World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
8392
World Ranking
6065
National Ranking
83

Peter E. Holm 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 Peter E. Holm sits on this spectrum.

41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 283 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 25 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 18 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–686 publications: 3 scientists 687+ publications: 100 scientists
41 publications 687+

This scientist: 141 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter E. Holm 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 Peter E. Holm sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 199 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 19 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter E. Holm is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and focuses on environmental and agricultural sciences. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a significant concentration on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

They also contribute to several subfields, notably:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Plant Science
  • Pollution
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Water Science and Technology

Peter E. Holm's research topics encompass:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Coal and Its By-products
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Recent notable papers include:

  • Quantitative source apportionment, risk assessment and distribution of heavy metals in agricultural soils from southern Shandong Peninsula of China (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • A critical review of phytoremediation for acid mine drainage-impacted environments (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Rare earth elements in surface specific urban runoff in Northern Beijing (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Phosphorus doped cyanobacterial biochar catalyzes efficient persulfate oxidation of the antibiotic norfloxacin (2023, Bioresource Technology)
  • Phosphorus accumulation and leaching risk of greenhouse vegetable soils in Southeast China (2021, Pedosphere)

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Bjarne Moeslund
  • Richard V. Lansdown
  • Lars Baastrup-Spohr
  • Gerhard Wiegleb
  • KajVE Sand-Jensen

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Bioresource Technology

Peter E. Holm has also authored multiple books published by Princeton University Press. Titles related to aquatic plants include:

  • Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland (2023)
  • Key to the Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland (2023)

Best Publications

  • Attenuation of landfill leachate pollutants in aquifers

    Thomas Højlund Christensen;Peter Kjeldsen;Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen;Gorm Heron

  • Source identification of heavy metals in peri-urban agricultural soils of southeast China: An integrated approach.

    Wenyou Hu;Wenyou Hu;Huifeng Wang;Lurui Dong;Biao Huang

  • Selection for Cu-tolerant bacterial communities with altered composition, but unaltered richness, via long-term Cu exposure.

    Jeanette Berg;Kristian K. Brandt;Waleed A. Al-Soud;Peter E. Holm

  • Cu Exposure under Field Conditions Coselects for Antibiotic Resistance as Determined by a Novel Cultivation-Independent Bacterial Community Tolerance Assay

    Jeanette Berg;Maja K Thorsen;Peter E Holm;John Jensen

  • Potential of dissolved organic matter (DOM) to extract As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn from polluted soils: A review

    Ole K. Borggaard;Peter E. Holm;Bjarne W. Strobel

  • Review of arsenic contamination, exposure through water and food and low cost mitigation options for rural areas

    Anitha Kumari Sharma;Jens Christian Tjell;Jens Jørgen Sloth;Peter E. Holm

  • Heavy metals in intensive greenhouse vegetable production systems along Yellow Sea of China: Levels, transfer and health risk.

    Wenyou Hu;Biao Huang;Kang Tian;Peter E. Holm

  • Quantitative source apportionment, risk assessment and distribution of heavy metals in agricultural soils from southern Shandong Peninsula of China.

    Haiwei Liu;Yan Zhang;Jiashuo Yang;Haiyun Wang

  • pH-dependent release of cadmium, copper, and lead from natural and sludge-amended soils.

    Orathai Sukreeyapongse;Peter E. Holm;Bjarne W. Strobel;Supamard Panichsakpatana

  • Sorption hysteresis of Cd(II) and Pb(II) on natural zeolite and bentonite.

    Mohsen Hamidpour;Mahmoud Kalbasi;Majid Afyuni;Hossein Shariatmadari

  • The potential of willow for remediation of heavy metal polluted calcareous urban soils

    Julie K. Jensen;Peter E. Holm;Jens Nejrup;Morten B. Larsen

  • Comparison of Metals and Tetracycline as Selective Agents for Development of Tetracycline Resistant Bacterial Communities in Agricultural Soil

    Jianxiao Song;Christopher Rensing;Peter E. Holm;Marko Virta

  • Applications of fertilizer cations affect cadmium and zinc concentrations in soil solutions and uptake by plants

    S. E. Lorenz;R. E. Hamon;S. P. McGrath;Peter Engelund Holm

  • Cadmium and zinc in plants and soil solutions from contaminated soils

    S.E. Lorenz;R.E. Hamon;P.E. Holm;H.C. Domingues

  • Importance of Unattached Bacteria and Bacteria Attached to Sediment in Determining Potentials for Degradation of Xenobiotic Organic Contaminants in an Aerobic Aquifer

    P E Holm;P H Nielsen;H J Albrechtsen;T H Christensen

  • Speciation of Cadmium and Zinc with Application to Soil Solutions

    Peter Engelund Holm;Thomas Højlund Christensen;Jens Christian Tjell;S.P. McGrath

  • Coping with copper: legacy effect of copper on potential activity of soil bacteria following a century of exposure.

    Inês Nunes;Samuel Jacquiod;Asker Brejnrod;Peter E. Holm

  • Effect of Endophytic Fungi on Cadmium Tolerance and Bioaccumulation by Festuca Arundinacea and Festuca Pratensis

    Mohsen Soleimani;Mohammad A. Hajabbasi;Majid Afyuni;Aghafakhr Mirlohi

  • Development of pollution-induced community tolerance is linked to structural and functional resilience of a soil bacterial community following a five-year field exposure to copper

    Kristian K. Brandt;Rasmus J.N. Frandsen;Peter E. Holm;Ole Nybroe

  • China's Soil Pollution Control: Choices and Challenges.

    Changsheng Qu;Wei Shi;Jing Guo;Binbin Fang

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Højlund Christensen
Thomas Højlund Christensen Technical University of Denmark
Hans Christian Bruun Hansen
Hans Christian Bruun Hansen University of Copenhagen
Ole K. Borggaard
Ole K. Borggaard University of Copenhagen
Kristian K. Brandt
Kristian K. Brandt University of Copenhagen
Ole Nybroe
Ole Nybroe University of Copenhagen
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research
Wenyou Hu
Wenyou Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Anders Dalsgaard
Anders Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Søren Husted
Søren Husted University of Copenhagen
Enzo Lombi
Enzo Lombi University of South Australia

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring environmental sciences opens doors to a range of related online degrees that can complement your knowledge and skills. For those seeking flexible and affordable education options, an accredited affordable online general studies degree can provide a strong interdisciplinary foundation, often including environmental topics alongside other fields.

If you prefer a straightforward path, there are options considered among the easiest bachelor's degree programs that still offer relevant environmental knowledge, making it easier to balance studies with other commitments.

For a more specialized career, pursuing a geologist degree online can prepare you for roles in earth sciences, environmental consulting, and resource management. This aligns closely with environmental sciences, especially in areas like soil, water, and mineral studies.

Additionally, the growing use of technology in environmental analysis makes having skills in geographic information systems essential. The best GIS programs offer training to handle spatial data, mapping, and environmental modeling, greatly enhancing career prospects.

Best Scientists Citing Peter E. Holm

Trending Scientists