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Erik T. Buitenhuis 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 Erik T. Buitenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 111 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Erik T. Buitenhuis 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 Erik T. Buitenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Erik T. Buitenhuis is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. They have contributed extensively to subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The research topics covered by Buitenhuis include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

The scientist's publication record features work in notable venues, such as:

  • Nature
  • Earth system science data
  • Biogeosciences
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Erik T. Buitenhuis include:

  • "A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks," 2020, Nature
  • "Global nitrous oxide budget (1980-2020)," 2024, Earth system science data
  • "Role of jellyfish in the plankton ecosystem revealed using a global ocean biogeochemical model," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "The impacts of ocean acidification on marine trace gases and the implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Simulations of ocean deoxygenation in the historical era: insights from forced and coupled models," 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science

Buitenhuis frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Parvadha Suntharalingam
  • Sarah Berthet
  • Laurent Bopp
  • Corinne Le Quéré
  • Hanqin Tian

Best Publications

  • Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks

    Josep G. Canadell;Corinne Le Quéré;Michael R. Raupach;Christopher B. Field

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

  • Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change

    Corinne Le Quéré;Christian Rödenbeck;Erik T. Buitenhuis;Thomas J. Conway

  • Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

    Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P Harrison;Sandy P Harrison;I Colin Prentice;I Colin Prentice;Erik Theodoor Buitenhuis

  • Response to Comments on "Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change"

    Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Christian Rödenbeck;Erik T. Buitenhuis;Thomas J. Conway

  • A comparison of global estimates of marine primary production from ocean color

    Mary-Elena Carr;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Marjorie Schmeltz;Maki Noguchi Aita

  • Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production in marine ecosystem models

    C Laufkötter;C Laufkötter;M Vogt;N Gruber;M Aita-Noguchi

  • Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean

    E. T. Buitenhuis;W. K. W. Li;Daniel Vaulot;M. W. Lomas

  • Assessing the uncertainties of model estimates of primary productivity in the tropical Pacific Ocean

    Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Mary-Elena Carr;Richard T. Barber;Michele Scardi

  • Bio‐optical feedbacks among phytoplankton, upper ocean physics and sea‐ice in a global model

    Manfredi Manizza;Manfredi Manizza;Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Andrew J. Watson;Erik T. Buitenhuis

  • Phytoplankton phenology in the global ocean

    Marie-Fanny Racault;Marie-Fanny Racault;Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Erik Buitenhuis;Shubha Sathyendranath

  • Impact of climate change and variability on the global oceanic sink of CO2

    Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Taro Takahashi;Erik T. Buitenhuis;Christian Rödenbeck

  • A reevaluation of the magnitude and impacts of anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen inputs on the ocean

    T. D. Jickells;E. Buitenhuis;K. Altieri;A. R. Baker

  • Biogeochemical fluxes through mesozooplankton

    Erik Buitenhuis;Erik Buitenhuis;Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Olivier Aumont;Grégory Beaugrand

  • Challenges of modeling depth-integrated marine primary productivity over multiple decades: A case study at BATS and HOT

    Vincent S. Saba;Vincent S. Saba;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Mary-Elena Carr;David Antoine

  • MAREDAT: towards a world atlas of MARine Ecosystem DATa

    E. Buitenhuis;M. Vogt;R. Moriarty;N. Bednaršek

  • Combined constraints on global ocean primary production using observations and models

    Erik T. Buitenhuis;Taketo Hashioka;Taketo Hashioka;Corinne Le Quéré

  • On the Southern Ocean CO2 uptake and the role of the biological carbon pump in the 21st century

    J. Hauck;C. Volker;D. A. Wolf-Gladrow;C. Laufkotter

  • PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CALCIFICATION BY EMILIANIA HUXLEYI (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AS A FUNCTION OF INORGANIC CARBON SPECIES

    Erik T. Buitenhuis;Hein J.W. de Baar;Marcel J.W. Veldhuis

Frequent Co-Authors

Corinne Le Quéré
Corinne Le Quéré University of East Anglia
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia
Meike Vogt
Meike Vogt ETH Zurich
Laurent Bopp
Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure
Ivan D. Lima
Ivan D. Lima Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John P. Dunne
John P. Dunne Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Nicolas Gruber
Nicolas Gruber ETH Zurich
Olivier Aumont
Olivier Aumont Université Paris Cité
Yasuhiro Yamanaka
Yasuhiro Yamanaka Hokkaido University
Roland Séférian
Roland Séférian Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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