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Daniel J. Conley

Daniel J. Conley

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Earth Science
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
85
Citations
32054
World Ranking
374
National Ranking
2

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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 241 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

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 94 D-Index or more.

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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