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Alberto Borges

Alberto Borges

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Earth Science
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 83 434 372 4 4 519 22956

Alberto Borges publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alberto Borges between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alberto Borges published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 22.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 62 publications in 2011. 6 of the 674 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 62. Peak 62 publications in 2011. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 21 publications 2005: 24 publications 2006: 21 publications 2007: 31 publications 2008: 31 publications 2009: 39 publications 2010: 32 publications 2011: 62 publications 2012: 25 publications 2013: 37 publications 2014: 53 publications 2015: 40 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 37 publications 2018: 44 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 18 publications 2025: 5 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

674 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alberto Borges: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 2
1999 2
2000 6
2001 7
2002 7
2003 13
2004 21
2005 24
2006 21
2007 31
2008 31
2009 39
2010 32
2011 62
2012 25
2013 37
2014 53
2015 40
2016 23
2017 37
2018 44
2019 24
2020 25
2021 21
2022 17
2023 5
2024 18
2025 5
2026 1
Total 674
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Alberto Borges 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 Alberto Borges 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, 518–527 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: 519 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 16 519
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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Alberto Borges 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 Alberto Borges 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, 83 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: 83 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 83
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Alberto Borges is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular emphasis on oceanography, ecology, environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

Their work covers various topics including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Alberto Borges has contributed to multiple scientific papers published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "East Siberian Arctic inland waters emit mostly contemporary carbon," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Greenhouse gas emissions from African lakes are no longer a blind spot," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Carbonate chemistry and carbon sequestration driven by inorganic carbon outwelling from mangroves and saltmarshes," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Seasonal and spatial variations of greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4 and N2O) emissions from urban ponds in Brussels," 2024, Water Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in their field. Regular co-authors include Steven Bouillon, Cédric Morana, William Okello, Loris Deirmendjian, and Jean-Pierre Descy.

Publication venues where Alberto Borges' work has appeared include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Biogeosciences
  • Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège)
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research

Borges' research contributions span environmental and earth sciences domains, with a particular interest in analyzing and quantifying greenhouse gas emissions within aquatic and coastal environments, as well as examining carbon chemistry processes relevant to marine ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean

    Pierre Regnier;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Ciais;Fred T. Mackenzie

  • Mangrove Production and Carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates

    Steven Bouillon;Alberto V. Borges;Edward Castaneda-Moya;Karen Diele

  • Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources

    Judith A. Rosentreter;Judith A. Rosentreter;Alberto V. Borges;Bridget R. Deemer;Meredith A. Holgerson;Meredith A. Holgerson

  • Budgeting sinks and sources of CO2 in the coastal ocean: Diversity of ecosystems counts

    Alberto Borges;Bruno Delille;M. Frankignoulle

  • Reconciling opposing views on carbon cycling in the coastal ocean: Continental shelves as sinks and near-shore ecosystems as sources of atmospheric CO2

    Chen-Tung Arthur Chen;Alberto V. Borges

  • Carbon Dioxide Emission from European Estuaries

    Michel Frankignoulle;Gwenaael Abril;Alberto Borges;Isabelle Bourge

  • Do we have enough pieces of the jigsaw to integrate CO2 fluxes in the coastal ocean

    Alberto V. Borges

  • Globally significant greenhouse-gas emissions from African inland waters

    Alberto V. Borges;François Darchambeau;Cristian R. Teodoru;Trent R. Marwick

  • Evaluation of sinks and sources of CO2 in the global coastal ocean using a spatially-explicit typology of estuaries and continental shelves

    Goulven Gildas Laruelle;Hans H. Durr;Caroline P. Slomp;Alberto Borges

  • Technical Note: Large overestimation of pCO2 calculated from pH and alkalinity in acidic, organic-rich freshwaters

    Gwenael Abril;Gwenael Abril;Steven Bouillon;François Darchambeau;C.R Teodoru

  • Gas transfer velocities of CO2 in three European estuaries (Randers Fjord, Scheldt, and Thames)

    Alberto Vieira Borges;Bruno Delille;Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte;Frédéric Gazeau;Frédéric Gazeau

  • Carbon dioxide in European coastal waters

    Alberto Borges;L. S. Schiettecatte;Gwenaël Abril;Bruno Delille

  • 5.04 – Carbon Dioxide and Methane Dynamics in Estuaries

    Alberto Borges;Gwenaël Abril

  • Isotopic composition of nitrogen species in groundwater under agricultural areas: A review

    Olha Nikolenko;Anna Jurado;Alberto V. Borges;Kay Knӧller

  • Variability of the gas transfer velocity of CO2 in a macrotidal estuary (The Scheldt)

    Alberto Vieira Borges;Jean-Pierre Vanderborght;Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte;Frédéric Gazeau;Frédéric Gazeau

  • Response of primary production and calcification to changes of pCO2 during experimental blooms of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi

    Bruno Delille;Jérorne Harlay;Ingrid Zondervan;Stephan Jacquet

  • Atmospheric CO2 flux from mangrove surrounding waters

    Alberto Borges;Salim Djenidi;Geneviève Lacroix;Jean-Marie Theate

  • Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

    P. Ciais;A. J. Dolman;A. Bombelli;R. Duren

  • The age of river-transported carbon: A global perspective

    Trent R. Marwick;Fredrick Tamooh;Cristian R. Teodoru;Alberto V. Borges

  • A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;A. Olsen;D.C.E. Bakker;S. Hankin

  • European continental shelf as a significant sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide

    Michel Frankignoulle;Alberto V. Borges

  • Globally significant greenhouse-gas emissions from African inland waters

    Alberto V. Borges;Steven Bouillon

Frequent Co-Authors

François Darchambeau
François Darchambeau University of Liège
Bruno Delille
Bruno Delille University of Liège
Michel Frankignoulle
Michel Frankignoulle University of Liège
Jean-Pierre Descy
Jean-Pierre Descy University of Liège
Gwenaël Abril
Gwenaël Abril Biologie des Organismes et Écosystèmes Aquatiques
Christiane Lancelot
Christiane Lancelot Université Libre de Bruxelles
Helmuth Thomas
Helmuth Thomas Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Lei Chou
Lei Chou Université Libre de Bruxelles
Frédéric Gazeau
Frédéric Gazeau Université Paris Cité

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