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D-Index
45
Citations
8643
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6356
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2291

Dennis P. Swaney 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 Dennis P. Swaney sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 101 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Dennis P. Swaney 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 Dennis P. Swaney sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dennis P. Swaney is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their primary research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work addresses a range of topics related to marine and terrestrial environmental systems. The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Swaney has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers published in a variety of academic journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Ocean Deoxygenation: A Primer," 2020, One Earth
  • "Impacts of changing society and climate on nutrient loading to the Baltic Sea," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Role of external inputs of nutrients to aquatic ecosystems in determining prevalence of nitrogen vs. phosphorus limitation of net primary productivity," 2021, Biogeochemistry
  • "Low N2O emissions from wheat in a wheat-rice double cropping system due to manure substitution are associated with changes in the abundance of functional microbes," 2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "Correction to: Application of a Bayesian Watershed Model Linking Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Support Watershed-Scale Nitrogen Management in China," 2020, Water Resources Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Swaney include Karin E. Limburg, Denise L. Breitburg, Gil S. Jacinto, Sampo Pihlainen, and Marianne Zandersen. Swaney's publications have appeared in journals such as:

  • One Earth
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Water Resources Management

Best Publications

  • Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

    Robert Howarth;Gilles Billen;Dennis Swaney;Andrea Townsend

  • Phenotypic diversity and ecosystem functioning in changing environments: a theoretical framework.

    Jon Norberg;Dennis P. Swaney;Jonathan Dushoff;Juan Lin

  • Humans, Hydrology, and the Distribution of Inorganic Nutrient Loading to the Ocean

    Stephen V. Smith;Dennis P. Swaney;Liana TALAUE-McMANUS;Jeremy D. Bartley

  • Nitrogen fluxes from the landscape are controlled by net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and by climate

    Robert Howarth;Dennis Swaney;Gilles Billen;Josette Garnier

  • The influence of climate on average nitrogen export from large watersheds in the Northeastern United States

    R. W. Howarth;D. P. Swaney;E. W. Boyer;R. Marino

  • Climatic control on eutrophication of the Hudson River estuary.

    Robert W. Howarth;Dennis P. Swaney;Thomas J. Butler;Roxanne Marino

  • The Coastal Zone — a Domain of Global Interactions

    Christopher J. Crossland;Dan Baird;Jean-Paul Ducrotoy;Han Lindeboom

  • Evaluating regional variation of net anthropogenic nitrogen and phosphorus inputs (NANI/NAPI), major drivers, nutrient retention pattern and management implications in the multinational areas of Baltic Sea basin

    Bongghi Hong;Dennis P. Swaney;Carl-Magnus Mörth;Erik Smedberg

  • Net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to watersheds and riverine N export to coastal waters: a brief overview

    Dennis P Swaney;Bongghi Hong;Chaopu Ti;Robert W Howarth

  • Metabolism and organic carbon fluxes in the tidal freshwater Hudson River

    R. W. Howarth;R. Schneider;D. Swaney

  • Effect of grid size on runoff and soil moisture for a variable‐source‐area hydrology model

    Wen-Ling Kuo;Tammo S. Steenhuis;Charles E. McCulloch;Charles L. Mohler

  • Reducing agricultural nutrient surpluses in a large catchment – Links to livestock density

    Annika Svanbäck;Michelle L. McCrackin;Dennis P. Swaney;Helena Linefur

  • Estimating net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to U.S. watersheds: comparison of methodologies.

    Bongghi Hong;Dennis P. Swaney;Robert W. Howarth

  • A toolbox for calculating net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs (NANI)

    Bongghi Hong;Dennis P. Swaney;Robert W. Howarth

  • Ocean Deoxygenation: A Primer

    Karin E. Limburg;Karin E. Limburg;Denise Breitburg;Dennis P. Swaney;Gil Jacinto

  • A Century of Legacy Phosphorus Dynamics in a Large Drainage Basin

    Michelle L. McCrackin;Baerbel Muller-Karulis;Bo G. Gustafsson;Bo G. Gustafsson;Robert W. Howarth

  • Enhanced N input to Lake Dianchi Basin from 1980 to 2010: drivers and consequences.

    Wei Gao;Robert W. Howarth;Dennis P. Swaney;Bongghi Hong

  • Nitrogen use efficiency and crop production: Patterns of regional variation in the United States, 1987-2012

    Dennis P. Swaney;Robert W. Howarth;Bongghi Hong

  • Reduction of Baltic Sea Nutrient Inputs and Allocation of Abatement Costs Within the Baltic Sea Catchment

    Frederik Wulff;Christoph Humborg;Hans Estrup Andersen;Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen

  • River nutrient loads and catchment size

    S.V. Smith;D.P. Swaney;R.W. Buddemeier;M.R. Scarsbrook

  • Scaling Effects on Runoff and Soil Moisture Content in a GIS-Based, Variable-Source-Area Hydrology Model

    Wen-Ling Kuo;Tammo S. Steenhuis;Charles E. McCulloch;Charles L. Mohler

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Howarth
Robert W. Howarth Cornell University
Christoph Humborg
Christoph Humborg Stockholm University
Bo G. Gustafsson
Bo G. Gustafsson Stockholm University
Karin E. Limburg
Karin E. Limburg SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Stephen V. Smith
Stephen V. Smith University of Hawaii at Manoa
Carl-Magnus Mörth
Carl-Magnus Mörth Stockholm University
Charles E. McCulloch
Charles E. McCulloch University of California, San Francisco
Huaicheng Guo
Huaicheng Guo Peking University
Tammo S. Steenhuis
Tammo S. Steenhuis Cornell University
Charles L. Mohler
Charles L. Mohler Cornell University

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