Bert Rudels

9.8k citations

106 papers · 7.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 48

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Climate change and permafrost
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Environmental Chemistry top 0.1%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 88
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 77
- Climate change and permafrost 28
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 9
- Cryospheric studies and observations 9
Environmental Chemistry 54
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 54

Co-authors: E. Peter Jones (14 shared papers)Leif G. Anderson (16 shared papers)Ursula Schauer (23 shared papers)Detlef R. Quadfasel (11 shared papers)Göran Björk (14 shared papers)Hans Joachim Friedrich (5 shared papers)Robin D. Muench (9 shared papers)Patrick Eriksson (5 shared papers)
Journals: Progress In Oceanography (9 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (8 papers)Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers (8 papers)Polar Research (8 papers)Ocean science (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Finland United States

In The Last Decade

Bert Rudels

104 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Bert Rudels's Hit Papers

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Arctic freshwater export: Status, mechanisms, and prospects 2014 · 372 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2014 Global and Planetary Change

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1	Food webs and carbon flux in the Barents Sea Progress In Oceanography ·Paul F. J. Wassmann, Marit Reigstad, Tore Haug, Bert Rudels, Michael L. Carroll, Haakon Hop, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Stig Falk‐Petersen, Stanislav G Denisenko, Е. Г. Арашкевич, Dag Slagstad, Olga Pavlova	2006	391
2	Arctic freshwater export: Status, mechanisms, and prospects Global and Planetary Change ·Thomas W. N. Haine, Beth Curry, Rüdiger Gerdes, Edmond H Hansen, Michael Kärcher, Craig R. Lee, Bert Rudels, Gunnar Spreen, Laura de Steur, Kial D. Stewart, Rebecca Woodgate Hit paper breakdown →	2014	372
3	Formation and evolution of the surface mixed layer and halocline of the Arctic Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Bert Rudels, Leif G. Anderson, E. Peter Jones	1996	339
4	The interaction between waters from the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas north of Fram Strait and along the East Greenland Current: results from the Arctic Ocean-02 Oden expedition Journal of Marine Systems ·Bert Rudels, Göran Björk, Johan Nilsson, Peter R. Winsor, Iréne Lake, Christian G. Nøhr	2004	255
5	Atlantic sources of the Arctic Ocean surface and halocline waters Polar Research ·Bert Rudels, E. Peter Jones, Ursula Schauer, Patrick Eriksson	2004	240
6	Atlantic Water flow through the Barents and Kara Seas Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers ·Ursula Schauer, Harald Loeng, Bert Rudels, Vladimir Ozhigin, Wolfgang Dieck	2002	228
7	The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean Nature ·Martin Jakobsson, Jan Backman, Bert Rudels, Jonas Nycander, Martin Frank, Larry Alan Mayer, Wilfried Jokat, Francesca Sangiorgi, Matt O’Regan, H. Brinkhuis, John W. King, Kathryn Moran	2007	223
8	Impact of eastern Arctic shelf waters on the Nansen Basin intermediate layers Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Ursula Schauer, Robin D. Muench, Bert Rudels, Leonid Timokhov	1997	219
9	The Arctic Circumpolar Boundary Current Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography ·Bert Rudels, Hans Joachim Friedrich, Detlef R. Quadfasel	1999	212
10	Current estimates of freshwater flux through Arctic and subarctic seas Progress In Oceanography ·Robert R. Dickson, Bert Rudels, Stephen R Dye, Michael Kärcher, Jens Meincke, Igor Yashayaev	2007	210
11	Climate variability and physical forcing of the food webs and the carbon budget on panarctic shelves Progress In Oceanography ·Eddy C. Carmack, David G. Barber, Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen, Robie W. Macdonald, Bert Rudels, Egil Sakshaug	2006	207
12	The East Greenland Current and its contribution to the Denmark Strait overflow ICES Journal of Marine Science ·Bert Rudels	2002	196
13	The Arctic Ocean Boundary Current along the Eurasian slope and the adjacent Lomonosov Ridge: Water mass properties, transports and transformations from moored instruments Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers ·Rebecca A. Woodgate, Knut Aagaard, Robin D. Muench, John T. Gunn, Göran Björk, Bert Rudels, Andrew T. Roach, Ursula Schauer	2001	190
14	Outflow of dense water from a Svalbard fjord into the Fram Strait Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers ·Detlef R. Quadfasel, Bert Rudels, Katharina D. Kurz	1988	184
15	Deep waters of the Arctic Ocean: origins and circulation Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers ·E. Peter Jones, Bert Rudels, Leif G. Anderson	1995	175
16	Water masses and circulation in the Eurasian Basin: Results from the Oden 91 expedition Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Leif G. Anderson, Göran Björk, Ola Holby, E. Peter Jones, Gerhard Kattner, Klaus Peter Koltermann, B. Liljeblad, Roger Lindegren, Bert Rudels, James H. Swift	1994	171
17	On the Intermediate Depth Waters of the Arctic Ocean Geophysical monograph ·Bert Rudels, E. Peter Jones, Leif G. Anderson, Gerhard Kattner	2011	170
18	Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997 Annales Geophysicae ·Bert Rudels, Ralf Meyer, Eberhard Fahrbach, Vladimir V. Ivanov, Svein Østerhus, Detlef R. Quadfasel, Ursula Schauer, Vigdis Tverberg, Rebecca A. Woodgate	2000	130
19	Confluence and redistribution of Atlantic water in the Nansen, Amundsen and Makarov basins Annales Geophysicae ·U. Schauer, Bert Rudels, E. Peter Jones, Leif G. Anderson, Robin D. Muench, Göran Björk, James H. Swift, Vladimir V. Ivanov, Anne-Marie Larsson	2002	119
20	Circulation and transformation of Atlantic water in the Eurasian Basin and the contribution of the Fram Strait inflow branch to the Arctic Ocean heat budget Progress In Oceanography ·Bert Rudels, Meri Korhonen, Ursula Schauer, Sergey A. Pisarev, Benjamin Rabe, Andreas Wisotzki	2014	109

About Bert Rudels

Bert Rudels is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Geology and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 106 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (77 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (54 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (42 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (38 papers), Climate change and permafrost (28 papers), Marine and environmental studies (10 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (6.1k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.4k citations), Oceanography (3.5k citations), Geology (1.0k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (1.7k citations). Bert Rudels has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Finland and United States. Frequent co-authors include E. Peter Jones, Leif G. Anderson, Ursula Schauer, Detlef R. Quadfasel, Göran Björk, Hans Joachim Friedrich, Robin D. Muench, Patrick Eriksson, Michael Kärcher and Gerhard Kattner. Their work appears in journals such as Progress In Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, Polar Research and Ocean science.

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