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137
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Markus Reichstein 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 Markus Reichstein sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 623 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Markus Reichstein 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 Markus Reichstein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 137 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2013 - Max Planck Research Award Research into the influence of climate change on ecosystems

Overview

Markus Reichstein is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with a specialized emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics covered in their work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Climate Variability and Models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

The scientist has authored multiple papers published in several venues. Frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 33 publications, Biogeosciences with 15 publications, arXiv (Cornell University) with 12 publications, Global Change Biology with 9 publications, and Nature Communications with 7 publications.

Among recent papers, the following stand out:

  • "The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data" (2020, Scientific Data)
  • "Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity" (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: synthesis and evaluation of the FLUXCOM approach" (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • "A unified vegetation index for quantifying the terrestrial biosphere" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage" (2023, Nature)

Frequent co-authors of Markus Reichstein include Mirco Migliavacca with 61 joint publications, Miguel D. Mahecha with 40, René Orth with 39, Nuno Carvalhais with 31, and Arnaud Carrara with 29.

Markus Reichstein received the Max Planck Research Award in 2013 for research into the influence of climate change on ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

    Ph. Ciais;M. Reichstein;N. Viovy;A. Granier

  • Deep learning and process understanding for data-driven Earth system science

    Markus Reichstein;Gustau Camps-Valls;Bjorn Stevens;Martin Jung

  • On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm

    Markus Reichstein;Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;Dario Papale

  • Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

    Christian Beer;Markus Reichstein;Enrico Tomelleri;Philippe Ciais

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

    Markus Reichstein;Michael Bahn;Philippe Ciais;Dorothea Frank

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks

    Martin Heimann;Markus Reichstein

  • Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

    I.A. Janssens;W. Dieleman;S. Luyssaert;J.-A. Subke

  • Towards a standardized processing of Net Ecosystem Exchange measured with eddy covariance technique: algorithms and uncertainty estimation

    Dario Papale;Markus Reichstein;Marc Aubinet;Eleonora Canfora

  • Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance

    Alberte Bondeau;Pascalle C. Smith;Sönke Zaehle;Sibyll Schaphoff

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

    Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Michael R. Raupach;Guy Schurgers;Benjamin Smith

  • Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Hank A. Margolis;Alessandro Cescatti

  • Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Alan K. Knapp;Claus Beier;David D. Briske;Aimée T. Classen

  • Net carbon dioxide losses of northern ecosystems in response to autumn warming

    Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Peylin

  • Separation of net ecosystem exchange into assimilation and respiration using a light response curve approach: critical issues and global evaluation

    Gitta Lasslop;Markus Reichstein;Dario Papale;Andrew D. Richardson

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment: An overview of the IPCC SREX report

    S. I. Seneviratne;N. Nicholls;D. Easterling;C. M. Goodess

  • Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations

    J. Martin;M. Reichstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel D. Mahecha
Miguel D. Mahecha Leipzig University
Nuno Carvalhais
Nuno Carvalhais Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Mirco Migliavacca
Mirco Migliavacca Joint Research Centre
Martin Jung
Martin Jung Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Dario Papale
Dario Papale Tuscia University
Christian Beer
Christian Beer Stockholm University
Arnaud Carrara
Arnaud Carrara University of Antwerp
Andrew D. Richardson
Andrew D. Richardson Northern Arizona University
Serge Rambal
Serge Rambal Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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