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Ingunn H. Thorseth

Ingunn H. Thorseth

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 6854 6348 99 93 114 5218

Ingunn H. Thorseth publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ingunn H. Thorseth between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ingunn H. Thorseth published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 3.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2010. 2 of the 119 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2010. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 3 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1991 2025

119 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ingunn H. Thorseth: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 2
1997 0
1998 4
1999 0
2000 1
2001 7
2002 6
2003 5
2004 2
2005 3
2006 1
2007 4
2008 3
2009 5
2010 13
2011 9
2012 8
2013 10
2014 4
2015 5
2016 4
2017 1
2018 3
2019 3
2020 4
2021 3
2022 2
2023 1
2024 1
2025 1
Total 119
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Ingunn H. Thorseth 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 Ingunn H. Thorseth 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, 108–117 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: 114 publications — 18th percentile

18% 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
108–117 484 114
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
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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Ingunn H. Thorseth 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 Ingunn H. Thorseth 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, 37 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: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% 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 37
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
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

Ingunn H. Thorseth is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily addresses topics within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these fields, their work prominently engages with subfields such as Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, Geophysics, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Their recent papers cover a range of subjects related to microbial ecology and geochemical processes in marine and sedimentary environments. Notable works include:

  • "Geochemical transition zone powering microbial growth in subsurface sediments" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A late Paleoproterozoic (1.74 Ga) deep-sea, low-temperature, iron-oxidizing microbial hydrothermal vent community from Arizona, USA" (2021), published in Geobiology
  • "Nitrite accumulation and anammox bacterial niche partitioning in Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge sediments" (2023), published in ISME Communications
  • "Ammonia-oxidizing archaea have similar power requirements in diverse marine oxic sediments" (2021), published in The ISME Journal
  • "The Seven Sisters Hydrothermal System: First Record of Shallow Hybrid Mineralization Hosted in Mafic Volcaniclasts on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge" (2020), published in Minerals

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Geobiology
  • ISME Communications
  • The ISME Journal
  • Minerals

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work. The scientist has often co-authored with several researchers, including:

  • Desiree L. Roerdink
  • Steffen L. Jørgensen
  • Rui Zhao
  • Ingeborg Økland
  • Tamara Baumberger

Best Publications

  • Alteration of Oceanic Volcanic Glass: Textural Evidence of Microbial Activity

    Martin R. Fisk;Stephen J. Giovannoni;Ingunn H. Thorseth

  • Correlating microbial community profiles with geochemical data in highly stratified sediments from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge.

    Steffen Leth Jorgensen;Bjarte Hannisdal;Anders Lanzén;Tamara Baumberger

  • The importance of microbiological activity in the alteration of natural basaltic glass

    I.H. Thorseth;H. Furnes;M. Heldal

  • Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

    Rolf B. Pedersen;Hans Tore Rapp;Ingunn H. Thorseth;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Textural and chemical effects of bacterial activity on basaltic glass: an experimental approach

    I.H. Thorseth;H. Furnes;O. Tumyr

  • Diversity of life in ocean floor basalt

    I.H. Thorseth;T. Torsvik;V. Torsvik;F.L. Daae

  • Evidence for microbial activity at the glass-alteration interface in oceanic basalts

    Terje Torsvik;Harald Furnes;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Ingunn H Thorseth

  • Microbes play an important role in the alteration of oceanic crust

    I.H. Thorseth;T. Torsvik;H. Furnes;K. Muehlenbachs

  • Microbial community diversity in seafloor basalt from the Arctic spreading ridges.

    Kristine Lysnes;Ingunn H. Thorseth;Bjørn Olav Steinsbu;Lise Øvreås

  • Enumeration of Archaea and Bacteria in seafloor basalt using real-time quantitative PCR and fluorescence microscopy

    Jørn Einen;Ingunn H. Thorseth;Lise Øvreås

  • Bioalteration of basaltic glass in the oceanic crust

    Harald Furnes;Hubert Staudigel;Ingunn H. Thorseth;Terje Torsvik

  • A textural and chemical study of Icelandic palagonite of varied composition and its bearing on the mechanism of the glass-palagonite transformation

    I.H. Thorseth;H. Furnes;O. Tumyr

  • Microbial alteration of 0–30-Ma seafloor and sub-seafloor basaltic glasses from the Australian Antarctic Discordance

    I.H. Thorseth;R.B. Pedersen;D.M. Christie

  • Microbial fractionation of carbon isotopes in altered basaltic glass from the Atlantic Ocean, Lau Basin and Costa Rica Rift

    Harald Furnes;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Terje Torsvik;Ingunn H. Thorseth

  • Hydrothermal Activity at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges

    Rolf B. Pedersen;Ingunn H. Thorseth;Tor Eivind NygåRd;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Microbial activity in the alteration of glass from pillow lavas from hole 896a

    Harald Furnes;Ingunn H. Thorseth;Ole Tumyr;Terje Torsvik

  • The fauna of hydrothermal vents on the Mohn Ridge (North Atlantic)

    Christoffer Schander;Hans Tore Rapp;Jon Anders Kongsrud;Torkild Bakken

  • Microbial metacommunities in the lichen-rock habitat.

    Torbjørg Bjelland;Martin Grube;Solveig Hoem;Steffen L. Jorgensen

  • Evidence of ancient life at 207 m depth in a granitic aquife

    Karsten Pedersen;Susanne Ekendahl;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Harald Furnes

  • Microbial community structure and functioning in marine sediments associated with diffuse hydrothermal venting assessed by integrated meta-omics.

    Tim Urich;Tim Urich;Anders Lanzén;Runar Stokke;Rolf B. Pedersen

  • Comparative studies of the lichen–rock interface of four lichens in Vingen, western Norway

    Torbjørg Bjelland;Ingunn H Thorseth

  • Energy landscapes shape microbial communities in hydrothermal systems on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

    Håkon Dahle;Ingeborg Økland;Ingunn H Thorseth;Rolf B Pederesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf B. Pedersen
Rolf B. Pedersen University of Bergen
Marvin D. Lilley
Marvin D. Lilley University of Washington
Harald Furnes
Harald Furnes University of Bergen
Lise Øvreås
Lise Øvreås University of Bergen
Karlis Muehlenbachs
Karlis Muehlenbachs University of Alberta
Christa Schleper
Christa Schleper University of Vienna
Fernando J.A.S. Barriga
Fernando J.A.S. Barriga University of Lisbon
Truls Johannessen
Truls Johannessen University of Bergen

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