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Kerstin Schepanski

Kerstin Schepanski

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
5994
World Ranking
8355
National Ranking
518

Kerstin Schepanski 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 Kerstin Schepanski sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerstin Schepanski 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 Kerstin Schepanski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kerstin Schepanski is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of global and planetary change, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and soil science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics that include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, aeolian processes and effects, health, environment, and cognitive aging, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and the effects of fire on ecosystems.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Effects of urban living environments on mental health in adults" (2023), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeochemistry" (2021), published in Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Newly identified climatically and environmentally significant high-latitude dust sources" (2022), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Important role of stratospheric injection height for the distribution and radiative forcing of smoke aerosol from the 2019-2020 Australian wildfires" (2022), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Impacts of the Desiccation of the Aral Sea on the Central Asian Dust Life-Cycle" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent co-authors of their research include:

  • Bernd Heinold
  • Elli Polemiti
  • Jamie Banks
  • Nathalie Holz
  • Frauke Nees

The scientist's research is published in several journals and platforms with repeated presence in:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Mental Health
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • A new Saharan dust source activation frequency map derived from MSG-SEVIRI IR-channels

    Kerstin Schepanski;Kerstin Schepanski;I. Tegen;B. Laurent;B. Heinold

  • Meteorological processes forcing Saharan dust emission inferred from MSG-SEVIRI observations of subdaily dust source activation and numerical models

    Kerstin Schepanski;Kerstin Schepanski;I. Tegen;M.C. Todd;B. Heinold

  • The Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud-Interaction Experiment: Overview and Selected Highlights

    B. Weinzierl;A. Ansmann;J. Prospero;D. Althausen

  • Transport of mineral dust and its impact on climate

    Kerstin Schepanski

  • Comparison of satellite based observations of Saharan dust source areas

    K. Schepanski;I. Tegen;A. Macke

  • The role of deep convection and nocturnal low‐level jets for dust emission in summertime West Africa: Estimates from convection‐permitting simulations

    B. Heinold;B. Heinold;P. Knippertz;J. H. Marsham;S. Fiedler

  • Saharan dust transport and deposition towards the tropical northern Atlantic

    Kerstin Schepanski;Kerstin Schepanski;I. Tegen;Andreas Macke

  • Optical properties of long-range transported Saharan dust over Barbados as measured by dual-wavelength depolarization Raman lidar measurements

    Silke Groß;Volker Freudenthaler;Kerstin Schepanski;C. Toledano

  • Climatology of nocturnal low-level jets over North Africa and implications for modeling mineral dust emission

    S. Fiedler;K. Schepanski;K. Schepanski;B. Heinold;B. Heinold;P. Knippertz

  • The Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in Southern Africa Field Campaign in Namibia: Overview, Illustrative Observations, and Way Forward

    Paola Formenti;Barbara d'Anna;Cyrille Flamant;Marc Mallet

  • Earth, Wind, Fire, and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeochemistry.

    Douglas S. Hamilton;Morgane M.G. Perron;Tami C. Bond;Andrew R. Bowie

  • Overview of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment/Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing on the Mediterranean Climate (ChArMEx/ADRIMED) summer 2013 campaign

    Marc Mallet;François Dulac;Paola Formenti;Pierre Nabat

  • Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 - a meteorological overview

    Peter Knippertz;Albert Ansmann;Dietrich Althausen;Detlef Müller

  • Multiple dust sources in the Sahara Desert: The importance of sand dunes

    Onn Crouvi;Onn Crouvi;Kerstin Schepanski;Rivka Amit;Alan R. Gillespie

  • A case of extreme particulate matter concentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine

    W. Birmili;Kerstin Schepanski;Kerstin Schepanski;A. Ansmann;G. Spindler

  • Dust radiative feedback on Saharan boundary layer dynamics and dust mobilization

    B Heinold;I. Tegen;Kerstin Schepanski;Kerstin Schepanski;O. Hellmuth

  • Dust as a tipping element: The Bodele´ Depression, Chad

    Richard Washington;Christel Bouet;Guy Cautenet;Elisabeth Mackenzie

  • The global distribution of mineral dust

    I Tegen;K Schepanski

  • Comparing two years of Saharan dust source activation obtained by regional modelling and satellite observations

    I. Tegen;K. Schepanski;B. Heinold;B. Heinold

  • Derivation of an observation-based map of North African dust emission

    Amato T. Evan;Stephanie Fiedler;Chun Zhao;Laurent Menut

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Heinold
Bernd Heinold Leibniz Association
Ina Tegen
Ina Tegen Leibniz Association
Peter Knippertz
Peter Knippertz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau Laboratoire d'Aérologie
Jacques Pelon
Jacques Pelon Université Paris Cité
Albert Ansmann
Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association
John H. Marsham
John H. Marsham University of Leeds
Bernadett Weinzierl
Bernadett Weinzierl University of Vienna
Konrad Kandler
Konrad Kandler Technical University of Darmstadt
Matthias Tesche
Matthias Tesche Leipzig University

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