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Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
87
Citations
27796
World Ranking
337
National Ranking
13

Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
21164
World Ranking
4013
National Ranking
303

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs 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 Kai-Uwe Hinrichs sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 501 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs 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 Kai-Uwe Hinrichs sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering, with significant contributions across various subfields such as Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers numerous main topics, notably Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Among recent publications, the following papers are notable:

  • Global diversity of microbial communities in marine sediment, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Laminarin is a major molecule in the marine carbon cycle, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone, 2020, Science
  • Rates and Microbial Players of Iron-Driven Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Methanic Marine Sediments, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A window into the abiotic carbon cycle - Acetate and formate in fracture waters in 2.7 billion year-old host rocks of the Canadian Shield, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent collaborators in Hinrichs' research include Lars Wörmer, Verena B. Heuer, Andreas Teske, Fumio Inagaki, and Julius S. Lipp.

Regarding publication venues, Hinrichs has contributed extensively to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • 30th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG 2021)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Methane-consuming archaebacteria in marine sediments

    Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;John M. Hayes;Sean P. Sylva;Peter G. Brewer

  • Methane-Consuming Archaea Revealed by Directly Coupled Isotopic and Phylogenetic Analysis

    Victoria J. Orphan;Christopher H. House;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Kevin D. McKeegan

  • The anaerobic oxidation of methane: new insights in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry.

    K. Hinrichs;Antje Boetius

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

    Jennifer F. Biddle;Julius S. Lipp;Mark A. Lever;Karen G. Lloyd

  • Microbial diversity of hydrothermal sediments in the Guaymas Basin: evidence for anaerobic methanotrophic communities.

    Andreas Teske;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Virginia P. Edgcomb;Alvin de Vera Gomez

  • Multiple archaeal groups mediate methane oxidation in anoxic cold seep sediments

    Victoria J. Orphan;Christopher H. House;Kai Uwe Hinrichs;Kevin D. McKeegan

  • Comparative Analysis of Methane-Oxidizing Archaea and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Anoxic Marine Sediments

    Victoria J. Orphan;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;William Ussler;Charles K. Paull

  • Intact polar membrane lipids in prokaryotes and sediments deciphered by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization multistage mass spectrometry--new biomarkers for biogeochemistry and microbial ecology.

    Helen F. Sturt;Roger E. Summons;Kristin Smith;Marcus Elvert

  • Significant contribution of Archaea to extant biomass in marine subsurface sediments

    Julius S. Lipp;Yuki Morono;Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

  • Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

    Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Y Kubo;M W Bowles

  • Molecular and isotopic analysis of anaerobic methane-oxidizing communities in marine sediments

    Kai Uwe Hinrichs;Roger E. Summons;Victoria Orphan;Sean P. Sylva

  • Methane Index: A tetraether archaeal lipid biomarker indicator for detecting the instability of marine gas hydrates

    Yi Ge Zhang;Yi Ge Zhang;Chuanlun L. Zhang;Chuanlun L. Zhang;Xiao-Lei Liu;Li Li

  • Global diversity of microbial communities in marine sediment.

    Tatsuhiko Hoshino;Hideyuki Doi;Go-Ichiro Uramoto;Lars Wörmer

  • Global rates of marine sulfate reduction and implications for sub-sea-floor metabolic activities.

    Marshall W. Bowles;José M. Mogollón;José M. Mogollón;José M. Mogollón;Sabine Kasten;Sabine Kasten;Matthias Zabel

  • A multiple proxy and model study of Cretaceous upper ocean temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations

    Karen L. Bice;Daniel Birgel;Philip A. Meyers;Kristina A. Dahl;Kristina A. Dahl

  • Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin

    Dariusz Stra̧poć;Flynn W. Picardal;Courtney Turich;Irene Schaperdoth

  • High rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in freshwater wetlands reduce potential atmospheric methane emissions

    K. E. A. Segarra;F. Schubotz;V. Samarkin;M. Y. Yoshinaga

  • Biological formation of ethane and propane in the deep marine subsurface.

    Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;John M. Hayes;Wolfgang Bach;Arthur J. Spivack

  • Nonequilibrium clumped isotope signals in microbial methane

    David T. Wang;David T. Wang;Danielle S. Gruen;Danielle S. Gruen;Barbara Sherwood Lollar;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

  • Evidence for Microbial Carbon and Sulfur Cycling in Deeply Buried Ridge Flank Basalt

    Mark A Lever;Mark A Lever;Olivier J Rouxel;Olivier J Rouxel;Jeffrey C Alt;Nobumichi Shimizu

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Julius S. Lipp
Julius S. Lipp University of Bremen
Fumio Inagaki
Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Matthias Zabel
Matthias Zabel University of Bremen
Daniel Birgel
Daniel Birgel Universität Hamburg
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia
Gerard J M Versteegh
Gerard J M Versteegh University of Bremen
Yuki Morono
Yuki Morono Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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