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Jan Schwarzbauer

Jan Schwarzbauer

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 48 5569 5339 372 364 265 8178

Jan Schwarzbauer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jan Schwarzbauer between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jan Schwarzbauer published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 9.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2020. 10 of the 301 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2020. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 9 publications 2026: 1 publication
1995 2026

301 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jan Schwarzbauer: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 2
1999 1
2000 1
2001 1
2002 2
2003 9
2004 9
2005 8
2006 12
2007 10
2008 7
2009 4
2010 8
2011 12
2012 14
2013 12
2014 13
2015 18
2016 17
2017 14
2018 13
2019 14
2020 29
2021 14
2022 17
2023 9
2024 20
2025 9
2026 1
Total 301
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Jan Schwarzbauer 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 Jan Schwarzbauer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 261–270 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 265 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181 265
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Jan Schwarzbauer 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 Jan Schwarzbauer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272 48
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Jan Schwarzbauer is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany. Their research spans primarily Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on pollution, health toxicology, and geophysical processes.

The main fields of study covered by Jan Schwarzbauer include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of specialization encompass:

  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics

Jan Schwarzbauer's research addresses various important topics, such as:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Their recent papers include an exploration of pollutant remobilization during extreme flood events published in 2021 in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, a study on the 2021 summer flood in Central Europe published in 2022 in Environmental Sciences Europe, and a baseline study on microplastics in Indian rivers from 2021 in Water. Other publications include an optimized method for microplastic analysis published in 2020 in Water Science & Technology and an investigation of microplastics as a sedimentary component in reef systems published in 2021 in Sedimentology.

Recent research papers by Jan Schwarzbauer:

  • Remobilization of pollutants during extreme flood events poses severe risks to human and environmental health (2021), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Assessment of the 2021 summer flood in Central Europe (2022), Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Baseline Study on Microplastics in Indian Rivers under Different Anthropogenic Influences (2021), Water
  • Optimized microplastic analysis based on size fractionation, density separation and μ-FTIR (2020), Water Science & Technology
  • Microplastics as a sedimentary component in reef systems: A case study from the Java Sea (2021), Sedimentology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Schwarzbauer include Branimir Jovančićević, Klaus Reicherter, Piero Bellanova, Mike Frenken, and Frank Lehmkuhl.

Jan Schwarzbauer has published books with Springer International Publishing, including titles such as Introduction to Analytical Methods in Organic Geochemistry (2020) and Isotopes in Organic Geochemistry (2024).

Preferred venues for Jan Schwarzbauer's publications are:

  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Discover Water
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences

Best Publications

  • Occurrence and alteration of organic contaminants in seepage and leakage water from a waste deposit landfill

    Jan Schwarzbauer;Sabine Heim;Sabine Brinker;Ralf Littke

  • Optical thermal maturity parameters and organic geochemical alteration at low grade diagenesis to anchimetamorphism: A review

    Christoph Hartkopf-Fröder;Peter Königshof;Ralf Littke;Jan Schwarzbauer

  • Source and turnover of organic matter in agricultural soils derived from n-alkane/n-carboxylic acid compositions and C-isotope signatures

    Guido L.B. Wiesenberg;Jan Schwarzbauer;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Lorenz Schwark

  • Identification of specific organic contaminants for estimating the contribution of the Elbe river to the pollution of the German Bight

    J. Schwarzbauer;R. Littke;V. Weigelt

  • Anthropogenic organic contaminants in sediments of the Lippe river, Germany

    Alexander Kronimus;Jan Schwarzbauer;Larissa Dsikowitzky;Sabine Heim

  • Distribution of polycyclic musks in water and particulate matter of the Lippe River (Germany)

    Larissa Dsikowitzky;Jan Schwarzbauer;Ralf Littke

  • Remobilization of pollutants during extreme flood events poses severe risks to human and environmental health

    Sarah E. Crawford;Markus Brinkmann;Jacob D. Ouellet;Frank Lehmkuhl

  • Environmental chemistry: green chemistry and pollutants in ecosystems.

    Eric Lichtfouse;Jan Schwarzbauer;Didier Robert

  • Environmental chemistry for a sustainable world

    Eric Lichtfouse;Jan Schwarzbauer;Didier Robert

  • Pollution history revealed by sedimentary records: a review

    Sabine Heim;Jan Schwarzbauer

  • Organic compounds as contaminants of the Elbe River and its tributaries

    S. Franke;S. Hildebrandt;J. Schwarzbauer;M. Link

  • Molecular markers of anthropogenic activity in sediments of the Havel and Spree Rivers (Germany).

    M. Ricking;J. Schwarzbauer;S. Franke

  • Assessment of the 2021 summer flood in Central Europe

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  • Industrial organic contaminants: identification, toxicity and fate in the environment

    Larissa Dsikowitzky;Jan Schwarzbauer

  • Aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in terrestrial organic matter of Devonian to Permian age

    Antje Armstroff;Heinz Wilkes;Jan Schwarzbauer;Ralf Littke

  • Variations in concentrations and compositions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coals related to the coal rank and origin.

    S. Laumann;V. Micić;M.A. Kruge;C. Achten

  • Polycyclic aromatic musk compounds in sewage treatment plant effluents of Canada and Sweden--first results.

    M Ricking;J Schwarzbauer;J Hellou;A Svenson

  • Identification and chemical characterization of specific organic constituents of petrochemical effluents.

    Oxana Botalova;Jan Schwarzbauer;Tom Frauenrath;Larissa Dsikowitzky

  • DDT isomers and metabolites in the environment: an overview

    M. Ricking;J. Schwarzbauer

  • Anthropogenic organic contaminants in water, sediments and benthic organisms of the mangrove-fringed Segara Anakan Lagoon, Java, Indonesia

    Larissa Dsikowitzky;Inga Nordhaus;Tim C. Jennerjahn;Polina Khrycheva

  • Geochronology of anthropogenic pollutants in riparian wetland sediments of the Lippe River (Germany)

    S. Heim;J. Schwarzbauer;A. Kronimus;R. Littke

  • Organic geochemistry of the Lower Suban coal seam, South Sumatra Basin, Indonesia: Palaeoecological and thermal metamorphism implications

    Hendra Amijaya;Jan Schwarzbauer;Ralf Littke

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Littke
Ralf Littke RWTH Aachen University
Andreas Schäffer
Andreas Schäffer RWTH Aachen University
Klaus Reicherter
Klaus Reicherter RWTH Aachen University
Eric Lichtfouse
Eric Lichtfouse Aix-Marseille University
Didier Robert
Didier Robert University of Lorraine
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Helmut Brückner
Helmut Brückner University of Cologne
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg

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