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Karen E. Kohfeld

Karen E. Kohfeld

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
12212
World Ranking
8748
National Ranking
408

Karen E. Kohfeld 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 Karen E. Kohfeld sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 109 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen E. Kohfeld 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 Karen E. Kohfeld sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karen E. Kohfeld is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and conducts research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry. This interdisciplinary approach supports a broad investigation into environmental systems and climate dynamics.

Their research addresses various topics emphasizing the study of geology and paleoclimatology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, ocean acidification effects and responses, tree-ring climate responses, and marine biology and ecology research.

Recent publications by Karen E. Kohfeld demonstrate engagement with global and regional environmental processes through diverse venues:

  • Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Irreversibility of Marine Climate Change Impacts Under Carbon Dioxide Removal, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Antarctic sea ice over the past 130,000 years - Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us, 2022, Climate of the Past
  • Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes, 2023, Scientific Data
  • Quantifying blue carbon for the largest salt marsh in southern British Columbia: implications for regional coastal management, 2021, Coastal Engineering Journal

Their publications frequently appear in a range of scientific journals including:

  • Climate of the Past
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Scientific Data
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Kohfeld has collaborated with several recurrent coauthors, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary scientific partnerships. These frequent collaborators include Marlow G. Pellatt, Zanna Chase, Xavier Crosta, María Fernanda Adame, and James R. Holmquist.

The combination of diverse publication venues, collaborative networks, and varied research topics situates Karen E. Kohfeld as an active contributor to advancing the understanding of environmental and planetary sciences, particularly with implications for climate and ecosystem dynamics.

Best Publications

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

    Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P Harrison;Sandy P Harrison;I Colin Prentice;I Colin Prentice;Erik Theodoor Buitenhuis

  • Dust sources and deposition during the last glacial maximum and current climate: A comparison of model results with paleodata from ice cores and marine sediments

    Natalie Mahowald;Karen Kohfeld;Margaret Hansson;Yves Balkanski

  • Impact of vegetation and preferential source areas on global dust aerosol: Results from a model study

    Ina Tegen;Sandy P. Harrison;Karen Kohfeld;I. Colin Prentice

  • Relative importance of climate and land use in determining present and future global soil dust emission

    I. Tegen;Martin Werner;S. P. Harrison;K. E. Kohfeld

  • DIRTMAP: the geological record of dust

    Karen E. Kohfeld;Sandy P. Harrison

  • The role of dust in climate changes today, at the last glacial maximum and in the future

    Sandy P. Harrison;Karen E. Kohfeld;Caroline Roelandt;Tanguy Claquin

  • Role of marine biology in glacial-interglacial CO2 cycles.

    Karen E. Kohfeld;Karen E. Kohfeld;Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson

  • Southern Hemisphere westerly wind changes during the Last Glacial Maximum: paleo-data synthesis

    K.E. Kohfeld;R.M. Graham;A.M. de Boer;L.C. Sime

  • How well can we simulate past climates? Evaluating the models using global palaeoenvironmental datasets

    Karen E. Kohfeld;Sandy P. Harrison

  • Dust impact on marine biota and atmospheric CO2 during glacial periods

    Laurent Bopp;Karen E. Kohfeld;Corinne Le Quéré;Olivier Aumont

  • Observations of climate change among subsistence-oriented communities around the world

    V. Savo;D. Lepofsky;J. P. Benner;K. E. Kohfeld

  • Loess in Europe: mass accumulation rates during the Last Glacial Period

    Manfred Frechen;Eric A Oches;Karen E Kohfeld

  • Ecophysiological and bioclimatic foundations for a global plant functional classification

    Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Doris Barboni;Karen E. Kohfeld;Karen E. Kohfeld

  • Mineral dust aerosols in the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences ModelE atmospheric general circulation model

    R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;R. V. Cakmur;R. V. Cakmur;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;I. V. Geogdzhayev;I. V. Geogdzhayev

  • Glacial-interglacial changes in dust deposition on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    K. E. Kohfeld;S. P. Harrison

  • Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral coiling) as paleoceanographic tracers in polar oceans: Evidence from northeast water polynya plankton tows, sediment traps, and surface sediments

    Karen E. Kohfeld;Richard G. Fairbanks;Sharon L. Smith;Ian D. Walsh

  • Constraining the magnitude of the global dust cycle by minimizing the difference between a model and observations

    R. V. Cakmur;R. V. Cakmur;R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;I. V. Geogdzhayev;I. V. Geogdzhayev

  • Controls of dust emissions by vegetation and topographic depressions: An evaluation using dust storm frequency data

    S. Engelstaedter;K. E. Kohfeld;I. Tegen;S. P. Harrison

  • Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle.

    J. L. Wadham;J. R. Hawkings;J. R. Hawkings;L. Tarasov;L. J. Gregoire

  • Seasonal and interannual variability of the mineral dust cycle under present and glacial climate conditions

    M. Werner;M. Werner;I. Tegen;S. P. Harrison;K. E. Kohfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Ina Tegen
Ina Tegen Leibniz Association
Zanna Chase
Zanna Chase University of Tasmania
Martin Werner
Martin Werner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Laurent Bopp
Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure
Yves Balkanski
Yves Balkanski French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Andy Ridgwell
Andy Ridgwell University of California, Riverside
Corinne Le Quéré
Corinne Le Quéré University of East Anglia
Eric W. Wolff
Eric W. Wolff University of Cambridge
Louise C. Sime
Louise C. Sime British Antarctic Survey

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