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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 55 2563 2333 278 255 300 10751

Stefan Krause publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefan Krause between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefan Krause published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 22 papers a year. Output peaked at 55 publications in 2024. 97 of the 528 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 55. Peak 55 publications in 2024. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 34 publications 2017: 25 publications 2018: 42 publications 2019: 51 publications 2020: 45 publications 2021: 41 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 51 publications 2024: 55 publications 2025: 42 publications
2002 2025

528 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefan Krause: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 0
2004 3
2005 1
2006 4
2007 9
2008 2
2009 16
2010 9
2011 7
2012 8
2013 9
2014 19
2015 16
2016 34
2017 25
2018 42
2019 51
2020 45
2021 41
2022 38
2023 51
2024 55
2025 42
Total 528
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Stefan Krause publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefan Krause sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 298–307 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 300 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120 300
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Stefan Krause D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefan Krause sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117 55
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Stefan Krause is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and specializes in Environmental Science, with a broad research portfolio focusing on pollution, water science and technology, and environmental chemistry. Their work extensively covers microplastics and plastic pollution, addressing critical environmental issues related to water resources and ecosystem health.

Krause's publication record includes research across a range of subfields such as pollution, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, environmental chemistry, and ecology. Their investigations often intersect topics including microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, groundwater flow and contamination studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, as well as biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Frequent co-authors in Krause's research include David M. Hannah, Iseult Lynch, Sami Ullah, Uwe Schneidewind, and Holly Nel. Collaborative work with these researchers indicates sustained partnerships within the fields of hydrology, water resources, and environmental pollution.

Stefan Krause has contributed regularly to a number of established academic journals and conference proceedings. Some of the notable publication venues where Krause's research appears include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Resources Research
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Pollution

Krause's recent papers demonstrate a focus on environmental contamination by microplastics and related waterborne pollutants. Selected examples include:

  • "Gathering at the top? Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs" (2020) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Persistence of plastic debris and its colonization by bacterial communities after two decades on the abyssal seafloor" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Nano and microplastic interactions with freshwater biota - Current knowledge, challenges and future solutions" (2021) in Environment International (with Anna Kukkola)
  • "River temperature research and practice: Recent challenges and emerging opportunities for managing thermal habitat conditions in stream ecosystems" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment (with Valérie Ouellet)
  • "Microplastic accumulation in riverbed sediment via hyporheic exchange from headwaters to mainstems" (2022) in Science Advances (with Jennifer Drummond)

In addition to journal articles, Krause has contributed book publications, including works published by the Water Environment Federation. One title is "Sampling of Microplastics in Water Resource Recovery Facilities: Challenges and Limits" (2020).

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Human domination of the global water cycle absent from depictions and perceptions

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Kevin Bishop;Jay P. Zarnetske;Camille Minaudo

  • Groundwater-surface water interactions: New methods and models to improve understanding of processes and dynamics

    Jan H. Fleckenstein;Stefan Krause;David M. Hannah;Fulvio Boano

  • Inter-disciplinary perspectives on processes in the hyporheic zone

    Stefan Krause;David M. Hannah;Jan Fleckenstein;C. H. Heppell

  • Abundance, distribution, and drivers of microplastic contamination in urban river environments

    Joseph Tibbetts;Stefan Krause;Iseult Lynch;Gregory H. Sambrook Smith

  • Temporal constraints on hydrate-controlled methane seepage off Svalbard.

    Christian Berndt;Tomas Feseker;Tina Treude;Sebastien Krastel

  • Groundwater-surface water interactions in a North German lowland floodplain : Implications for the river discharge dynamics and riparian water balance

    Stefan Krause;Axel Bronstert;Erwin Zehe

  • Ecohydrological interfaces as hot spots of ecosystem processes

    Stefan Krause;Jörg Lewandowski;Nancy B. Grimm;David M. Hannah

  • Microbial nucleation of Mg-rich dolomite in exopolymeric substances under anoxic modern seawater salinity: New insight into an old enigma

    Stefan Krause;Volker Liebetrau;Stanislav Gorb;Mónica Sánchez-Román

  • Microbial colonization and degradation of polyethylene and biodegradable plastic bags in temperate fine-grained organic-rich marine sediments.

    Alice Nauendorf;Stefan Krause;Nikolaus K. Bigalke;Elena V. Gorb

  • Using multi-tracer inference to move beyond single-catchment ecohydrology

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Viktor Baranov;Clara Mendoza-Lera;Myrto Nikolakopoulou

  • Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community

    Jörg Lewandowski;Jörg Lewandowski;Shai Arnon;Eddie Banks;Okke Batelaan

  • Real-time monitoring of nutrients and dissolved organic matter in rivers: Capturing event dynamics, technological opportunities and future directions.

    Phillip J. Blaen;Kieran Khamis;Charlotte E M Lloyd;Christopher Bradley

  • Streambed nitrogen cycling beyond the hyporheic zone: Flow controls on horizontal patterns and depth distribution of nitrate and dissolved oxygen in the upwelling groundwater of a lowland river

    Stefan Krause;Christina Tecklenburg;Matthias Munz;Emma Naden

  • Upscaling Nitrogen Removal Capacity from Local Hotspots to Low Stream Orders' Drainage Basins

    Gilles Pinay;Stefan Peiffer;Jean-Raynald De Dreuzy;Stefan Krause

  • Gathering at the top?: Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs

    Stefan Krause;Stefan Krause;Viktor Baranov;Holly A. Nel;Jennifer D. Drummond

  • Investigating patterns and controls of groundwater up-welling in a lowland river by combining Fibre-optic Distributed Temperature Sensing with observations of vertical hydraulic gradients

    S. Krause;T. Blume;N. J. Cassidy

  • Nano and microplastic interactions with freshwater biota - Current knowledge, challenges and future solutions.

    Anna Kukkola;Stefan Krause;Stefan Krause;Iseult Lynch;Gregory H. Sambrook Smith

  • Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation activity below the sulfate-methane transition zone in Alaskan Beaufort Sea continental margin sediments: Implications for deep sulfur cycling

    Tina Treude;Stefan Krause;Johanna Maltby;Andrew W. Dale

  • River temperature research and practice: Recent challenges and emerging opportunities for managing thermal habitat conditions in stream ecosystems.

    Valerie Ouellet;André St-Hilaire;Stephen J. Dugdale;David M. Hannah

  • Spatio-temporal variations of hyporheic flow in a riffle-step-pool sequence.

    Daniel H. Käser;Andrew B. Binley;A. Louise Heathwaite;Stefan Krause

  • Distributed Temperature Sensing as a downhole tool in hydrogeology

    V. F. Bense;T. Read;O. Bour;T. Le Borgne

  • Nitrate concentration changes at the groundwater‐surface water interface of a small Cumbrian river

    Stefan Krause;A. Louise Heathwaite;Andrew B. Binley;Patrick Keenan

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
Theresa Blume
Theresa Blume Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Adam S. Ward
Adam S. Ward Oregon State University
Jan H. Fleckenstein
Jan H. Fleckenstein University of Bayreuth
Iseult Lynch
Iseult Lynch University of Birmingham
Aaron I. Packman
Aaron I. Packman Northwestern University
Axel Bronstert
Axel Bronstert University of Potsdam
Thibault Datry
Thibault Datry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christian Schmidt
Christian Schmidt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Daren Gooddy
Daren Gooddy British Geological Survey

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