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Bjørn Sundby

Bjørn Sundby

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
8816
World Ranking
2923
National Ranking
138

Bjørn Sundby 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 Bjørn Sundby sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 83 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Bjørn Sundby 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 Bjørn Sundby sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bjørn Sundby is a researcher affiliated with McGill University in Canada, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science, contributing to multiple areas within these disciplines.

The key topics of Bjørn Sundby's research include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Sundby has published several papers in noted scientific venues. Recent publications highlight their engagement with biogeochemical processes and environmental perturbations in marine systems. Notable papers include:

  • "Nutrient cycling in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary: Response to environmental perturbations" (2020) published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Ideas and perspectives: Sea-level change, anaerobic methane oxidation, and the glacial-interglacial phosphorus cycle" (2022) published in Biogeosciences

Their frequent co-authors reflect a collaborative research approach. These include Alfonso Mucci, Mathilde Jutras, Yves Gratton, Sergei Katsev, and Pierre Anschutz. Such collaborations span diverse aspects of environmental and marine sciences.

Bjørn Sundby has contributed research primarily to the following publication venues:

  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Biogeosciences

Their research emphasizes complex environmental interactions affecting marine and coastal systems, with attention to nutrient cycling and methane-related phenomena. This work informs understanding across multiple subfields of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Interactions of manganese with the nitrogen cycle: Alternative pathways to dinitrogen

    George W. Luther;Bjørn Sundby;Brent L. Lewis;Paul J. Brendel

  • The effect of oxygen on release and uptake of cobalt, manganese, iron and phosphate at the sediment-water interface

    Bjørn Sundby;Leif G. Anderson;Per O.J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • A seventy‐two‐year record of diminishing deep‐water oxygen in the St. Lawrence estuary: The northwest Atlantic connection

    Denis Gilbert;Bjorn Sundby;Charles Gobeil;Alfonso Mucci

  • Abundant Porewater Mn(III) Is a Major Component of the Sedimentary Redox System

    Andrew S. Madison;Bradley M. Tebo;Alfonso Mucci;Bjørn Sundby;Bjørn Sundby

  • Burial efficiency of phosphorus and the geochemistry of iron in continental margin sediments

    Pierre Anschutz;Shaojun Zhong;Bjørn Sundby;Alfonso Mucci

  • Photoferrotrophs thrive in an Archean Ocean analogue

    Sean A. Crowe;CarriAyne Jones;Sergei Katsev;Cédric Magen

  • The functional group approach to bioturbation: II. The effects of the Macoma balthica community on fluxes of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon across the sediment-water interface

    Emma Michaud;Gaston Desrosiers;Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Bjorn Sundby;Bjorn Sundby

  • Use of voltammetric solid-state (micro)electrodes for studying biogeochemical processes: Laboratory measurements to real time measurements with an in situ electrochemical analyzer (ISEA)

    George W. Luther;Brian T. Glazer;Shufen Ma;Robert E. Trouwborst

  • Permeable marine sediments: Overturning an old paradigm

    Bernard P. Boudreau;Markus Huettel;Stefan Forster;Richard A. Jahnke

  • The methane cycle in ferruginous Lake Matano.

    S. A. Crowe;S. Katsev;S. Katsev;K. Leslie;A. Sturm

  • Benthic respiration measured by total carbonate production

    Leif G. Anderson;Per O. J. Hall;Ake Iverfeldt;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loejf

  • Interactions between metal oxides and species of nitrogen and iodine in bioturbated marine sediments

    Pierre Anschutz;Bjørn Sundby;Lucie Lefrançois;George W Luther

  • Simultaneous measurement of O2, Mn, Fe, I−, and S(—II) in marine pore waters with a solid-state voltammetric microelectrode

    George W. Luther;Paul J. Brendel;Brent L. Lewis;Bjørn Sundby

  • Metal-rich concretions on the roots of salt marsh plants: Mechanism and rate of formation

    Bjørn Sundby;Carlos Vale;Zsabel Caçador;Fernando Catarino

  • Diagenetic separation of cadmium and manganese in suboxic continental margin sediments

    Charles Gobeil;Robie W. Macdonald;Bjørn Sundby

  • Comparative geochemistry of cadmium, rhenium, uranium, and molybdenum in continental margin sediments

    BjØrn Sundby;BjØrn Sundby;Philippe Martinez;Charles Gobeil

  • Oxygen uptake kinetics in the benthic boundary layer

    Per O. J. Hall;Leif G. Anderson;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Bjørn Sundby

  • Organic matter processing in continental shelf sediments—the subtidal pump revisited

    K.T. Shum;B. Sundby

  • Benthic fluxes of cadmium, copper, nickel, zinc and lead in the coastal environment

    Stig F.G. Westerlund;Leif G. Anderson;Per O.J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • Pathways of manganese in an open estuarine system

    Bjorn Sundby;Norman Silverberg;Roger Chesselet

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfonso Mucci
Alfonso Mucci McGill University
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
Charles Gobeil
Charles Gobeil University of Quebec
Sean A. Crowe
Sean A. Crowe University of British Columbia
G. Douglas Haffner
G. Douglas Haffner University of Windsor
Per O.J. Hall
Per O.J. Hall University of Gothenburg
Carlos Vale
Carlos Vale University of Porto
Pierre Anschutz
Pierre Anschutz University of Bordeaux
Miguel Caetano
Miguel Caetano Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Gaston Desrosiers
Gaston Desrosiers Université du Québec à Rimouski

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