climate extremes on biospheric carbon fluxes: An intercomparison based on MsTMIP data

    Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Anna M. Michalak;Christopher Schwalm;Miguel D. Mahecha

  • A few extreme events dominate global interannual variability in gross primary production

    Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Miguel D Mahecha;Jannis von Buttlar;Stefan Harmeling

  • Modelling carbon sources and sinks in terrestrial vegetation

    Simone Fatichi;Christoforos Pappas;Jakob Zscheischler;Sebastian Leuzinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel D. Mahecha
Miguel D. Mahecha Leipzig University
Markus Reichstein
Markus Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Wim Thiery
Wim Thiery Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Martin Jung
Martin Jung Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Olivia Martius
Olivia Martius University of Bern
Anja Rammig
Anja Rammig Technical University of Munich
Rene Orth
Rene Orth Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Jaco Vangronsveld
Jaco Vangronsveld Hasselt University

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