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Thomas F. Stocker

Thomas F. Stocker

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Environmental Sciences
Switzerland
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
115
Citations
94216
World Ranking
151
National Ranking
6

Thomas F. Stocker publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas F. Stocker sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 518 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Thomas F. Stocker D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas F. Stocker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2019 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Earth Sciences
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Thomas F. Stocker is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing extensively on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Other notable subfields in their research include Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Ecology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate variability and models, Cryospheric studies and observations, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Climate of the past, Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern), Nature, and Environmental Research Letters.

Notable recent papers by Thomas F. Stocker include:

  • Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period (2020), Climate of the past
  • Ambitious partnership needed for reliable climate prediction (2022), Nature Climate Change
  • Magnitude, frequency and climate forcing of global volcanism during the last glacial period as seen in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores (60-9 ka) (2022), Climate of the past
  • Abrupt CO 2 release to the atmosphere under glacial and early interglacial climate conditions (2020), Science
  • Multi-proxy constraints on Atlantic circulation dynamics since the last ice age (2023), Nature Geoscience

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Frerk Pöppelmeier, Hubertus Fischer, Fortunat Joos, Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes, and Martina Messmer.

Thomas F. Stocker has received several awards including membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in the Earth Sciences category (2019), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016), Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2012), and membership in Academia Europaea (1998).

Best Publications

  • Global climate projections. Chapter 10

    G A Meehl;T F Stocker;W D Collins;P Friedlingstein

  • Global climate projections

    G.A. Meehl;T. F. Stocker;W. D. Collins;P. Friedlingstein

  • Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation. Special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente Barros;Thomas F. Stocker;Qin Dahe

  • Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente Barros;Thomas F. Stocker;Qin Dahe

  • Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report: A contribution of Working Groups I, II, and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    RT Watson;DL Albritton;T Barker;IA Baskmakov

  • High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000–800,000 years before present

    Dieter Lüthi;Martine Le Floch;Bernhard Bereiter;Thomas Blunier

  • Orbital and Millennial Antarctic Climate Variability over the Past 800,000 Years

    J. Jouzel;V. Masson-Delmotte;O. Cattani;G. Dreyfus

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    Laurent Augustin;Carlo Barbante;Piers R. F. Barnes;Jean Marc Barnola

  • Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview

    Heinz Wanner;Jürg Beer;Jonathan Bütikofer;Thomas J. Crowley

  • Abrupt climate change

    RB Alley;Jochem Marotzke;WD Nordhaus;JT Overpeck

  • Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations over the Last Glacial Termination

    Eric Monnin;Andreas Indermühle;André Dällenbach;Jacqueline Flückiger

  • Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report

    R. T. Watson;D. L. Albritton;T. Barker;I. A. Bashmakov

  • Stable carbon cycle-climate relationship during the Late Pleistocene.

    Urs Siegenthaler;Thomas F. Stocker;Eric Monnin;Dieter Lüthi

  • Orbital and millennial-scale features of atmospheric CH4 over the past 800,000 years.

    Laetitia Loulergue;Adrian Schilt;Renato Spahni;Valérie Masson-Delmotte

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • The role of the thermohaline circulation in abrupt climate change

    Peter U. Clark;Nicklas G. Pisias;Thomas F. Stocker;Andrew J. Weaver

  • Guidance Note for Lead Authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties

    Michael D. Mastrandrea;Christopher B. Field;Thomas F. Stocker;Ottmar Edenhofer

  • Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period

    T. Blunier;J. Chappellaz;J. Schwander;A. Dällenbach

  • Holocene carbon-cycle dynamics based on CO2 trapped in ice at Taylor Dome, Antarctica

    A. Indermühle;T. F. Stocker;F. Joos;H. Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Christoph C. Raible
Christoph C. Raible University of Bern
Fortunat Joos
Fortunat Joos University of Bern
Jochen Schmitt
Jochen Schmitt University of Bern
Jakob Schwander
Jakob Schwander University of Bern
Jérôme Chappellaz
Jérôme Chappellaz École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bernhard Stauffer
Bernhard Stauffer University of Bern
Markus Leuenberger
Markus Leuenberger University of Bern
Renato Spahni
Renato Spahni University of Bern
Matthias Bigler
Matthias Bigler University of Bern

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