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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
82
Citations
22757
World Ranking
891
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Jan Alexander is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Norway. Their research spans multiple scientific domains, including ecology, earth-surface processes, parasitology, soil science, and atmospheric science.

Alexander's work focuses on topics such as:

  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Optical systems and laser technology
  • Bee products chemical analysis
  • Spectroscopy and chemometric analyses

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • D. Guénot
  • Madeleine Selvander
  • Kristine B. Gützkow
  • Michelle A. Méndez
  • Gunnar Brunborg

Alexander has contributed to several publication venues, with multiple papers in UNC Libraries and Sedimentology, along with publications in Optics Continuum, Current Eye Research, and the Journal of Parasitology.

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Alexander include:

  • Controls on channel deposits of highly variable rivers: Comparing hydrology and event deposits in the Burdekin River, Australia, 2020, Sedimentology

The other recent papers from their frequent coauthors in 2024, which show related research interests, include:

  • Towards a new generation of fluvial facies models for the interpretation of ancient deposits, based on inter-annual peak discharge variance of modern rivers, 2024, Sedimentology
  • Compact snapshot hyperspectral camera for ophthalmology, 2024, Optics Continuum
  • Naevi Characterization Using Hyperspectral Imaging: A Pilot Study, 2024, Current Eye Research
  • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii in Goats from Southwestern Mississippi, USA, 2024, Journal of Parasitology

Best Publications

  • The physical character of subaqueous sedimentary density flows and their deposits

    Thierry Mulder;Jan Alexander

  • Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2004 – integrating nutrition and physical activity

    Wulf Becker;Niels Lyhne;Agnes N. Pedersen;Antti Aro

  • Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in food

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

  • Diet and particularly seafood are major sources of perfluorinated compounds in humans.

    Line S. Haug;Cathrine Thomsen;Anne L. Brantsæter;Helen E. Kvalem

  • A Dietary Pattern Characterized by High Intake of Vegetables, Fruits, and Vegetable Oils Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Preeclampsia in Nulliparous Pregnant Norwegian Women

    Anne Lise Brantsæter;Margaretha Haugen;Sven Ove Samuelsen;Sven Ove Samuelsen;Hanne Torjusen;Hanne Torjusen

  • Validity of a new food frequency questionnaire for pregnant women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).

    Anne Lise Brantsaeter;Margaretha Haugen;Jan Alexander;Helle Margrete Meltzer

  • Active Tectonic Control on Alluvial Architecture

    Jan Alexander;Mike R. Leeder

  • Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin???like PCBs in feed and food

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård

  • Glycyrrhizic acid in liquorice—Evaluation of health hazard

    F.C. Størmer;R. Reistad;J. Alexander

  • Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the food chain on a request from the European Commission on marine biotoxines in shellfish okadaic acid and analogues

    J Alexander;G. A. Audunsson;D. Benford;A. Cockburn

  • Bedforms and associated sedimentary structures formed under supercritical water flows over aggrading sand beds

    J. Alexander;J. S. Bridge;R. J. Cheel;S. F. Leclair

  • Methodological challenges when monitoring the diet of pregnant women in a large study: experiences from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).

    Helle Margrete Meltzer;Anne Lise Brantsaeter;Trond A Ydersbond;Jan Alexander

  • Arsenic in the human food chain, biotransformation and toxicology- review focusing on seafood arsenic

    Marianne Molin;Stine Marie Ulven;Helle Margrete Meltzer;Jan Alexander

  • Ground‐penetrating radar and coring used to study the large‐scale structure of point‐bar deposits in three dimensions

    John S. Bridge;Jan Alexander;Richard E. Ll. Collier;Rob. L. Gawthorpe

  • Arsenic toxicity: Molecular targets and therapeutic agents

    Valeria Marina Nurchi;Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic;Guido Crisponi;Jan Alexander

  • Ground penetrating radar: Application to sandbody geometry and heterogeneity studies

    R. L. Gawthorpe;R. E. Li Collier;J. Alexander;J. S. Bridge

  • Scientific Opinion on Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and its derivatives in food : EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)

    Jan Alexander;Diane Benford;Alan Boobis;Åke Bergman

  • Low iron stores are related to higher blood concentrations of manganese, cobalt and cadmium in non-smoking, Norwegian women in the HUNT 2 study.

    Helle Margrete Meltzer;Anne Lise Brantsæter;Berit Borch-Iohnsen;Dag G. Ellingsen

  • Opinion of the Scientific Committee on "A Harmonised Approach for Risk Assessment of Compounds which are both Genotoxic and Carcinogenic". Comments from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety

    Erik Dybing;Tore Sanner;Jan Alexander;Helle Katrine Knutsen

  • Nitrate in vegetables Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food chain 1

    Jan Alexander;Diane Benford;Andrew Cockburn;Jean-Pierre Cravedi

  • Facies model for fluvial systems in the seasonal tropics and subtropics

    Christopher R. Fielding;Jonathan P. Allen;Jan Alexander;Martin R. Gibling

  • The origin and tectonic significance of asymmetrical meander belts

    Mike R. Leeder;Jan Alexander

  • SCIENTIFIC OPINION Marine biotoxins in shellfish - Pectenotoxin group 1 Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food chain

    Jan Alexander;Diane Benford;Andrew Cockburn;Jean-Pierre Cravedi

  • Floodplains: Interdisciplinary Approaches

    Susan B Marriott;Jan Alexander

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Fielding
Christopher R. Fielding University of Connecticut
Georg Becher
Georg Becher University of Oslo
Åshild Krogdahl
Åshild Krogdahl Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jørn A. Holme
Jørn A. Holme Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Augustine Arukwe
Augustine Arukwe Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Marc H.G. Berntssen
Marc H.G. Berntssen National Institute of Nutrition
Gunnar Brunborg
Gunnar Brunborg Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Margherita Bignami
Margherita Bignami Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Christer Hogstrand
Christer Hogstrand King's College London
Bettina Grasl-Kraupp
Bettina Grasl-Kraupp Medical University of Vienna

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