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Hans Henrik Jakobsen

Hans Henrik Jakobsen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
4219
World Ranking
6735
National Ranking
98

Hans Henrik Jakobsen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans Henrik Jakobsen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 103 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Hans Henrik Jakobsen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans Henrik Jakobsen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hans Henrik Jakobsen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to marine environments and microbial ecology. Key topics include Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Hans Henrik Jakobsen has published research articles in several academic journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas, 2022, Diversity
  • Light absorption and albedo reduction by pigmented microalgae on snow and ice, 2022, Journal of Glaciology
  • Dimorphism in cryptophytes-The case of Teleaulax amphioxeia / Plagioselmis prolonga and its ecological implications, 2020, Science Advances
  • Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Major declines in NE Atlantic plankton contrast with more stable populations in the rapidly warming North Sea, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

They have also contributed to book publications with the publisher TemaNord, including works such as "DNA metabarcoding - Guidelines to monitor phytoplankton diversity and distribution in marine and brackish waters" (2023) and "Reliable environmental DNA detection of planktonic biodiversity: Minimum sample volume for DNA metabarcoding" (2025).

Hans Henrik Jakobsen frequently collaborates with other researchers. Key co-authors include Lumi Haraguchi, Peter A. Stæhr, Kim Lundgreen, Laura Halbach, and Liane G. Benning.

The scientist's research has been published across various venues reflecting their multidisciplinary focus, including:

  • Diversity
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Recovery of Danish Coastal Ecosystems After Reductions in Nutrient Loading: A Holistic Ecosystem Approach

    Bo Riemann;Jacob Carstensen;Karsten Dahl;Henrik Fossing

  • Carbon-to-chlorophyll ratio for phytoplankton in temperate coastal waters: Seasonal patterns and relationship to nutrients

    Hans H. Jakobsen;Stiig Markager

  • Effect of heterotrophic versus autotrophic food on feeding and reproduction of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa : relationship with prey fatty acid composition

    Elisabetta Broglio;Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir;Albert Calbet;Hans Henrik Jakobsen

  • Effects of protozoan grazing on colony formation in Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) and the potential costs and benefits

    Hans Henrik Jakobsen;K.W. Tang

  • Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) and the planktonic food web: Feeding, growth, and trophic interactions among grazers

    K.W. Tang;Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Andre Visser

  • Prey size selection, grazing and growth response of the small heterotrophic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium sp. and the ciliate Balanion comatum--a comparative study

    Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Per Juel Hansen

  • Grazer-induced chain length plasticity reduces grazing risk in a marine diatom

    Johanna Bergkvist;Peter Thor;Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Sten-Åke Wängberg

  • Unsteady motion: escape jumps in planktonic copepods, their kinematics and energetics

    Thomas Kiørboe;Anders Peter Andersen;Vincent J. Langlois;Hans Henrik Jakobsen

  • Escape response of planktonic protists to fluid mechanical signals

    Hans Henrik Jakobsen

  • Grazer cues induce stealth behavior in marine dinoflagellates

    Erik Selander;Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Fabien Lombard;Thomas Kiørboe

  • Mechanisms and feasibility of prey capture in ambush-feeding zooplankton.

    Thomas Kiørboe;Anders Andersen;Vincent J. Langlois;Hans Henrik Jakobsen

  • Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas

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  • Effects of continuous light and short-day photoperiod on smolting, seawater survival and growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Trygve Sigholt;Magne Staurnes;Hans J. Jakobsen;Torbjørn Åsgård

  • FlowCAM: Sizing cells and understanding the impact of size distributions on biovolume of planktonic community structure

    Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Jacob Carstensen

  • Phytoplankton composition and biomass across the southern Indian Ocean

    Louise Schlüter;Peter Henriksen;Torkel Gissel Nielsen;Hans Henrik Jakobsen

  • High resilience of two coastal plankton communities to twenty-first century seawater acidification: Evidence from microcosm studies

    Lasse Tor Nielsen;Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Per Juel Hansen

  • Hydromechanical signaling between the ciliate Mesodinium pulex and motile protist prey

    H. H. Jakobsen;L. M. Everett;S. L. Strom

  • Growth phase of the diatom Skeletonema marinoi influences the metabolic profile of the cells and the selective feeding of the copepod Calanus spp.

    Alexandra Barofsky;Paolo Simonelli;Charles Vidoudez;Christofer Troedsson

  • Escape of protists in predator-generated feeding currents

    Hans Henrik Jakobsen

  • Non-indigenous species refined national baseline inventories: A synthesis in the context of the European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Konstantinos Tsiamis;Andreas Palialexis;Kremena Stefanova;Živana Ničević Gladan

  • Cell volumes of marine phytoplankton from globally distributed coastal data sets

    Paul J. Harrison;Adriana Zingone;Michael J. Mickelson;Sirpa Lehtinen

  • Growth and grazing responses of two chloroplast-retaining dinoflagellates: effect of irradiance and prey species

    Hans Henrik Jakobsen;Per Juel Hansen;Jacob Larsen

  • Future climate scenarios for a coastal productive planktonic food web resulting in microplankton phenology changes and decreased trophic transfer efficiency.

    Albert Calbet;Andrey F. Sazhin;Jens Christian Nejstgaard;Stella Angela Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

Benni Winding Hansen
Benni Winding Hansen Roskilde University
Jacob Carstensen
Jacob Carstensen Aarhus University
Peter A. Staehr
Peter A. Staehr Aarhus University
Georg Pohnert
Georg Pohnert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Torkel Gissel Nielsen
Torkel Gissel Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Per Juel Hansen
Per Juel Hansen University of Copenhagen
Paul J. Harrison
Paul J. Harrison University of Oxford
Adriana Zingone
Adriana Zingone Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Sigrun Jonasdottir
Sigrun Jonasdottir Technical University of Denmark
Stiig Markager
Stiig Markager Aarhus University

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