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Ralf Tiedemann 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 Ralf Tiedemann sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 688 publications — 99th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Ralf Tiedemann 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 Ralf Tiedemann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ralf Tiedemann is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering.

Their expertise covers multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering. The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Drilling and Well Engineering, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Geological formations and processes.

Ralf Tiedemann has contributed to several recent publications notable for their focus on paleoclimate and oceanographic studies. These papers include:

  • "Orbital- and millennial-scale Antarctic Circumpolar Current variability in Drake Passage over the past 140,000 years" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Five million years of Antarctic Circumpolar Current strength variability" (2024, Nature)
  • "Marine ecosystem shifts with deglacial sea-ice loss inferred from ancient DNA shotgun sequencing" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Detailed Seismic Bathymetry Beneath Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Implications for Glacial History and Ice-Ocean Interaction" (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Radiocarbon Evidence for the Contribution of the Southern Indian Ocean to the Evolution of Atmospheric CO2 Over the Last 32,000 Years" (2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology)

The researcher frequently collaborates with colleagues whose contributions span multiple joint projects. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lester Lembke-Jene
  • Peter B deMenocal
  • Frank Lamy
  • Torsten Bickert
  • Dirk Nürnberg

Ralf Tiedemann publishes regularly in scientific venues that support open research and earth science disciplines. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Best Publications

  • Effect of the formation of the Isthmus of Panama on Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation

    Gerald H. Haug;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Astronomic timescale for the Pliocene Atlantic δ18O and dust flux records of Ocean Drilling Program Site 659

    Ralf Tiedemann;Michael Sarnthein;Nicholas J. Shackleton

  • North Pacific seasonality and the glaciation of North America 2.7 million years ago

    Gerald H. Haug;Andrey Ganopolski;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;Antoni Rosell-Mele

  • Role of Panama uplift on oceanic freshwater balance

    Gerald H. Haug;Ralf Tiedemann;Rainer Zahn;A. Christina Ravelo

  • Onset of permanent stratification in the subarctic Pacific Ocean

    Gerald H. Haug;Gerald H. Haug;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;Ralf Tiedemann;Thomas F. Pedersen

  • Mid-Pliocene climate change amplified by a switch in Indonesian subsurface throughflow.

    Cyrus Karas;Dirk Nürnberg;Anil K. Gupta;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Molecular record of secular sea surface temperature changes on 100-year timescales for glacial terminations I, II and IV

    Geoffrey Eglinton;Stuart. Bradshaw;Antoni Resell;Michael Sarnthein

  • Early Pliocene increase in thermohaline overturning: A precondition for the development of the modern equatorial Pacific cold tongue

    Silke Steph;Silke Steph;Silke Steph;Ralf Tiedemann;Matthias Prange;Jeroen Groeneveld

  • Sea surface temperature variability and sea‐ice extent in the subarctic northwest Pacific during the past 15,000 years

    Lars Max;Jan-Rainer Riethdorf;Ralf Tiedemann;Maria Smirnova

  • Chlorin accumulation rate as a proxy for Quaternary marine primary productivity

    P. G. Harris;P. G. Harris;M. Zhao;A. Rosell-Melé;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Eccentricity forcing of Pliocene-Early Pleistocene climate revealed in a marine oxygen-isotope record

    Steven C. Clemens;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Environmental change in the Sea of Okhotsk during the last 1.1 million years

    Dirk Nürnberg;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Stable Isotopes of Planktonic Foraminifera From Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean Core-Tops: Implications for Reconstructing Upper Ocean Stratification

    Silke Steph;Marcus Regenberg;Ralf Tiedemann;Stefan Mulitza

  • Assessing the effect of dissolution on planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios: Evidence from Caribbean core tops

    Marcus Regenberg;Dirk Nürnberg;Silke Steph;Silke Steph;Jeroen Groeneveld;Jeroen Groeneveld

  • Calibrating Mg/Ca ratios of multiple planktonic foraminiferal species with δ 18 O-calcification temperatures: Paleothermometry for the upper water column

    Marcus Regenberg;Marcus Regenberg;Silke Steph;Silke Steph;Silke Steph;Dirk Nürnberg;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Younger Dryas‐Style Cooling Events at Glacial Terminations I‐VI at ODP Site 658: Associated benthic δ13C anomalies constrain meltwater hypothesis

    Michael Sarnthein;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Late Miocene to Pleistocene Evolution of Climate in Africa and the Low-Latitude Atlantic: Overview of Leg 108 Results

    W.F. Ruddiman;M. Sarnthein;J. Backman;J.G. Baldauf

  • Arctic Ocean evidence for late Quaternary initiation of northern Eurasian ice sheets

    Robert F. Spielhagen;Georges Bonani;Anton Eisenhauer;Martin Frank

  • Climatic changes in the western Sahara: Aeolo-marine sediment record of the last 8 million years (Sites 657-661)

    Ralf Tiedemann;M. Sarnthein;Rüdiger Stein

  • Glacial reduction and millennial-scale variations in Drake Passage throughflow

    Frank Lamy;Helge W Arz;Rolf Kilian;Rolf Kilian;Carina Beatriz Lange

  • Synchronous and proportional deglacial changes in Atlantic meridional overturning and northeast Brazilian precipitation

    Stefan Mulitza;Cristiano M. Chiessi;Enno Schefuß;Jörg Lippold

  • Changes in Caribbean surface hydrography during the Pliocene shoaling of the Central American Seaway

    Silke Steph;Ralf Tiedemann;Matthias Prange;Jeroen Groeneveld

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Lamy
Frank Lamy Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Rainer Gersonde
Rainer Gersonde Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Stefan Mulitza
Stefan Mulitza University of Bremen
Gerald H. Haug
Gerald H. Haug Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Andrea Abelmann
Andrea Abelmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi Universidade de São Paulo
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen
Torsten Bickert
Torsten Bickert University of Bremen
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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