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115
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Martin Heimann 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 Martin Heimann sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 410 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Heimann 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 Martin Heimann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Martin Heimann is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, focusing particularly on atmospheric processes and carbon dynamics.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields pertinent to their work are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Chemistry

Heimann's research topics cover:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Their documented recent papers include:

  • "Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2", 2020, New Phytologist
  • "Toward an Operational Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Monitoring and Verification Support Capacity", 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "FLUXNET-CH 4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands", 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • "Gap-filling eddy covariance methane fluxes: Comparison of machine learning model predictions and uncertainties at FLUXNET-CH4 wetlands", 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "The climate benefit of carbon sequestration", 2021, Biogeosciences

Frequent co-authors working with Martin Heimann include:

  • Mathias Goeckede
  • Oliver Sonnentag
  • A. J. Dolman
  • Ivan Mammarella
  • Torsten Sachs

Their research has been published extensively in the following venues:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Martin Heimann was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 1998, denoting membership in a European academy of sciences. This award is part of their professional record.

Best Publications

  • Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles

    P. Ciais;C. Sabine;G. Bala;L. Bopp

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • The Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks

    Martin Heimann;Markus Reichstein

  • Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems

    D. S. Schimel;J. I. House;K. A. Hibbard;P. Bousquet

  • Towards robust regional estimates of CO2 sources and sinks using atmospheric transport models.

    K. R. Gurney;R. M. Law;A. S. Denning;P. J. Rayner

  • Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods

    F. S. Chapin Iii;G. M. Woodwell;J. Randerson;E. B. Rastetter

  • Sensitivity of the carbon cycle in the Arctic to climate change

    A. David McGuire;Leif G. Anderson;Torben R. Christensen;Scott Dallimore

  • Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change

    Corinne Le Quéré;Christian Rödenbeck;Erik T. Buitenhuis;Thomas J. Conway

  • A three‐dimensional model of atmospheric CO2 transport based on observed winds: 1. Analysis of observational data

    Charles D. Keeling;R. B. Bacastow;A. F. Carter;S. C. Piper

  • Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes

    Antje M. Moffat;Dario Papale;Markus Reichstein;David Y. Hollinger

  • Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

    A.D. McGuire;S. Sitch;Joy S. Clein;R. Dargaville

  • Weak northern and strong tropical land carbon uptake from vertical profiles of atmospheric CO2

    Britton B. Stephens;Kevin R. Gurney;Pieter P. Tans;Colm Sweeney

  • Response to Comments on "Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change"

    Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Christian Rödenbeck;Erik T. Buitenhuis;Thomas J. Conway

  • Global and hemispheric CO2 sinks deduced from changes in atmospheric O2 concentration

    Ralph F. Keeling;Stephen C. Piper;Martin Heimann

  • An inverse modeling approach to investigate the global atmospheric methane cycle

    Ralf Hein;Paul J. Crutzen;Martin Heimann

  • CO 2 flux history 1982–2001 inferred from atmospheric data using a global inversion of atmospheric transport

    C. Rödenbeck;S. Houweling;M. Gloor;M. Heimann

  • Impact of vegetation and preferential source areas on global dust aerosol: Results from a model study

    Ina Tegen;Sandy P. Harrison;Karen Kohfeld;I. Colin Prentice

  • Managing forests after Kyoto

    Ernst Detlef Schulze;Christian Wirth;Martin Heimann

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Rödenbeck
Christian Rödenbeck Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Christoph Gerbig
Christoph Gerbig Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Manuel Gloor
Manuel Gloor University of Leeds
Sander Houweling
Sander Houweling Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter Rayner
Peter Rayner University of Melbourne
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Markus Reichstein
Markus Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Ute Karstens
Ute Karstens Lund University
Ralph F. Keeling
Ralph F. Keeling University of California, San Diego

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