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Walter Michaelis

Walter Michaelis

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
65
Citations
14101
World Ranking
2221
National Ranking
150

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
13824
World Ranking
7736
National Ranking
557

Walter Michaelis 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 Walter Michaelis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 159 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter Michaelis 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 Walter Michaelis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Walter Michaelis is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and contributes to research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Science.

Their work engages with subfields including Atmospheric Science, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Water Science and Technology. Main topics of investigation encompass Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Odor and Emission Control Technologies, and Integrated Water Resources Management.

Walter Michaelis has coauthored research with several collaborators, notably:

  • Arja Valtanen
  • Stephan Solloch
  • Helinä Hartikainen

The scientist has published in the venue Helda (University of Helsinki), with their documented publication being:

  • Emissions of volatile halogenated compounds from a meadow in a coastal area of the Baltic Sea, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)

This recent paper addresses environmental emissions, contributing information relevant for atmospheric and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments

    JI Hedges;G Eglinton;PG Hatcher;DL Kirchman

  • Methane formation from long-chain alkanes by anaerobic microorganisms.

    Karsten Zengler;Hans H. Richnow;Ramon Rosselló-Mora;Walter Michaelis

  • Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain hydrocarbons by marine sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Olaf Kniemeyer;Florin Musat;Stefan M. Sievert;Katrin Knittel

  • Membrane lipid patterns typify distinct anaerobic methanotrophic consortia

    Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Joachim Reitner;Thomas Pape

  • Probable modern analogue of Kuroko-type massive sulphide deposits in the Okinawa Trough back-arc basin

    P. Halbach;Ko Ichi Nakamura;M. Wahsner;J. Lange

  • Anaerobic naphthalene degradation by a sulfate-reducing enrichment culture.

    Rainer U. Meckenstock;Eva Annweiler;Walter Michaelis;Hans H. Richnow

  • Highly isotopically depleted isoprenoids: molecular markers for ancient methane venting

    Volker Thiel;Jörn Peckmann;Richard Seifert;Patrick Wehrung

  • Molecular signals for anaerobic methane oxidation in Black Sea seep carbonates and a microbial mat

    Volker Thiel;Jörn Peckmann;Hans Hermann Richnow;Ulf Luth

  • Cold seep deposits of Beauvoisin (Oxfordian; southeastern France) and Marmorito (Miocene; northern Italy): microbially induced authigenic carbonates

    J. Peckmann;V. Thiel;Walter Michaelis;P. Clari

  • Naphthalene Degradation and Incorporation of Naphthalene-Derived Carbon into Biomass by the Thermophile Bacillus thermoleovorans

    E. Annweiler;H. H. Richnow;G. Antranikian;S. Hebenbrock

  • Biofilm exopolymers control microbialite formation at thermal springs discharging into the alkaline Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA

    Gernot Arp;Volker Thiel;Volker Thiel;Andreas Reimer;Walter Michaelis

  • A comprehensive approach to the study of methane-seep deposits from the Lincoln Creek Formation, western Washington State, USA

    J. Peckmann;J. L. Goedert;V. Thiel;W. Michaelis

  • An Anaerobic World in Sponges

    Friederike Hoffmann;Ole Larsen;Volker Thiel;Hans Tore Rapp

  • Polar Lipids of Archaebacteria in Sediments and Petroleums

    B. Chappe;P. Albrecht;W. Michaelis

  • Dissolved Free and Combined Carbohydrates During a Phytoplankton Bloom in the Northern North Sea

    V. Ittekkot;U. Brockmann;W. Michaelis;ET Degens

  • Biosynthesis of hopanoids by sulfate-reducing bacteria (genus Desulfovibrio).

    Martin Blumenberg;Martin Krüger;Katja Nauhaus;Helen M. Talbot

  • Biosedimentology of Microbial Buildups IGCP Project No. 380 Proceedings of 2nd Meeting, Göttingen/Germany 1996

    Fritz Neuweiler;Joachim Reitner;Claude Monty;Mark Feldmann

  • Facets of Modern Biogeochemistry

    Venugopalan Ittekkot;Stephan Kempe;Walter Michaelis;Alejandro Spitzy

  • Concretionary methane-seep carbonates and associated microbial communities in Black Sea sediments

    Joachim Reitner;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann;Martin Blumenberg;Walter Michaelis

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Seifert
Richard Seifert Universität Hamburg
Hans H. Richnow
Hans H. Richnow Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Martin Blumenberg
Martin Blumenberg University of Göttingen
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Joachim Reitner
Joachim Reitner University of Göttingen
Egon T. Degens
Egon T. Degens Universität Hamburg
Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Rainer U. Meckenstock
Rainer U. Meckenstock University of Duisburg-Essen
Stephan Kempe
Stephan Kempe Technical University of Darmstadt
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich

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