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97
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447
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Ralf Ebinghaus 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 Ralf Ebinghaus sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 293 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Ralf Ebinghaus 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 Ralf Ebinghaus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Ralf Ebinghaus is affiliated with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to toxic organic pollutants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, mercury impact and mitigation, Arctic and Russian policy studies, air quality and health impacts, and microplastics and plastic pollution.

The scientist's main fields of study include environmental science and its significant subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, atmospheric science, pollution, and sociology and political science.

Frequent publication venues for Ralf Ebinghaus consist of:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Significant papers authored or co-authored by Ralf Ebinghaus include:

  • Transport of Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances and the Replacement Compound HFPO-DA through the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean-Is the Arctic a Sink or a Source? (2020), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Occurrence and ecological risk assessment of neonicotinoids and related insecticides in the Bohai Sea and its surrounding rivers, China (2021), Water Research
  • Legacy and emerging organic contaminants in the polar regions (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Occurrence of legacy and emerging organic contaminants in snow at Dome C in the Antarctic (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Chinese and German river water - Point source- and country-specific fingerprints including unknown precursors (2020), Environmental Pollution

Among frequent collaborators, Ralf Ebinghaus has worked extensively with:

  • Hanna Joerss (12 joint publications)
  • Zhiyong Xie (6 joint publications)
  • Aurélien Dommergue (6 joint publications)
  • Jianhui Tang (4 joint publications)
  • Henrik Skov (4 joint publications)

The main research topics explored by the scientist cover:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Best Publications

  • A Synthesis of Progress and Uncertainties in Attributing the Sources of Mercury in Deposition

    Steve Lindberg;Russell Bullock;Ralf Ebinghaus;Daniel Engstrom

  • A synthesis of atmospheric mercury depletion event chemistry in the atmosphere and snow

    A. Steffen;T. Douglas;M. Amyot;P. Ariya

  • Distribution of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in water, suspended particulate matter and sediment from Tokyo Bay, Japan.

    Lutz Ahrens;Sachi Taniyasu;Leo W.Y. Yeung;Leo W.Y. Yeung;Nobuyoshi Yamashita

  • Antarctic springtime depletion of atmospheric mercury.

    Ralf Ebinghaus;Hans H. Kock;Christian Temme;Jürgen W. Einax

  • Occurrence and spatial distribution of organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticizers in 40 rivers draining into the Bohai Sea, north China.

    Runmei Wang;Jianhui Tang;Zhiyong Xie;Wenying Mi

  • Distribution and sources of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the River Rhine watershed

    Axel Möller;Lutz Ahrens;Renate Surm;Joke Westerveld

  • Occurrence and fate of organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in coastal and marine surface waters.

    Ulla E. Bollmann;Axel Möller;Zhiyong Xie;Ralf Ebinghaus

  • Civil Aircraft for the regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrumented container: The new CARIBIC system

    C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;P. J. Crutzen;F. Boumard;T. Dauer

  • Alternative and Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances: Differences between European and Chinese River/Estuary Systems

    Franziska Heydebreck;Jianhui Tang;Zhiyong Xie;Ralf Ebinghaus

  • Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in landfill leachates.

    Jan Busch;Lutz Ahrens;Renate Sturm;Ralf Ebinghaus

  • Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in airborne particles over the Northern Pacific and Indian Ocean toward the Polar Regions: evidence for global occurrence.

    Axel Möller;Renate Sturm;Zhiyong Xie;Minghong Cai

  • A vegetation control on seasonal variations in global atmospheric mercury concentrations

    Martin Jiskra;Martin Jiskra;Jeroen E. Sonke;Daniel Obrist;Johannes Bieser

  • Partitioning Behavior of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds between Pore Water and Sediment in Two Sediment Cores from Tokyo Bay, Japan

    Lutz Ahrens;Nobuyoshi Yamashita;Leo W. Y. Yeung;Sachi Taniyasu

  • Polyfluorinated compounds in the atmosphere of the Atlantic and Southern Oceans: evidence for a global distribution.

    Annekatrin Dreyer;Ingo Weinberg;Christian Temme;Ralf Ebinghaus

  • Polyfluorinated compounds in waste water treatment plant effluents and surface waters along the River Elbe, Germany.

    Lutz Ahrens;Sebastian Felizeter;Renate Sturm;Zhiyong Xie

  • Atmospheric mercury concentrations observed at ground-based monitoring sites globally distributed in the framework of the GMOS network

    Francesca Sprovieri;Nicola Pirrone;Mariantonia Bencardino;Francesco D'Amore

  • A review of worldwide atmospheric mercury measurements

    F. Sprovieri;N. Pirrone;R. Ebinghaus;H. Kock

  • Worldwide trend of atmospheric mercury since 1977

    Franz Slemr;Ernst-Günther Brunke;Ralf Ebinghaus;Christian Temme

  • Nevada STORMS project: Measurement of mercury emissions from naturally enriched surfaces

    M. Sexauer Gustin;S. Lindberg;F. Marsik;A. Casimir

  • International field intercomparison measurements of atmospheric mercury species at Mace Head, Ireland

    R. Ebinghaus;S.G. Jennings;W.H. Schroeder;T. Berg

  • Global and regional mercury cycles : sources, fluxes and mass balances

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiyong Xie
Zhiyong Xie Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Renate Sturm
Renate Sturm Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Aurélien Dommergue
Aurélien Dommergue Grenoble Alpes University
Lutz Ahrens
Lutz Ahrens Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jianhui Tang
Jianhui Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nicola Pirrone
Nicola Pirrone National Research Council (CNR)
Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer
Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Andreas Zahn
Andreas Zahn Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Francesca Sprovieri
Francesca Sprovieri University of Calabria
John Munthe
John Munthe IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute

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