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Daniel J. Conley

Daniel J. Conley

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Earth Science
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 85 374 319 2 2 241 32054

Daniel J. Conley publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Daniel J. Conley between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Daniel J. Conley published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2017. 16 of the 308 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2017. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 5 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 7 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 8 publications
1983 2025

308 publications in total across all disciplines

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Daniel J. Conley: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 4
1986 2
1987 1
1988 5
1989 1
1990 1
1991 1
1992 1
1993 3
1994 1
1995 3
1996 4
1997 3
1998 2
1999 2
2000 6
2001 1
2002 7
2003 3
2004 4
2005 4
2006 10
2007 14
2008 13
2009 19
2010 14
2011 11
2012 12
2013 4
2014 17
2015 17
2016 11
2017 21
2018 11
2019 16
2020 8
2021 15
2022 3
2023 16
2024 8
2025 8
Total 308
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Daniel J. Conley 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 J. Conley 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, 238–247 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: 241 publications — 76th percentile

76% 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
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
238–247 243 241
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 J. Conley 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 J. Conley 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, 85 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: 85 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 85
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Daniel J. Conley is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Biomaterials, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Paleontology.

Their work covers a variety of topics, such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Recent publications by Daniel J. Conley include:

  • System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion, 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Removal of phosphorus and nitrogen in sediments of the eutrophic Stockholm archipelago, Baltic Sea, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • What is diatomite?, 2020, Quaternary Research
  • Coupled dynamics of iron, manganese, and phosphorus in brackish coastal sediments populated by cable bacteria, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography

Daniel J. Conley frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Caroline P. Slomp
  • Petra Zahajská
  • Andrew J. Alverson
  • Johanna Stadmark
  • Sophie Opfergelt

Their research has been published notably in the following venues:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Biogeosciences
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Best Publications

  • Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus

    Daniel J. Conley;Hans W. Paerl;Robert W. Howarth;Donald F. Boesch

  • Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters.

    Denise L. Breitburg;Lisa A. Levin;Andreas Oschlies;Marilaure Grégoire

  • Coupled biogeochemical cycles: eutrophication and hypoxia in temperate estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems

    Robert W. Howarth;Francis Chan;Daniel J. Conley;Josette Garnier

  • Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

    S. Kröpelin;D. Verschuren;A.-M. Lézine;H. Eggermont

  • Deoxygenation of the Baltic Sea during the last century

    Jacob Carstensen;Jesper H. Andersen;Bo G. Gustafsson;Daniel J. Conley

  • Terrestrial ecosystems and the global biogeochemical silica cycle

    Daniel J. Conley

  • Return to Neverland: Shifting baselines affect eutrophication restoration targets

    Carlos M. Duarte;Daniel J. Conley;Jacob Carstensen;María Sánchez-Camacho

  • Modification of the biogeochemical cycle of silica with eutrophication

    DJ Conley;CL Schelske;EF Stoermer

  • Hypoxia-Related Processes in the Baltic Sea

    Daniel J. Conley;Svante Björck;Erik Bonsdorff;Jacob Carstensen

  • Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea and Basin-Scale Changes in Phosphorus Biogeochemistry

    Daniel J. Conley;Christoph Humborg;Lars Rahm;Oleg P. Savchuk

  • Internal Ecosystem Feedbacks Enhance Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria Blooms and Complicate Management in the Baltic Sea

    Emil Vahtera;Daniel J. Conley;Bo G. Gustafsson;Harri Kuosa

  • Hypoxia is increasing in the coastal zone of the Baltic sea

    Daniel J. Conley;Jacob Carstensen;Juris Aigars;Philip Axe

  • Biogeochemical nutrient cycles and nutrient management strategies

    Daniel J. Conley

  • Silicon Retention in River Basins: Far-reaching Effects on Biogeochemistry and Aquatic Food Webs in Coastal Marine Environments

    Christoph Humborg;Daniel J. Conley;Lars Rahm;Fredrik Wulff

  • Temporal responses of coastal hypoxia to nutrient loading and physical controls

    W. M. Kemp;J. M. Testa;Daniel Conley;D. Gilbert

  • Long-term temporal and spatial trends in eutrophication status of the Baltic Sea.

    Jesper H. Andersen;Jesper H. Andersen;Jacob Carstensen;Daniel J. Conley;Karsten Dromph;Karsten Dromph

  • Past occurrences of hypoxia in the Baltic Sea and the role of climate variability, environmental change and human impact

    Lovisa Zillén;Daniel J. Conley;Thomas Andrén;Elinor Andrén

  • Review of methodologies for extracting plant-available and amorphous Si from soils and aquatic sediments

    Daniela Sauer;Loredana Saccone;Daniel J. Conley;Ludger Herrmann

  • Eutrophication-driven deoxygenation in the coastal ocean

    Nancy N Rabalais;Wei-Jun Cai;Jacob Carstensen;Daniel J Conley

  • Scales of Nutrient-Limited Phytoplankton Productivity in Chesapeake Bay

    Thomas C. Malone;Daniel J. Conley;Thomas R. Fisher;Patricia M. Glibert

  • LONG-TERM CHANGES AND IMPACTS OF HYPOXIA IN DANISH COASTAL WATERS

    Daniel J. Conley;Jacob Carstensen;Gunni Ærtebjerg;Peter Bondo Christensen

  • Annual cycle of dissolved silicate in Chesapeake bay: implications for the production and fate of phytoplankton biomass

    DJ Conley;TC Malone

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Carstensen
Jacob Carstensen Aarhus University
Eric Struyf
Eric Struyf University of Antwerp
Caroline P. Slomp
Caroline P. Slomp Radboud University
Bo G. Gustafsson
Bo G. Gustafsson Stockholm University
Sherilyn C. Fritz
Sherilyn C. Fritz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Claire L. Schelske
Claire L. Schelske University of Florida
Christoph Humborg
Christoph Humborg Stockholm University
Patrick Meire
Patrick Meire University of Antwerp
Svante Björck
Svante Björck Lund University
Eugene F. Stoermer
Eugene F. Stoermer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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