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Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

Northumbria University
United Kingdom

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
7392
World Ranking
4466
National Ranking
493

Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach 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 Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 174 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach 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 Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach is affiliated with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Their academic contributions are primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on several related subfields and topics.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields they have contributed to are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology

Their work encompasses a variety of topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Climate variability and models

Among the recent papers published by Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach are the following:

  • SISALv2: a comprehensive speleothem isotope database with multiple age-depth models (2020, Earth system science data)
  • Palaeoclimate evidence of vulnerable permafrost during times of low sea ice (2020, Nature)
  • What we talk about when we talk about seasonality - A transdisciplinary review (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Intertropical convergence zone variability in the Neotropics during the Common Era (2020, Science Advances)
  • Holocene variability of East Asian summer monsoon as viewed from the speleothem δ18O records in central China (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Breitenbach include:

  • Ola Kwiecien
  • Adam Hartland
  • Tobias Braun
  • Norbert Marwan
  • John Hellström

Publication venues that have frequently featured work by Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Climate of the past
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change

    Douglas J. Kennett;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Valorie V. Aquino;Yemane Asmerom

  • Strong influence of water vapor source dynamics on stable isotopes in precipitation observed in Southern Meghalaya, NE India

    Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Jess F. Adkins;Hanno Meyer;Norbert Marwan

  • Indian monsoon variability on millennial-orbital timescales.

    Gayatri Kathayat;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Ashish Sinha;Christoph Spötl

  • Reducing Uncertainties in Carbonate Clumped Isotope Analysis Through Consistent Carbonate-Based Standardization

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Inigo A. Müller;Kristin D. Bergmann;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • Trends and oscillations in the Indian summer monsoon rainfall over the last two millennia.

    Ashish Sinha;Gayatri Kathayat;Hai Cheng;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • Temperature dependence of oxygen- and clumped isotope fractionation in carbonates: A study of travertines and tufas in the 6-95 °C temperature range

    Sándor Kele;Sándor Kele;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Enrico Capezzuoli;A. Nele Meckler

  • COnstructing Proxy Records from Age models (COPRA)

    Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Kira Rehfeld;Kira Rehfeld;Bedartha Goswami;Bedartha Goswami;James U.L. Baldini

  • Long-term performance of the Kiel carbonate device with a new correction scheme for clumped isotope measurements

    A. Nele Meckler;Martin Ziegler;M. Isabel Millán;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • Effects of Improved 17O Correction on Interlaboratory Agreement in Clumped Isotope Calibrations, Estimates of Mineral-Specific Offsets, and Temperature Dependence of Acid Digestion Fractionation

    S. V. Petersen;W. F. Defliese;W. F. Defliese;C. Saenger;M. Daëron

  • Climate variations of Central Asia on orbital to millennial timescales

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Christoph Spötl;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Ashish Sinha

  • Speleothems Reveal 500,000-Year History of Siberian Permafrost

    Anton Vaks;Oxana S. Gutareva;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Erdenedalai Avirmed

  • Background effects on Faraday collectors in gas‐source mass spectrometry and implications for clumped isotope measurements

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Bin Hu;Bin Hu;Ulrike Wacker;Jens Fiebig

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of small carbonate samples (20 to 100 µg) with a GasBench II preparation device.

    Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Stefano M. Bernasconi

  • Aerosol forcing of the position of the intertropical convergence zone since ad 1550

    Harriet E. Ridley;Yemane Asmerom;James U. L. Baldini;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • Holocene moisture changes in western China, Central Asia, inferred from stalagmites

    Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;John C.H. Chiang;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan

  • Seasonality of westerly moisture transport in the East Asian summer monsoon and its implications for interpreting precipitation δ18O

    Alexander J. Baker;Harald Sodemann;James U. L. Baldini;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • Cave ventilation and rainfall signals in dripwater in a monsoonal setting – a monitoring study from NE India

    Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Franziska A. Lechleitner;Hanno Meyer;Gregory Diengdoh

  • Rainfall variations in central Indo-Pacific over the past 2,700 y.

    Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan;Chuan Chou Shen;Ludvig Löwemark;Sakonvan Chawchai

  • See-saw relationship of the Holocene East Asian-Australian summer monsoon.

    Deniz Eroglu;Deniz Eroglu;Fiona H. McRobie;Ibrahim Ozken;Ibrahim Ozken;Thomas Stemler

  • Closing in on the marine 238U/235U budget

    Morten Andersen;D. Vance;J. L. Morford;E. Bura-Nakic

  • Precipitation evolution of Central Asia during the last 5000 years

    Christian Wolff;Birgit Plessen;Alexey S. Dudashvilli;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach

  • SISALv2: A comprehensive speleothem isotope database with multiple age-depth models

    Laia Comas-Bru;Kira Rehfeld;Carla Roesch;Sahar Amirnezhad-Mozhdehi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
James U. L. Baldini
James U. L. Baldini Durham University
Yemane Asmerom
Yemane Asmerom University of New Mexico
Denis Scholz
Denis Scholz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gerald H. Haug
Gerald H. Haug Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Birgit Plessen
Birgit Plessen University of Potsdam
Victor J. Polyak
Victor J. Polyak University of New Mexico
Jürgen Kurths
Jürgen Kurths Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Yanjun Cai
Yanjun Cai Xi'an Jiaotong University
Gideon M. Henderson
Gideon M. Henderson University of Oxford

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