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Tim Rixen 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 Tim Rixen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 172 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tim Rixen 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 Tim Rixen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tim Rixen is affiliated with the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology in Germany. Their research primarily spans fields related to Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work covers various topics, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Tim Rixen's publication record includes papers in well-known venues such as Biogeosciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography.

Among recent papers, these are notable examples:

  • "Reviews and syntheses: Present, past, and future of the oxygen minimum zone in the northern Indian Ocean," 2020, Biogeosciences
  • "Marine organic matter in the remote environment of the Cape Verde islands - an introduction and overview to the MarParCloud campaign," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "What can we learn from amino acids about oceanic organic matter cycling and degradation?," 2022, Biogeosciences
  • "Signals of Holocene climate transition amplified by anthropogenic land-use changes in the westerly-Indian monsoon realm," 2021, Climate of the Past
  • "Sediment trap-derived particulate matter fluxes in the oligotrophic subtropical gyre of the South Indian Ocean," 2021, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Frequent collaborators working with Tim Rixen include:

  • Niko Lahajnar
  • Thorsten Warneke
  • Tarron Lamont
  • Alexandra Klemme
  • Claire Siddiqui

Tim Rixen's research contributes to understanding complex marine and environmental systems through interdisciplinary study, linking oceanographic and ecological aspects with broader planetary and atmospheric processes.

Best Publications

  • Seasonality and interannual variability of particle fluxes to the deep Arabian sea

    B. Haake;V. Ittekkot;T. Rixen;V. Ramaswamy

  • Distribution of diatoms, coccolithophores and planktic foraminifers along a trophic gradient during SW monsoon in the Arabian Sea

    Ralf Schiebel;Alexandra Zeltner;Ute F. Treppke;Joanna J. Waniek

  • Coupling between SW monsoon‐related surface and deep ocean processes as discerned from continuous particle flux measurements and correlated satellite data

    T. Rixen;B. Haake;V. Ittekkot;M. V. S. Guptha

  • Relevance of peat draining rivers in central Sumatra for the riverine input of dissolved organic carbon into the ocean

    Antje Baum;Tim Rixen;Joko Samiaji

  • Stable nitrogen isotopic ratios of sinking particles and sediments from the northern Indian Ocean

    B. Gaye-Haake;N. Lahajnar;K.-Ch. Emeis;D. Unger

  • Low-latitude control on seasonal and interannual changes in planktonic foraminiferal flux and shell geochemistry off south Java: A sediment trap study

    Mahyar Mohtadi;Stephan Steinke;Jeroen Groeneveld;Hiske G. Fink

  • A revised nitrogen budget for the Arabian Sea

    H. W. Bange;T. Rixen;A. M. Johansen;R. L. Siefert

  • Reviews and syntheses: Present, past, and future of the oxygen minimum zone in the northern Indian Ocean

    Tim Rixen;Greg Cowie;Birgit Gaye;Joaquim Goes

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from the Arabian Sea: A synthesis

    Hermann W. Bange;M. O. Andreae;S. Lal;C. S. Law

  • Sedimentation in the western Arabian Sea the role of coastal and open-ocean upwelling

    Tim Rixen;Birgit Haake;Venugopalan Ittekkot

  • Evidence of parallel denitrification and nitrite oxidation in the ODZ of the Arabian Sea from paired stable isotopes of nitrate and nitrite

    Birgit Gaye;Birgit Nagel;Kirstin Dähnke;Tim Rixen

  • Exportation of dissolved (inorganic and organic) and particulate carbon from mangroves and its implication to the carbon budget in the Indian Sundarbans.

    R. Ray;A. Baum;T. Rixen;Gerd Gleixner

  • The Siak, a tropical black water river in central Sumatra on the verge of anoxia

    Tim Rixen;Antje Baum;Thomas Pohlmann;Wolfgang Balzer

  • Coupled physical/biogeochemical modeling including O 2 -dependent processes in the Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems: application in the Benguela

    E. Gutknecht;Isabelle Dadou;B. Le Vu;Gildas Cambon

  • Lateral carbon fluxes and CO 2 outgassing from a tropical peat-draining river

    D. Müller;D. Müller;T. Warneke;T. Rixen;T. Rixen;M. Müller

  • Biogeochemical processes and turnover rates in the Northern Benguela Upwelling System

    K.C. Emeis;Anja Eggert;Anita Flohr;Anita Flohr;Niko Lahajnar

  • The ballast effect of lithogenic matter and its influences on the carbon fluxes in the Indian Ocean

    Tim Rixen;Birgit Gaye;Kay-Christian Emeis;Venkitasubramani Ramaswamy

  • Radionuclide fluxes in the Arabian Sea: the role of particle composition

    J.C. Scholten;J. Fietzke;A. Mangini;P. Stoffers

  • Deep ocean fluxes and their link to surface ocean processes and the biological pump

    Tim Rixen;M V S Guptha;Venugopalan Ittekkot

  • The influence of the SW monsoon on the deep-sea organic carbon cycle in the Holocene

    T Rixen;V Ittekkot;B Haake-Gaye;P Schäfer

  • The impact of disturbed peatlands on river outgassing in Southeast Asia

    Francisca Wit;Denise Müller;Denise Müller;Antje Baum;Thorsten Warneke

  • The monsoon, carbon fluxes, and the organic carbon pump in the northern Indian Ocean

    Tim Rixen;Birgit Gaye;Kay-Christian Emeis

  • Distribution, sources and biogeochemistry of organic matter in a mangrove dominated estuarine system (Indian Sundarbans) during the pre-monsoon

    R. Ray;T. Rixen;A. Baum;Ashish Malik

  • Marine organic matter in the remote environment of the Cape Verde Islands – An introduction and overview to the MarParCloud campaign

    Manuela van Pinxteren;Khanneh Wadinga Fomba;Nadja Triesch;Christian Stolle;Christian Stolle

Frequent Co-Authors

Venugopalan Ittekkot
Venugopalan Ittekkot University of Bremen
Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
Thorsten Warneke
Thorsten Warneke University of Bremen
Kay-Christian Emeis
Kay-Christian Emeis Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
Hermann W. Bange
Hermann W. Bange GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jorge Cortés
Jorge Cortés University of Costa Rica
Agostino Merico
Agostino Merico University of Bremen
Tim C Jennerjahn
Tim C Jennerjahn University of Bremen
Gaute Lavik
Gaute Lavik Max Planck Society

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