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Lukas Wacker

Lukas Wacker

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 63 1563 1395 44 41 476 22272

Lukas Wacker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lukas Wacker between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lukas Wacker published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 24.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 74 publications in 2017. 41 of the 587 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 74. Peak 74 publications in 2017. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 20 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 59 publications 2017: 74 publications 2018: 43 publications 2019: 73 publications 2020: 56 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 31 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 19 publications
2002 2025

587 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lukas Wacker: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 0
2004 6
2005 3
2006 4
2007 10
2008 8
2009 14
2010 20
2011 15
2012 22
2013 26
2014 19
2015 22
2016 59
2017 74
2018 43
2019 73
2020 56
2021 27
2022 12
2023 31
2024 22
2025 19
Total 587
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Lukas Wacker 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 Lukas Wacker sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 468–477 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 476 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30 476
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Lukas Wacker 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 Lukas Wacker sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83 63
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Lukas Wacker is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Ecology, Archeology, and Environmental Chemistry. This diverse engagement encompasses detailed work in fields related to geology, climate, and environmental change.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Wacker's recent publications indicate an active contribution to radiocarbon dating and climate-related research. Notable papers include:

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP), 2020, Radiocarbon
  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0-55,000 Years cal BP, 2020, Radiocarbon
  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, 2020, Nature
  • Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Bernd Kromer, Charlotte Pearson, Sahra Talamo, Timothy I. Eglinton, and Negar Haghipour. This network reflects interdisciplinary connections across paleoclimatology, archaeology, and environmental chemistry.

Regarding publication venues, Lukas Wacker has contributed significantly to:

  • Radiocarbon
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature

This publication profile illustrates sustained research activity in areas related to radiocarbon calibration, human prehistory, solar cycle impacts on climate, and biospheric carbon cycles. The frequent publication in Radiocarbon highlights a specialization in methods related to radiocarbon dating and its application in Earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G. Hogg;Alan G. Hogg;Timothy J. Heaton;Quan Hua;Jonathan G. Palmer

  • Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD

    Ulf Büntgen;Vladimir S. Myglan;Frederik Chaprentier Ljungqvist;Michael McCormick

  • Contributions of fossil fuel, biomass-burning, and biogenic emissions to carbonaceous aerosols in Zurich as traced by 14C

    Sönke Szidat;Theo M. Jenk;Theo M. Jenk;Hans-Arno Synal;Markus Kalberer

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores over the last 40 thousand years

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C. Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

  • MICADAS: Routine and High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating

    L Wacker;G Bonani;M Friedrich;I Hajdas

  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

    Jean Jacques Hublin;Jean Jacques Hublin;Nikolay Sirakov;Vera Aldeias;Shara Bailey;Shara Bailey

  • Source attribution of submicron organic aerosols during wintertime inversions by advanced factor analysis of aerosol mass spectra.

    Valentin A. Lanz;M. Rami Alfarra;Urs Baltensperger;Brigitte Buchmann

  • Fossil and non-fossil sources of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in Göteborg, Sweden

    Sönke Szidat;Sönke Szidat;Matthias Ruff;Matthias Ruff;Nolwenn Perron;Lukas Wacker

  • Differential mobilization of terrestrial carbon pools in Eurasian Arctic river basins.

    Xiaojuan Feng;Jorien E. Vonk;Bart E. van Dongen;Örjan Gustafsson

  • Multi-proxy dating the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Changbaishan to late 946 CE

    Clive Oppenheimer;Lukas Wacker;Jiandong Xu;Juan Diego Galván

  • Chemical and Biological Gradients along the Damma Glacier Soil Chronosequence, Switzerland

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Andreas Bauder;Bernard Bourdon;Ivano Brunner

  • Dominant impact of residential wood burning on particulate matter in Alpine valleys during winter

    Sönke Szidat;Sönke Szidat;André S H Prévôt;Jisca Sandradewi;M. Rami Alfarra

  • 14C Analysis and Sample Preparation at the New Bern Laboratory for the Analysis of Radiocarbon with AMS (LARA)

    Sönke Szidat;Gary A Salazar;Edith Vogel;Michael Battaglia

  • Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings

    Nicolas Brehm;Alex Bayliss;Marcus Christl;Hans Arno Synal

  • Global-scale evidence for the refractory nature of riverine black carbon

    Alysha I. Coppola;Daniel B. Wiedemeier;Valier Galy;Negar Haghipour

  • Mexico city aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0) – Part 2: Analysis of the biomass burning contribution and the non-fossil carbon fraction

    Allison Aiken;B. de Foy;Christine Wiedinmyer;Peter DeCarlo;Peter DeCarlo

  • Climate warming alters subsoil but not topsoil carbon dynamics in alpine grassland.

    Juan Jia;Zhenjiao Cao;Chengzhu Liu;Zhenhua Zhang

  • Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE.

    Ulf Büntgen;Lukas Wacker;J. Diego Galván;Stephanie Arnold

  • Fossil versus contemporary sources of fine elemental and organic carbonaceous particulate matter during the DAURE campaign in Northeast Spain

    M. C. Minguillón;M. C. Minguillón;N. Perron;N. Perron;X. Querol;S. Szidat;S. Szidat

  • Microbial oxidation of lithospheric organic carbon in rapidly eroding tropical mountain soils

    Jordon D. Hemingway;Jordon D. Hemingway;Robert G. Hilton;Niels Hovius;Timothy I. Eglinton

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

Frequent Co-Authors

Irka Hajdas
Irka Hajdas ETH Zurich
Gesine Mollenhauer
Gesine Mollenhauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Anders E. Carlson
Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University
Helge W Arz
Helge W Arz Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Claire Waelbroeck
Claire Waelbroeck Sorbonne University
Trond Dokken
Trond Dokken NORCE Research
Luke C Skinner
Luke C Skinner University of Cambridge
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux

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