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Ragnar Elmgren

Ragnar Elmgren

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
56
Citations
14526
World Ranking
2798
National Ranking
75

Ragnar Elmgren 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 Ragnar Elmgren sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 99 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ragnar Elmgren 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 Ragnar Elmgren sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ragnar Elmgren is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on oceanography and related environmental processes.

The main subjects of their work involve marine and coastal ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, marine biology and ecology research, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and marine and fisheries research. Additional research topics include geology and paleoclimatology as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Elmgren has contributed to many scholarly articles published in notable scientific venues. These include:

  • Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary (2022), Earth System Dynamics
  • Cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea: Correlations with environmental factors (2020), Harmful Algae
  • How oxygen deficiency in the Baltic Sea proper has spread and worsened: The role of ammonium and hydrogen sulphide (2022), AMBIO
  • Baltic Sea transparency from ships and satellites: centennial trends (2022), Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Effects of Load Reductions on Phosphorus Concentrations in a Baltic Estuary-Long-Term Changes, Seasonal Variation, and Management Implications (2020), Estuaries and Coasts

Elmgren's frequent co-authors include Mati Kahru, Oleg Savchuk, Jakob Walve, Ulf Larsson, and Gregor Rehder. Mati Kahru is the most frequent collaborator with three joint publications, followed by others with two joint publications each.

Their work has appeared most frequently in the journals Harmful Algae and AMBIO, with two publications each. Other venues include Earth System Dynamics, Marine Ecology Progress Series, and Estuaries and Coasts.

Elmgren's subfields of study encompass oceanography, environmental chemistry, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and ecology. The varying topics within these fields reflect an interdisciplinary approach to studying environmental and marine systems, particularly in the Baltic Sea region.

Best Publications

  • Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

    Robert Howarth;Gilles Billen;Dennis Swaney;Andrea Townsend

  • The fate of nitrogen and phosphorus at the land-sea margin of the North Atlantic Ocean

    S. W. Nixon;J. W. Ammerman;L. P. Atkinson;V. M. Berounsky

  • Eutrophication and the Baltic Sea: causes and consequences

    U. Larsson;R. Elmgren;F. Wulff

  • Human activities and climate variability drive fast‐paced change across the world's estuarine–coastal ecosystems

    James Cloern;Paulo Cesar Oliveira Vergne de Abreu;Jacob Carstensen;Laurent Chauvaud

  • Nutrient limitation of primary production in the Baltic Sea area

    Edna Granéli;K Wallström;U. Larsson;W. Granéli

  • Natural and human-induced hypoxia and consequences for coastal areas: synthesis and future development

    J. Zhang;D. Gilbert;A. Gooday;L. Levin

  • Cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea: Natural or human-induced?

    Thomas S. Bianchi;Erika Engelhaupt;Per Westman;Thomas Andrén

  • Human-induced trophic cascades and ecological regime shifts in the Baltic Sea

    Henrik Osterblom;Sture Hansson;Ulf Larsson;Olle Hjerne

  • THE STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO AS A MARKER OF FOOD‐WEB INTERACTIONS AND FISH MIGRATION

    Sture Hansson;John E. Hobbie;Ragnar Elmgren;Ulf Larsson

  • MARINE EUTROPHICATION CASE-STUDIES IN SWEDEN

    R Rosenberg;R Elmgren;S Fleischer;P Jonsson

  • Baltic Sea nitrogen fixation estimated from the summer increase in upper mixed layer total nitrogen

    Ulf Larsson;Susanna Hajdu;Jakob Walve;Ragnar Elmgren

  • Understanding human impact on the Baltic ecosystem: changing views in recent decades.

    Ragnar Elmgren

  • Multidecadal time series of satellite-detected accumulations of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea

    Mati Kahru;Mati Kahru;Ragnar Elmgren

  • Why the limiting nutrient differs between temperate coastal seas and freshwater lakes: A matter of salt

    Sven Blomqvist;Anneli Gunnars;Ragnar Elmgren

  • Biomass increase of benthic macrofauna demonstrates eutrophication of the Baltic Sea

    H. Cederwall;R. Elmgren

  • The “Tsesis” oil spill: Acute and long-term impact on the benthos

    R. Elmgren;S. Hansson;U. Larsson;B. Sundelin

  • MACROALGAL (FUCUS VESICULOSUS) δ15N VALUES TRACE DECREASE IN SEWAGE INFLUENCE

    Candida Savage;Ragnar Elmgren

  • Projected future climate change and Baltic Sea ecosystem management.

    Agneta Andersson;H. E. Markus Meier;Matyas Ripszam;Owen Rowe

  • Satellite measurements of cyanobacterial bloom frequency in the Baltic Sea: interannual and spatial variability

    Matti Kahru;Oleg Savchuk;Ragnar Elmgren

  • Understanding Human Impact on the Baltic Ecosystem: Changing Views in Recent Decades

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  • Meiofaunal prominence and benthic seasonality in a coastal marine ecosystem.

    D. T. Rudnick;R. Elmgren;J. B. Frithsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sture Hansson
Sture Hansson Stockholm University
Mati Kahru
Mati Kahru University of California, San Diego
Fredrik Wulff
Fredrik Wulff Stockholm University
Agneta Andersson
Agneta Andersson Umeå University
Oleg P. Savchuk
Oleg P. Savchuk Stockholm University
Maren Voss
Maren Voss Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Thomas S. Bianchi
Thomas S. Bianchi University of New Hampshire
Elena Gorokhova
Elena Gorokhova Stockholm University
Christoph Humborg
Christoph Humborg Stockholm University
Thorsten Blenckner
Thorsten Blenckner Stockholm Resilience Centre

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