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Bernhard Wehrli

Bernhard Wehrli

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 66 7200 6525 147 131 170 17613
Environmental Sciences 75 1272 1205 42 39 263 21339

Bernhard Wehrli publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bernhard Wehrli between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bernhard Wehrli published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2021. 5 of the 291 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2021. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 15 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 3 publications
1977 2025

291 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bernhard Wehrli: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 3
1989 2
1990 2
1991 0
1992 1
1993 3
1994 1
1995 2
1996 3
1997 15
1998 8
1999 8
2000 7
2001 5
2002 4
2003 11
2004 8
2005 8
2006 16
2007 6
2008 6
2009 14
2010 10
2011 11
2012 12
2013 11
2014 5
2015 14
2016 9
2017 10
2018 7
2019 12
2020 17
2021 19
2022 9
2023 5
2024 2
2025 3
Total 291
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Bernhard Wehrli 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 Bernhard Wehrli sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 261–270 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 263 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181 263
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Bernhard Wehrli 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 Bernhard Wehrli sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67 75
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Bernhard Wehrli is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Environmental Science with a substantial focus on several subfields. Their research portfolio encompasses Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Frequent publication venues for their work reflect a multidisciplinary approach and include:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Their recent papers highlight contributions across environmental and chemical research topics. Selected publications are:

  • Growth and rapid succession of methanotrophs effectively limit methane release during lake overturn, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Living with floating vegetation invasions, 2020, AMBIO
  • Unaccounted CO 2 leaks downstream of a large tropical hydroelectric reservoir, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Iron speciation in blast furnace slag cements, 2020, Cement and Concrete Research
  • Fe(II) interaction with cement phases: Method development, wet chemical studies and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

In collaboration, Bernhard Wehrli frequently coauthors with several researchers, illustrating sustained partnerships within their scientific community. These frequent co-authors include:

  • R. Scott Winton
  • Cristian R. Teodoru
  • Helmut Bürgmann
  • Elisa Calamita
  • Carsten J. Schubert

Bernhard Wehrli's research contributions primarily focus on complex interactions within aquatic and atmospheric systems, particularly pertaining to methane dynamics, ecosystem functions, and environmental chemistry. Their work integrates chemical, biological, and ecological perspectives to address environmental challenges in aquatic and terrestrial contexts.

Best Publications

  • The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems

    René P. Schwarzenbach;Beate I. Escher;Kathrin Fenner;Thomas B. Hofstetter

  • Global Water Pollution and Human Health

    René P. Schwarzenbach;Thomas Egli;Thomas B. Hofstetter;Urs von Gunten

  • Vanadyl in natural waters: Adsorption and hydrolysis promote oxygenation

    Bernhard Wehrli;Werner Stumm

  • Organic carbon burial efficiency in lake sediments controlled by oxygen exposure time and sediment source

    Sebastian Sobek;Sebastian Sobek;Edith Durisch-Kaiser;Edith Durisch-Kaiser;Roland Zurbrügg;Roland Zurbrügg;Nuttakan Wongfun;Nuttakan Wongfun

  • The coordination chemistry of weathering: III. A generalization on the dissolution rates of minerals

    Erich Wieland;Bernhard Wehrli;Werner Stumm

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in a tropical freshwater system (Lake Tanganyika).

    Carsten J. Schubert;Edith Durisch-Kaiser;Bernhard Wehrli;Bo Thamdrup

  • Extreme Methane Emissions from a Swiss Hydropower Reservoir: Contribution from Bubbling Sediments

    Tonya DelSontro;Daniel Frank Mcginnis;Sebastian Sobek;Ilia Ostrovsky

  • Spatial Heterogeneity of Methane Ebullition in a Large Tropical Reservoir

    Tonya DelSontro;Manuel J. Kunz;Tim Kempter;Alfred Wüest

  • Investigating hypoxia in aquatic environments: diverse approaches to addressing a complex phenomenon

    J. Friedrich;F. Janssen;F. Janssen;D. Aleynik;Hermann W. Bange

  • Ten Years of Artificial Mixing and Oxygenation: No Effect on the Internal Phosphorus Loading of Two Eutrophic Lakes

    René Gächter;Bernhard Wehrli

  • DISSOLUTION-PRECIPITATION BEHAVIOUR OF ETTRINGITE, MONOSULFATE, AND CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE

    Isabel Baur;Peter Keller;Denis Mavrocordatos;Bernhard Wehrli

  • Reviews and syntheses: Dams, water quality and tropical reservoir stratification

    Robert Scott Winton;Robert Scott Winton;Elisa Calamita;Elisa Calamita;Bernhard Wehrli;Bernhard Wehrli

  • Weak mixing in Lake Kivu: New insights indicate increasing risk of uncontrolled gas eruption

    Martin Schmid;Michel Halbwachs;Bernhard Wehrli;Alfred Wüest

  • Benthic chamber and profiling landers in oceanography-A review of design, technical solutions and functioning.

    A. Tengberg;F. De Bovee;P. Hall;W. Berelson

  • Retention of sediments and nutrients in the Iron Gate I Reservoir on the Danube River

    Christian Teodoru;Bernhard Wehrli

  • Solute transfer across the sediment surface of a eutrophic lake: I. Porewater profiles from dialysis samplers

    Noel R. Urban;Christian Dinkel;Bernhard Wehrli

  • Green hydropower: a new assessment procedure for river management

    Christine Bratrich;Bernhard Truffer;Klaus Jorde;Jochen Markard

  • Sources and sinks of nitrous oxide (N2O) in deep lakes

    Martin Mengis;René Gächter;Bernhard Wehrli

  • Arsenic release from paddy soils during monsoon flooding

    Linda C. Roberts;Linda C. Roberts;Stephan J. Hug;Jessica Dittmar;Andreas Voegelin;Andreas Voegelin

  • Vertical distribution of methanogens in the anoxic sediment of Rotsee (Switzerland).

    K. Zepp Falz;C. Holliger;R. Großkopf;W. Liesack

  • Redox processes catalyzed by hydrous oxide surfaces

    Bernhard Wehrli;Barbara Sulzberger;Werner Stumm

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Wüest
Alfred Wüest Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Carsten J. Schubert
Carsten J. Schubert Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Beat Müller
Beat Müller University of Basel
Martin Schmid
Martin Schmid Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Sebastian Sobek
Sebastian Sobek Uppsala University
Gerhard Furrer
Gerhard Furrer ETH Zurich
Hong Yang
Hong Yang Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Daniel Frank Mcginnis
Daniel Frank Mcginnis University of Geneva
Barbara Lothenbach
Barbara Lothenbach Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Karim C. Abbaspour
Karim C. Abbaspour Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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