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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 50 3454 3163 58 56 231 8261

Helge Niemann publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Helge Niemann between 1958 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Helge Niemann published across 68 years, from 1958 to 2025, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2009. 26 of the 269 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1958 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2009. 1958: 1 publication 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 5 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 30 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 15 publications
1958 2025

269 publications in total across all disciplines

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Helge Niemann: publications per year, 1958 to 2025
Year Publications
1958 1
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 1
2004 5
2005 5
2006 9
2007 5
2008 9
2009 30
2010 9
2011 2
2012 4
2013 17
2014 18
2015 19
2016 13
2017 6
2018 14
2019 9
2020 19
2021 15
2022 11
2023 19
2024 11
2025 15
Total 269
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Helge Niemann 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 Helge Niemann 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, 228–237 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: 231 publications — 73rd percentile

73% 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
228–237 262 231
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
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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Helge Niemann 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 Helge Niemann 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, 50 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: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% 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 50
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
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

Helge Niemann is affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant concentration on pollution and environmental chemistry. Related fields of study in their work also include industrial and manufacturing engineering, global and planetary change, and biomaterials.

The main topics covered in their research encompass methane hydrates and related phenomena, microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microbial community ecology and physiology, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Helge Niemann has contributed to several scholarly articles published in notable venues. Recent papers include:

  • The fate of plastic in the ocean environment - a minireview, 2021, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Methanotrophs: Discoveries, Environmental Relevance, and a Perspective on Current and Future Applications, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Role of fungi in bioremediation of emerging pollutants, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Potential Role of Marine Fungi in Plastic Degradation - A Review, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Microbial Communities on Plastic Polymers in the Mediterranean Sea, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Key coauthors in their network include Annika Vaksmaa, Moritz F. Lehmann, Friederike Gründger, Maaike Goudriaan, and Bénédicte Ferré.

Helge Niemann's work is regularly published in several journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Biogeosciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as a methane sink

    Helge Niemann;Helge Niemann;Tina Lösekann;Dirk de Beer;Marcus Elvert;Marcus Elvert

  • Diversity and Abundance of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea

    Tina Lösekann;Katrin Knittel;Thierry Nadalig;Bernhard Fuchs

  • Temporal constraints on hydrate-controlled methane seepage off Svalbard.

    Christian Berndt;Tomas Feseker;Tina Treude;Sebastien Krastel

  • The fate of plastic in the ocean environment – a minireview

    Chloe Wayman;Helge Niemann

  • Methanotrophs: Discoveries, Environmental Relevance, and a Perspective on Current and Future Applications

    Simon Guerrero-Cruz;Annika Vaksmaa;Marcus A. Horn;Helge Niemann

  • Microbial methane turnover at mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz

    H. Niemann;H. Niemann;J. Duarte;C. Hensen;E. Omoregie;E. Omoregie

  • In situ fluxes and zonation of microbial activity in surface sediments of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano

    Dirk de Beer;Eberhard Sauter;Helge Niemann;Norbert Kaul

  • Diagnostic lipid biomarker and stable carbon isotope signatures of microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulphate

    Helge Niemann;Marcus Elvert

  • Assimilation of methane and inorganic carbon by microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Gunter Wegener;Helge Niemann;Marcus Elvert;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

  • Methane emission and consumption at a North Sea gas seep (Tommeliten area)

    H. Niemann;H. Niemann;M. Elvert;M. Hovland;B. Orcutt

  • Effects of climate change on methane emissions from seafloor sediments in the Arctic Ocean: A review

    Rachael H. James;Philippe Bousquet;Ingeborg Bussmann;Matthias Haeckel

  • Redox-dependent niche differentiation provides evidence for multiple bacterial sources of glycerol tetraether lipids in lakes

    Yuki Weber;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Jakob Zopfi;Cindy De Jonge

  • Micro-aerobic bacterial methane oxidation in the chemocline and anoxic water column of deep south-Alpine Lake Lugano (Switzerland)

    Jan Blees;Helge Niemann;Christine B. Wenk;Jakob Zopfi

  • Carbon and sulfur back flux during anaerobic microbial oxidation of methane and coupled sulfate reduction

    Thomas Holler;Gunter Wegener;Helge Niemann;Christian Deusner

  • Identification and carbon isotope composition of a novel branched GDGT isomer in lake sediments: Evidence for lacustrine branched GDGT production

    Yuki Weber;Cindy De Jonge;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans

  • Water column methanotrophy controlled by a rapid oceanographic switch

    Lea Steinle;Lea Steinle;Carolyn C.A. Graves;Tina Treude;Tina Treude;Bénédicte Ferré

  • Endosymbioses between bacteria and deep-sea siboglinid tubeworms from an Arctic Cold Seep (Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea)

    Tina Lösekann;Alberto Robador;Helge Niemann;Helge Niemann;Katrin Knittel

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria and sulfide-dependent denitrifiers coexist in the water column of a meromictic south-alpine lake

    Christine B. Wenk;Jan Blees;Jakob Zopfi;Mauro Veronesi

  • The Potential Role of Marine Fungi in Plastic Degradation – A Review

    Emna Zeghal;Annika Vaksmaa;Hortense Vielfaure;Teun Boekhout

  • Vertical distribution of methane oxidation and methanotrophic response to elevated methane concentrations in stratified waters of the Arctic fjord Storfjorden (Svalbard, Norway)

    S. Mau;J. Blees;E. Helmke;H. Niemann

  • Seafloor geological studies above active gas chimneys off Egypt (Central nile deep sea fan)

    Stéphanie Dupré;John Woodside;Jean-Paul Foucher;Gert de Lange

  • Desulfuromonas svalbardensis sp. nov. and Desulfuromusa ferrireducens sp. nov., psychrophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from Arctic sediments, Svalbard.

    Verona Vandieken;Marc Mussmann;Helge Niemann;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Biogeochemical signatures and microbial activity of different cold-seep habitats along the Gulf of Mexico deep slope

    Samantha B. Joye;Marshall W. Bowles;Vladimir A. Samarkin;Kimberley S. Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Moritz F. Lehmann
Moritz F. Lehmann University of Basel
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Katrin Knittel
Katrin Knittel Max Planck Society
Jakob Zopfi
Jakob Zopfi University of Basel
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen

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