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Bent Vad Odgaard

Bent Vad Odgaard

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
33
Citations
4592
World Ranking
9550
National Ranking
135

Bent Vad Odgaard 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 Bent Vad Odgaard sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 91 publications — 9th percentile

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Bent Vad Odgaard 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 Bent Vad Odgaard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Bent Vad Odgaard is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 10 and 6 publications in these areas respectively. The subfields that characterize their work include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their scientific contributions center around several main topics:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Integrated Water Resources Management

Bent Vad Odgaard has published in a range of academic journals, reflecting diverse interests within environmental and geological sciences. The venues where their work appears include:

  • Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Anthropocene
  • Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
  • Quaternary International

Recent scholarly papers by Bent Vad Odgaard include:

  • "Pollen richness: a reflection of vegetation diversity or pollen-specific parameters?" (2022), published in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
  • "Holocene lake phosphorus species and primary producers reflect catchment processes in a small, temperate lake" (2021), published in Ecological Monographs
  • "Early historical forest clearance caused major degradation of water quality at Lake Væng, Denmark" (2021), published in Anthropocene
  • "Holocene development of Brabrand Fjord, eastern Jylland, Denmark." (2022), published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
  • "Submarine lateglacial lake deposits from jutland bank, the north sea" (2023), published in Quaternary International

Their research has involved collaboration with various frequent co-authors, including Ole Bennike, Suzanne McGowan, Peter Wiberg-Larsen, Vivika Väli, and Ülo Väli. Among these, Ole Bennike appears as a co-author on multiple occasions.

Best Publications

  • Holocene land-cover reconstructions for studies on land cover-climate feedbacks

    M. J Gaillard;S. Sugita;F. Mazier;F. Mazier;A. K Trondman

  • The Holocene vegetation history of northern West Jutland, Denmark

    Bent Vad Odgaard

  • FOSSIL POLLEN AS A RECORD OF PAST BIODIVERSITY

    Bent Vad Odgaard

  • Chironomid stratigraphy in the shallow and eutrophic Lake Søbygaard, Denmark: chironomid–macrophyte co‐occurrence

    Klaus Peter Brodersen;Bent V. Odgaard;Ole Vestergaard;N. John Anderson

  • Pollen-based quantitative reconstructions of Holocene regional vegetation cover (plant-functional types and land-cover types) in Europe suitable for climate modelling.

    Anna-Kari Trondman;M.J. Gaillard;Florence Mazier;S. Sugita

  • Modern pollen/vegetation relationships from small lakes in ancient cultural landscapes of south Sweden- a first step towards quantification of landscape openness in the past

    Anna Broström;Marie-José Gaillard;Margaretha Ihse;Bent Odgaard

  • Holocene changes in vegetation composition in northern Europe: why quantitative pollen-based vegetation reconstructions matter

    Laurent Marquer;Laurent Marquer;Marie José Gaillard;Shinya Sugita;Anna Kari Trondman

  • Quantitative reconstructions of changes in regional openness in north-central Europe reveal new insights into old questions

    Anne Birgitte Nielsen;Anne Birgitte Nielsen;Thomas Giesecke;Martin Theuerkauf;Ingo Feeser

  • Controls of algal abundance and community composition during ecosystem state change

    Suzanne McGowan;Peter R. Leavitt;Roland I. Hall;N. John Anderson

  • The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project

    Basil A S Davis;Marco Zanon;Pamella Collins;Achille Mauri

  • Subfossil Cladocera in relation to contemporary environmental variables in 54 Pan‐European lakes

    Rikke Bjerring;Eloy Becares;Steven Declerck;Elisabeth M. Gross

  • Origin and temporal development of macro-scale vegetation patterns in the cultural landscape of Denmark.

    Bent Vad Odgaard;Peter Rasmussen

  • Pollen deposition in mosses and in a modified ‘Tauber trap’ from Hailuoto, Finland: what exactly do the mosses record?

    Satu Räsänen;Sheila Hicks;Bent Vad Odgaard

  • The response of the southern Greenland ice sheet to the Holocene thermal maximum

    Nicolaj K. Larsen;Kurt H. Kjær;Benoit Lecavalier;Anders A. Bjørk

  • Mid-to late-Holocene land-use change and lake development at Dallund S0, Denmark: synthesis of multiproxy data, linking land and lake

    Emily G. Bradshaw;Peter Rasmussen;Bent Vad Odgaard

  • Quantitative landscape dynamics in Denmark through the last three millennia based on the Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm approach

    Anne Birgitte Nielsen;Bent Vad Odgaard

  • Lateglacial vegetation development in Denmark – New evidence based on macrofossils and pollen from Slotseng, a small-scale site in southern Jutland

    Morten Fischer Mortensen;Hilary H. Birks;Charlie Christensen;Jørgen Holm

  • Palynological richness and pollen sample evenness in relation to local floristic diversity in southern Estonia

    Vivika Meltsov;Anneli Poska;Bent Vad Odgaard;Marek Sammul

  • The fire history of Danish heathland areas as reflected by pollen and charred particles in lake sediments

    Bent Vad Odgaard

  • Recent palaeolimnology of three shallow Danish lakes

    N. J. Anderson;B. V. Odgaard

  • Palaeoecological perspectives on pattern and process in plant diversity and distribution adjustments: a comment on recent developments*

    Bent Vad Odgaard

  • The role of cladocerans in tracking long-term change in shallow lake trophic status

    Thomas A. Davidson;Thomas A. Davidson;Helen Bennion;Erik Jeppesen;Gina H. Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesper V. Olsen
Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Nicolaj K. Larsen
Nicolaj K. Larsen University of Copenhagen
Marie-José Gaillard
Marie-José Gaillard Linnaeus University
Suzanne McGowan
Suzanne McGowan University of Nottingham
Florence Mazier
Florence Mazier Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Ralph Fyfe
Ralph Fyfe Plymouth University
Shinya Sugita
Shinya Sugita Tallinn University
Heikki Seppä
Heikki Seppä University of Helsinki
Anne E. Bjune
Anne E. Bjune Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

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