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Wim Z. Hoek 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 Wim Z. Hoek sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 153 publications — 38th percentile

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

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

Wim Z. Hoek 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 Wim Z. Hoek sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wim Z. Hoek is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, focusing their research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their academic output is concentrated in several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Ecology, and Paleontology. Hoek's work encompasses a wide array of topics involving geology, paleoclimatology, archaeology, and environmental studies.

The scientist's recurrent themes in research comprise:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Frequent publication venues for Hoek include:

  • Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Sedimentology
  • Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wim Z. Hoek are:

  • Richard A. Staff
  • Stefan Engels
  • Christine Lane
  • Aritina Haliuc
  • Francesco Muschitiello

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hoek include:

  • Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Vegetation and peat accumulation steer Holocene tidal-fluvial basin filling and overbank sedimentation along the Old Rhine River, The Netherlands, 2022, Sedimentology
  • Environmental changes in the late Allerød and early Younger Dryas in the Netherlands: a multiproxy high-resolution record from a site with two Pinus sylvestris populations, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Source-bordering aeolian dune formation along the Scheldt River (southern Netherlands - northern Belgium) was caused by Younger Dryas cooling, high river gradient and southwesterly summer winds, 2020, Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw
  • Vegetation changes in the Grote Nete valley (Campine region, Belgium) during the Boreal: a response to the 9.3 ka event?, 2022, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Best Publications

  • A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy

    Sune O. Rasmussen;Matthias Bigler;Simon P. Blockley;Thomas Blunier

  • Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records

    Mike Walker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sune Olander Rasmussen;Trevor Popp;Trevor Popp

  • Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination: a revised protocol recommended by the INTIMATE group

    John J Lowe;Sune O Rasmussen;Svante Björck;Wim Z Hoek

  • Climate Variability and Associated Vegetation Response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka

    A. Feurdean;A. Perşoiu;I. Tanţău;T. Stevens

  • Validation of climate model-inferred regional temperature change for late-glacial Europe

    Oliver Heiri;Stephen J. Brooks;Hans Renssen;Alan Bedford

  • Inter-regional correlation of palaeoclimatic records for the last Glacial-Interglacial Transition: A protocol for improved precision recommended by the INTIMATE project group

    J. John Lowe;Wim Z. Hoek

  • Tephrochronology of last termination sequences in Europe: a protocol for improved analytical precision and robust correlation procedures (a joint SCOTAV-INTIMATE proposal)

    Chris S.M. Turney;J. John Lowe;Siwan M. Davies;Valerie Hall

  • Zand in banen : zanddieptekaarten van het Rivierengebied en het IJsseldal in de provincies Gelderland en Overijssel

    K.M. Cohen;E. Stouthamer;W.Z. Hoek;H.J.A. Berendsen

  • Lateglacial summer temperatures in the Northwest European lowlands: a chironomid record from Hijkermeer, the Netherlands

    Oliver Heiri;Holger Cremer;Stefan Engels;Wim Z. Hoek

  • Vegetation response to the ∼14.7 and ∼11.5 ka cal. BP climate transitions: is vegetation lagging climate?

    Wim Z Hoek

  • Fluvial terrace formation in the northern Upper Rhine Graben during the last 20 000 years as a result of allogenic controls and autogenic evolution

    Gilles Erkens;Rainer Dambeck;Koen P. Volleberg;Marjolein T.I.J. Bouman

  • Late-glacial and early Holocene climatic events and chronology of vegetation development in the Netherlands

    Wim Z. Hoek

  • Detection of Lateglacial distal tephra layers in the Netherlands

    Siwan M. Davies;Wim Z. Hoek;Sjoerd J. P. Bohncke;J. John Lowe

  • The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Base of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period) in the NGRIP Ice Core

    Mike Walker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sune Olander Rasmussen;Jørgen-Peder Steffensen

  • Palaeogeography of Lateglacial Vegetations: Aspects of Lateglacial and Early Holocene vegetation, abiotic landscape, and climate in The Netherlands.

    W.Z. Hoek

  • Climatic and environmental events over the Last Termination, as recorded in The Netherlands: a review

    W.Z. Hoek;S.J.P. Bohncke

  • Early Holocene climate oscillations—causes and consequences

    Wim Z. Hoek;Johanna A.A. Bos

  • Late Glacial fluvial response of the Niers-Rhine (western Germany) to climate and vegetation change

    C. Kasse;W. Z. Hoek;S. J. P. Bohncke;M. Konert

  • The Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition

    Wim Z. Hoek

  • The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: a critical review

    Annelies van Hoesel;Wim Z. Hoek;Gillian M. Pennock;Martyn R. Drury

  • Rapid climate change during the Weichselian Lateglacial in Ireland: Chironomid-inferred summer temperatures from Fiddaun, Co. Galway

    Nelleke van Asch;Arthur F. Lutz;Miriam C.H. Duijkers;Oliver Heiri;Oliver Heiri;Oliver Heiri

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim M. Cohen
Kim M. Cohen Utrecht University
Hans Middelkoop
Hans Middelkoop Utrecht University
Cornelis Kasse
Cornelis Kasse Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
J. John Lowe
J. John Lowe Royal Holloway University of London
Sjoerd Bohncke
Sjoerd Bohncke Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Esther Stouthamer
Esther Stouthamer Utrecht University
Oliver Heiri
Oliver Heiri University of Basel
Jakob Wallinga
Jakob Wallinga Wageningen University & Research
Sune Olander Rasmussen
Sune Olander Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Didier M. Roche
Didier M. Roche Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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