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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 35 7455 6902 121 117 153 7550

Wim Z. Hoek publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wim Z. Hoek between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wim Z. Hoek published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 5.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2018. 3 of the 163 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2018. 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 5 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1996 2025

163 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wim Z. Hoek: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 2
1997 3
1998 4
1999 4
2000 5
2001 4
2002 4
2003 0
2004 2
2005 5
2006 1
2007 5
2008 4
2009 10
2010 4
2011 2
2012 16
2013 13
2014 10
2015 7
2016 12
2017 9
2018 19
2019 4
2020 4
2021 2
2022 4
2023 1
2024 2
2025 1
Total 163
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 148–157 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 153 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495 153
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372 35
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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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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