B. Stauffer

11.0k citations

69 papers · 8.5k · 5 hit papers · h-index 35

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Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Cryospheric studies and observations
Environmental Chemistry top 0.2%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 64
- Cryospheric studies and observations 52
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 49
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 6
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 6
Global and Planetary Change 35
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 34

Co-authors: H. Oeschger (33 shared papers)Jakob Schwander (18 shared papers)A. Neftel (12 shared papers)Dominique Raynaud (15 shared papers)Thomas Blunier (11 shared papers)U. Siegenthaler (7 shared papers)H. Friedli (3 shared papers)J. Chappellaz (8 shared papers)
Journals: Annals of Glaciology (16 papers)Nature (13 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (5 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (4 papers)Geophysical monograph (4 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland France United States

In The Last Decade

B. Stauffer

68 papers receiving 7.6k citations

B. Stauffer's Hit Papers

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Holocene carbon-cycle dynamics based on CO2 trapped in ice at Taylor Dome, Antarctica 1999 · 650 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1999 Nature
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1992 Nature
1986 Nature
1985 Nature

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1	Irregular glacial interstadials recorded in a new Greenland ice core Nature ·S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen, W. Dansgaard, Katrin Führer, N. Gundestrup, C. U. Hammer, P. Iversen, J. Jouzel, B. Stauffer, J. P. Steffensen Hit paper breakdown →	1992	1251
2	Ice core record of the 13C/12C ratio of atmospheric CO2 in the past two centuries Nature ·H. Friedli, H. Lötscher, H. Oeschger, U. Siegenthaler, B. Stauffer Hit paper breakdown →	1986	970
3	Holocene carbon-cycle dynamics based on CO2 trapped in ice at Taylor Dome, Antarctica Nature ·Andreas Indermühle, Thomas F. Stocker, Fortunat Joos, Hubertus Fischer, Helen Smith, M. Wahlen, B. Deck, D. Mastroianni, J. Tschumi, Thomas Blunier, R. Meyer, B. Stauffer Hit paper breakdown →	1999	650
4	Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period Nature ·Thomas Blunier, J. Chappellaz, Jakob Schwander, A. Dällenbach, B. Stauffer, Thomas F. Stocker, Dominique Raynaud, J. Jouzel, H. B. Clausen, C. U. Hammer, S. J. Johnsen Hit paper breakdown →	1998	636
5	Evidence from polar ice cores for the increase in atmospheric CO2 in the past two centuries Nature ·A. Neftel, Ernst Moor, H. Oeschger, B. Stauffer Hit paper breakdown →	1985	519
6	Ice core sample measurements give atmospheric CO2 content during the past 40,000 yr Nature ·A. Neftel, H. Oeschger, J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, R. Zumbrunn	1982	427
7	Variations in atmospheric methane concentration during the Holocene epoch Nature ·Thomas Blunier, J. Chappellaz, Jakob Schwander, B. Stauffer, Dominique Raynaud	1995	335
8	Use of 10Be in polar ice to trace the 11-year cycle of solar activity Nature ·J. Beer, А. В. Блинов, Georges Bonani, Robert C. Finkel, H.J. Hofmann, B. Lehmann, H. Oeschger, Andreas Sigg, J. Schwander, T. Staffelbach, B. Stauffer, M. Suter, W. Wötfli	1990	309
9	CO2 record in the Byrd ice core 50,000–5,000 years bp Nature ·A. Neftel, H. Oeschger, T. Staffelbach, B. Stauffer	1988	265
10	Variations in Atmospheric N ₂ O Concentration During Abrupt Climatic Changes Science ·Jacqueline Flückiger, A. Dällenbach, Thomas Blunier, B. Stauffer, Thomas F. Stocker, Dominique Raynaud, Jean-Marc Barnola	1999	233
11	The age of the air in the firn and the ice at Summit, Greenland Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Jakob Schwander, J. M. Barnola, Chantal Andrié, Markus Leuenberger, Andrea Ludin, Dominique Raynaud, B. Stauffer	1993	220
12	Age difference between polar ice and the air trapped in its bubbles Nature ·Jakob Schwander, B. Stauffer	1984	185
13	Late glacial climate history from ice cores Geophysical monograph ·H. Oeschger, J. Beer, U. Siegenthaler, B. Stauffer, W. Dansgaard, Chester C. Langway	1984	180
14	Timing of the Antarctic cold reversal and the atmospheric CO₂ increase with respect to the Younger Dryas Event Geophysical Research Letters ·Thomas Blunier, Jakob Schwander, B. Stauffer, Thomas F. Stocker, A. Dällenbach, Andreas Indermühle, J. Tschumi, J. Chappellaz, Dominique Raynaud, J. M. Barnola	1997	174
15	Changes in the atmospheric CH₄ gradient between Greenland and Antarctica during the Last Glacial and the transition to the Holocene Geophysical Research Letters ·A. Dällenbach, Thomas Blunier, Jacqueline Flückiger, B. Stauffer, J. Chappellaz, Dominique Raynaud	2000	172
16	Increase of Atmospheric Methane Recorded in Antarctic Ice Core Science ·B. Stauffer, Gerhard Fischer, A. Neftel, H. Oeschger	1985	157
17	Methane concentration in the glacial atmosphere was only half that of the preindustrial Holocene Nature ·B. Stauffer, E. Lochbronner, H. Oeschger, Jakob Schwander	1988	135
18	CO<sub>2</sub> evolution during the last millennium as recorded by Antarctic and Greenland ice Tellus B ·Jean-Marc Barnola, Martin Anklin, J. Porcheron, Dominique Raynaud, Jakob Schwander, B. Stauffer	1995	125
19	Air Mixing in Firn and the Age of the Air at Pore Close-Off Annals of Glaciology ·Jakob Schwander, B. Stauffer, Andreas Sigg	1988	123
20	Atmospheric CO2 concentration and millennial-scale climate change during the last glacial period Nature ·B. Stauffer, Thomas Blunier, A. Dällenbach, Andreas Indermühle, J. Schwander, Thomas F. Stocker, J. Tschumi, J. Chappellaz, Dominique Raynaud, C. U. Hammer, H. B. Clausen	1998	113

About B. Stauffer

B. Stauffer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, having authored 69 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (52 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (34 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (14 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (7 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (6 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (6.8k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.7k citations), Paleontology (1.0k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.8k citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (703 citations). B. Stauffer has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Frequent co-authors include H. Oeschger, Jakob Schwander, A. Neftel, Dominique Raynaud, Thomas Blunier, U. Siegenthaler, H. Friedli, J. Chappellaz, C. U. Hammer and J. Jouzel. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of Glaciology, Nature, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical monograph.

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