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Johann H. Jungclaus

Johann H. Jungclaus

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
79
Citations
29214
World Ranking
998
National Ranking
65

Johann H. Jungclaus 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 Johann H. Jungclaus sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 324 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johann H. Jungclaus 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 Johann H. Jungclaus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Johann H. Jungclaus is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has a significant body of research focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Radiation, and Ecology.

Their research covers a range of main topics relevant to climate and environmental studies:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Multiple drivers of the North Atlantic warming hole" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Global temperature modes shed light on the Holocene temperature conundrum" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "ICON-Sapphire: simulating the components of the Earth system and their interactions at kilometer and subkilometer scales" (2023) published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "The ICON Earth System Model Version 1.0" (2022) published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Understanding AMOC stability: the North Atlantic Hosing Model Intercomparison Project" (2023) published in Geoscientific Model Development

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jungclaus include:

  • Helmuth Haak
  • Oliver Gutjahr
  • Aixue Hu
  • Oleg A. Saenko
  • Nils Brüggemann

Their research is regularly published in a set of recurring scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Best Publications

  • Climate and carbon cycle changes from 1850 to 2100 in MPI‐ESM simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5

    Marco A. Giorgetta;Johann H. Jungclaus;Christian H. Reick;Stephanie Legutke

  • Developments in the MPI-M Earth System Model version 1.2 (MPI-ESM1.2) and Its Response to Increasing CO2.

    Thorsten Mauritsen;Thorsten Mauritsen;Jürgen Bader;Tobias Becker;Jörg Behrens

  • The Max-Planck-Institute global ocean/sea ice model with orthogonal curvilinear coordinates

    Simon J. Marsland;Helmuth Haak;Johann H. Jungclaus;Mojib Latif

  • Investigating the Causes of the Response of the Thermohaline Circulation to Past and Future Climate Changes

    Ronald J. Stouffer;J. Yin;J. M. Gregory;J. M. Gregory;K. W. Dixon

  • Ocean Circulation and Tropical Variability in the Coupled Model ECHAM5/MPI-OM

    J. H. Jungclaus;Noel Keenlyside;M. Botzet;H. Haak

  • Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6

    George C. Hurtt;Louise Chini;Ritvik Sahajpal;Steve Frolking

  • Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD

    Ulf Büntgen;Vladimir S. Myglan;Frederik Chaprentier Ljungqvist;Michael McCormick

  • Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

    Stephen M. Griffies;Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;Frank Bryan

  • Advancing decadal-scale climate prediction in the North Atlantic sector

    Noel Keenlyside;Mojib Latif;J. Jungclaus;L. Kornblueh

  • Characteristics of the ocean simulations in the Max Planck Institute Ocean Model (MPIOM) the ocean component of the MPI-Earth system model

    J. H. Jungclaus;Nils Fischer;Helmuth Haak;K. Lohmann

  • A higher-resolution version of the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM1.2-HR)

    W. A. Müller;W. A. Müller;J. H. Jungclaus;T. Mauritsen;J. Baehr

  • A model intercomparison of changes in the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration

    J. M. Gregory;J. M. Gregory;K. W. Dixon;R. J. Stouffer;A. J. Weaver

  • Will the tropical land biosphere dominate the climate-carbon cycle feedback during the twenty-first century?

    T. J. Raddatz;C. J. Reick;W. Knorr;J. Kattge

  • Tuning the climate of a global model

    Thorsten Mauritsen;Bjoern Stevens;Erich Roeckner;Traute Crueger

  • European summer temperatures since Roman times

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

  • Climate forcing reconstructions for use in PMIP simulations of the last millennium (v1.0)

    G. A. Schmidt;Johann H. Jungclaus;C. M. Ammann;Edouard Bard

  • Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM1.2) for the High-Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP)

    Oliver Gutjahr;Dian Putrasahan;Katja Lohmann;Johann H. Jungclaus

  • Harmonization of Global Land-Use Change and Management for the Period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6

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  • OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

    Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

  • Climate and carbon-cycle variability over the last millennium

    Johann H. Jungclaus;S. J. Lorenz;C. Timmreck;C. H. Reick

  • The influence of a weakening of the atlantic meridional overturning circulation on ENSO

    Axel Timmermann;Y. Okumura;Soon-Il An;Amy Clement

  • Reconstructing, Monitoring, and Predicting Multidecadal-Scale Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation with Sea Surface Temperature

    Mojib Latif;Erich Roeckner;Michael Botzet;Monika Esch

  • East Asian warm season temperature variations over the past two millennia.

    Huan Zhang;Johannes P. Werner;Elena García-Bustamante;Fidel González-Rouco

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochem Marotzke
Jochem Marotzke Max Planck Society
Claudia Timmreck
Claudia Timmreck Max Planck Society
Erich Roeckner
Erich Roeckner Max Planck Society
Uwe Mikolajewicz
Uwe Mikolajewicz Max Planck Society
Wolfgang A. Müller
Wolfgang A. Müller Max Planck Society
Mojib Latif
Mojib Latif GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Thorsten Mauritsen
Thorsten Mauritsen Stockholm University
Monika Esch
Monika Esch Max Planck Society
Thomas Raddatz
Thomas Raddatz Max Planck Society
Christian Reick
Christian Reick Max Planck Society

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