2026 Daniel J. Conley: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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

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

4562
Citations
Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters.

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

3041
Citations
Coupled biogeochemical cycles: eutrophication and hypoxia in temperate estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems

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

942
Citations
Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

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

744
Citations
Deoxygenation of the Baltic Sea during the last century

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

724
Citations
Terrestrial ecosystems and the global biogeochemical silica cycle

Daniel J. Conley

703
Citations
Return to Neverland: Shifting baselines affect eutrophication restoration targets

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

695
Citations
Modification of the biogeochemical cycle of silica with eutrophication

DJ Conley;CL Schelske;EF Stoermer

664
Citations
Hypoxia-Related Processes in the Baltic Sea

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

651
Citations
Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea and Basin-Scale Changes in Phosphorus Biogeochemistry

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

599
Citations
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

582
Citations
Hypoxia is increasing in the coastal zone of the Baltic sea

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

560
Citations
Biogeochemical nutrient cycles and nutrient management strategies

Daniel J. Conley

531
Citations
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

493
Citations
Temporal responses of coastal hypoxia to nutrient loading and physical controls

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

458
Citations
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

418
Citations
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

403
Citations
Review of methodologies for extracting plant-available and amorphous Si from soils and aquatic sediments

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

389
Citations
Eutrophication-driven deoxygenation in the coastal ocean

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

388
Citations
Scales of Nutrient-Limited Phytoplankton Productivity in Chesapeake Bay

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

375
Citations
LONG-TERM CHANGES AND IMPACTS OF HYPOXIA IN DANISH COASTAL WATERS

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

364
Citations
Annual cycle of dissolved silicate in Chesapeake bay: implications for the production and fate of phytoplankton biomass

DJ Conley;TC Malone

361
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Carstensen Aarhus University

Eric Struyf University of Antwerp

Caroline P. Slomp Radboud University

Bo G. Gustafsson Stockholm University

Sherilyn C. Fritz University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Claire L. Schelske University of Florida

Christoph Humborg Stockholm University

Patrick Meire University of Antwerp

Svante Björck Lund University

Eugene F. Stoermer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

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