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Jan Heinemeier

Jan Heinemeier

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
58
Citations
11046
World Ranking
2179
National Ranking
22

Jan Heinemeier publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Heinemeier sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 213 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Jan Heinemeier D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Heinemeier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 72nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jan Heinemeier is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Arts and Humanities, with particular focus on Archeology, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's work predominantly centers on topics including Building materials and conservation, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Cephalopods and Marine Biology, and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Jan Heinemeier has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "A field guide to mortar sampling for radiocarbon dating*", 2020, Archaeometry
  • "Is there a reliable taphonomic clock in the temperate North Atlantic? An example from a North Sea population of the mollusc Arctica islandica", 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Assessing the sources of inorganic carbon in surface-, soil- and non-thermal groundwater in Iceland by δ13C and 14C", 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Delayed Hardening and Reactivation of Binder Calcite, Common Problems in Radiocarbon Dating of Lime Mortars", 2020, Radiocarbon
  • "Late Palaeolithic Nørre Lyngby - a northern outpost close to the west coast of Europe", 2021, University Library Heidelberg

The frequent co-authors of Jan Heinemeier include Jesper Olsen, Alf Lindroos, Åsa Ringbom, Irka Hajdas, and Thomas Schrøder Daugbjerg. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed to studies in related fields.

Publication venues where Heinemeier's research is often published include Radiocarbon, Archaeometry, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and University Library Heidelberg.

Best Publications

  • A synchronized dating of three Greenland ice cores throughout the Holocene

    B. M. Vinther;H. B. Clausen;S. J. Johnsen;S. O. Rasmussen

  • Santorini eruption radiocarbon dated to 1627-1600 B.C.

    Walter L. Friedrich;Bernd Kromer;Michael Friedrich;Jan Heinemeier

  • The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

    Maanasa Raghavan;Michael DeGiorgio;Anders Albrechtsen;Ida Moltke;Ida Moltke

  • Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus).

    Julius Nielsen;Rasmus B. Hedeholm;Jan Heinemeier;Peter G. Bushnell

  • Coast–inland mobility and diet in the Danish Mesolithic and Neolithic: evidence from stable isotope values of humans and dogs

    Anders Fischer;Jesper Olsen;Michael P. Richards;Jan Heinemeier

  • Change of Diet of the Greenland Vikings Determined from Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis and 14C Dating of Their Bones

    Jette Arneborg;Jan Heinemeier;Niels Lynnerup;Henrik Loft Nielsen

  • Chronology of the Holocene transgression at the North Siberian margin

    Henning A. Bauch;Thomas Mueller-Lupp;Ekaterina Taldenkova;Robert F. Spielhagen

  • Radiocarbon dating of the human eye lens crystallines reveal proteins without carbon turnover throughout life.

    Niels Lynnerup;Henrik Kjeldsen;Steffen Heegaard;Christina Jacobsen

  • Anthropogenic contributions to atmospheric Hg, Pb and As accumulation recorded by peat cores from southern Greenland and Denmark dated using the 14C “bomb pulse curve”

    W. Shotyk;Michael Evan Goodsite;F. Roos-Barraclough;R. Frei

  • A multiproxy reconstruction of the evolution of deep and surface waters in the subarctic Nordic seas over the last 30,000yr

    Henning A. Bauch;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Robert F. Spielhagen;Ulrich Struck

  • High-resolution analyses of an early Holocene climate event may imply decreased solar forcing as an important climate trigger

    Svante Björck;Raimund Muscheler;Bernd Kromer;Camilla S. Andresen

  • Arctic Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum: Atlantic and polar domains of surface water mass distribution and ice cover

    Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen;Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen;Robert F. Spielhagen;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Pieter M. Grootes

  • Evaluating bone collagen extraction methods for stable isotope analysis in dietary studies

    Marie Louise S. Jørkov;Jan Heinemeier;Niels Lynnerup

  • surface changes in the north Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last millennium

    Alan D. Wanamaker;Paul G. Butler;James D. Scourse;Jan Heinemeier

  • Very Long-Lived Mollusks Confirm 17th Century AD Tephra-Based Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages for North Icelandic Shelf Waters

    Alan D Wanamaker;Jan Heinemeier;James D Scourse;Christopher A Richardson

  • Marine reservoir age variability and water mass distribution in the Iceland Sea

    Jón Eiríksson;Gudrún Larsen;Karen Luise Knudsen;Jan Heinemeier

  • A Bronze Age battlefield? Weapons and trauma in the Tollense Valley, north-eastern Germany

    Detlef Jantzen;Ute Brinker;Jörg Orschiedt;Jan Heinemeier

  • The Last Deglaciation Event in the Eastern Central Arctic Ocean

    Ruediger Stein;Seung-II Nam;Carsten Schubert;Christoph Vogt

  • Freshwater reservoir effect in 14C dates of food residue on pottery

    Anders Fischer;Jan Heinemeier

  • Rapid sea-level rise in the North Atlantic Ocean since the first half of the nineteenth century

    W. Roland Gehrels;William A. Marshall;Maria J. Gehrels;Gudrún Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Erlenkeuser
Helmut Erlenkeuser Kiel University
Jesper V. Olsen
Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen
Jörn Thiede
Jörn Thiede Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert F Spielhagen
Robert F Spielhagen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jón Eiríksson
Jón Eiríksson University of Iceland
Georges Bonani
Georges Bonani ETH Zurich
Karl-Heinz Baumann
Karl-Heinz Baumann University of Bremen
Elisabetta Boaretto
Elisabetta Boaretto Weizmann Institute of Science
Jochen Knies
Jochen Knies University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
James D. Scourse
James D. Scourse University of Exeter

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