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Stefan Hendricks 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 Stefan Hendricks sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 451 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Hendricks 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 Stefan Hendricks sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stefan Hendricks is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science. Other subfields include Environmental Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate variability and models
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Stefan Hendricks has contributed to numerous research papers. Some recent publications include:

  • "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice," 2022, published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go?", 2023, Earth system science data
  • "The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf," 2020, The Cryosphere
  • "Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5," 2021, Journal of Operational Oceanography
  • "MOSAiC drift expedition from October 2019 to July 2020: sea ice conditions from space and comparison with previous years," 2021, The Cryosphere

Frequent collaborators in their research include Robert Ricker, Christian Haas, Lars Kaleschke, Gunnar Spreen, and Luisa von Albedyll.

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, most notably The Cryosphere, followed by Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) at the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.

Best Publications

  • CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume

    Seymour W. Laxon;Katharine A. Giles;Andy L. Ridout;Duncan J. Wingham

  • Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

    Antje Boetius;Sebastian Albrecht;Karel Bakker;Christina Bienhold

  • Sensitivity of CryoSat-2 Arctic sea-ice freeboard and thickness on radar-waveform interpretation

    Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Veit Helm;Henriette Skourup

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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  • Changes in Arctic sea ice result in increasing light transmittance and absorption

    Marcel Nicolaus;Christian Katlein;J. Maslanik;Stefan Hendricks

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • A weekly Arctic sea-ice thickness data record from merged CryoSat-2 and SMOS satellite data

    Robert Ricker;Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Lars Kaleschke;Xiangshan Tian-Kunze

  • Helicopter-borne measurements of sea ice thickness, using a small and lightweight, digital EM system

    Christian Haas;John Lobach;Stefan Hendricks;Lasse Rabenstein

  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • Reduced ice thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift favors rapid ice retreat

    Christian Haas;Christian Haas;Andreas Pfaffling;Andreas Pfaffling;Stefan Hendricks;Lasse Rabenstein

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Synoptic airborne thickness surveys reveal state of Arctic sea ice cover

    Christian Haas;Stefan Hendricks;Hajo Eicken;Andreas Herber

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Arctic warming interrupts the Transpolar Drift and affects long-range transport of sea ice and ice-rafted matter

    Thomas Krumpen;H. Jakob Belter;Antje Boetius;Ellen Damm

  • Impact of snow accumulation on CryoSat‐2 range retrievals over Arctic sea ice: An observational approach with buoy data

    Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Donald K. Perovich;Veit Helm

  • SMOS sea ice product: operational application and validation in the Barents Sea marginal ice zone

    Lars Kaleschke;Xiangshan Tian-Kunze;Nina Maaß;Alexander Beitsch

  • Thermodynamic and dynamic contributions to seasonal Arctic sea ice thickness distributions from airborne observations

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  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • State of the Climate in 2013

    Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

  • A sea-ice thickness retrieval model for 1.4 GHz radiometry and application to airborne measurements over low salinity sea-ice

    L. Kaleschke;N. Maaß;Christian Haas;Stefan Hendricks

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf

    Thomas Krumpen;Florent Birrien;Frank Kauker;Thomas Rackow

  • Variability of Arctic sea-ice topography and its impact on the atmospheric surface drag

    Giulia Castellani;Christof Lüpkes;Stefan Hendricks;Rüdiger Gerdes

  • MOSAiC drift expedition from October 2019 to July 2020: sea ice conditions from space and comparison with previous years

    Thomas Krumpen;Luisa von Albedyll;Helge F. Goessling;Stefan Hendricks

  • Empirical parametrization of Envisat freeboard retrieval of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice based on CryoSat-2: progress in the ESA Climate Change Initiative

    Stephan Paul;Stephan Paul;Stefan Hendricks;Robert Ricker;Stefan Kern

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Haas
Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert Ricker
Robert Ricker NORCE Research
Marcel Nicolaus
Marcel Nicolaus Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Thomas Krumpen
Thomas Krumpen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Veit Helm
Veit Helm Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Rüdiger Gerdes
Rüdiger Gerdes Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Lars Kaleschke
Lars Kaleschke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Gunnar Spreen
Gunnar Spreen University of Bremen
Ignatius Rigor
Ignatius Rigor University of Washington
Andreas Herber
Andreas Herber Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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