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Örjan Gustafsson

Örjan Gustafsson

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Environmental Sciences
Sweden
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
95
Citations
28596
World Ranking
487
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Örjan Gustafsson is a researcher affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden, specializing in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Geology.

Their research addresses a range of topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Örjan Gustafsson has contributed to several recent publications, some of which include:

  • Remobilization of dormant carbon from Siberian-Arctic permafrost during three past warming events, 2020, Science Advances
  • Source apportionment of methane escaping the subsea permafrost system in the outer Eurasian Arctic Shelf, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Accelerating permafrost collapse on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Source Quantification of South Asian Black Carbon Aerosols with Isotopes and Modeling, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Large contribution of fossil-derived components to aqueous secondary organic aerosols in China, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues for Gustafsson include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Science Advances
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborations have been notable with several researchers, including:

  • Igor Semiletov
  • August Andersson
  • Oleg Dudarev
  • Birgit Wild
  • Henry Holmstrand

Best Publications

  • Quantification of the dilute sedimentary soot phase : Implications for PAH speciation and bioavailability

    Örjan Gustafsson;Farnaz Haghseta;Charmaine Chan;John MacFarlane

  • Extensive Methane Venting to the Atmosphere from Sediments of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    Natalia Shakhova;Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Anatoly Salyuk;Vladimir Yusupov

  • Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere

    Karen Hammes;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Ronald J. Smernik;Lloyd A. Currie

  • Brown Clouds over South Asia: Biomass or Fossil Fuel Combustion?

    Örjan Gustafsson;Martin Kruså;Zdenek Zencak;Rebecca J. Sheesley

  • Black carbon: the reverse of its dark side.

    Albert A. Koelmans;Michiel T.O. Jonker;Gerard Cornelissen;Thomas D. Bucheli

  • An assessment of the use of sediment traps for estimating upper ocean particle fluxes

    Ken O. Buesseler;Avan N. Antia;Min Chen;Scott W. Fowler

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, black carbon, and molecular markers in soils of Switzerland.

    Thomas D Bucheli;Franziska Blum;André Desaules;Örjan Gustafsson

  • PAHs in background soils from western Europe : influence of atmospheric deposition and soil organic matter.

    Jae Jak Nam;Gareth O. Thomas;Foday M. Jaward;Eiliv Steinnes

  • Quantification of the soot-water distribution coefficient of PAHs provides mechanistic basis for enhanced sorption observations

    Thomas D. Bucheli;Örjan Gustafsson

  • Activation of old carbon by erosion of coastal and subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia

    J. E. Vonk;J. E. Vonk;Laura Sanchez-Garcia;Laura Sanchez-Garcia;B. E. van Dongen;B. E. van Dongen;V. Alling;V. Alling

  • Evaluation of a protocol for the quantification of black carbon in sediments

    Örjan Gustafsson;Thomas D. Bucheli;Zofia Kukulska;Mette Andersson

  • Sources of black carbon to the Himalayan–Tibetan Plateau glaciers

    Chaoliu Li;Carme Bosch;Shichang Kang;August Andersson

  • Ebullition and storm-induced methane release from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    Natalia Shakhova;Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Ira Leifer;Valentin Sergienko

  • Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

    Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Yun Qian;Zhenming Ji

  • Sorption of Phenanthrene to Environmental Black Carbon in Sediment with and without Organic Matter and Native Sorbates

    Gerard Cornelissen;Orjan Gustafsson

  • Temporal variations in the fractionation of the rare earth elements in a boreal river; the role of colloidal particles.

    Johan Ingri;Anders Widerlund;Magnus Land;Örjan Gustafsson

  • An assessment of particulate organic carbon to thorium-234 ratios in the ocean and their impact on the application of 234Th as a POC flux proxy

    K.O. Buesseler;C.R. Benitez-Nelson;S.B. Moran;A. Burd

  • Regionally-Varying Combustion Sources of the January 2013 Severe Haze Events over Eastern China

    August Andersson;Junjun Deng;Ke Du;Ke Du;Mei Zheng

  • Sources and light absorption of water-soluble organic carbon aerosols in the outflow from northern China

    Elena N. Kirillova;August Andersson;Jihyun Han;Meehye Lee

  • THE FLUX OF BLACK CARBON TO SURFACE SEDIMENTS ON THE NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL SHELF

    Örjan Gustafsson;Philip M. Gschwend

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Semiletov
Igor Semiletov Russian Academy of Sciences
Tommaso Tesi
Tommaso Tesi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Natalia Shakhova
Natalia Shakhova University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jorien E. Vonk
Jorien E. Vonk Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Per Andersson
Per Andersson Swedish Defence Research Agency
Bart E. van Dongen
Bart E. van Dongen University of Manchester
Rebecca J. Sheesley
Rebecca J. Sheesley Baylor University
Gerard Cornelissen
Gerard Cornelissen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Birgit Wild
Birgit Wild Stockholm University

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