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Stefan Gössling

Stefan Gössling

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Environmental Sciences
Sweden
2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 93 516 487 5 5 289 37005

Stefan Gössling publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefan Gössling between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefan Gössling published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2021. 4 of the 325 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2021. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 24 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 26 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 42 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 0 publications 2026: 4 publications
1996 2026

325 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefan Gössling: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 4
2001 4
2002 7
2003 10
2004 5
2005 15
2006 24
2007 13
2008 21
2009 19
2010 7
2011 6
2012 16
2013 15
2014 9
2015 26
2016 15
2017 10
2018 23
2019 16
2020 12
2021 42
2022 0
2023 0
2024 0
2025 0
2026 4
Total 325
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Stefan Gössling publications per year - data summary

  • Stefan Gössling, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Linnaeus University, has 325 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1996 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 42 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1996 and 1999, with 1 publication each.
  • 6 of the 31 years in the span carry no publications at all (1997, 1998, 2022, 2023 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.0 per year counting only the 25 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 4 publications, 1% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1996-2006: 71 publications (6.5 per year); 2007-2017: 157 publications (14.3 per year); 2018-2026: 97 publications (10.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Stefan Gössling 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 Stefan Gössling sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 281–290 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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: 282 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: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 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 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 289 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130 289
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Stefan Gössling publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Stefan Gössling, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Linnaeus University, records 289 publications - the 84th percentile of the discipline.
  • 84% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Stefan Gössling, and about 16% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Stefan Gössling ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Stefan Gössling 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 Stefan Gössling sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 93 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 198 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: 20 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: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17 93
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Stefan Gössling D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Stefan Gössling, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Linnaeus University, records 93 D-Index - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Stefan Gössling, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Stefan Gössling ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Stefan Gössling is affiliated with Linnaeus University in Sweden and conducts research primarily within the social sciences and environmental science fields. Their academic focus spans several subfields including sociology and political science, transportation, economics and econometrics, global and planetary change, and automotive engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics surrounding tourism, transport, and environmental impacts, with key research areas addressing diverse aspects of tourism, urban transport and accessibility, advanced aircraft design and technologies, climate change policy and economics, energy, environment and transportation policies, aviation industry analysis and trends, as well as vehicle emissions and performance.

Stefan Gössling's notable recent papers include:

  • Pandemics, tourism and global change: a rapid assessment of COVID-19 (2020) published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Pandemics, transformations and tourism: be careful what you wish for (2020) published in Tourism Geographies
  • The global scale, distribution and growth of aviation: Implications for climate change (2020) published in Global Environmental Change
  • Integrating e-scooters in urban transportation: Problems, policies, and the prospect of system change (2020) published in Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Why cities need to take road space from cars - and how this could be done (2020) published in Journal of Urban Design

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Annals of Tourism Research
  • Current Issues in Tourism
  • Tourism Geographies
  • Tourism Management

Among frequent collaborators, Stefan Gössling has co-authored multiple works with:

  • Andreas Humpe
  • Daniel Scott
  • Ya-Yen Sun
  • James Higham
  • Christoph Neger

Overall, Stefan Gössling's research integrates interdisciplinary themes, particularly linking environmental concerns with tourism and transportation systems, addressing contemporary challenges such as climate change, urban mobility, and sustainable tourism development.

Best Publications

  • Global environmental consequences of tourism

    Stefan Gössling

  • Tourism and water use: supply, demand, and security. An international review.

    S. Gössling;S. Gössling;P.M. Peeters;C.M. Hall;J.P. Ceron

  • Ecological footprint analysis as a tool to assess tourism sustainability

    Stefan Gössling;Carina Borgström Hansson;Oliver Hörstmeier;Stefan Saggel

  • Ecotourism - a means to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem functions?

    Stefan Gössling

  • CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AND DEMAND RESPONSE OF TOURISTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

    Stefan Gössling;Daniel Scott;C. Michael Hall;Jean-Paul Ceron

  • Climate Change and Tourism: Responding to Global Challenges.

    D Scott;B Amelung;S Becken;J.-P Ceron

  • The eco-efficiency of tourism.

    Stefan Gössling;Paul Peeters;Jean Paul Ceron;Ghislain Dubois

  • Assessing tourism's global environmental impact 1900–2050

    Stefan Gössling;Paul Peeters

  • Can tourism deliver its “aspirational” greenhouse gas emission reduction targets?

    Daniel Scott;Paul Peeters;Stefan Gössling

  • International tourism and climate change

    Daniel Scott;Stefan Gössling;C. Michael Hall;C. Michael Hall

  • The global scale, distribution and growth of aviation: Implications for climate change

    Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling;Andreas Humpe

  • Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks, Tools and Practice

    M.C Simpson;Stefan Gössling;D Scott;C.M Hall

  • Global tourism vulnerability to climate change

    Daniel Scott;C. Michael Hall;C. Michael Hall;C. Michael Hall;Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling

  • Food management in tourism: Reducing tourism's carbon 'foodprint'

    Stefan Gössling;Brian Garrod;Carlo Aall;John Hille

  • ‘It Does Not Harm the Environment!’ An Analysis of Industry Discourses on Tourism, Air Travel and the Environment

    Stefan Gössling;Paul Peeters

  • Sustainable tourism development in developing countries: some aspects of energy-use

    Stefan Gössling

  • Tourism and Global Environmental Change

    Stefan Gössling;Michael C. Hall

  • Voluntary carbon offsetting schemes for aviation: efficiency, credibility and sustainable tourism.

    Stefan Gössling;John Broderick;Paul Upham;Jean-Paul Ceron

  • The consequences of tourism for sustainable water use on a tropical island: Zanzibar, Tanzania.

    Stefan Gössling

  • Uncertainties in predicting tourist flows under scenarios of climate change

    Stefan Gössling;C. Michael Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott University of Waterloo
C. Michael Hall
C. Michael Hall Massey University
Scott A. Cohen
Scott A. Cohen University of Surrey
James Higham
James Higham University of Otago
David Bruce Weaver
David Bruce Weaver Queensland University of Technology
Brian Garrod
Brian Garrod Swansea University
Paul Upham
Paul Upham University of Groningen
Susanne Becken
Susanne Becken Griffith University
Sander van der Linden
Sander van der Linden University of Cambridge
Ralf Buckley
Ralf Buckley Griffith University

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