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Danielle Fortin

Danielle Fortin

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
7072
World Ranking
7105
National Ranking
313

Danielle Fortin publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Danielle Fortin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 108 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Danielle Fortin D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Danielle Fortin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Danielle Fortin is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Fortin's work covers a range of topics related to Earth and environmental sciences. These include:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

The scientist's recent papers illustrate their focus on environmental processes and geochemical phenomena. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Vegetation restoration in an alpine meadow: Insights from soil microbial communities and resource limitation across soil depth" (2024), Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Carbon dioxide emission from monogenetic volcanoes in the Mt. Changbai volcanic field, NE China" (2020), International Geology Review
  • "Diffuse emission of CO2 from the Langjiu Geothermal Field, Western Tibet" (2023), Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • "Chemical and isotopic features of seepage gas from mud volcanoes in southern margin of the Junggar Basin, NW China" (2021), Applied Geochemistry
  • "Tibetan Plateau grasslands might increase sequestration of microbial necromass carbon under future warming" (2024), Communications Biology

Frequent coauthors in Fortin's publications include Guodong Zheng, Xu Wang, Xiangxian Ma, Xiaorong Zhou, and Xianke Chen. The collaboration with these researchers is reflected across multiple research articles.

Fortin's work is published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent appearances in Applied Geochemistry, Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, Journal of Environmental Management, International Geology Review, and Journal of Geochemical Exploration.

Best Publications

  • Metal sorption to diagenetic iron and manganese oxyhydroxides and associated organic matter: Narrowing the gap between field and laboratory measurements

    A. Tessier;D. Fortin;N. Belzile;R.R. DeVitre

  • Formation and occurrence of biogenic iron-rich minerals

    Danielle Fortin;Sean Langley

  • Mineralization of bacterial surfaces

    S. Schultze-Lam;D. Fortin;B.S. Davis;T.J. Beveridge

  • Surface-mediated mineral development by bacteria

    D. Fortin;F. G. Ferris;T. J. Beveridge

  • Adsorption of rare earth elements onto bacterial cell walls and its implication for REE sorption onto natural microbial mats

    Yoshio Takahashi;Xavier Châtellier;Keiko H. Hattori;Kenji Kato

  • Role of sediment composition in trace metal distribution in lake sediments

    L El Bilali;P.E Rasmussen;G.E.M Hall;D Fortin

  • Characteristics of lacustrine diagenetic iron oxyhydroxides

    D Fortin;Gary G Leppard;A Tessier

  • Role of Thiobacillus and sulfate-reducing bacteria in iron biocycling in oxic and acidic mine tailings

    D. Fortin;B. Davis;T.J. Beveridge

  • Formation of Fe-silicates and Fe-oxides on bacterial surfaces in samples collected near hydrothermal vents on the Southern Explorer Ridge in the northeast Pacific Ocean

    Danielle Fortin;F. Grant Ferris;Steven D. Scott

  • Mineralogy of a natural As-rich hydrous ferric oxide coprecipitate formed by mixing of hydrothermal fluid and seawater: Implications regarding surface complexation and color banding in ferrihydrite deposits

    Denis G. Rancourt;Danielle Fortin;Thomas Pichler;Pierre-Jean Thibault

  • The effect of growth phase on proton and metal adsorption by Bacillus subtilis

    Christopher J Daughney;David A Fowle;Danielle Fortin

  • Microbial sulfate reduction within sulfidic mine tailings: Formation of diagenetic Fe sulfides

    D. Fortin;T. J. Beveridge

  • Nickel sulfide, iron‐nickel sulfide and iron sulfide precipitation by a newly isolated Desulfotomaculum species and its relation to nickel resistance

    D. Fortin;G. Southam;T.J. Beveridge

  • A rare earth element signature of bacteria in natural waters

    Yoshio Takahashi;Taeko Hirata;Hiroshi Shimizu;Takuo Ozaki

  • Microbial metal-binding mechanisms and their relation to nuclear waste disposal

    Robert J. C. McLean;Danielle Fortin;D. Ann Brown

  • Prevalence of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in contaminated groundwater.

    Tara A. Moore;Yangping Xing;Brent Lazenby;Michael D. J. Lynch

  • Characterization of Iron-Oxides Formed by Oxidation of Ferrous Ions in the Presence of Various Bacterial Species and Inorganic Ligands

    Xavier Châtellier;M. Marcia West;Jérôme Rose;Danielle Fortin

  • Biogeochemical factors influencing net mercury methylation in contaminated freshwater sediments from the St. Lawrence River in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.

    Mary-Luyza Avramescu;Emmanuel Yumvihoze;Holger Hintelmann;Jeff Ridal

  • Sorption of strontium onto bacteriogenic iron oxides.

    Sean Langley;Andrew G. Gault;Alexandre Ibrahim;Yoshio Takahashi

  • Role of the bacterium Thiobacillus in the formation of silicates in acidic mine tailings

    D. Fortin;T.J. Beveridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian D. Clark
Ian D. Clark University of Ottawa
Terry J. Beveridge
Terry J. Beveridge University of Guelph
Yoshio Takahashi
Yoshio Takahashi University of Tokyo
David R. S. Lean
David R. S. Lean University of Ottawa
Wayne C. Shanks
Wayne C. Shanks United States Geological Survey
Thomas Pichler
Thomas Pichler University of Bremen
George D. Kamenov
George D. Kamenov University of Florida
Keiko Hattori
Keiko Hattori University of Ottawa
Sai K. Vanapalli
Sai K. Vanapalli University of Ottawa
Gordon Southam
Gordon Southam University of Queensland

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