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Elena Gorokhova

Elena Gorokhova

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
10314
World Ranking
5704
National Ranking
102

Elena Gorokhova 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 Elena Gorokhova sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 172 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elena Gorokhova 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 Elena Gorokhova sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elena Gorokhova is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

Their main research topics include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Elena Gorokhova include:

  • Micro-by-micro interactions: How microorganisms influence the fate of marine microplastics, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Rapid Physicochemical Changes in Microplastic Induced by Biofilm Formation, 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • The ice-nucleating activity of Arctic sea surface microlayer samples and marine algal cultures, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Association between Aquatic Micropollutant Dissipation and River Sediment Bacterial Communities, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Disparate effects of antibiotic-induced microbiome change and enhanced fitness in Daphnia magna, 2020, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Elena Gorokhova include:

  • Anna Sobek
  • Rehab El-Shehawy
  • Sophia Reichelt
  • Andrius Garbaras
  • Agnes M. L. Karlson

Their work is published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Biological stoichiometry from genes to ecosystems.

    James Elser;R. W. Sterner;E. Gorokhova;W. F. Fagan

  • Impacts of Biofilm Formation on the Fate and Potential Effects of Microplastic in the Aquatic Environment

    Christoph D. Rummel;Annika Jahnke;Elena Gorokhova;Dana Kühnel

  • Reducing Uncertainty and Confronting Ignorance about the Possible Impacts of Weathering Plastic in the Marine Environment

    Annika Jahnke;Hans Peter H. Arp;Beate I. Escher;Berit Gewert

  • The Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Microparticles on Individual Fitness in Daphnia magna.

    Martin Ogonowski;Christoph Schür;Åsa Jarsén;Elena Gorokhova

  • Evidence for selective bacterial community structuring on microplastics

    Martin Ogonowski;Asa Motiei;Karolina Ininbergs;Eva Hell

  • Micro‐by‐micro interactions: How microorganisms influence the fate of marine microplastics

    Kelsey L. Rogers;Joan A. Carreres‐Calabuig;Elena Gorokhova;Nicole R. Posth

  • Annual variability in ciliate community structure, potential prey and predators in the open northern Baltic Sea proper

    Mona Johansson;Elena Gorokhova;Ulf Larsson

  • An experimental study on variations in stable carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation during growth of Mysis mixta and Neomysis integer

    Elena Gorokhova;Sture Hansson

  • Analysis of nucleic acids in Daphnia: development of methods and ontogenetic variations in RNA-DNA content

    Elena Gorokhova;Marcia Kyle

  • What we know and what we think we know about microplastic effects – A critical perspective

    Martin Ogonowski;Zandra Gerdes;Elena Gorokhova

  • Global warming and hepatotoxin production by cyanobacteria: what can we learn from experiments?

    Rehab El-Shehawy;Elena Gorokhova;Francisca Fernández-Piñas;Francisca F. del Campo

  • Rapid Physicochemical Changes in Microplastic Induced by Biofilm Formation

    Eric McGivney;Linnea Cederholm;Andreas Barth;Minna Hakkarainen

  • Nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria stimulates production in Baltic food webs

    Agnes M. L. Karlson;Jon Duberg;Nisha H. Motwani;Hedvig Hogfors

  • Toward a stoichiometric framework for evolutionary biology

    Adam D. Kay;Isabel W. Ashton;Elena Gorokhova;Andrew J. Kerkhoff

  • Salinity modulates the energy balance and reproductive success of co-occurring copepods Acartia tonsa and A. clausi in different ways

    Danilo Calliari;Christian Marc Andersen;Peter Thor;Elena Gorokhova

  • Effects of preservation and storage of microcrustaceans in RNAlater on RNA and DNA degradation

    Elena Gorokhova

  • Stable isotopes show food web changes after invasion by the predatory cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi in a Baltic Sea bay

    Elena Gorokhova;Sture Hansson;Helena Höglander;Christian Marc Andersen

  • Towards ecosystem-based management: identifying operational food-web indicators for marine ecosystems

    Jamie C. Tam;Jason S. Link;Axel G. Rossberg;Stuart I. Rogers

  • Screening for microplastic particles in plankton samples: How to integrate marine litter assessment into existing monitoring programs?

    Elena Gorokhova

  • Functional and ecological significance of rDNA intergenic spacer variation in a clonal organism under divergent selection for production rate.

    Elena Gorokhova;Thomas E. Dowling;Lawrence J. Weider;Teresa J. Crease

  • Projected marine climate change: effects on copepod oxidative status and reproduction

    Anu Vehmaa;Anu Vehmaa;Hedvig Hogfors;Elena Gorokhova;Andreas Brutemark;Andreas Brutemark

Frequent Co-Authors

Sture Hansson
Sture Hansson Stockholm University
Maiju Lehtiniemi
Maiju Lehtiniemi Finnish Environment Institute
Jonna Engström-Öst
Jonna Engström-Öst Novia University of Applied Sciences
Allan K. Bertram
Allan K. Bertram University of British Columbia
Merete Bilde
Merete Bilde Aarhus University
Benjamin J. Murray
Benjamin J. Murray University of Leeds
Caroline Leck
Caroline Leck Stockholm University
Ottmar Möhler
Ottmar Möhler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ragnar Elmgren
Ragnar Elmgren Stockholm University
Annica M. L. Ekman
Annica M. L. Ekman Stockholm University

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