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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 53 2906 2656 188 174 131 9172

Daniel Cossa publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Daniel Cossa between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Daniel Cossa published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 3.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2011. 5 of the 171 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2011. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 2 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 2 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications
1976 2025

171 publications in total across all disciplines

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Daniel Cossa: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 1
1979 1
1980 2
1981 1
1982 0
1983 3
1984 0
1985 2
1986 1
1987 2
1988 2
1989 2
1990 3
1991 3
1992 2
1993 3
1994 3
1995 5
1996 3
1997 3
1998 3
1999 2
2000 3
2001 4
2002 2
2003 3
2004 5
2005 3
2006 4
2007 11
2008 5
2009 7
2010 10
2011 13
2012 8
2013 6
2014 4
2015 4
2016 2
2017 5
2018 6
2019 2
2020 5
2021 1
2022 2
2023 3
2024 3
2025 2
Total 171
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Daniel Cossa 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 Daniel Cossa 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, 128–137 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: 131 publications — 28th percentile

28% 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
118–127 540
128–137 557 131
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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Daniel Cossa 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 Daniel Cossa 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, 53 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: 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.

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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
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 53
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

Daniel Cossa is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and is an active researcher in the field of environmental science. Their academic contributions primarily focus on mercury impact and mitigation studies, heavy metals in the environment, and toxic organic pollutants. The research spans areas including health, toxicology, mutagenesis, ecology, pollution, nature and landscape conservation, and soil science.

Cossa's work explores themes such as mercury's behavior and accumulation in various environmental contexts, with a notable focus on marine and sedimentary environments. This is reflected in a body of published papers that document mercury cycling, accumulation, and deposition with implications for environmental health and geochemical processes.

Frequent research collaborators include Stéphane Guédron, Olivier Radakovitch, Joël Knœry, Daniela Bănaru, and Mireille Harmelin-Vivien. These collaborations highlight an interconnected research network addressing geochemical and ecological perspectives on contamination and pollutant dynamics.

Publication venues in which Cossa's work appears include Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Geochemistry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Applied Sciences, and Chemical Geology. These journals emphasize environmental chemistry, geochemistry, and applied environmental sciences.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel Cossa include:

  1. Mediterranean Mercury Assessment 2022: An Updated Budget, Health Consequences, and Research Perspectives (2022) - Environmental Science & Technology
  2. Mercury, organic matter, iron, and sulfur co-cycling in a ferruginous meromictic lake (2022) - Applied Geochemistry
  3. Mercury accumulation in the sediment of the Western Mediterranean abyssal plain: A reliable archive of the late Holocene (2021) - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  4. Mercury in Marine Mussels from the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf (Canada): A Mussel Watch Survey Revisited after 40 Years (2020) - Applied Sciences
  5. Mercury deposition in the Eastern Mediterranean: Modern fluxes in the water column and Holocene accumulation rates in abyssal sediment (2023) - Chemical Geology

The main domains of Cossa's research include:

  • Environmental Science

Alongside the broader field, subfields addressed by Cossa's scientific output include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Soil Science

The specific research topics covered by Cossa involve:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Best Publications

  • Heavy metals distribution in mangrove sediments along the mobile coastline of French Guiana

    Cyril Marchand;Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès;F. Baltzer;Patrick Albéric

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • The origin of methylmercury in open Mediterranean waters

    Daniel Cossa;Bernard Averty;Nicola Pirrone

  • Mercury in the Southern Ocean

    Daniel Cossa;Lars-Eric Heimbürger;Delphine Lannuzel;Delphine Lannuzel;Stephen R. Rintoul;Stephen R. Rintoul;Stephen R. Rintoul

  • Atmospheric mercury concentrations observed at ground-based monitoring sites globally distributed in the framework of the GMOS network

    Francesca Sprovieri;Nicola Pirrone;Mariantonia Bencardino;Francesco D'Amore

  • Trace metal distribution, partition and fluxes in the Seine estuary (France) in low discharge regime

    Jean-François Chiffoleau;Daniel Cossa;Dominique Auger;Isabelle Truquet

  • A review of the use of mytilus spp as quantitative indicators of cadmium and mercury contamination in coastal waters

    Daniel Cossa

  • Mercury in Sediments and Sediment Pore Water in the Laurentian Trough

    Charles Gobeil;Daniel Cossa

  • The distribution and cycling of mercury species in the western Mediterranean

    Daniel Cossa;Jean-Marie Martin;Kazufumi Takayanagi;Jane Sanjuan

  • Methyl mercury distributions in relation to the presence of nano- and picophytoplankton in an oceanic water column (Ligurian Sea, North-western Mediterranean)

    Lars-Eric Heimbürger;Lars-Eric Heimbürger;Lars-Eric Heimbürger;Daniel Cossa;Jean-Claude Marty;Jean-Claude Marty;Christophe Migon;Christophe Migon

  • Geographical and seasonal variations in the relationship between trace metal content and body weight in Mytilus edulis.

    D. Cossa;E. Bourget;D. Pouliot;J. Piuze

  • Speciation and sorption of mercury in two macro-tidal estuaries

    Marina Coquery;Daniel Cossa;Jane Sanjuan

  • Mercury in 16 demersal sharks from southeast Australia: Biotic and abiotic sources of variation and consumer health implications.

    Heidi Pethybridge;Heidi Pethybridge;Daniel Cossa;Edward C.V. Butler

  • Cadmium diagenesis in Laurentian Trough sediments

    Charles Gobeil;Norman Silverberg;Bjørn Sundby;Daniel Cossa

  • Mercury Fluxes at the Ocean Margins

    D. Cossa;M. Coquery;C. Gobeil;J.-M. Martin

  • The Distribution of Dissolved and Particulate Mercury in Three Siberian Estuaries and Adjacent Arctic Coastal Waters

    M. Coquery;D. Cossa;J. M. Martin

  • Metal biogeochemistry in the Tinto-Odiel rivers (Southern Spain) and in the Gulf of Cadiz: A synthesis of the results of TOROS project

    Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet;Charlotte Braungardt;Eric Achterberg;Nicholas Morley

  • Mercury speciation in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary

    Daniel Cossa;Charles Gobeil

  • Mercury transformations and exchanges in a high turbidity estuary:: The role of organic matter and amorphous oxyhydroxides

    Fabien Laurier;Daniel Cossa;Jean-Louis Gonzalez;Emily Breviere

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Migon
Christophe Migon Université Paris Cité
Stephen R. Rintoul
Stephen R. Rintoul CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Charles Gobeil
Charles Gobeil University of Quebec
Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet
Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet University of Montpellier
Olivier Radakovitch
Olivier Radakovitch Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
Andrew R. Bowie
Andrew R. Bowie University of Tasmania
Géraldine Sarthou
Géraldine Sarthou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Marina Coquery
Marina Coquery INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jeroen E. Sonke
Jeroen E. Sonke Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Roselyne Buscail
Roselyne Buscail University of Perpignan

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