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Kristian K. Brandt

Kristian K. Brandt

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
7364
World Ranking
8791
National Ranking
126

Kristian K. Brandt 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 Kristian K. Brandt sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 87 publications — 7th percentile

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Kristian K. Brandt 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 Kristian K. Brandt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kristian K. Brandt is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Pollution, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The body of Kristian K. Brandt's research focuses on topics such as Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Gut microbiota and health, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, and Heavy metals in the environment.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective (2024) in The Innovation
  • Antibiotic resistome in the livestock and aquaculture industries: Status and solutions (2020) in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Long-term application of Swedish sewage sludge on farmland does not cause clear changes in the soil bacterial resistome (2020) in Environment International
  • Impacts of dietary copper on the swine gut microbiome and antibiotic resistome (2022) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Do contaminants compromise the use of recycled nutrients in organic agriculture? A review and synthesis of current knowledge on contaminant concentrations, fate in the environment and risk assessment (2023) in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators with Kristian K. Brandt include:

  • Simon Bo Lassen
  • Lieven Waeyenberge
  • David Fernández-Calviño
  • Krista Peltoniemi
  • Eva Lloret

Their work has been published predominantly in several key venues, among which:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (5 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (3 publications)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2 publications)
  • The Innovation (1 publication)

Kristian K. Brandt has contributed to book publications with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, including titles such as "Handbook on case studies set up protocols for sampling sample procedure and analysis" (2020) and "Protocols for sampling general, general soil characterization and soil biodiversity analysis" (2020).

Best Publications

  • Management Options for Reducing the Release of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Environment

    Amy Pruden;D.G. Joakim Larsson;Alejandro Amézquita;Peter Collignon

  • Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for environmental development and transfer of antibiotic resistance.

    Nicholas J. Ashbolt;Alejandro Amézquita;Thomas Backhaus;Peter Borriello

  • Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance.

    D. G.Joakim Larsson;Antoine Andremont;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Kristian Koefoed Brandt

  • Ecotoxicological assessment of antibiotics: A call for improved consideration of microorganisms.

    Kristian K. Brandt;Alejandro Amézquita;Thomas Backhaus;Alistair B. Boxall

  • Selection for Cu-tolerant bacterial communities with altered composition, but unaltered richness, via long-term Cu exposure.

    Jeanette Berg;Kristian K. Brandt;Waleed A. Al-Soud;Peter E. Holm

  • Recycling of sewage sludge and household compost to arable land: fate and effects of organic contaminants, and impact on soil fertility

    Søren O. Petersen;K. Henriksen;G.K. Mortensen;P.H. Krogh

  • Uncoupling of microbial CO2 production and release in frozen soil and its implications for field studies of arctic C cycling.

    Bo Elberling;Kristian K Brandt

  • Antibiotic resistome in the livestock and aquaculture industries: Status and solutions

    Yi Zhao;Qiu E. Yang;Xue Zhou;Feng-Hua Wang

  • Cu Exposure under Field Conditions Coselects for Antibiotic Resistance as Determined by a Novel Cultivation-Independent Bacterial Community Tolerance Assay

    Jeanette Berg;Maja K Thorsen;Peter E Holm;John Jensen

  • Evidence for co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in metal polluted urban soils.

    Yi Zhao;Tatiana Cocerva;Siobhan Cox;Stacie Tardif

  • Heavy metal pollution and co-selection for antibiotic resistance: A microbial palaeontology approach.

    A.W. Dickinson;A.W. Dickinson;A. Power;M.G. Hansen;K.K. Brandt

  • Comparison of Metals and Tetracycline as Selective Agents for Development of Tetracycline Resistant Bacterial Communities in Agricultural Soil

    Jianxiao Song;Christopher Rensing;Peter E. Holm;Marko Virta

  • Effects of alternating wetting and drying versus continuous flooding on fertilizer nitrogen fate in rice fields in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

    Nguyen Minh Dong;Kristian K. Brandt;Jan Sørensen;Ngo Ngoc Hung

  • Metal stressors consistently modulate bacterial conjugal plasmid uptake potential in a phylogenetically conserved manner.

    Uli Klümper;Arnaud Dechesne;Leise Riber;Kristian K Brandt

  • Feed additives shift gut microbiota and enrich antibiotic resistance in swine gut

    Yi Zhao;Jian-Qiang Su;Xin-Li An;Fu-Yi Huang

  • Coping with copper: legacy effect of copper on potential activity of soil bacteria following a century of exposure.

    Inês Nunes;Samuel Jacquiod;Asker Brejnrod;Peter E. Holm

  • Development of pollution-induced community tolerance is linked to structural and functional resilience of a soil bacterial community following a five-year field exposure to copper

    Kristian K. Brandt;Rasmus J.N. Frandsen;Peter E. Holm;Ole Nybroe

  • Sulfate Reduction Dynamics and Enumeration of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Hypersaline Sediments of the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA).

    K.K. Brandt;F. Vester;A.N. Jensen;K. Ingvorsen

  • Increased pollution-induced bacterial community tolerance to sulfadiazine in soil hotspots amended with artificial root exudates

    Kristian Koefoed Brandt;Ole Rüdiger Sjøholm;Kristine Andersen Krogh;Bent Halling-Sørensen

  • Toxic effects of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate on metabolic activity, growth rate, and microcolony formation of Nitrosomonas and Nitrosospira strains.

    Kristian K. Brandt;Martin Hesselsoe;Peter Roslev;Kaj Henriksen

  • Desulfobacter halotolerans sp. nov., a Halotolerant Acetate-Oxidizing Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from Sediments of Great Salt Lake, Utah

    Kristian Koefoed Brandt;Kjeld Ingvorsen

  • Evidence for bioavailable copper-dissolved organic matter complexes and transiently increased copper bioavailability in manure-amended soils as determined by bioluminescent bacterial biosensors.

    Kristian K. Brandt;Peter E. Holm;Ole Nybroe

  • Desulfocella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, fatty-acid-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from sediments of the Great Salt Lake.

    Kristian K. Brandt;Kristian K. Brandt;Bharat K. C. Patel;Kjeld Ingvorsen

  • Decreased abundance and diversity of culturable Pseudomonas spp. populations with increasing copper exposure in the sugar beet rhizosphere.

    Kristian Koefoed Brandt;Anne Petersen;Peter Engelund Holm;Ole Nybroe

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter E. Holm
Peter E. Holm University of Copenhagen
Ole Nybroe
Ole Nybroe University of Copenhagen
Søren J. Sørensen
Søren J. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Jan Tind Sørensen
Jan Tind Sørensen Aarhus University
Barth F. Smets
Barth F. Smets Technical University of Denmark
Christopher Rensing
Christopher Rensing Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Philipp Mayer
Philipp Mayer Technical University of Denmark
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Edward Topp
Edward Topp Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Kai Bester
Kai Bester Aarhus University

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