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Kirstin Krüger

Kirstin Krüger

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 50 5036 4825 60 58 367 8449

Kirstin Krüger publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kirstin Krüger between 1991 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kirstin Krüger published across 36 years, from 1991 to 2026, averaging 11.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 48 publications in 2012. 9 of the 430 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 48. Peak 48 publications in 2012. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 23 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 39 publications 2012: 48 publications 2013: 48 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 33 publications 2016: 27 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 1 publication
1991 2026

430 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kirstin Krüger: publications per year, 1991 to 2026
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 1
1999 2
2000 0
2001 2
2002 3
2003 4
2004 3
2005 10
2006 11
2007 23
2008 21
2009 18
2010 27
2011 39
2012 48
2013 48
2014 20
2015 33
2016 27
2017 10
2018 9
2019 9
2020 5
2021 10
2022 9
2023 10
2024 17
2025 8
2026 1
Total 430
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Kirstin Krüger 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 Kirstin Krüger sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 361–370 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 367 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69 367
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Kirstin Krüger 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 Kirstin Krüger sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263 50
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Kirstin Krüger is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work frequently addresses subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Paleontology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Kirstin Krüger has contributed to publications in multiple scientific journals, with notable frequent venues being Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Quaternary Science Reviews, Geophysical Research Letters, Climate of the Past, and Earth System Dynamics.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "Temperature and tropopause characteristics from reanalyses data in the tropical tropopause layer," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Differences in tropical high clouds among reanalyses: origins and radiative impacts," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "The potential impacts of a sulfur- and halogen-rich supereruption such as Los Chocoyos on the atmosphere and climate," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Was there a volcanic-induced long-lasting cooling over the Northern Hemisphere in the mid-6th-7th century?" 2022, Climate of the Past
  • "Variability and past long-term changes of brominated very short-lived substances at the tropical tropopause," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Kirstin Krüger frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Claudia Timmreck, Johann Jungclaus, Kjetil Loftsgarden, Helge Irgens Høeg, and Herman Fuglestvedt. These coauthoring relationships have resulted in multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder temperature and geopotential height measurements

    M. Schwartz;A. Lambert;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;W.G. Read

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Observations of Dynamics and Transport During the Record-Breaking 2009 Arctic Stratospheric Major Warming

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Michael J. Schwartz;Kirstin Krüger;Michelle L. Santee

  • On the Lack of Stratospheric Dynamical Variability in Low‐Top Versions of the CMIP5 Models

    Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;Mark P. Baldwin;Thomas Birner;Robert X. Black

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project-Report No. 52

    S.A Montzka;S Reimann;A Engel;K Krüger

  • Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems

    Masatomo Fujiwara;Jonathon S. Wright;Gloria L. Manney;Lesley J. Gray

  • The remarkable 2003–2004 winter and other recent warm winters in the Arctic stratosphere since the late 1990s

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Kirstin Krüger;Kirstin Krüger;Joseph L. Sabutis;Sara Amina Sena

  • Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) and Related Chemicals

    S.A Montzka;S Reimann;A Engel;K Krüger

  • The evolution of the stratopause during the 2006 major warming: Satellite data and assimilated meteorological analyses

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Kirstin Krüger;Steven Pawson;Ken Minschwaner

  • Multimodel climate and variability of the stratosphere

    N. Butchart;Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;I. Cionni;S. C. Hardiman

  • Insights from Antarctica on volcanic forcing during the Common Era

    Michael Sigl;Joseph R. McConnell;Joseph R. McConnell;Matthew Toohey;Mark Curran

  • Bi-decadal variability excited in the coupled ocean–atmosphere system by strong tropical volcanic eruptions

    D. Zanchettin;C. Timmreck;H.-F. Graf;A. Rubino

  • Climatic and societal impacts of a volcanic double event at the dawn of the Middle Ages

    Matthew Toohey;Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl;Frode Stordal

  • Global sea-to-air flux climatology for bromoform, dibromomethane and methyl iodide

    Franziska Ziska;Birgit Quack;K. Abrahamsson;S. D. Archer

  • The Unusual Midwinter Warming in the Southern Hemisphere Stratosphere 2002: A Comparison to Northern Hemisphere Phenomena

    Kirstin Krüger;Barbara Naujokat;Karin Labitzke

  • Thermal and dynamical changes of the stratosphere since 1979 and their link to ozone and CO2 changes

    Ulrike Langematz;Markus Kunze;Kirstin Krüger;Karin Labitzke

  • A new interactive chemistry-climate model: 2. Sensitivity of the middle atmosphere to ozone depletion and increase in greenhouse gases and implications for recent stratospheric cooling

    Elisa Manzini;B. Steil;C. Brühl;Marco A. Giorgetta

  • The influence of eruption season on the global aerosol evolution and radiative impact of tropical volcanic eruptions

    Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;U. Niemeier;C. Timmreck

  • Disproportionately strong climate forcing from extratropical explosive volcanic eruptions

    Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;Hauke Schmidt;Claudia Timmreck

  • Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe

    Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Jonathan L. Bamber;Sybren Drijfhout;Andrey Ganopolski

  • Direct oceanic emissions unlikely to account for the missing source of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide

    Sinikka T. Lennartz;Christa A. Marandino;Marc von Hobe;Pau Cortes

  • The preconditioning of major sudden stratospheric warmings

    Severin Bancala;Kirstin Krüger;M. Giorgetta

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Timmreck
Claudia Timmreck Max Planck Society
Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Markus Rex
Markus Rex Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Steffen Kutterolf
Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Marco A. Giorgetta
Marco A. Giorgetta Max Planck Society
Armin Freundt
Armin Freundt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna
Klaus Pfeilsticker
Klaus Pfeilsticker Heidelberg University

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