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D-Index
42
Citations
6342
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7442
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103

André W. Visser 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 André W. Visser sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 120 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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André W. Visser 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 André W. Visser sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

André W. Visser is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research focus spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular expertise in oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their main research topics include marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, ocean acidification effects and responses, as well as coral and marine ecosystems studies.

Visser has published several papers, notable among them:

  • Quantifying nitrogen fixation by heterotrophic bacteria in sinking marine particles, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Model estimates of metazoans' contributions to the biological carbon pump, 2023, Biogeosciences
  • Linking Plankton Size Spectra and Community Composition to Carbon Export and Its Efficiency, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • A general size- and trait-based model of plankton communities, 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • Latitudinal Variation in Plankton Traits and Ecosystem Function, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ken H. Andersen
  • Jérôme Pinti
  • Thomas Kiørboe
  • Camila Serra-Pompei
  • Brian R. MacKenzie

Visser's publications have appeared regularly in specific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Nature Communications
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles

In addition to journal articles, Visser has contributed to book publications, including the title The Ephyra® sludge digestion - Unravelling its fundamentals and obtaining Biosolids Class A sludge published in 2020 by the Water Environment Federation.

Best Publications

  • Using random walk models to simulate the vertical distribution of particles in a turbulent water column

    André W. Visser

  • Predator and prey perception in copepods due to hydromechanical signals

    Thomas Kiørboe;André W. Visser

  • Characteristic Sizes of Life in the Oceans, from Bacteria to Whales*

    K. H. Andersen;T. Berge;R. J. Goncalves;M. Hartvig;M. Hartvig;M. Hartvig

  • Seasonal copepod lipid pump promotes carbon sequestration in the deep North Atlantic

    Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir;André W. Visser;Katherine Richardson;Michael R. Heath

  • Hydrodynamic signal perception in the copepod Acartia tonsa

    Thomas Kiørboe;Enric Saiz;André Visser

  • Plankton motility patterns and encounter rates.

    André W. Visser;Thomas Kiørboe

  • The Biological carbon pump in the North Atlantic

    Richard J. Sanders;Stephanie A. Henson;Marja Koski;Christina L. De la Rocha

  • Subsurface phytoplankton blooms fuel pelagic production in the North Sea

    K. Richardson;A.W. Visser;F. Bo Pedersen

  • Lipids, buoyancy and the seasonal vertical migration of Calanus finmarchicus

    A.W. Visser;S.H. Jónasdóttir

  • Hydromechanical signals in the plankton

    André W. Visser

  • Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) and the planktonic food web: Feeding, growth, and trophic interactions among grazers

    K.W. Tang;Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Andre Visser

  • Predation vulnerability of planktonic copepods:consequences of predator foraging strategies and prey sensory abilities

    Markku Viitasalo;Thomas Kiørboe;Juha Flinkman;Lars W. Pedersen

  • Motility of zooplankton: fitness, foraging and predation

    André W. Visser

  • Role of diatoms in copepod production:good, harmless or toxic?

    SH Jónasdóttir;T. Kiørboe;KW Tang;M. StJohn

  • Intensive aggregate formation with low vertical flux during an upwelling-induced diatom bloom

    Thomas Kiørboe;Peter Tiselius;Betty Mitchell-Innes;Jørgen L. S. Hansen

  • Assessing the role of food quality in the production and hatching of Temora longicornis eggs

    Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir;André W. Visser;Carsten Jespersen

  • A trait-based approach to ocean ecology

    Thomas Kiørboe;Andre Visser;Ken Haste Andersen

  • Biomixing of the Oceans

    André W. Visser

  • The effect of stratification on tidal current profiles in a region of freshwater influence

    Andre W. Visser;Alejandro J. Souza;Katrin Hessner;John H. Simpson

  • Swimming in turbulence: zooplankton fitness in terms of foraging efficiency and predation risk

    André W. Visser;Patrizio Mariani;Simone Pigolotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken Haste Andersen
Ken Haste Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Kiørboe
Thomas Kiørboe Technical University of Denmark
Brian R. MacKenzie
Brian R. MacKenzie Technical University of Denmark
Sigrun Jonasdottir
Sigrun Jonasdottir Technical University of Denmark
Torkel Gissel Nielsen
Torkel Gissel Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Katherine Richardson
Katherine Richardson University of Copenhagen
Michael R. Heath
Michael R. Heath University of Strathclyde
Enric Saiz
Enric Saiz Spanish National Research Council
Øyvind Fiksen
Øyvind Fiksen University of Bergen
Richard G. J. Bellerby
Richard G. J. Bellerby East China Normal University

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