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Ulrich Hambach 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 Ulrich Hambach sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 337 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ulrich Hambach 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 Ulrich Hambach sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ulrich Hambach is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology.

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

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Ulrich Hambach has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Recent papers include:

  • "Loess landscapes of Europe - Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Testing polymineral post-IR IRSL and quartz SAR-OSL protocols on Middle to Late Pleistocene loess at Batajnica, Serbia" (2020), published in Boreas
  • "Millennial-scale terrestrial ecosystem responses to Upper Pleistocene climatic changes: 4D-reconstruction of the Schwalbenberg Loess-Palaeosol-Sequence (Middle Rhine Valley, Germany)" (2020), published in CATENA
  • "Chronological Assessment of the Balta Alba Kurgan Loess-Paleosol Section (Romania) - A Comparative Study on Different Dating Methods for a Robust and Precise Age Model" (2021), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Cultural evolution and environmental change in Central Europe between 40 and 15 ka" (2020), published in Quaternary International

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Frontiers in Earth Science, Quaternary International, Earth-Science Reviews, and CATENA.

They have collaborated extensively with a range of coauthors, notably:

  • Daniel Vereş
  • Christian Zeeden
  • Frank Lehmkuhl
  • Slobodan B. Marković
  • Philipp Schulte

Best Publications

  • An evaluation of geochemical weathering indices in loess-paleosol studies

    Björn Buggle;Bruno Glaser;Ulrich Hambach;Natalia Gerasimenko

  • Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

    Slobodan B. Marković;Thomas Stevens;George J. Kukla;Ulrich Hambach

  • Dust deposition and climate in the Carpathian Basin over an independently dated last glacial-interglacial cycle

    Thomas Stevens;Slobodan B. Marković;Michael Zech;Ulrich Hambach

  • Geochemical characterization and origin of Southeastern and Eastern European loesses (Serbia, Romania, Ukraine)

    Björn Buggle;Bruno Glaser;Ludwig Zöller;Ulrich Hambach

  • Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation

    Frank Lehmkuhl;Janina J. Nett;Stephan Pötter;Philipp Schulte

  • Stratigraphy, and spatial and temporal paleoclimatic trends in Southeastern/Eastern European loess–paleosol sequences

    Björn Buggle;Ulrich Hambach;Bruno Glaser;Natalia Gerasimenko

  • The last million years recorded at the Stari Slankamen (Northern Serbia) loess-palaeosol sequence: revised chronostratigraphy and long-term environmental trends

    Slobodan B. Marković;Ulrich Hambach;Thomas Stevens;George J. Kukla

  • Middle and Late Pleistocene loess sequences at Batajnica, Vojvodina, Serbia

    Slobodan B. Marković;Ulrich Hambach;Norm Catto;Mladjen Jovanović

  • Pleistocene environmental dynamics recorded in the loess of the middle and lower Danube basin

    Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons;Slobodan B. Marković;Ulrich Hambach

  • Aeolian dust dynamics in central Asia during the Pleistocene: Driven by the long‐term migration, seasonality, and permanency of the Asiatic polar front

    Björn Machalett;Björn Machalett;Björn Machalett;Eric A. Oches;Manfred Frechen;Ludwig Zöller

  • Reconstructing Quaternary vegetation history in the Carpathian Basin, SE-Europe, using n-alkane biomarkers as molecular fossils: Problems and possible solutions, potential and limitations

    Michael Zech;Björn Buggle;Katharina Leiber;Slobodan B. Marković

  • High-resolution chronologies for loess: comparing AMS 14C and optical dating results

    Andreas Lang;Christine Hatté;Denis-Didier Rousseau;Denis-Didier Rousseau;Pierre Antoine

  • Iron mineralogical proxies and Quaternary climate change in SE-European loess-paleosol sequences

    Björn Buggle;Björn Buggle;Ulrich Hambach;Karoly Müller;Ludwig Zöller

  • Warm Period Growth of Travertine during the Last Interglaciation in Southern Germany

    Norbert Frank;Margarethe Braum;Ulrich Hambach;Augusto Mangini

  • On the evidence for human use and control of fire at Schöningen

    Mareike Cordula Stahlschmidt;Christopher E. Miller;Bertrand Ligouis;Ulrich Hambach

  • Humid glacials, arid interglacials?: Critical thoughts on pedogenesis and paleoclimate based on multi-proxy analyses of the loess-paleosol sequence Crvenka, Northern Serbia

    Roland Zech;Michael Zech;Slobodan Marković;Ulrich Hambach

  • Loess in the Vojvodina region (Northern Serbia): an essential link between European and Asian Pleistocene environments

    S.B. Marković;U. Hambach;T. Stevens;T. Stevens;M. Jovanović

  • The ELSA-Vegetation-Stack: reconstruction of Landscape Evolution Zones (LEZ) from laminated Eifel maar sediments of the last 60,000 years

    Frank Sirocko;H. Knapp;F. Dreher;M. W. Förster

  • The Campanian Ignimbrite eruption: new data on volcanic ash dispersal and its potential impact on human evolution.

    Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons;Ulrich Hambach;Daniel Veres;Daniel Veres;Radu Iovita

  • Shift of large-scale atmospheric systems over Europe during late MIS 3 and implications for Modern Human dispersal

    Igor Obreht;Ulrich Hambach;Ulrich Hambach;Daniel Veres;Daniel Veres;Christian Zeeden

  • Approaches and challenges to the study of loess - Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue

    Randall J. Schaetzl;E. Arthur Bettis;Onn Crouvi;Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons

Frequent Co-Authors

Slobodan B. Marković
Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Ludwig Zöller
Ludwig Zöller University of Bayreuth
Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens Uppsala University
Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons
Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons Max Planck Society
Manfred Frechen
Manfred Frechen Leibniz Association
Pál Sümegi
Pál Sümegi University of Szeged
Bruno Glaser
Bruno Glaser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Qingzhen Hao
Qingzhen Hao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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