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Wolfgang Koeve 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 Wolfgang Koeve sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 120 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Koeve 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 Wolfgang Koeve sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Koeve is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change among other subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Koeve has authored and co-authored research published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Biogeosciences

The scientist's recent papers, highlighting a selection of their scholarly contributions, include:

  • "One size fits all? Calibrating an ocean biogeochemistry model for different circulations," published in 2020 in Biogeosciences
  • "Does Export Production Measure Transient Changes of the Biological Carbon Pump's Feedback to the Atmosphere Under Global Warming?" published in 2020 in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Artificial Upwelling-A Refined Narrative," published in 2023 in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Can Top-Down Controls Expand the Ecological Niche of Marine N2 Fixers?" published in 2021 in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Misconceptions of the marine biological carbon pump in a changing climate: Thinking outside the "export" box," published in 2024 in Global Change Biology

Wolfgang Koeve has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. Among the most frequent collaborators are:

  • Andreas Oschlies
  • Karin Kvale
  • Ivy Frenger
  • Angela Landolfi
  • Iris Kriest

Best Publications

  • Future ocean acidification will be amplified by hypoxia in coastal habitats

    Frank Melzner;Jörn Thomsen;Wolfgang Koeve;Andreas Oschlies

  • Basin‐wide particulate carbon flux in the Atlantic Ocean: Regional export patterns and potential for atmospheric CO2 sequestration

    Avan N Antia;Wolfgang Koeve;Gerhard Fischer;Thomas Blanz

  • C:N ratios in the mixed layer during the productive season in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

    Arne Körtzinger;Wolfgang Koeve;Paul Kähler;Ludger Mintrop

  • Trapping efficiencies of sediment traps from the deep Eastern North Atlantic:: the 230Th calibration

    Jan Scholten;Jan Fietzke;S. Vogler;M. Rutgers van der Loeff

  • Marine dissolved organic matter: can its C : N ratio explain carbon overconsumption?

    Paul Kähler;Wolfgang Koeve

  • Pelagic processes and vertical flux of particles: an overview of a long-term comparative study in the Norwegian Sea and Greenland Sea

    B. von Bodungen;A. Antia;E. Bauerfeind;O. Haupt

  • Model‐Based Assessment of the CO2 Sequestration Potential of Coastal Ocean Alkalinization

    E. Y. Feng;W. Koeve;D. P. Keller;A. Oschlies

  • Patterns of deoxygenation: sensitivity to natural and anthropogenic drivers

    Andreas Oschlies;Olaf Duteil;Julia Getzlaff;Wolfgang Koeve

  • Side effects and accounting aspects of hypothetical large-scale Southern Ocean iron fertilization

    Andreas Oschlies;Wolfgang Koeve;Wilfried Rickels;Katrin Rehdanz

  • An eddy‐permitting coupled physical‐biological model of the North Atlantic: 2. Ecosystem dynamics and comparison with satellite and JGOFS local studies data

    Andreas Oschlies;Wolfgang Koeve;Veronique Garçon

  • Retraction Note: Quantification of ocean heat uptake from changes in atmospheric O2 and CO2 composition.

    L. Resplandy;R. F. Keeling;Y. Eddebbar;M. K. Brooks

  • A new perspective on environmental controls of marine nitrogen fixation

    Angela Landolfi;Wolfgang Koeve;Heiner Dietze;Paul Kähler

  • δ13C of Southern Ocean suspended organic matter during spring and early summer: regional and temporal variability

    Frank Dehairs;E. Kopczynska;P. Nielsen;Christiane Lancelot

  • Overlooked runaway feedback in the marine nitrogen cycle: the vicious cycle

    Angela Landolfi;Heiner Dietze;Wolfgang Koeve;Andreas Oschlies

  • Trajectories of sinking particles and the catchment areas above sediment traps in the northeast Atlantic

    Joanna Waniek;Wolfgang Koeve;Ralf D. Prien

  • Could artificial ocean alkalinization protect tropical coral ecosystems from ocean acidification

    Ellias Y. Feng;David P. Keller;Wolfgang Koeve;Andreas Oschlies

  • Wintertime nutrients in the North Atlantic: new approaches and implications for new production estimates

    Wolfgang Koeve

  • Particle flux, and composition of sedimenting matter, in the Greenland Sea

    E. Bauerfeind;B. V. Bodungen;K. Arndt;Wolfgang Koeve

  • Oceanic nitrogen cycling and N2O flux perturbations in the Anthropocene

    Angela Landolfi;Christopher J. Somes;Wolfgang Koeve;Lauren M. Zamora;Lauren M. Zamora

  • Preformed and regenerated phosphate in ocean general circulation models: can right total concentrations be wrong?

    Olaf Duteil;Wolfgang Koeve;Andreas Oschlies;O. Aumont

  • A novel estimate of ocean oxygen utilisation points to a reduced rate of respiration in the ocean interior

    Olaf Duteil;Wolfgang Koeve;Andreas Oschlies;D. Bianchi

  • Quantification of ocean heat uptake from changes in atmospheric O 2 and CO 2 composition

    L. Resplandy;R. F. Keeling;Y. Eddebbar;M. K. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Oschlies
Andreas Oschlies GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Ilka Peeken
Ilka Peeken Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Maren Voss
Maren Voss Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Richard W. Eppley
Richard W. Eppley University of California, San Diego
Laurent Bopp
Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure
Arne Körtzinger
Arne Körtzinger GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
John P. Dunne
John P. Dunne Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Ralph F. Keeling
Ralph F. Keeling University of California, San Diego
Matthew C. Long
Matthew C. Long National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kitack Lee
Kitack Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology

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