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Karl-Heinz Baumann

Karl-Heinz Baumann

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6287
World Ranking
5540
National Ranking
395

Karl-Heinz Baumann 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 Karl-Heinz Baumann sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 243 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl-Heinz Baumann 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 Karl-Heinz Baumann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karl-Heinz Baumann is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on oceanography, atmospheric science, and ocean engineering. Their research spans several subfields including ecology and earth-surface processes.

Their recent research outputs include studies on phytoplankton and zooplankton community flux variability in coastal upwelling regions, as well as explorations of past ocean productivity and hydrodynamics in the Indian Ocean. Notable recent papers are:

  • Flux variability of phyto- and zooplankton communities in the Mauritanian coastal upwelling between 2003 and 2008 (2020), published in Biogeosciences
  • Strong glacial-interglacial variability in upper ocean hydrodynamics, biogeochemistry, and productivity in the southern Indian Ocean (2021), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • Carbonate fluxes by coccolithophore species between NW Africa and the Caribbean: Implications for the biological carbon pump (2021), published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • Coccolithophore productivity at the western Iberian Margin during the Middle Pleistocene (310-455 ka) - evidence from coccolith Sr/Ca data (2020), published in Climate of the past
  • Revision of the Quaternary calcareous nannofossil biochronology of Arctic Ocean sediments (2023), published in Quaternary Science Reviews

Their collaborations frequently include coauthors such as Eystein Jansen, Maureen E. Raymo, Peter Blum, Espen Andersen, and William E. N. Austin, each having coauthored ten publications with Baumann.

Key publication venues for their work are:

  • Biogeosciences
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Micropaleontology
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Their research primarily addresses the following topics:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Best Publications

  • Species-specific responses of calcifying algae to changing seawater carbonate chemistry

    Gerald Langer;Markus Geisen;Karl-Heinz Baumann;Jessica Kläs

  • Arctic Ocean deep-sea record of northern Eurasian ice sheet history

    Robert F. Spielhagen;Robert F. Spielhagen;Karl-Heinz Baumann;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Norbert R. Nowaczyk

  • Sinking of coccolith carbonate and potential contribution to organic carbon ballasting in the deep ocean

    Patrizia Ziveri;Patrizia Ziveri;Bianca de Bernardi;Karl Heinz Baumann;Heather M. Stoll;Heather M. Stoll

  • Reflection of Scandinavian Ice Sheet Fluctuations in Norwegian Sea Sediments during the Past 150,000 Years

    Karl-Heinz Baumann;Klas S. Lackschewitz;Jan Mangerud;Robert F. Spielhagen

  • The significance of extant coccolithophores as indicators of ocean water masses, surface water temperature, and palaeoproductivity: a review

    Karl-Heinz Baumann;Harald Andruleit;Babette Böckel;Markus Geisen

  • Coccolithophores in the Nordic Seas: comparison of living communities with surface sediment assemblages

    K.-H. Baumann;H. A. Andruleit;C. Samtleben

  • Coccolith contribution to South Atlantic carbonate sedimentation

    Karl-Heinz Baumann;Babette Boeckel;Michael Frenz

  • Biogeography of selected Holocene coccoliths in the Atlantic Ocean

    Patrizia Ziveri;Karl-Heinz Baumann;Babette Böckel;Jörg Bollmann

  • Coccolithophores in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean: response to seasonal and Late Quaternary surface water variability

    H. Kinkel;K.-H. Baumann;M. C̆epek

  • Late Cenozoic History of the Polar North Atlantic: Results from Ocean Drilling

    Jörn Thiede;Amelie Winkler;Thomas Wolf-Welling;Olav Eldholm

  • Plankton in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea: from living communities to sediment assemblages —an actualistic approach

    C. Samtleben;P. Schäfer;H. Andruleit;A. Baumann

  • Global dominance of Gephyrocapsa coccoliths in the Late Pleistocene: Selective dissolution, evolution, or global environmental change?

    Jörg Bollmann;Karl-Heinz Baumann;Hans R. Thierstein

  • Evolution of the Norwegian Current and the Scandinavian Ice Sheets during the past 2.6 m.y.: evidence from ODP Leg 104 biogenic carbonate and terrigenous records

    R Henrich;K.-H Baumann

  • Distribution of coccoliths in surface sediments of the south-eastern South Atlantic Ocean: ecology, preservation and carbonate contribution

    Babette Boeckel;Karl-Heinz Baumann

  • Pleistocene fluctuations in the northern Benguela Current system as revealed by coccolith assemblages

    Karl-Heinz Baumann;Tobias Freitag

  • Carbonate Dissolution in the Deep-Sea: Methods, Quantification and Paleoceanographic Application

    N. Dittert;K.-H. Baumann;T. Bickert;R. Henrich

  • PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE LAST INTERGLACIAL/GLACIAL CYCLE IN THE POLAR NORTH ATLANTIC

    Dierk Hebbeln;Rüdiger Henrich;Karl-Heinz Baumann

  • Coccolith distribution patterns in South Atlantic and Southern Ocean surface sediments in relation to environmental gradients

    Babette Boeckel;Karl-Heinz Baumann;Rüdiger Henrich;Hanno Kinkel

  • Vertical and lateral variations in coccolithophore community structure across the subtropical frontal zone in the South Atlantic Ocean

    Babette Boeckel;Karl-Heinz Baumann

  • Biogeographic distribution of living coccolithophores in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean

    Mariem Saavedra-Pellitero;Karl-Heinz Baumann;José-Abel Flores;Rainer Gersonde

  • Distribution of coccoliths in surface sediments of the south-eastern South Atlantic Ocean

    Babette Boeckel;Karl-Heinz Baumann

Frequent Co-Authors

Rüdiger Henrich
Rüdiger Henrich University of Bremen
Helmut Erlenkeuser
Helmut Erlenkeuser Kiel University
Jörn Thiede
Jörn Thiede Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Helge Meggers
Helge Meggers University of Bremen
Jan Heinemeier
Jan Heinemeier Aarhus University
Georges Bonani
Georges Bonani ETH Zurich
Karin A F Zonneveld
Karin A F Zonneveld University of Bremen
Robert F Spielhagen
Robert F Spielhagen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Gerhard Fischer
Gerhard Fischer University of Colorado Boulder

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