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Environmental Sciences 49 5272 5051 352 344 732 8455

Marcel Nicolaus publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Marcel Nicolaus between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Marcel Nicolaus published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 31.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 125 publications in 2019. 17 of the 759 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 125. Peak 125 publications in 2019. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 23 publications 2010: 37 publications 2011: 27 publications 2012: 85 publications 2013: 32 publications 2014: 101 publications 2015: 49 publications 2016: 90 publications 2017: 45 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 125 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 6 publications
2002 2025

759 publications in total across all disciplines

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Marcel Nicolaus: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 2
2004 3
2005 1
2006 2
2007 0
2008 5
2009 23
2010 37
2011 27
2012 85
2013 32
2014 101
2015 49
2016 90
2017 45
2018 26
2019 125
2020 29
2021 27
2022 14
2023 18
2024 11
2025 6
Total 759
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Marcel Nicolaus 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 Marcel Nicolaus 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, 690+ 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: 732 publications — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 100 732
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Marcel Nicolaus 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 Marcel Nicolaus 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, 49 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: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 49
50 263
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

Marcel Nicolaus is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Food Science.

The scientist's work addresses main topics including Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, methane hydrates and related phenomena, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, food industry and aquatic biology, and Arctic and Russian policy studies.

Recent publications by Marcel Nicolaus include the following papers:

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice, 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere, 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography, 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Arctic Report Card 2020: The MOSAiC Expedition: A Year Drifting with the Arctic Sea Ice, 2020, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library
  • The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf, 2020, The Cryosphere

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marcel Nicolaus are:

  • Mario Hoppmann
  • Ruibo Lei
  • Hans Jakob Belter
  • Benjamin Rabe
  • Christian Katlein

Marcel Nicolaus regularly publishes in scientific venues such as:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • The Cryosphere
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

    Antje Boetius;Sebastian Albrecht;Karel Bakker;Christina Bienhold

  • The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification

    Manfred Wendisch;Andreas Macke;André Ehrlich;Christof Lüpkes

  • Changes in Arctic sea ice result in increasing light transmittance and absorption

    Marcel Nicolaus;Christian Katlein;J. Maslanik;Stefan Hendricks

  • Leads in Arctic pack ice enable early phytoplankton blooms below snow-covered sea ice

    Philipp Assmy;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Pedro Duarte;Amelie Meyer

  • Increasing frequency and duration of Arctic winter warming events

    Robert M. Graham;Lana Cohen;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty;Linette N. Boisvert;Linette N. Boisvert

  • A transitioning Arctic surface energy budget: the impacts of solar zenith angle, surface albedo and cloud radiative forcing

    Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Thorsten Mauritsen;Matthew D. Shupe

  • Photosynthetic production in the central Arctic Ocean during the record sea-ice minimum in 2012

    Mar Fernández-Méndez;Christian Katlein;Benjamin Rabe;Marcel Nicolaus

  • Evidence of Arctic sea ice thinning from direct observations

    Angelika H. H. Renner;Sebastian Gerland;Christian Haas;Gunnar Spreen

  • Arctic warming interrupts the Transpolar Drift and affects long-range transport of sea ice and ice-rafted matter

    Thomas Krumpen;H. Jakob Belter;Antje Boetius;Ellen Damm

  • Exploring Arctic Transpolar Drift During Dramatic Sea Ice Retreat

    Jean-Claude Gascard;Jean Festy;Hervé le Goff;Matthieu Weber

  • Seasonality and timing of sea ice mass balance and heat fluxes in the Arctic transpolar drift during 2019–2020

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  • Seasonality of spectral albedo and transmittance as observed in the Arctic Transpolar Drift in 2007

    Marcel Nicolaus;Marcel Nicolaus;Sebastian Gerland;Stephen R. Hudson;Susanne Hanson

  • Thin ice and storms: Sea ice deformation from buoy arrays deployed during N-ICE2015

    Polona Itkin;Gunnar Spreen;Gunnar Spreen;Bin Cheng;Martin Doble

  • Shallow methylmercury production in the marginal sea ice zone of the central Arctic Ocean

    Lars-Eric Heimbürger;Jeroen E Sonke;Daniel Cossa;David Point

  • Arctic Report Card 2020: The MOSAiC Expedition: A Year Drifting with the Arctic Sea Ice

    Matthew D. Shupe;M. Rex;K. Dethloff;E. Damm

  • Floating ice-algal aggregates below melting arctic sea ice.

    Philipp Assmy;Jens K. Ehn;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Haakon Hop

  • A modern concept for autonomous and continuous measurements of spectral albedo and transmittance of sea ice

    Marcel Nicolaus;Stephen R. Hudson;Sebastian Gerland;Karin Munderloh

  • State of the Climate in 2013

    Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

  • The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf

    Thomas Krumpen;Florent Birrien;Frank Kauker;Thomas Rackow

  • Sea ice and snow thickness and physical properties of an ice floe in the western Weddell Sea and their changes during spring warming

    Christian Haas;Marcel Nicolaus;Sascha Willmes;Anthony Worby

  • Influence of ice thickness and surface properties on light transmission through Arctic sea ice

    Christian Katlein;Stefanie Arndt;Marcel Nicolaus;Donald K. Perovich

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Hendricks
Stefan Hendricks Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christian Haas
Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Wenzhöfer
Frank Wenzhöfer Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Sascha Willmes
Sascha Willmes University of Trier
Mats A. Granskog
Mats A. Granskog Norwegian Polar Institute
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Donald K. Perovich
Donald K. Perovich Dartmouth College
Robert Ricker
Robert Ricker NORCE Research
Thomas Krumpen
Thomas Krumpen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Sebastian Gerland
Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute

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