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91
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553
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A. J. Dolman publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. J. Dolman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 366 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

A. J. Dolman D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. J. Dolman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

A. J. Dolman is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental and earth sciences, focusing on atmospheric processes and ecosystem dynamics.

The scientist's work is concentrated in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research topics include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Recent publications by A. J. Dolman demonstrate a focus on ecosystem fluxes, greenhouse gas dynamics, and global climate system energy budgets. Selected papers include:

  • "The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data" (2020), published in Scientific Data
  • "Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties" (2021), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Toward an Operational Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Monitoring and Verification Support Capacity" (2020), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go?" (2023), published in Earth system science data
  • "FLUXNET-CH 4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands" (2021), published in Earth system science data

A. J. Dolman frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Oliver Sonnentag
  • E. S. Euskirchen
  • Torben R. Christensen
  • Walter C. Oechel
  • Mathias Goeckede

The scientist's publications are found predominantly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth system science data, Biogeosciences, Global Change Biology, and Nature Climate Change. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary and data-intensive nature of their work.

Best Publications

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Respiration as the main determinant of carbon balance in European forests

    R. Valentini;G. Matteucci;A. J. Dolman;E.-D. Schulze

  • Global land-surface evaporation estimated from satellite-based observations

    D.G. Miralles;T.R.H. Holmes;T.R.H. Holmes;R.A.M. de Jeu;J.H.C. Gash

  • Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

    I.A. Janssens;W. Dieleman;S. Luyssaert;J.-A. Subke

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • Productivity overshadows temperature in determining soil and ecosystem respiration across European forests

    I. A. Janssens;H. Lankreijer;G. Matteucci;A. S. Kowalski

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Europe's terrestrial biosphere absorbs 7 to 12% of European anthropogenic CO2 emissions

    I.A. Janssens;A. Freibauer;P. Ciais;Phillip Smith

  • Interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems: influence on weather and climate

    Roger A. Pielke;Roni Avissar;Michael Raupach;A. Johannes Dolman

  • Asymmetric effects of daytime and night-time warming on Northern Hemisphere vegetation

    Shushi Peng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Ranga B. Myneni

  • Drought and ecosystem carbon cycling

    M.K. van der Molen;A.J. Dolman;P. Ciais;T. Eglin

  • Methane Feedbacks to the Global Climate System in a Warmer World

    Joshua F. Dean;Jack J. Middelburg;Thomas Röckmann;Rien Aerts

  • Land management and land-cover change have impacts of similar magnitude on surface temperature

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Mathilde Jammet;Paul C. Stoy;Stephen Estel

  • Magnitude and variability of land evaporation and its components at the global scale

    D.G. Miralles;R.A.M. de Jeu;J.H.C. Gash;T.R.H. Holmes;T.R.H. Holmes

  • Climate regulation of fire emissions and deforestation in equatorial Asia

    G. R. van der Werf;J. Dempewolf;S. N. Trigg;J. T. Randerson

  • Importance of methane and nitrous oxide for Europe's terrestrial greenhouse-gas balance

    E. D. Schulze;S. Luyssaert;S. Luyssaert;P. Ciais;A. Freibauer

  • The Pilot Phase of the Global Soil Wetness Project

    Paul A. Dirmeyer;A. J. Dolman;Nobuo Sato

  • Cloud and rain processes in a biosphere-atmosphere interaction context in the Amazon Region

    M. A. F. Silva Dias;S. Rutledge;P. Kabat;P. L. Silva Dias

  • Global Soil Moisture Patterns Observed by Space Borne Microwave Radiometers and Scatterometers

    de R.A.M. Jeu;W.W. Wagner;T.R.H. Holmes;A.J. Dolman

  • HAPEX-Sahel: A large-scale study of land-atmosphere interactions in the semi-arid tropics

    J.P. Goutorbe;Thierry Lebel;A. Tinga;P. Bessemoulin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eddy Moors
Eddy Moors Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
J. van Huissteden
J. van Huissteden Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
John H. C. Gash
John H. C. Gash Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
R.A.M. de Jeu
R.A.M. de Jeu Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pavel Kabat
Pavel Kabat Wageningen University & Research
Riccardo Valentini
Riccardo Valentini Tuscia University
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Diego G. Miralles
Diego G. Miralles Ghent University
P. Ciais
P. Ciais French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

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