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Gert Asmund 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 Gert Asmund sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 73 publications — 3rd percentile

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Gert Asmund 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 Gert Asmund sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gert Asmund is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and contributes to the fields of Environmental Science and Health Professions. Their research primarily addresses topics related to radioactivity, radioactive contamination, and isotope analysis.

The main areas of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Health Professions

Subfields of their research encompass:

  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Radiation
  • Ecology

Key research topics appearing in their publications are:

  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Gert Asmund has contributed to multiple papers focused on environmental radioactivity and ecological dose assessments. Two recent publications are:

  • Background 210Po activity concentrations in Greenland marine biota and dose assessment, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • 210Po and 210Pb activity concentrations in Greenlandic seabirds and dose assessment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Their work is published primarily in The Science of The Total Environment, with two documented contributions to this venue.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Violeta Hansen
  • Anders Mosbech
  • Frank F. Rigét
  • Jens Søgaard-Hansen
  • Peter Bjerregaard

Best Publications

  • What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota

    Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne;Niladri Basu;Birgit Braune

  • Perfluorinated compounds are related to breast cancer risk in greenlandic inuit: A case control study

    Eva C Bonefeld-Jorgensen;Manhai Long;Rossana Bossi;Pierre Ayotte

  • Anthropogenic contributions to atmospheric Hg, Pb and As accumulation recorded by peat cores from southern Greenland and Denmark dated using the 14C “bomb pulse curve”

    W. Shotyk;Michael Evan Goodsite;F. Roos-Barraclough;R. Frei

  • Human exposure to contaminants in the traditional Greenland diet

    Poul Johansen;Derek Muir;Gert Asmund;Frank Riget

  • Trends in mercury in hair of Greenlandic polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during 1892-2001.

    R Dietz;F Riget;E W Born;C Sonne

  • Applying foraminiferal stratigraphy as a biomarker for heavy metal contamination and mining impact in a fiord in West Greenland.

    Bo Elberling;Karen Luise Knudsen;Peter H Kristensen;Gert Asmund

  • Influence of Length on Element Concentrations in Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis)

    Frank Riget;Poul Johansen;Gert Asmund

  • High human exposure to lead through consumption of birds hunted with lead shot

    P. Johansen;G. Asmund;F. Riget

  • Lead shot from hunting as a source of lead in human blood

    Poul Johansen;Henning Sloth Pedersen;Gert Asmund;Frank Riget

  • Are liver and renal lesions in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) associated with high mercury levels

    Christian Sonne;Rune Dietz;Pall S Leifsson;Gert Asmund

  • Natural seasonal variation of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc in brown seaweed (Fucus vesiculosus)

    Frank Riget;Poul Johansen;Gert Asmund

  • Tributyltin accumulation and effects in marine molluscs from West Greenland.

    Jakob Strand;Gert Asmund

  • Transfer of mercury in the marine food web of West Greenland.

    F. Rigét;P. Møller;R. Dietz;T. G. Nielsen

  • The use of lichen (Cetraria nivalis) and moss (Rhacomitrium lanuginosum) as monitors for atmospheric deposition in Greenland.

    F. Riget;G. Asmund;P. Aastrup

  • Dietary composition and contaminants in north Greenland, in the 1970s and 2004.

    Bente Deutch;Jørn Dyerberg;Henning Sloth Pedersen;Gert Asmund

  • Threshold response of benthic macrofauna integrity to metal contamination in West Greenland.

    Alf Bernhard Josefson;Jørgen L.S. Hansen;Gert Asmund;Poul Johansen

  • Mercury in dated Greenland marine sediments

    Gert Asmund;Sven P. Nielsen

  • Contaminants, diet, plasma fatty acids and smoking in Greenland 1999-2005.

    Bente Deutch;Henning Sloth Pedersen;Gert Asmund;Jens C Hansen

  • Geochemical factors controlling accumulation of major and trace elements in Greenland coastal and fjord sediments

    D. H. Loring;G. Asmund

  • Time trends of mercury in feathers of West Greenland birds of prey during 1851-2003.

    Rune Dietz;Frank F. Riget;David Boertmann;Christian Sonne

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank F. Rigét
Frank F. Rigét Aarhus University
Bo Elberling
Bo Elberling University of Copenhagen
Rune Dietz
Rune Dietz Aarhus University
Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Rossana Bossi
Rossana Bossi Aarhus University
Philippe Grandjean
Philippe Grandjean University of Southern Denmark
Henrik Skov
Henrik Skov Aarhus University
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada

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