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Malte Hermansson

Malte Hermansson

University of Gothenburg
Sweden

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
9338
World Ranking
13431
National Ranking
199

Malte Hermansson publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 111 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Malte Hermansson D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Malte Hermansson sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Malte Hermansson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and is active in environmental science and molecular biology research. Their scholarly work primarily revolves around microbial community ecology and physiology, with specific interests in wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal processes.

The main fields of study of Malte Hermansson include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields connected to their research are:

  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The major research topics covered by their work encompass:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Malte Hermansson has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Long-term stability of partial nitritation-anammox for treatment of municipal wastewater in a moving bed biofilm reactor pilot system, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Metagenomic evidence of a novel family of anammox bacteria in a subsea environment, 2022, Environmental Microbiology
  • Hill-based dissimilarity indices and null models for analysis of microbial community assembly, 2020, Microbiome
  • Biofilm colonization and succession in a full-scale partial nitritation-anammox moving bed biofilm reactor, 2024, Microbiome
  • Disturbance-based management of ecosystem services and disservices in partial nitritation-anammox biofilms, 2022, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Malte Hermansson include:

  • Frank Persson
  • Carolina Suarez
  • Oskar Modin
  • Britt-Marie Wilén
  • Raquel Liébana

The main publication venues where Malte Hermansson frequently publishes are:

  • Microbiome
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Microbiology

Best Publications

  • The DLVO theory in microbial adhesion

    Malte Hermansson

  • The transient phase between growth and nongrowth of heterotrophic bacteria, with emphasis on the marine environment.

    S Kjelleberg;M Hermansson;P Mårdén;G W Jones

  • N-acetyl-L-cysteine affects growth, extracellular polysaccharide production, and bacterial biofilm formation on solid surfaces.

    Ann-Cathrin Olofsson;Malte Hermansson;Hans Elwing

  • Effects of ionic strength on bacterial adhesion and stability of flocs in a wastewater activated sludge system.

    Anna Zita;Malte Hermansson

  • Effects of bacterial cell surface structures and hydrophobicity on attachment to activated sludge flocs.

    A Zita;M Hermansson

  • Starvation-induced effects on bacterial surface characteristics.

    Staffan Kjelleberg;Malte Hermansson

  • The hydrophobicity of bacteria - an important factor in their initial adhesion at the air-water interface.

    Björn Dahlbäck;Malte Hermansson;Staffan Kjelleberg;Birgitta Norkrans

  • In Situ Detection of High Levels of Horizontal Plasmid Transfer in Marine Bacterial Communities.

    Cecilia Dahlberg;Maria Bergström;Malte Hermansson

  • The mechanisms of granulation of activated sludge in wastewater treatment, its optimization, and impact on effluent quality.

    Britt-Marie Wilén;Raquel Liébana;Frank Persson;Oskar Modin

  • Frequency of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance, pigmentation, and plasmids in bacteria of the marine air-water interface.

    M Hermansson;G W Jones;S Kjelleberg

  • Hydrophobic and electrostatic characterization of surface structures of bacteria and its relationship to adhesion to an air-water interface

    Malte Hermansson;Staffan Kjelleberg;Timo K. Korhonen;Thor-Axel Stenström

  • The Choice of PCR Primers Has Great Impact on Assessments of Bacterial Community Diversity and Dynamics in a Wastewater Treatment Plant

    Nils Johan Fredriksson;Malte Hermansson;Britt-Marie Wilén

  • Microbial community structure in activated sludge floc analysed by fluorescence in situ hybridization and its relation to floc stability

    Britt-Marie Wilen;Motoharu Onuki;Motoharu Onuki;Malte Hermansson;Dough Lumley

  • Adhesion of Type 1-Fimbriated Escherichia coli to Abiotic Surfaces Leads to Altered Composition of Outer Membrane Proteins

    Karen Otto;Joakim Norbeck;Thomas Larsson;Karl-Anders Karlsson

  • Effect of ionic strength on initial interactions of Escherichia coli with surfaces, studied on-line by a novel quartz crystal microbalance technique.

    Karen Otto;Hans Elwing;Malte Hermansson

  • Microbial Population Dynamics and Ecosystem Functions of Anoxic/Aerobic Granular Sludge in Sequencing Batch Reactors Operated at Different Organic Loading Rates.

    Enikö Barbara Szabo;Raquel Liebana;Malte Hermansson;Oskar Modin

  • Determination of bacterial cell surface hydrophobicity of single cells in cultures and in wastewater in situ

    Anna Zita;Malte Hermansson

  • Structure and composition of biofilm communities in a moving bed biofilm reactor for nitritation-anammox at low temperatures.

    Frank Persson;Razia Sultana;Marco Suarez;Malte Hermansson

  • The IncP-1 plasmid backbone adapts to different host bacterial species and evolves through homologous recombination

    Peter Norberg;Maria Bergström;Vinay Jethava;Devdatt Dubhashi

  • Floc stability and adhesion of green- fluorescent-protein-marked bacteria to flocs in activated sludge

    Ann-Cathrin Olofsson;Anna Zita;Malte Hermansson

Frequent Co-Authors

Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University
Hans Elwing
Hans Elwing University of Gothenburg
Henrik Pavia
Henrik Pavia University of Gothenburg
Silke Langenheder
Silke Langenheder Uppsala University
Holger Daims
Holger Daims University of Vienna
Hans-Jürgen Busse
Hans-Jürgen Busse University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Enevold Falsen
Enevold Falsen University of Gothenburg
Peter Kämpfer
Peter Kämpfer University of Giessen
Ramon Rosselló-Móra
Ramon Rosselló-Móra Spanish National Research Council
Bo Liedberg
Bo Liedberg Nanyang Technological University

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