2026 Reiner Schlitzer: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	48	3709	3399	256	241	130	20206

Overview

Reiner Schlitzer is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, as well as Decision Sciences.

The scientist's work broadly addresses subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Management Science and Operations Research, Information Systems, and Information Systems and Management. Their research topics include Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Data Quality and Management, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Research Data Management Practices, Scientific Computing and Data Management, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Schlitzer has authored several papers in respected journals. Recent publications include:

An intermediate-depth source of hydrothermal 3He and dissolved iron in the North Pacific (2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
SalaciaML: A Deep Learning Approach for Supporting Ocean Data Quality Control (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
Aggregated and Validated Datasets for the European Seas: The Contribution of EMODnet Chemistry (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Products: Rich Resources for Research, Education, and Outreach (2024, Oceanography)
GEOTRACES: Ironing Out the Details of the Oceanic Iron Sources? (2024, Oceanography)

Frequent coauthors include:

Simona Simoncelli
Marina Lipizer
Charles Troupin
Alessandra Giorgetti
Gwenaëlle Moncoiffé

The venues where Schlitzer publishes regularly are:

Oceanography
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Frontiers in Marine Science
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms

James C. Orr;Victoria J. Fabry;Olivier Aumont;Laurent Bopp

6025
Citations
Ocean Data View

R. Schlitzer

2105
Citations
Interactive analysis and visualization of geoscience data with ocean data view

Reiner Schlitzer

1379
Citations
Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

R. A. Duce;J. LaRoche;K. Altieri;K. R. Arrigo

1250
Citations
Dissolved organic matter in the ocean. A controversy stimulates new insights

Dennis A. Hansell;Craig A. Carlson;Daniel J. Repeta;Reiner Schlitzer

1119
Citations
A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;Camilla S. Landa;Camilla S. Landa;Nicolas Metzl

675
Citations
Carbon export fluxes in the Southern Ocean: results from inverse modeling and comparison with satellite based estimates

Reiner Schlitzer

378
Citations
General Circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean

A.R. Robinson;P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;A. Hecht;A. Michelato

375
Citations
The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

352
Citations
Evaluating Global Ocean Carbon Models: The Importance of Realistic Physics

Scott C. Doney;Keith Lindsay;K. Caldeira;J.-M. Campin;J.-M. Campin

324
Citations
Impact of circulation on export production, dissolved organic matter, and dissolved oxygen in the ocean: Results from Phase II of the Ocean Carbon-cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP-2)

Raymond G. Najjar;X. Jin;F. Louanchi;Olivier Aumont

318
Citations
Evaluation of ocean carbon cycle models with data-based metrics

K. Matsumoto;Jorge L. Sarmiento;Robert M. Key;Olivier Aumont

302
Citations
Evaluation of ocean model ventilation with CFC-11: comparison of 13 global ocean models

Jean-Claude Dutay;John L. Bullister;Scott C. Doney;James C. Orr

280
Citations
A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;A. Olsen;D.C.E. Bakker;S. Hankin

266
Citations
GEOTRACES – An international study of the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes

G.M. Henderson;R.F. Anderson;J. Adkins;P. Andersson

254
Citations
Net removal of major marine dissolved organic carbon fractions in the subsurface ocean

Dennis A. Hansell;Craig A. Carlson;Reiner Schlitzer

239
Citations
Biogeochemical protocols and diagnostics for the CMIP6 Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP)

James C. Orr;Raymond G. Najjar;Olivier Aumont;Laurent Bopp

235
Citations
Chlorofluoromethane and oxygen in the Eastern Mediterranean

Reiner Schlitzer;Wolfgang Roether;Harald Oster;Hans-Georg Junghans

233
Citations
An update to the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT version 2)

Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;K. Smith;K. Smith;S. Hankin

223
Citations
Eastern Mediterranean deep water renewal on the basis of chlorofluoromethane and tritium data

Wolfgang Roether;Reiner Schlitzer

217
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Orr French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Andrew Yool National Oceanography Centre

Fortunat Joos University of Bern

Scott C. Doney University of Virginia

Truls Johannessen University of Bergen

Gian-Kasper Plattner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

Richard J. Matear CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere

Are Olsen University of Bergen

Richard A. Feely University of Washington

External Links

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