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Margareta Johansson

Margareta Johansson

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
35
Citations
7922
World Ranking
9233
National Ranking
179

Margareta Johansson 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 Margareta Johansson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 101 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Margareta Johansson 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 Margareta Johansson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Margareta Johansson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, engaging especially with subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Pollution.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, polar research and ecology, peatlands and wetlands ecology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Several recent papers demonstrate the scope of Johansson's research interests and contributions:

  • Active layer thickening and controls on interannual variability in the Nordic Arctic compared to the circum-Arctic (2020, published in Permafrost and Periglacial Processes)
  • The Transition From Stochastic to Deterministic Bacterial Community Assembly During Permafrost Thaw Succession (2020, published in Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks' (SAON) Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems (ROADS) (2022, published in ARCTIC)
  • Increasing impacts of extreme winter warming events on permafrost (2022, published in Weather and Climate Extremes)
  • Decade of experimental permafrost thaw reduces turnover of young carbon and increases losses of old carbon, without affecting the net carbon balance (2020, published in Global Change Biology)

Johansson has collaborated frequently with several researchers, indicating a connected and interdisciplinary approach:

  • Terry V. Callaghan (7 joint works)
  • Didac Pascual (5 joint works)
  • Ellen Dorrepaal (3 joint works)
  • Hanne H. Christiansen (2 joint works)
  • Jonas Åkerman (2 joint works)

The scientist's publications appear predominantly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, AMBIO, Frontiers in Microbiology, and ARCTIC. This indicates engagement with a variety of platforms relevant to environmental and cryospheric research.

Best Publications

  • Permafrost is warming at a global scale

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Sharon L. Smith;Jeannette Noetzli;Heidrun Matthes

  • The Thermal State of Permafrost in the Nordic Area during the International Polar Year 2007-2009

    H. H. Christiansen;H. H. Christiansen;B. Etzelmüller;K. Isaksen;H. Juliussen

  • Thawing permafrost and thicker active layers in sub‐arctic Sweden

    H. Jonas Åkerman;Margareta Johansson;Margareta Johansson

  • The Changing Face of Arctic Snow Cover: A Synthesis of Observed and Projected Changes

    Terry V. Callaghan;Margareta Johansson;Ross D. Brown;Pavel Ya. Groisman

  • Biodiversity, distributions and adaptations of Arctic species in the context of environmental change.

    Terry V. Callaghan;Lars Olof Björn;Yuri Chernov;Terry Chapin

  • A new climate era in the sub-Arctic: Accelerating climate changes and multiple impacts

    Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan;Fredrik Bergholm;Torben R. Christensen;Christer Jonasson

  • Transitions in Arctic ecosystems: Ecological implications of a changing hydrological regime

    Frederick J. Wrona;Margareta Johansson;Joseph M. Culp;Alan Jenkins

  • Changing Arctic Snow Cover: A Review of Recent Developments and Assessment of Future Needs for Observations, Modelling, and Impacts

    Stef Bokhorst;Stine Højlund Pedersen;Ludovic Brucker;Ludovic Brucker;Oleg Anisimov

  • Arctic tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems

    Terry V. Callaghan;Lars Olof Björn;Y.I. Chernov;F.S. Chapin Iii

  • Multiple Effects of Changes in Arctic Snow Cover

    Terry V. Callaghan;Margareta Johansson;Ross D. Brown;Pavel Ya Groisman

  • Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems: Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF)

    Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan;Craig E. Tweedie;Patrick J. Webber

  • Rapid responses of permafrost and vegetation to experimentally increased snow cover in sub-arctic Sweden

    Margareta Johansson;Margareta Johansson;Terry V Callaghan;Terry V Callaghan;Julia Bosiö;H Jonas Åkerman

  • A long-term Arctic snow depth record from Abisko, northern Sweden, 1913–2004

    Jack Kohler;Ola Brandt;Margareta Johansson;Terry Callaghan

  • Ecosystem change and stability over multiple decades in the Swedish subarctic: complex processes and multiple drivers.

    Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan;Christer Jonasson;Tomas Thierfelder;Zhenlin Yang;Zhenlin Yang

  • Responses to Projected Changes in Climate and UV-B at the Species Level

    Terry V. Callaghan;Lars Olof Björn;Yuri Chernov;Terry Chapin

  • The importance of different scale processes for the restoration of floodplain woodlands

    Francine M. R. Hughes;William M. Adams;Etienne Muller;Christer Nilsson

  • Dwelling in the deep – strongly increased root growth and rooting depth enhance plant interactions with thawing permafrost soil

    Gesche Blume-Werry;Gesche Blume-Werry;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Laurenz M. Teuber;Laurenz M. Teuber;Margareta Johansson

  • Ecological Implications of Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere.

    Warwick F. Vincent;Terry V. Callaghan;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Margareta Johansson

  • Effects on the structure of arctic ecosystems in the short- and long-term perspectives

    Terry V. Callaghan;Lars Olof Björn;Yuri Chernov;Terry Chapin

  • Long-term in situ permafrost thaw effects on bacterial communities and potential aerobic respiration

    Sylvain Monteux;James T. Weedon;James T. Weedon;Gesche Blume-Werry;Konstantin Gavazov;Konstantin Gavazov

  • What determines the current presence or absence of permafrost in the Torneträsk region, a sub-arctic landscape in northern Sweden?

    Margareta Johansson;Torben R. Christensen;H. Jonas Akerman;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Effects of Changes in Climate on Landscape and Regional Processes, and Feedbacks to the Climate System

    Terry V. Callaghan;Lars Olof Björn;Yuri Chernov;Terry Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield
Torben R. Christensen
Torben R. Christensen Aarhus University
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Lars Olof Björn
Lars Olof Björn Lund University
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Rolf A. Ims
Rolf A. Ims University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Sven Jonasson
Sven Jonasson University of Copenhagen
Hugues Lantuit
Hugues Lantuit University of Potsdam
Terry D. Prowse
Terry D. Prowse University of Victoria
Ellen Dorrepaal
Ellen Dorrepaal Umeå University

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