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Nils Moosdorf

Nils Moosdorf

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 40 5707 5279 411 391 120 8352

Nils Moosdorf publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nils Moosdorf between 2010 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nils Moosdorf published across 16 years, from 2010 to 2025, averaging 10.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2019. 36 of the 173 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2010 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2019. 2010: 1 publication 2011: 6 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 26 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 20 publications
2010 2025

173 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nils Moosdorf: publications per year, 2010 to 2025
Year Publications
2010 1
2011 6
2012 6
2013 3
2014 11
2015 6
2016 5
2017 14
2018 17
2019 26
2020 15
2021 9
2022 6
2023 12
2024 16
2025 20
Total 173
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Nils Moosdorf 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 Nils Moosdorf sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 118–127 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 120 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540 120
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Nils Moosdorf 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 Nils Moosdorf sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296 40
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Nils Moosdorf is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and specializes in the fields of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research covers multiple subfields, including geochemistry and petrology, ecology, oceanography, environmental chemistry, and global and planetary change.

Their work focuses primarily on topics such as groundwater and isotope geochemistry, marine and coastal ecosystems, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrology and watershed management studies, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Moosdorf has contributed to several frequently cited publications, with notable papers including:

  • Global distribution of carbonate rocks and karst water resources, 2020, Hydrogeology Journal
  • Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient biogeochemistry, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Fresh groundwater discharge insignificant for the world's oceans but important for coastal ecosystems, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink, 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • Groundwater discharge impacts marine isotope budgets of Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, 2021, Nature Communications

Moosdorf frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field, including Isaac R. Santos, Holly A. Michael, Michael E. Böttcher, Till Oehler, and Jens Hartmann.

The scientist's research has been published in a variety of venues, with recurring appearances in:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • The new global lithological map database GLiM: A representation of rock properties at the Earth surface

    Jens Hartmann;Nils Moosdorf

  • Global distribution of carbonate rocks and karst water resources

    Nico Goldscheider;Zhao Chen;Augusto S. Auler;Michel Bakalowicz

  • Global patterns and dynamics of climate-groundwater interactions

    M. O. Cuthbert;M. O. Cuthbert;T. Gleeson;N. Moosdorf;K. M. Befus

  • Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient biogeochemistry

    Isaac R. Santos;Isaac R. Santos;Xiaogang Chen;Alanna L. Lecher;Audrey H. Sawyer

  • The World Karst Aquifer Mapping project: concept, mapping procedure and map of Europe

    Zhao Chen;Augusto S. Auler;Michel Bakalowicz;David Drew

  • Mapping permeability over the surface of the Earth

    Tom Gleeson;Leslie Smith;Nils Moosdorf;Jens Hartmann

  • Global chemical weathering and associated p-release - the role of lithology, temperature and soil properties

    Jens Hartmann;Nils Moosdorf;Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Matthias Hinderer

  • A glimpse beneath earth's surface: GLobal HYdrogeology MaPS (GLHYMPS) of permeability and porosity

    Tom Gleeson;Nils Moosdorf;Jens Hartmann;L. P. H. van Beek

  • Fresh groundwater discharge insignificant for the world's oceans but important for coastal ecosystems.

    Elco Luijendijk;Tom Gleeson;Nils Moosdorf

  • A global-scale two-layer transient groundwater model : Development and application to groundwater depletion

    Inge E.M. de Graaf;Inge E.M. de Graaf;Rens L.P.H. van Beek;Tom Gleeson;Nils Moosdorf

  • Submarine groundwater discharge: updates on its measurement techniques, geophysical drivers, magnitudes, and effects

    Makoto Taniguchi;Henrietta Dulai;Kimberly M. Burnett;Isaac R. Santos;Isaac R. Santos

  • Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink

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  • A Brief Overview of the GLObal RIver Chemistry Database, GLORICH

    Jens Hartmann;Ronny Lauerwald;Nils Moosdorf

  • Carbon Dioxide Efficiency of Terrestrial Enhanced Weathering

    Nils Moosdorf;Philip Renforth;Jens Hartmann

  • Glacial weathering, sulfide oxidation, and global carbon cycle feedbacks

    Mark A. Torres;Mark A. Torres;Mark A. Torres;Nils Moosdorf;Nils Moosdorf;Jens Hartmann;Jess F. Adkins

  • Radium tracing nutrient inputs through submarine groundwater discharge in the global ocean.

    Hyung-Mi Cho;Guebuem Kim;Eun Young Kwon;Nils Moosdorf

  • A New Map of Global Ecological Land Units - An Ecophysiographic Stratification Approach

    Roger Sayre;Jack Dangermond;Charlie Frye;Randy Vaughan

  • Societal use of fresh submarine groundwater discharge: An overlooked water resource

    N. Moosdorf;T. Oehler

  • Submarine groundwater discharge from tropical islands: a review

    Nils Moosdorf;Thomas Stieglitz;Hannelore Waska;Hans H. Dürr

  • Groundwater discharge impacts marine isotope budgets of Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba.

    Kimberley K. Mayfield;Anton Eisenhauer;Danielle P. Santiago Ramos;John A. Higgins

  • Chemical weathering rates of silicate-dominated lithological classes and associated liberation rates of phosphorus on the Japanese Archipelago—Implications for global scale analysis

    Jens Hartmann;Nils Moosdorf

  • A geostatistical framework for predicting variations in strontium concentrations and isotope ratios in Alaskan rivers

    Clément P. Bataille;Sean R. Brennan;Jens Hartmann;Nils Moosdorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Hartmann
Jens Hartmann Universität Hamburg
Ronny Lauerwald
Ronny Lauerwald University of Paris-Saclay
Isaac R. Santos
Isaac R. Santos University of Gothenburg
Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson University of Victoria
Hans H. Dürr
Hans H. Dürr Ruhr University Bochum
Thomas Pichler
Thomas Pichler University of Bremen
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Stephan Kempe
Stephan Kempe Technical University of Darmstadt
Ying Fan
Ying Fan Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Steven E. Ingebritsen
Steven E. Ingebritsen United States Geological Survey

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