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Matthias Bigler publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Matthias Bigler between 2000 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Matthias Bigler published across 27 years, from 2000 to 2026, averaging 6.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2012. 5 of the 174 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2012. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 16 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 4 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 1 publication 2021: 2 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications 2026: 3 publications
2000 2026

174 publications in total across all disciplines

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Matthias Bigler: publications per year, 2000 to 2026
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 2
2002 5
2003 11
2004 16
2005 4
2006 9
2007 12
2008 20
2009 3
2010 11
2011 9
2012 23
2013 7
2014 6
2015 5
2016 1
2017 4
2018 10
2019 1
2020 1
2021 2
2022 3
2023 0
2024 3
2025 2
2026 3
Total 174
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Matthias Bigler 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 Matthias Bigler 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, 151–160 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: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% 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
151–160 539 158
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
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Matthias Bigler 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 Matthias Bigler 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, 51 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: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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
51 232 51
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

Matthias Bigler is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. Their work is associated with several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Anthropology, Ecology, and Education.

The scientist's research focuses on a range of topics relevant to paleoclimatology and environmental studies. Key areas of investigation include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Bigler has published in multiple scientific venues, contributing mostly to:

  • Climate of the past
  • Earth system science data
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  • NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council)
  • Communications Earth & Environment

The following papers represent recent contributions to the field, outlining publication year and venue:

  • Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period, 2020, Climate of the past
  • Magnitude, frequency and climate forcing of global volcanism during the last glacial period as seen in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores (60-9 ka), 2022, Climate of the past
  • High-resolution aerosol concentration data from the Greenland NorthGRIP and NEEM deep ice cores, 2022, Earth system science data
  • "EDML1": a chronology for the EPICA deep ice core from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, over the last 150 000 years, 2024, VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  • A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology, 2024, NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council)

In addition to articles, their publication record includes a book titled Gendersensibilisierung in der Ausbildung von Natur- und Techniklehrpersonen published in 2024 by hep Verlag eBooks.

Bigler has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Hubertus Fischer
  • Mirko Severi
  • Anders Svensson
  • J. P. Steffensen
  • Sune Olander Rasmussen

Best Publications

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy

    Sune O. Rasmussen;Matthias Bigler;Simon P. Blockley;Thomas Blunier

  • A new Greenland ice core chronology for the last glacial termination

    S. O. Rasmussen;Katrine Krogh Andersen;A. M. Svensson;J. P. Steffensen

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    Laurent Augustin;Carlo Barbante;Piers R. F. Barnes;Jean Marc Barnola

  • A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology

    A. Svensson;K. K. Andersen;M. Bigler;H. B. Clausen

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years

    Jørgen Peder Steffensen;Katrine K. Andersen;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Henrik B. Clausen

  • Dust-climate couplings over the past 800,000 years from the EPICA Dome C ice core

    F. Lambert;B. Delmonte;J.R. Petit;M. Bigler;M. Bigler

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

    D. Dahl-Jensen;M. R. Albert;A. Aldahan;N. Azuma

  • Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles

    E.W. Wolff;H. Fischer;F. Fundel;U. Ruth

  • Consistently dated records from the Greenland GRIP, GISP2 and NGRIP ice cores for the past 104 ka reveal regional millennial-scale δ18O gradients with possible Heinrich event imprint

    Inger K. Seierstad;Peter M. Abbott;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Thomas Blunier

  • Continuous record of microparticle concentration and size distribution in the central Greenland NGRIP ice core during the last glacial period

    Urs Ruth;Urs Ruth;Dietmar Wagenbach;Jørgen P. Steffensen;Matthias Bigler

  • Synchronization of the NGRIP, GRIP, and GISP2 ice cores across MIS 2 and palaeoclimatic implications

    S.O. Rasmussen;I.K. Seierstad;K.K. Andersen;M. Bigler

  • Changes in environment over the last 800,000 years from chemical analysis of the EPICA Dome C ice core

    E. W. Wolff;C. Barbante;S. Becagli;M. Bigler

  • Technique for continuous high-resolution analysis of trace substances in firn and ice cores

    Regine Röthlisberger;Matthias Bigler;Manuel Hutterli;Stefan Sommer

  • Reconstruction of millennial changes in dust emission, transport and regional sea ice coverage using the deep EPICA ice cores from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica

    Hubertus Fischer;Felix Fundel;Urs Ruth;Birthe Twarloh

  • Centennial mineral dust variability in high-resolution ice core data from Dome C, Antarctica

    F. Lambert;M. Bigler;J. P. Steffensen;Manuel Hutterli

  • Volcanic ash layers from the Last Glacial Termination in the NGRIP ice core

    Anette K. Mortensen;Matthias Bigler;Karl Grönvold;Jørgen P. Steffensen

  • Ice core evidence for a very tight link between North Atlantic and east Asian glacial climate

    Urs Ruth;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Regine Röthlisberger;Regine Röthlisberger;Marie-Louise Siggaard-Andersen

  • An improved continuous flow analysis system for high-resolution field measurements on ice cores.

    Patrik R. Kaufmann;Urs Federer;Manuel A. Hutterli;Matthias Bigler

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core (SCI)

    D Dahl-Jensen;M R Albert;A Aldahan;N Azuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jørgen Peder Steffensen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Eric W. Wolff
Eric W. Wolff University of Cambridge
Anders Svensson
Anders Svensson University of Copenhagen
Sigfus J Johnsen
Sigfus J Johnsen University of Copenhagen
Sune Olander Rasmussen
Sune Olander Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Margareta Hansson
Margareta Hansson Stockholm University
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
Manuel A. Hutterli
Manuel A. Hutterli British Antarctic Survey

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