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Leif G. Anderson

Leif G. Anderson

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Earth Science
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
66
Citations
14584
World Ranking
1331
National Ranking
8

Leif G. Anderson 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 Leif G. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 182 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Leif G. Anderson 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 Leif G. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Leif G. Anderson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with specific attention to subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Coastal and Marine Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Leif G. Anderson has published in several academic venues with the most frequent publication sources including:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ocean science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • "Climate change drives rapid decadal acidification in the Arctic Ocean from 1994 to 2020," 2022, Science
  • "Attuning to a changing ocean," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "On the circulation, water mass distribution, and nutrient concentrations of the western Chukchi Sea," 2022, Ocean science
  • "RETRACTED: Rapid Acidification of the Arctic Chukchi Sea Waters Driven by Anthropogenic Forcing and Biological Carbon Recycling," 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Rapid Acidification of the Arctic Chukchi Sea Waters Driven by Anthropogenic Forcing and Biological Carbon Recycling," 2024, Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent co-authors that collaborate with Anderson include:

  • Di Qi
  • Zhangxian Ouyang
  • Liqi Chen
  • Yingxu Wu
  • Ruibo Lei

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of the carbon cycle in the Arctic to climate change

    A. David McGuire;Leif G. Anderson;Torben R. Christensen;Scott Dallimore

  • On the Intermediate Depth Waters of the Arctic Ocean

    Bert Rudels;E.P. Jones;L.G. Anderson;G Kattner

  • Formation and evolution of the surface mixed layer and halocline of the Arctic Ocean

    B. Rudels;L. G. Anderson;E. P. Jones

  • The effect of oxygen on release and uptake of cobalt, manganese, iron and phosphate at the sediment-water interface

    Bjørn Sundby;Leif G. Anderson;Per O.J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • Distribution of Atlantic and Pacific waters in the upper Arctic Ocean: Implications for circulation

    E. Peter Jones;Leif G. Anderson;James H. Swift

  • Global and regional drivers of nutrient supply, primary production and CO2 drawdown in the changing Arctic Ocean

    Jean-Éric Tremblay;Leif G. Anderson;Patricia Matrai;Pierre Coupel

  • On the origin of the chemical properties of the Arctic Ocean halocline

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  • Tracing Pacific water in the North Atlantic Ocean

    E. P. Jones;J. H. Swift;L. G. Anderson;M. Lipizer

  • Rapid, high-precision potentiometric titration of alkalinity in ocean and sediment pore waters

    Conny Haraldsson;Leif G. Anderson;Martin Hassellöv;Stefan Hulth

  • Deep waters of the Arctic Ocean: origins and circulation

    E.P. Jones;B. Rudels;L.G. Anderson

  • Water masses and circulation in the Eurasian Basin: Results from the Oden 91 expedition

    L. G. Anderson;G. Björk;O. Holby;E. P. Jones

  • Benthic respiration measured by total carbonate production

    Leif G. Anderson;Per O. J. Hall;Ake Iverfeldt;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loejf

  • Acidification of East Siberian Arctic Shelf waters through addition of freshwater and terrestrial carbon

    Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Irina Ivanovna Pipko;Örjan Gustafsson;Leif G. Anderson

  • The ocean carbon sink – impacts, vulnerabilities and challenges

    C. Heinze;S. Meyer;N. Goris;L. Anderson

  • Oxygen uptake kinetics in the benthic boundary layer

    Per O. J. Hall;Leif G. Anderson;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Bjørn Sundby

  • Benthic fluxes of cadmium, copper, nickel, zinc and lead in the coastal environment

    Stig F.G. Westerlund;Leif G. Anderson;Per O.J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • Confluence and redistribution of Atlantic water in the Nansen, Amundsen and Makarov basins

    Ursula Schauer;B. Rudels;E. P. Jones;L. G. Anderson

  • Evidence for an ice shelf covering the central Arctic Ocean during the penultimate glaciation

    Martin Jakobsson;Martin Jakobsson;Johan Nilsson;Leif G. Anderson;Jan Backman

  • An Arctic Ocean ice shelf during MIS 6 constrained by new geophysical and geological data

    Martin Jakobsson;Johan Nilsson;Matthew O'Regan;Jan Backman

  • The asphyxiation technique: An approach to distinguishing between molecular diffusion and biologically mediated transport at the sediment—water interface

    Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Leif G. Anderson;Per O. J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • Chemical fluxes and mass balances in a marine fish cage farm

    P. Hall;L. Anderson;Ola Holby;S. Kollberg

  • Sources to the East Greenland Current and its contribution to the Denmark Strait Overflow

    Emil Jeansson;Sara Jutterström;Bert Rudels;Bert Rudels;Leif G. Anderson

  • Observations in the Ocean

    Bert Rudels;Bert Rudels;Leif Anderson;Patrick Eriksson;Eberhard Fahrbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Semiletov
Igor Semiletov Russian Academy of Sciences
Göran Björk
Göran Björk University of Gothenburg
Are Olsen
Are Olsen University of Bergen
James H. Swift
James H. Swift University of California, San Diego
Melissa Chierici
Melissa Chierici University Centre in Svalbard
Truls Johannessen
Truls Johannessen University of Bergen
Christoph Humborg
Christoph Humborg Stockholm University
Richard G. J. Bellerby
Richard G. J. Bellerby East China Normal University
Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University
Carl-Magnus Mörth
Carl-Magnus Mörth Stockholm University

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