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Henrik Fossing

Henrik Fossing

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
8917
World Ranking
8248
National Ranking
115

Henrik Fossing 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 Henrik Fossing sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 203 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Henrik Fossing 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 Henrik Fossing sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Henrik Fossing is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has a research portfolio focused primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans subfields including oceanography, environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, mechanics of materials, and ecology.

The scientist's research is centered around topics such as methane hydrates and related phenomena, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Recent publications by Henrik Fossing include:

  • Methane leakage through the sulfate-methane transition zone of the Baltic seabed, 2024, Nature Geoscience
  • Microphytobenthic impact on benthic pelagic nutrient exchange in temperate shallow estuaries, 2023, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Methane leakage through the sulfate-methane transition zone of the Baltic seabed, 2025, UNC Libraries

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Jørn Bo Jensen
  • Gregor Rehder
  • L. Lapham
  • Karen G. Lloyd
  • Sabine Flury

Henrik Fossing's publications appear in venues such as Nature Geoscience, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Measurement of bacterial sulfate reduction in sediments: Evaluation of a single-step chromium reduction method

    Henrik Fossing;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Pathways of organic carbon oxidation in three continental margin sediments

    Donald Eugene Canfield;Bo Barker Jørgensen;Henrik Fossing;Ronnie N. Glud

  • Manganese, iron and sulfur cycling in a coastal marine sediment, Aarhus bay, Denmark

    Bo Thamdrup;Henrik Fossing;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Electric currents couple spatially separated biogeochemical processes in marine sediment

    Lars Peter Nielsen;Nils Risgaard-Petersen;Henrik Fossing;Peter Bondo Christensen

  • Concentration and transport of nitrate by the mat-forming sulphur bacterium Thioploca

    H. Fossing;V. A. Gallardo;B. B. Jørgensen;M. Hüttel

  • A cold chromium distillation procedure for radiolabeled sulfide applied to sulfate reduction measurements

    Jens Kallmeyer;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Andreas Weber;Henrik Fossing

  • Sulfide oxidation in the anoxic Black Sea chemocline

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Henrik Fossing;Carl O. Wirsen;Holger W. Jannasch

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

    Bo Riemann;Jacob Carstensen;Karsten Dahl;Henrik Fossing

  • Sulfate-reducing bacteria in marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark): abundance and diversity related to geochemical zonation

    Julie Leloup;Henrik Fossing;Katharina Kohls;Lars Holmkvist

  • Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in a Thioploca -dominated sediment off the coast of Chile

    Timothy G. Ferdelman;Cindy Lee;Cindy Lee;Silvio Pantoja;Jens Harder

  • Distribution and fate of sulfur intermediates—sulfite, tetrathionate, thiosulfate, and elemental sulfur—in marine sediments

    J. Zopfi;T.G. Ferdelman;H. Fossing

  • Seasonal carbon and nutrient mineralization in a high-Arctic coastal marine sediment, Young Sound, Northeast Greenland

    Søren Rysgaard;Bo Thamdrup;Nils Risgaard-Petersen;Henrik Fossing

  • Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation in continental margin sediments influenced by irrigation (South-East Atlantic off Namibia)

    Henrik Fossing;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Peter Berg

  • Distribution of bacterial populations in a stratified fjord (Mariager Fjord, Denmark) quantified by in situ hybridization and related to chemical gradients in the water column

    N.B. Ramsing;Hendrik Fossing;Timothy G. Ferdelman;F. Andersen

  • Oxidation and reduction of radiolabeled inorganic sulfur compounds in an estuarine sediment, Kysing Fjord, Denmark

    Henrik Fossing;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Rates and regulation of microbial iron reduction in sediments of the Baltic-North Sea transition

    Marlene Mark Jensen;Bo Thamdrup;Søren Rysgaard;Marianne Holmer

  • Microdistribution of interstitial meiofauna, oxygen and sulfide gradients, and the tubes of macro-infauna

    MB Meyers;H. Fossing;EN Powell

  • Impact of bacterial NO3(-) transport on sediment biogeochemistry.

    Mikio Sayama;Nils Risgaard-Petersen;Lars Peter Nielsen;Henrik Fossing

  • Algal and archaeal polyisoprenoids in a recent marine sediment: Molecular isotopic evidence for anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Liangqiao Bian;Liangqiao Bian;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Tianmin Xie;Simon C. Brassell

  • Isotope exchange reactions with radiolabeled sulfur compounds in anoxic seawater

    Henrik Fossing;Bo Barker Jorgensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Bo Thamdrup
Bo Thamdrup University of Southern Denmark
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society
Andrew W. Dale
Andrew W. Dale GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Nils Risgaard-Petersen
Nils Risgaard-Petersen Aarhus University
Søren Rysgaard
Søren Rysgaard Aarhus University
Peter Bondo Christensen
Peter Bondo Christensen Aarhus University
Hans Røy
Hans Røy Aarhus University
Pierre Regnier
Pierre Regnier Université Libre de Bruxelles
Lars Peter Nielsen
Lars Peter Nielsen Aarhus University

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