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Karen Luise Knudsen

Karen Luise Knudsen

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
9557
World Ranking
3224
National Ranking
35

Karen Luise Knudsen 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 Karen Luise Knudsen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 232 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Karen Luise Knudsen 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 Karen Luise Knudsen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 66th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karen Luise Knudsen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans across several fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Environmental Science. The scientist's work primarily encompasses subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Paleontology, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Their publication record features multiple peer-reviewed articles, often published in venues such as:

  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The Journal of Foraminiferal Research
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Boreas

Recent papers co-authored or led by Karen Luise Knudsen include:

  • "Comparative analysis of six common foraminiferal species of the genera Cassidulina, Paracassidulina, and Islandiella from the Arctic-North Atlantic domain" (2021), published in Journal of Micropalaeontology
  • "Early diagenesis of foraminiferal calcite under anoxic conditions: A case study from the Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea (IODP Site M0063)" (2020), published in Chemical Geology
  • "Holocene Hydrographic Variations From the Baltic-North Sea Transitional Area (IODP Site M0059)" (2020), published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • "Diatom-reconstructed summer sea-surface temperatures and climatic events off North Iceland during the last deglaciation and Holocene" (2022), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Seasonal climate variations in the Baltic Sea during the Last Interglacial based on foraminiferal geochemistry" (2021), published in Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz
  • Jón Eiríksson
  • Leifur A. Símonarson
  • Sha Ni
  • Helena L. Filipsson

Best Publications

  • An event stratigraphy for the Last Termination in the North Atlantic region based on the Greenland ice-core record: a proposal by the INTIMATE group

    Svante Bjorck;Michael J.C. Walker;Les C. Cwynar;Sigfus Johnsen

  • Last Interglacial Climates

    George J. Kukla;Michael L. Bender;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Gerard Bond

  • Isotopic &events' in the GRIP ice core: a stratotype for the Late Pleistocene

    M.J.C. Walker;S. Björck;J.J. Lowe;L.C. Cwynar

  • Late‐glacial and Holocene palaeoceanography of the North Icelandic shelf

    Jón Eiríksson;Karen Luise Knudsen;Haflidi Haflidason;Peter Henriksen

  • A mid-Holocene shift in Arctic sea-ice variability on the East Greenland Shelf

    Anne E. Jennings;Karen Luise Knudsen;Morten Hald;Carsten Vigen Hansen

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

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

  • Decadal variability of sea surface temperatures off North Iceland over the last 2000 years

    Marie Alexandrine Sicre;Jérémy Jacob;Ullah Ezat;Sonia Rousse

  • 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

  • Evidence for solar forcing of sea-surface temperature on the North Icelandic Shelf during the late Holocene

    Hui Jiang;Jón Eiríksson;Michael Schulz;Karen-Luise Knudsen

  • Deglacial and Holocene conditions in northernmost Baffin Bay: sediments, foraminifera, diatoms and stable isotopes

    Karen Luise Knudsen;Bjørg Stabell;Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz;Jón Eiríksson

  • Chronology of late Holocene climatic events in the northern North Atlantic based on AMS 14C dates and tephra markers from the volcano Hekla, Iceland

    Jón Eiríksson;Karen Luise Knudsen;Haflidi Haflidason;Jan Heinemeier

  • Correlation of late Holocene terrestrial and marine tephra markers, north Iceland: implications for reservoir age changes

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

  • Late Quaternary ice sheet, lake and sea history of southwest Scandinavia - a synthesis

    Nicolaj Krog Larsen;Karen Luise Knudsen;Charlotte Fog Krohn;Christian Kronborg

  • Late-Holocene summer sea-surface temperatures based on a diatom record from the north Icelandic shelf

    Hui Jiang;Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz;Karen Luise Knudsen;Jón Eríksson

  • Diatom surface sediment assemblages around Iceland and their relationships to oceanic environmental variables

    H Jiang;M.-S Seidenkrantz;K.L Knudsen;J Eirı́ksson

  • MODERN DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA ON THE NORTH ICELANDIC SHELF AND SLOPE

    Frank Rytter;Karen Luise Knudsen;Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz;Jón Eiríksson

  • Sea surface temperature variability in the subpolar Atlantic over the last two millennia

    Marie-Alexandrine Sicre;Ian R. Hall;Juliette Mignot;Myriam Khodri

  • Two-step deglaciation at the oxygen isotope stage 6/5e transition: The Zeifen-Kattegat climate oscillation

    Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz;Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz;Lennart Bornmalm;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Karen Luise Knudsen;Karen Luise Knudsen

  • Applying foraminiferal stratigraphy as a biomarker for heavy metal contamination and mining impact in a fiord in West Greenland.

    Bo Elberling;Karen Luise Knudsen;Peter H Kristensen;Gert Asmund

  • Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe

    Jón Eiríksson;Helga Bára Bartels-Jónsdóttir;Alix G. Cage;Esther Ruth Gudmundsdóttir

Frequent Co-Authors

Jón Eiríksson
Jón Eiríksson University of Iceland
Eystein Jansen
Eystein Jansen University of Bergen
Jesper V. Olsen
Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre Sorbonne University
Jan Heinemeier
Jan Heinemeier Aarhus University
William E. N. Austin
William E. N. Austin University of St Andrews
Hans Petter Sejrup
Hans Petter Sejrup University of Bergen
Svante Björck
Svante Björck Lund University
Anne E. Jennings
Anne E. Jennings University of Colorado Boulder

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