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Peter Grønkjær

Peter Grønkjær

Aarhus University
Denmark

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
3446
World Ranking
8258
National Ranking
106

Peter Grønkjær publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Grønkjær sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 93 publications — 14th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Peter Grønkjær D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Grønkjær sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Grønkjær is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on marine and fisheries research, isotope analysis in ecology, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, among other specialized topics.

The main fields of study for Peter Grønkjær include:

  • Environmental Science

Their work spans several subfields, notably:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Oceanography
  • General Health Professions

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Peter Grønkjær has published in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Marine Biology
  • Water
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Oikos
  • Ecology and Evolution

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • "Fundamental questions and applications of sclerochronology: Community-defined research priorities," 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "First measurements of field metabolic rate in wild juvenile fishes show strong thermal sensitivity but variations between sympatric ecotypes," 2020, Oikos
  • "Disparate movement behavior and feeding ecology in sympatric ecotypes of Atlantic cod," 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Differences in metabolic rate between two Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) populations estimated with carbon isotopic composition in otoliths," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Growth portfolios buffer climate-linked environmental change in marine systems," 2022, Ecology

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Eilif Gaard
  • Steven E. Campana
  • Halvor Knutsen
  • Sólvá Jacobsen
  • Rune Kristiansen

Best Publications

  • Evidence of a hybrid-zone in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic and the Danish Belt Sea revealed by individual admixture analysis.

    Einar E. Nielsen;Michael M. Hansen;Daniel E. Ruzzante;Dorte Meldrup

  • Evolutionary mechanisms shaping the genetic population structure of marine fishes; lessons from the European flounder ( Platichthys flesus L.)

    Jakob Hemmer-Hansen;Einar Eg Nielsen;Peter Grønkjaer;Volker Loeschcke

  • Long-term stability and effective population size in North Sea and Baltic Sea cod (Gadus morhua).

    Nina A A Poulsen;Einar E Nielsen;Mikkel H Schierup;Volker Loeschcke

  • Adaptive differences in gene expression in European flounder (Platichthys flesus).

    Peter F. Larsen;Einar E. Nielsen;Timothy D. Williams;Jakob Hemmer-Hansen;Jakob Hemmer-Hansen

  • Population of origin of Atlantic cod

    Einar E. Nielsen;Michael M. Hansen;Cathrin Schmidt;Dorte Meldrup

  • Arctic warming will promote Atlantic–Pacific fish interchange

    Mary Wisz;O. Broennimann;Peter Grønkjær;Peter R. Møller

  • Experimental evidence for selection against fish larvae with high metabolic rates in a food limited environment

    A. B. Bochdansky;P. Grønkjær;T. P. Herra;W. C. Leggett

  • Ontogenetic and environmental effects on vertical distribution of cod larvae in the Bornholm Basin, Baltic Sea

    Peter Grønkjaer;Kai Wieland

  • Field metabolic rates of teleost fishes are recorded in otolith carbonate.

    Ming-Tsung Chung;Clive N Trueman;Jane Aanestad Godiksen;Mathias Engell Holmstrup

  • Climate effects on size-at-age: growth in warming waters compensates for earlier maturity in an exploited marine fish

    Anna B. Neuheimer;Peter Grønkjær

  • Testing the larval drift hypothesis in the Baltic Sea: retention versus dispersion caused by wind-driven circulation

    Hans-Harald Hinrichsen;M. A. St.John;E. Aro;P. Grønkjær

  • Nutritional condition and vertical distribution of Baltic cod larvae

    P. Gronkjaer;C. Clemmesen;M. St. John

  • Nutritional condition and vertical distribution of Baltic cod larvae

    P. Gronkjaer;Catriona Clemmesen;M. St. John

  • Otoliths as individual indicators: a reappraisal of the link between fish physiology and otolith characteristics

    Peter Grønkjær

  • Parental effects on early life history traits of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae

    Anders Bang;Peter Grønkjær;Catriona Clemmesen;Hans Høie

  • Retention of juveniles within a hybrid zone between North Sea and Baltic Sea Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    Einar E Nielsen;Peter Grønkjær;Dorte Meldrup;Helge Paulsen

  • Stable coexistence of genetically divergent Atlantic cod ecotypes at multiple spatial scales

    Halvor Knutsen;Halvor Knutsen;Per Erik Jorde;Jeffrey Hutchings;Jeffrey Hutchings;Jakob Hemmer-Hansen

  • Genomic parallelism and lack thereof in contrasting systems of three-spined sticklebacks.

    Shenglin Liu;Anne-Laure Ferchaud;Peter Grønkjaer;Rasmus Nygaard

  • Individual variation in the rate of oxygen consumption by zebrafish embryos

    A. Bang;P. Grønkjær;H. Malte

  • Feeding ecology and growth of age 0 year Platichthys flesus(L.) in a vegetated and a bare sand habitat in a nutrient rich fjord

    B. S. Andersen;J. D. Carl;P. Grønkjær;J. G. Støttrup

  • Spatial variability of carbon (δ 13C) and nitrogen (δ 15N) stable isotope ratios in an Arctic marine food web

    J. Holst Hansen;R. Berg Hedeholm;K. Sünksen;J. Tang Christensen

  • Archived DNA reveals fisheries and climate induced collapse of a major fishery

    Sara Bonanomi;Loïc Pellissier;Nina Overgaard Therkildsen;Rasmus Berg Hedeholm

Frequent Co-Authors

Einar Eg Nielsen
Einar Eg Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Loïc Pellissier
Loïc Pellissier ETH Zurich
Catriona Clemmesen
Catriona Clemmesen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Clive N. Trueman
Clive N. Trueman University of Southampton
Christian Skov
Christian Skov Technical University of Denmark
Halvor Knutsen
Halvor Knutsen University of Agder
Søren Rysgaard
Søren Rysgaard Aarhus University
Mary S. Wisz
Mary S. Wisz World Maritime University
Benni Winding Hansen
Benni Winding Hansen Roskilde University
Per Erik Jorde
Per Erik Jorde University of Oslo

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Gary R. Carvalho

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