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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 69 6271 5693 458 413 316 15451
Earth Science 82 474 409 20 18 425 21075

Eric P. Achterberg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eric P. Achterberg between 1990 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eric P. Achterberg published across 37 years, from 1990 to 2026, averaging 16.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 44 publications in 2018. 43 of the 602 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 44. Peak 44 publications in 2018. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 39 publications 2017: 29 publications 2018: 44 publications 2019: 36 publications 2020: 40 publications 2021: 37 publications 2022: 34 publications 2023: 44 publications 2024: 40 publications 2025: 42 publications 2026: 1 publication
1990 2026

602 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eric P. Achterberg: publications per year, 1990 to 2026
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 1
1993 2
1994 3
1995 3
1996 2
1997 3
1998 6
1999 5
2000 9
2001 6
2002 12
2003 17
2004 4
2005 8
2006 9
2007 6
2008 12
2009 14
2010 16
2011 8
2012 15
2013 16
2014 23
2015 15
2016 39
2017 29
2018 44
2019 36
2020 40
2021 37
2022 34
2023 44
2024 40
2025 42
2026 1
Total 602
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Eric P. Achterberg 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 Eric P. Achterberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 418–427 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 425 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39 425
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Eric P. Achterberg 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 Eric P. Achterberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34 82
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Eric P. Achterberg is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Oceanography, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, and Pollution.

Their work addresses a variety of topics related to marine and environmental systems, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Eric P. Achterberg has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Chemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Their recent research articles include:

  • Review article: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic? (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • Manganese co-limitation of phytoplankton growth and major nutrient drawdown in the Southern Ocean (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Regulation of nitrous oxide production in low-oxygen waters off the coast of Peru (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • Upper Ocean Biogeochemistry of the Oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: From Nutrient Sources to Carbon Export (2023, Reviews of Geophysics)
  • Towards improved monitoring of offshore carbon storage: A real-world field experiment detecting a controlled sub-seafloor CO2 release (2021, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control)

Eric P. Achterberg collaborates frequently with a group of researchers including:

  • Mark J. Hopwood
  • Martha Gledhill
  • Thomas J. Browning
  • Aaron J. Beck
  • Stephan Krisch

Best Publications

  • Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching

    Jörg Wiedenmann;Cecilia D’Angelo;Edward G. Smith;Alan N. Hunt

  • Large-scale distribution of Atlantic nitrogen fixation controlled by iron availability

    C. Mark Moore;C. Mark Moore;Matthew M. Mills;Eric P. Achterberg;Richard J. Geider

  • Attenuation of sinking particulate organic carbon flux through the mesopelagic ocean

    Chris M. Marsay;Chris M. Marsay;Richard J. Sanders;Stephanie A. Henson;Katsiaryna Pabortsava;Katsiaryna Pabortsava

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Stripping voltammetry for the determination of trace metal speciation and in-situ measurements of trace metal distributions in marine waters

    Eric P. Achterberg;Charlotte Braungardt

  • The distribution and stabilisation of dissolved Fe in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes

    Sarah A. Bennett;Eric P. Achterberg;Douglas P. Connelly;Peter J. Statham

  • Determination of iron in seawater

    Eric P. Achterberg;T. W. Holland;T. W. Holland;A. R. Bowie;R. F. C. Mantoura

  • Hydroxamate siderophores: Occurrence and importance in the Atlantic Ocean

    Edward Mawji;Martha Gledhill;James A. Milton;Glen A. Tarran

  • Determination of nitrate and phosphate in seawater at nanomolar concentrations

    Matthew D. Patey;Micha J.A. Rijkenberg;Peter J. Statham;Mark C. Stinchcombe

  • Relative influence of nitrogen and phosphorous availability on phytoplankton physiology and productivity in the Oligotrophic Sub-Tropical North Atlantic Ocean

    C. Mark Moore;Matthew M. Mills;Rebecca Langlois;Angela Milne

  • Phosphorus cycling in the North and South Atlantic Ocean subtropical gyres

    Rhiannon L. Mather;Sarah E. Reynolds;Sarah E. Reynolds;George A. Wolff;Richard G. Williams

  • Review article: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

    Mark J. Hopwood;Dustin Carroll;Thorben Dunse;Thorben Dunse;Andy Hodson;Andy Hodson

  • Atmospheric iron deposition and sea-surface dissolved iron concentrations in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

    Géraldine Sarthou;Alex R. Baker;Stéphane Blain;Eric P. Achterberg

  • Onset of recent rapid sea-level rise in the western Atlantic Ocean

    W. Roland Gehrels;Jason R. Kirby;Andreas Prokoph;Rewi M. Newnham

  • The relative contribution of fast and slow sinking particles to ocean carbon export

    J. S. Riley;R. Sanders;C. Marsay;F. A. C. Le Moigne

  • Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho‐pelagic coupling, and the vertical transfer of iron

    Katrin Schmidt;Angus Atkinson;Sebastian Steigenberger;Sophie Fielding

  • Nutrient co-limitation at the boundary of an oceanic gyre

    Thomas J. Browning;Eric P. Achterberg;Insa Rapp;Anja Engel

  • Ocean fertilization: a potential means of geoengineering?

    R. S. Lampitt;Eric P. Achterberg;T. R. Anderson;J. A. Hughes

  • Dissolved silver measurements in seawater

    Jose L. Barriada;Alan D. Tappin;E. Hywel Evans;Eric P. Achterberg

  • The fate of added iron during a mesoscale fertilisation experiment in the Southern Ocean

    Andrew R Bowie;Andrew R Bowie;Maria T Maldonado;Russell D Frew;Peter L Croot

  • Determination of sub-nanomolar levels of iron in seawater using flow injection with chemiluminescence detection

    A. R. Bowie;A. R. Bowie;Eric P. Achterberg;R. F. C. Mantoura;P. J. Worsfold

  • Laboratory techniques in electroanalytical chemistry

    Eric P. Achterberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Worsfold
Paul J. Worsfold Plymouth University
Andrew R. Bowie
Andrew R. Bowie University of Tasmania
Lennart T. Bach
Lennart T. Bach University of Tasmania
Douglas P. Connelly
Douglas P. Connelly National Oceanography Centre
Toby Tyrrell
Toby Tyrrell University of Southampton
Géraldine Sarthou
Géraldine Sarthou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Ulf Riebesell
Ulf Riebesell GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Maeve C. Lohan
Maeve C. Lohan University of Southampton
Alex R. Baker
Alex R. Baker University of East Anglia
Kai G. Schulz
Kai G. Schulz Southern Cross University

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