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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 31 8981 8348 454 417 116 3375

Brent Else publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brent Else between 2007 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brent Else published across 19 years, from 2007 to 2025, averaging 7.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2021. 14 of the 138 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2007 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2021. 2007: 1 publication 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 5 publications
2007 2025

138 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brent Else: publications per year, 2007 to 2025
Year Publications
2007 1
2008 4
2009 4
2010 2
2011 5
2012 6
2013 11
2014 7
2015 12
2016 5
2017 8
2018 8
2019 12
2020 6
2021 14
2022 13
2023 6
2024 9
2025 5
Total 138
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Brent Else 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 Brent Else sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 108–117 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 116 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484 116
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Brent Else 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 Brent Else sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 31 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215 31
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Brent Else is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada, with a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The main topics of Brent Else's research include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Recent scholarly contributions include publications on Arctic and coastal environmental systems with notable papers as follows:

  • "The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "River Inflow Dominates Methane Emissions in an Arctic Coastal System" (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Biophysical indicators and Indigenous and Local Knowledge reveal climatic and ecological shifts with implications for Arctic Char fisheries" (2022) published in Global Environmental Change
  • "On the impact of wastewater effluent on phytoplankton in the Arctic coastal zone: A case study in the Kitikmeot Sea of the Canadian Arctic" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Hydroclimatic Controls on the Isotopic (δ18 O, δ2 H, d-excess) Traits of Pan-Arctic Summer Rainfall Events" (2021) published in Frontiers in Earth Science

Brent Else has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including Lisa A. Miller, Mohamed Ahmed, C. J. Mundy, Samantha F. Jones, and Tim Papakyriakou.

Their research outputs have often appeared in key publication venues such as:

  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN
  • The Cryosphere

Best Publications

  • Contribution of under‐ice primary production to an ice‐edge upwelling phytoplankton bloom in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

    C. J. Mundy;Michel Gosselin;Jens Ehn;Yves Gratton

  • The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems

    Delphine Lannuzel;Letizia Tedesco;Maria van Leeuwe;Karley Campbell

  • Selected physical, biological and biogeochemical implications of a rapidly changing Arctic Marginal Ice Zone

    David G. Barber;Haakon Hop;Christopher J. Mundy;Brent Else;Brent Else

  • Methylated mercury species in marine waters of the Canadian high and sub Arctic.

    Jane L. Kirk;Vincent L. St. Louis;Holger Hintelmann;Igor Lehnherr

  • Effect of Snow Salinity on CryoSat-2 Arctic First-Year Sea Ice Freeboard Measurements

    Vishnu Nandan;Torsten Geldsetzer;John Yackel;Mallik Mahmud

  • Methods for biogeochemical studies of Sea Ice: The State of the art, caveats and recommendations

    Lisa A. Miller;Francois Fripiat;Brent G.T Else;Jeff S. Bowman

  • Wintertime CO2 fluxes in an Arctic polynya using eddy covariance: Evidence for enhanced air-sea gas transfer during ice formation

    B. G T Else;T. N. Papakyriakou;R. J. Galley;William M Drennan

  • Dynamics of pCO2 and related air-ice CO2 fluxes in the Arctic coastal zone (Amundsen Gulf, Beaufort Sea)

    Nicolas Xavier Geilfus;Nicolas Xavier Geilfus;Nicolas Xavier Geilfus;Gauthier Carnat;Tim Papakyriakou;Jean-Louis Tison

  • Seasonal variability of the inorganic carbon system in the Amundsen Gulf region of the southeastern Beaufort Sea

    E. H. Shadwick;H. Thomas;M. Chierici;B. Else

  • Landfast Sea Ice Conditions in the Canadian Arctic: 1983 – 2009

    Ryan J. Galley;Brent G.T. Else;Stephen E.L. Howell;Jennifer V. Lukovich

  • Replacement of multiyear sea ice and changes in the open water season duration in the Beaufort Sea since 2004

    R. J. Galley;D. Babb;M. Ogi;B. G. T. Else

  • Further observations of a decreasing atmospheric CO2 uptake capacity in the Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean) due to sea ice loss

    Brent G.T. Else;R.J. Galley;B. Lansard;D.G. Barber

  • A synthesis of the arctic terrestrial and marine carbon cycles under pressure from a dwindling cryosphere

    Frans Jan W Parmentier;Torben R. Christensen;Søren Rysgaard;Søren Rysgaard;Jørgen Bendtsen

  • Annual cycles of pCO2sw in the southeastern Beaufort Sea: New understandings of air-sea CO2 exchange in arctic polynya regions

    B. G. T. Else;T. N. Papakyriakou;R. J. Galley;A. Mucci

  • Sea-air CO2 exchange in the western Arctic coastal ocean

    Wiley Evans;Wiley Evans;Jeremy T. Mathis;Jeremy T. Mathis;Jessica N. Cross;Jessica N. Cross;Nicholas R. Bates

  • Dimethyl sulfide air‐sea fluxes and biogenic sulfur as a source of new aerosols in the Arctic fall

    Ofelia Rempillo;Alison Michelle Seguin;Ann-Lise Norman;Michael Scarratt

  • Observations of sea surface fCO2 distributions and estimated air‐sea CO2 fluxes in the Hudson Bay region (Canada) during the open water season

    Brent G. T. Else;Tim N. Papakyriakou;Mats A. Granskog;Mats A. Granskog;John J. Yackel

  • River inflow dominates methane emissions in an Arctic coastal system

    Cara C. Manning;Victoria L. Preston;Victoria L. Preston;Samantha F. Jones;Anna P. M. Michel

  • Imaging air volume fraction in sea ice using non-destructive X-ray tomography

    Odile Crabeck;Ryan James Galley;Bruno Delille;Brent G. T. Else

  • Carbonate system evolution at the Arctic Ocean surface during autumn freeze‐up

    Lisa A. Miller;Gauthier Carnat;Brent G. T. Else;Nes Sutherland

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Papakyriakou
Tim Papakyriakou University of Manitoba
Søren Rysgaard
Søren Rysgaard Aarhus University
David G. Barber
David G. Barber University of Manitoba
Lisa A. Miller
Lisa A. Miller Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bruno Delille
Bruno Delille University of Liège
Jean-Louis Tison
Jean-Louis Tison Université Libre de Bruxelles
Helmuth Thomas
Helmuth Thomas Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Jean-Éric Tremblay Université Laval
Jens K. Ehn
Jens K. Ehn University of Manitoba
Michel Gosselin
Michel Gosselin Université du Québec à Rimouski

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