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73
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1407
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Bo Elberling 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 Bo Elberling sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 332 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Bo Elberling 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 Bo Elberling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Bo Elberling is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Environmental Science. Within these domains, they concentrate on several subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Soil Science.

Themes central to Elberling's research include climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and soil and unsaturated flow.

Elberling has contributed to numerous papers, several of which are frequently cited. Key recent publications include:

  • "Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks" (2021) published in Science Advances
  • "Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties" (2021) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Nitrous oxide emissions from permafrost-affected soils" (2020) published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems" (2022) published in Arctic Science
  • "Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change

They have collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Per Ambus, Oliver Sonnentag, Anders Michelsen, Mathias Goeckede, and Maija E. Marushchak.

Elberling's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues. Their most frequent outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps

    Gustaf Hugelius;Jens Strauss;Sebastian Zubrzycki;Jennifer W. Harden

  • Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

    Eric Post;Eric Post;Mads C. Forchhammer;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

    Thomas W. Crowther;Katherine E.O. Todd-Brown;Clara W. Rowe;William R. Wieder

  • Northern Hemisphere permafrost map based on TTOP modelling for 2000–2016 at 1 km2 scale

    Jaroslav Obu;Sebastian Westermann;Annett Bartsch;Nikolai M. Berdnikov

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Circumpolar assessment of permafrost C quality and its vulnerability over time using long‐term incubation data

    Christina Schädel;Edward A. G. Schuur;Rosvel Bracho;Bo Elberling;Bo Elberling

  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks

    Umakant Mishra;Gustaf Hugelius;Eitan Shelef;Yuanhe Yang

  • Soil respiration and rates of soil carbon turnover differ among six common European tree species

    Lars Vesterdal;Bo Elberling;Jesper Riis Christiansen;Ingeborg Callesen

  • Uncoupling of microbial CO2 production and release in frozen soil and its implications for field studies of arctic C cycling.

    Bo Elberling;Kristian K Brandt

  • Microbial oxidation of pyrite coupled to nitrate reduction in anoxic groundwater sediment.

    Christian Juncher Jørgensen;Ole Stig Jacobsen;B. O. Elberling;Jens Aamand

  • Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes

    Janet Prevéy;Mark Vellend;Nadja Rüger;Robert D. Hollister

  • Long-term CO 2 production following permafrost thaw

    Bo Elberling;Bo Elberling;Anders Michelsen;Christina Schädel;Edward A. G. Schuur

  • A new data set for estimating organic carbon storage to 3 m depth in soils of the northern circumpolar permafrost region

    G. Hugelius;James G. Bockheim;P. Camill;B. Elberling;B. Elberling

  • Organic Carbon Dynamics in Different Soil Types After Conversion of Forest to Agriculture

    Thilde Bech Bruun;Bo Elberling;Andreas de Neergaard;Jakob Magid

  • Permafrost collapse after shrub removal shifts tundra ecosystem to a methane source

    Ake L. Nauta;Monique M. P. D. Heijmans;Daan Blok;Juul Limpens

  • High nitrous oxide production from thawing permafrost

    Bo Elberling;Bo Elberling;Hanne H. Christiansen;Birger U. Hansen

  • Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties

    Anna Maria Virkkala;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Brendan M. Rogers;Torbern Tagesson;Torbern Tagesson

  • Silicon increases the phosphorus availability of Arctic soils.

    Jörg Schaller;Samuel Faucherre;Hanna Joss;Martin Obst

  • Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

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  • Annual soil CO2 effluxes in the High Arctic: The role of snow thickness and vegetation type

    B. Elberling

  • Lability of soil organic carbon in tropical soils with different clay minerals

    Thilde Bech Bruun;Bo Elberling;Bent T. Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Michelsen
Anders Michelsen University of Copenhagen
Elisabeth J. Cooper
Elisabeth J. Cooper University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Ashley D. Sparrow
Ashley D. Sparrow Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
David W. Hopkins
David W. Hopkins Scotland's Rural College
Jeffrey M. Welker
Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu
Gustaf Hugelius
Gustaf Hugelius Stockholm University
Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Thomas Friborg
Thomas Friborg University of Copenhagen
Edward G. Gregorich
Edward G. Gregorich Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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