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Matthias Zabel

Matthias Zabel

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
8729
World Ranking
3427
National Ranking
234

Matthias Zabel 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 Matthias Zabel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 430 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Matthias Zabel 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 Matthias Zabel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Matthias Zabel is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications focusing on key scientific topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geological formations and processes, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Frequent co-authors in Matthias Zabel's work include Annette Hahn, Florian Scholz, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Enno Schefuß, and Ronnie N. Glud, reflecting collaborative research efforts across related scientific areas.

Matthias Zabel has published articles in a variety of scientific journals and venues, with multiple contributions appearing in the following:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Selected recent publications illustrate the breadth and focus of their research:

  • Sediment Accumulation and Carbon Burial in Four Hadal Trench Systems, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • High-resolution geochemical records of extreme drought in southeastern Africa during the past 7000 years, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Construction and evolution of submerged deltaic bodies on the high energy SE African coastline: The interplay between relative sea level and antecedent controls, 2020, Marine Geology
  • Mid-to Late Holocene climatic and anthropogenic influences in Mpondoland, South Africa, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The Fate of Sedimentary Reactive Iron at the Land-Ocean Interface: A Case Study From the Amazon Shelf, 2022, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Best Publications

  • Early diagenesis of organic matter from sediments of the eastern subtropical Atlantic: evidence from stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes

    Tim Freudenthal;Thomas Wagner;Frank Wenzhöfer;Matthias Zabel

  • Deep sulfate reduction completely mediated by anaerobic methane oxidation in sediments of the upwelling area off Namibia

    C. Niewöhner;C. Hensen;Sabine Kasten;M. Zabel

  • Global rates of marine sulfate reduction and implications for sub-sea-floor metabolic activities.

    Marshall W. Bowles;José M. Mogollón;José M. Mogollón;José M. Mogollón;Sabine Kasten;Sabine Kasten;Matthias Zabel

  • Increase in African dust flux at the onset of commercial agriculture in the Sahel region

    Stefan Mulitza;David Heslop;Daniela Pittauerova;Helmut W. Fischer

  • Sahel megadroughts triggered by glacial slowdowns of Atlantic meridional overturning

    Stefan Mulitza;Matthias Prange;Jan Berend Stuut;Matthias Zabel

  • Control of sulfate pore-water profiles by sedimentary events and the significance of anaerobic oxidation of methane for the burial of sulfur in marine sediments

    Christian Hensen;Matthias Zabel;Kerstin Pfeifer;Tilmann Schwenk

  • Distribution of major elements in Atlantic surface sediments (36°N–49°S): Imprint of terrigenous input and continental weathering

    Aline Govin;Ulrike Holzwarth;David Heslop;Lara Ford Keeling

  • Provenance of present-day eolian dust collected off NW Africa

    Jan-Berend Stuut;Matthias Zabel;Volker Ratmeyer;Peer Helmke

  • Organic carbon content in surface sediments—defining regional provinces

    Katherina Seiter;Christian Hensen;Jürgen Schröter;Matthias Zabel

  • Microbial sequestration of phosphorus in anoxic upwelling sediments

    Tobias Goldhammer;Volker Brüchert;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Matthias Zabel

  • Early diagenetic processes, fluxes, and reaction rates in sediments of the South Atlantic

    Horst D Schulz;Andreas Dahmke;Uwe Schinzel;Klaus Wallmann

  • Late Quaternary Climate Changes in Central Africa as Inferred from Terrigenous Input to the Niger Fan

    Matthias Zabel;Ralph R. Schneider;Thomas Wagner;Adesina T. Adegbie

  • Lateral transport controls distribution, quality, and burial of organic matter along continental slopes in high-productivity areas

    Maik Inthorn;Thomas Wagner;Georg Scheeder;Matthias Zabel

  • A 3 million year index for North African humidity/aridity and the implication of potential pan-African Humid periods

    Katharine M Grant;Eelco J Rohling;Eelco J Rohling;Thomas Westerhold;Matthias Zabel

  • Interhemispheric symmetry of the tropical African rainbelt over the past 23,000 years

    James A. Collins;Enno Schefuß;David Heslop;David Heslop;Stefan Mulitza

  • Benthic carbon mineralization on a global scale

    Katherina Seiter;Christian Hensen;Matthias Zabel

  • Aging of marine organic matter during cross-shelf lateral transport in the Benguela upwelling system revealed by compound-specific radiocarbon dating

    Gesine Mollenhauer;Maik Inthorn;Maik Inthorn;Thomas Vogt;Matthias Zabel

  • COMMUNITIES AND MICROHABITATS OF LIVING BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE TROPICAL EAST ATLANTIC: IMPACT OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTIVITY REGIMES

    L. Licari;Stefanie Schumacher;Frank Wenzhöfer;M. Zabel

  • Interaction between hydrocarbon seepage, chemosynthetic communities, and bottom water redox at cold seeps of the Makran accretionary prism: insights from habitat-specific pore water sampling and modeling

    David Fischer;Heiko Sahling;Kerstin Nöthen;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Unraveling signatures of biogeochemical processes and the depositional setting in the molecular composition of pore water DOM across different marine environments

    Frauke Schmidt;Boris P. Koch;Tobias Goldhammer;Tobias Goldhammer;Marcus Elvert

  • Importance of submarine landslides for non-steady state conditions in pore water systems — lower Zaire (Congo) deep-sea fan

    Matthias Zabel;Horst D Schulz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Mulitza
Stefan Mulitza University of Bremen
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi Universidade de São Paulo
David Heslop
David Heslop Australian National University
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
André Oliveira Sawakuchi
André Oliveira Sawakuchi Universidade de São Paulo
Christian Hensen
Christian Hensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Andreas Mackensen
Andreas Mackensen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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