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Erik Thomsen

Erik Thomsen

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
4832
World Ranking
6264
National Ranking
63

Erik Thomsen 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 Erik Thomsen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 103 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Erik Thomsen 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 Erik Thomsen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Erik Thomsen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans significant topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

The scientist's research also covers Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Polar Research and Ecology. The focus of these topics reflects a broad interest in environmental processes, ancient climates, and ecological isotopic studies that advance understanding of both past and present Earth systems.

Erik Thomsen has published in various academic journals, with a frequent presence in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Quaternary Science Advances
  • Wildlife Biology
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Scientific Reports

Among their recent papers are:

  • Homogeneous Glacial Landscapes Can Have High Local Variability of Strontium Isotope Signatures: Implications for Prehistoric Migration Studies, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Climate and ocean forcing of ice-sheet dynamics along the Svalbard-Barents Sea ice sheet during the deglaciation ∼20,000-10,000 years BP, 2020, Quaternary Science Advances
  • Strontium Is Released Rapidly From Agricultural Lime-Implications for Provenance and Migration Studies, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Assessing the current feces identification method of the European otter Lutra lutra, 2021, Wildlife Biology
  • Changes in Planktic Foraminiferal Distribution, Productivity, and Preservation in the Barents Sea During the Last Three Millennia, 2025, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Tine L. Rasmussen
  • Rasmus Andreasen
  • Liselotte Wesley Andersen
  • Henriette Sallo Schousgaard
  • Johnny Kahlert

Erik Thomsen's research integrates methodologies from isotope geochemistry and ecological studies to address questions about ancient environments and migration patterns. Their work often intersects with studies in paleoclimatology and archaeology, contributing to a nuanced understanding of historical environmental changes and their biological implications.

Best Publications

  • Paleoceanographic evolution of the SW Svalbard margin (76°N) since 20,000 14C yr BP

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Marta A. Ślubowska;Marta A. Ślubowska;Simon Jessen

  • The role of the North Atlantic Drift in the millennial timescale glacial climate fluctuations

    Tine L Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen

  • Rapid changes in surface and deep water conditions at the Faeroe Margin during the last 58,000 years

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Tjeerd C. E. van Weering;Laurent Labeyrie

  • The evolution of western Scandinavian topography: A review of Neogene uplift versus the ICE (isostasy–climate–erosion) hypothesis

    Søren B. Nielsen;Kerry Gallagher;Callum Leighton;Niels Balling

  • Agricultural lime disturbs natural strontium isotope variations: Implications for provenance and migration studies

    Erik Thomsen;Rasmus Andreasen

  • The Permian of the Western Margin of the Greenland Sea—A Future Exploration Target

    F. Surlyk;J. M. Hurst;S. Piasecki;F. Rolle

  • A new approach to interpreting Rock-Eval S2 and TOC data for kerogen quality assessment

    Birger Dahl;Jørgen Bojesen-Koefoed;Anders Holm;Holger Justwan

  • Circulation changes in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel correlating with cold events during the last glacial period (58–10 ka)

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Laurent Labeyrie;Tjeerd C. E. van Weering

  • Millennial-scale glacial variability versus Holocene stability: changes in planktic and benthic foraminifera faunas and ocean circulation in the North Atlantic during the last 60 000 years

    Tine L Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Simon R Troelstra;Antoon Kuijpers

  • Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy in the Eastern North Sea

    Olaf Michelsen;Erik Thomsen;Mette Danielsen;Claus Heilmann-Clausen

  • The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain

    Birger Schmitz;Victoriano Pujalte;Eustoquio Molina;Simonetta Monechi

  • Dynamics of Mid-Palaeocene North Atlantic rifting linked with European intra-plate deformations

    Søren B. Nielsen;Randell Stephenson;Erik Thomsen

  • Deep sea records from the southeast Labrador Sea: Ocean circulation changes and ice-rafting events during the last 160,000 years

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Delia W. Oppo;Erik Thomsen;Scott J. Lehman

  • Carbon isotope composition of lower palaeozoic kerogen: Effects of maturation

    Bjørn Buchardt;Jens Clausen;Erik Thomsen

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes across the Danian–Selandian boundary in the North Sea Basin

    Anne Clemmensen;Erik Thomsen

  • Late warming and early cooling of the sea surface in the Nordic seas during MIS 5e (Eemian Interglacial)

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Antoon Kuijpers;Stefan Wastegård

  • The Faroe-Shetland Gateway: Late Quaternary water mass exchange between the Nordic seas and the northeastern Atlantic

    T.L Rasmussen;D Bäckström;J Heinemeier;D Klitgaard-Kristensen

  • Plate-wide stress relaxation explains European Palaeocene basin inversions

    Søren B. Nielsen;Erik Thomsen;David L. Hansen;Ole R. Clausen

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of Holocene temperature maxima in the northern Nordic seas: interplay of Atlantic-, Arctic- and polar water masses

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Kari Skirbekk;Marta Ślubowska-Woldengen

  • Combustion char morphology related to combustion temperature and coal petrography

    Per Rosenberg;Henrik I. Petersen;Erik Thomsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tine L. Rasmussen
Tine L. Rasmussen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Tjeerd C.E. van Weering
Tjeerd C.E. van Weering Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Henrik I. Petersen
Henrik I. Petersen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Stefan Wastegård
Stefan Wastegård Stockholm University
Laurent Labeyrie
Laurent Labeyrie University of Southern Brittany
Lars Stemmerik
Lars Stemmerik University of Copenhagen
Antoon Kuijpers
Antoon Kuijpers Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Kerry Gallagher
Kerry Gallagher University of Rennes
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Matthias Moros
Matthias Moros Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

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