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Torsten Sachs 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 Torsten Sachs sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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

Torsten Sachs 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 Torsten Sachs 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+

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

Best Publications

  • CO 2 flux determination by closed-chamber methods can be seriously biased by inappropriate application of linear regression

    L. Kutzbach;Judit Schneider;Torsten Sachs;M. Giebels

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Methane emission from Siberian arctic polygonal tundra: eddy covariance measurements and modeling

    Christian Wille;Lars Kutzbach;Torsten Sachs;Dirk Wagner

  • Environmental controls on ecosystem-scale CH4 emission from polygonal tundra in the Lena River Delta, Siberia

    Torsten Sachs;Christian Wille;Julia Boike;Lars Kutzbach

  • Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties

    Anna Maria Virkkala;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Brendan M. Rogers;Torbern Tagesson;Torbern Tagesson

  • MERLIN: A French-German Space Lidar Mission Dedicated to Atmospheric Methane

    Gerhard Ehret;Philippe Bousquet;Clémence Pierangelo;Matthias Alpers

  • Environmental controls on CH4 emission from polygonal tundra on the microsite scale in the Lena river delta, Siberia

    Torsten Sachs;Michael Giebels;Julia Boike;Lars Kutzbach

  • Effects of permafrost melting on CO2 and CH4 exchange of a poorly drained black spruce lowland

    Kimberly P. Wickland;Kimberly P. Wickland;Robert G. Striegl;Jason C. Neff;Torsten Sachs;Torsten Sachs

  • FLUXNET-CH4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands

    Kyle B. Delwiche;Sara Helen Knox;Avni Malhotra;Etienne Fluet-Chouinard

  • Erosion and Flooding—Threats to Coastal Infrastructure in the Arctic: A Case Study from Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada

    Boris Radosavljevic;Boris Radosavljevic;Hugues Lantuit;Hugues Lantuit;Wayne Pollard;Paul Overduin

  • Identifying dominant environmental predictors of freshwater wetland methane fluxes across diurnal to seasonal time scales.

    Sara Helen Knox;Sheel Bansal;Gavin McNicol;Karina Schafer

  • Modeling regional to global CH4 emissions of boreal and arctic wetlands

    A.M.R. Petrescu;L.P.H. van Beek;J. van Huissteden;C. Prigent

  • Monthly gridded data product of northern wetland methane emissions based on upscaling eddy covariance observations

    Olli Peltola;Timo Vesala;Yao Gao;Olle Räty

  • A decade of remotely sensed observations highlight complex processes linked to coastal permafrost bluff erosion in the Arctic

    Benjamin M. Jones;Louise M. Farquharson;Carson Baughman;Richard M. Buzard

  • Coastal erosion and mass wasting along the Canadian Beaufort Sea based on annual airborne LiDAR elevation data

    Jaroslav Obu;Hugues Lantuit;Hugues Lantuit;Guido Grosse;Frank Günther

  • Seasonal increase of methane emissions linked to warming in Siberian tundra

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  • Rapid CO2 Release From Eroding Permafrost in Seawater

    George Tanski;George Tanski;Dirk Wagner;Christian Knoblauch;Michael Fritz

  • Modeled Microbial Dynamics Explain the Apparent Temperature Sensitivity of Wetland Methane Emissions

    Sarah E. Chadburn;Tuula Aalto;Mika Aurela;Dennis Baldocchi

  • Upscaling methane fluxes from closed chambers to eddy covariance based on a permafrost biogeochemistry integrated model

    Yu Zhang;Torsten Sachs;Changsheng Li;Julia Boike

  • High net CO 2 and CH 4 release at a eutrophic shallow lake on a formerly drained fen

    Daniela Franz;Franziska Koebsch;Eric Larmanou;Jürgen Augustin

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Kutzbach
Lars Kutzbach Universität Hamburg
Julia Boike
Julia Boike Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University
Hugues Lantuit
Hugues Lantuit University of Potsdam
Frans-Jan W. Parmentier
Frans-Jan W. Parmentier University of Oslo
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Moritz Langer
Moritz Langer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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