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D-Index
45
Citations
8278
World Ranking
6370
National Ranking
75

Øystein Hov 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 Øystein Hov sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Øystein Hov 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 Øystein Hov sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Øystein Hov is affiliated with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Norway. Their research focuses on environmental science, with specific contributions across several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics, including:

  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Øystein Hov has contributed to several recent papers, among them:

  • The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Citizen Observations for Weather Forecasts, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • All Kinds of Integration: WMO's Strategy for Seamless Prediction, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The legacy of the Nordic contributions to acid rain science and policy, 2025, AMBIO

Their frequent co-authors include Anton Eliassen, Peringe Grennfelt, Christoph Heinze, Thorsten Blenckner, and Helena Martins.

Øystein Hov has published books with the Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks, including Future Nordic Collaboration on Air Pollution in 2020.

Their frequent publication venues reflect their research interests and include:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • AMBIO

Best Publications

  • Arctic smoke – record high air pollution levels in the European Arctic due to agricultural fires in Eastern Europe in spring 2006

    A. Stohl;T. Berg;T. Berg;J. F. Burkhart;J. F. Burkhart;A. M. Fjǽraa

  • Quasi‐steady‐state approximations in air pollution modeling: Comparison of two numerical schemes for oxidant prediction

    Eigil Hesstvedt;Öystein Hov;Ivar S. A. Isaksen

  • Ground-level ozone in the 21st century: future trends, impacts and policy implications

    David Fowler;Markus Amann;Ross Anderson;Mike Ashmore

  • Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources

    Z.W. Kundzewicz;Z.W. Kundzewicz;V. Krysanova;R.E. Benestad;Ø. Hov

  • Acid rain and air pollution: 50 years of progress in environmental science and policy

    Peringe Grennfelt;Anna Engleryd;Martin Forsius;Øystein Hov

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • A Lagrangian Long Range Transport Model with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Chemistry

    Anton Eliassen;Jørgen Saltbones;Frode Stordal;Frode Stordal;Øystein Hov;Øystein Hov

  • Test of two numerical schemes for use in atmospheric transport-chemistry models

    Ole Hertel;Ruwim Berkowicz;Jesper Christensen;Øystein Hov

  • Calculation of trends in the tropospheric concentration of O3, OH, CO, CH4 and NOx

    Ivar S.A. Isaksen;Øystein Hov

  • European surface ozone in the extreme summer 2003

    S. Solberg;Ø. Hov;A. Søvde;I. S. A. Isaksen

  • Boundary-Layer Ozone Depletion as Seen in the Norwegian Arctic in Spring

    Sverre Solberg;Norbert Schmidbauer;Arne Semb;Frode Stordal

  • Development and testing of a new variable scale air pollution model—ACDEP

    Ole Hertel;Jesper Christensen;Erik H. Runge;Willem A.H. Asman

  • The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points

    Christoph Heinze;Christoph Heinze;Thorsten Blenckner;Helena Martins;Dagmara Rusiecka;Dagmara Rusiecka

  • Intercomparison of the gas-phase chemistry in several chemistry and transport models

    M. Kuhn;P.J.H. Builtjes;D. Poppe;D. Simpson

  • Pollution from aircraft emissions in the North Atlantic flight corridor: Overview on the POLINAT projects

    Ulrich Schumann;Hans Schlager;F. Arnold;J. Ovarlez

  • Comparison of numerical techniques for use in air pollution models with non-linear chemical reactions

    Øystein Hov;Zahari Zlatev;Ruwim Berkowicz;Anton Eliassen

  • Ozone in the United Kingdom - Fourth Report of the Photochemical Oxidants Review Group - 1997

    D Fowler;M Coyle;R Anderson;Ashmore

  • An Earth-system prediction initiative for the twenty-first century

    Melvyn Shapiro;Jagadish Shukla;Gilbert Brunet;Carlos Nobre

  • A Eulerian air pollution model for Europe with nonlinear chemistry

    Z. Zlatev;J. Christensen;Ø. Hov

  • Contribution of forest fire emissions to atmospheric pollution in Greece

    M. Lazaridis;M. Latos;V. Aleksandropoulou;Ø. Hov

  • Measurement and modeling of the concentrations of terpenes in coniferous forest air

    Øystein Hov;Jørgen Schjoldager;Bente M. Wathne

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivar S. A. Isaksen
Ivar S. A. Isaksen University of Oslo
Frode Stordal
Frode Stordal University of Oslo
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Jesper H. Christensen
Jesper H. Christensen Aarhus University
David Simpson
David Simpson Chalmers University of Technology
Stuart A. Penkett
Stuart A. Penkett University of East Anglia
Mihalis Lazaridis
Mihalis Lazaridis Technical University of Crete
Ruwim Berkowicz
Ruwim Berkowicz Aarhus University
Ole Hertel
Ole Hertel Aarhus University
Rasmus E. Benestad
Rasmus E. Benestad Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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