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Stefan Wastegård

Stefan Wastegård

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 43 5110 4723 48 45 126 4765

Stefan Wastegård publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefan Wastegård between 1995 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefan Wastegård published across 30 years, from 1995 to 2024, averaging 4.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2010. 2 of the 127 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2010. 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication
1995 2024

127 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefan Wastegård: publications per year, 1995 to 2024
Year Publications
1995 2
1996 1
1997 1
1998 5
1999 2
2000 3
2001 3
2002 5
2003 6
2004 4
2005 5
2006 5
2007 5
2008 7
2009 6
2010 13
2011 4
2012 7
2013 9
2014 5
2015 0
2016 6
2017 2
2018 3
2019 5
2020 2
2021 3
2022 6
2023 1
2024 1
Total 127
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Stefan Wastegård 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 Wastegård 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, 118–127 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: 126 publications — 25th percentile

25% 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
118–127 540 126
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
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 Wastegård 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 Wastegård 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, 43 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: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 43
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
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 Wastegård is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Anthropology, Environmental Chemistry, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The primary topics of Wastegård's work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Marine and environmental studies

Wastegård has published in a range of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • GFF
  • Boreas
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Notable recent papers include:

  • The Holocene of Sweden - a review, 2022, GFF
  • A dated volcano-tectonic deformation event in Jan Mayen causing landlocking of Arctic charr, 2021, Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Hekla 1947, 1845, 1510 and 1158 tephra in Finland: challenges of tracing tephra from moderate eruptions, 2020, Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Palaeolake sediment records reveal a mid- to late Younger Dryas ice-sheet maximum in Mid-Norway, 2021, Boreas
  • Holocene wet shifts in NW European bogs: evidence for the roles of external forcing and internal feedback from a high-resolution study of peat properties, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae, 2022, Journal of Quaternary Science

Frequent collaborators in Wastegård's research include:

  • Eiliv Larsen
  • Astrid Lyså
  • Simon A. Larsson
  • Maarit Kalliokoski
  • Esther R. Guðmundsdóttir

Best Publications

  • Integrating the INTIMATE records using tephrochronology rising to the challenge

    Siwan M. Davies;Peter M. Abbott;Nicholas J. G. Pearce;Stefan Wastegård

  • Tephrochronology of last termination sequences in Europe: a protocol for improved analytical precision and robust correlation procedures (a joint SCOTAV-INTIMATE proposal)

    Chris S.M. Turney;J. John Lowe;Siwan M. Davies;Valerie Hall

  • Early to middle Holocene silicic tephra horizons from the Katla volcanic system, Iceland: new results from the Faroe Islands

    Stefan Wastegård

  • Widespread dispersal of Icelandic tephra: how does the Eyjafjöll eruption of 2010 compare to past Icelandic events?

    Siwan M. Davies;Gudrun Larsen;Stefan Wastegard;Chris S. M. Turney

  • Extending the known distribution of the Younger Dryas Vedde Ash into northwestern Russia

    Stefan Wastegård;Barbara Wohlfarth;Dmitry A. Subetto;Tatyana V. Sapelko

  • Recommendations for using XRF core scanning as a tool in tephrochronology

    Malin E. Kylander;Ewa M. Lind;Stefan Wastegård;Ludvig Löwemark

  • Luminescence dating of the PASADO core 5022-1D from Laguna Potrok Aike (Argentina) using IRSL signals from feldspar

    Jan-Pieter Buylaert;A.S. Murray;A.C. Gebhardt;Reza Sohbati

  • Evidence for the occurrence of Vedde Ash in Sweden: radiocarbon and calendar age estimates

    Stefan Wastegård;Stefan Wastegård;Svante Björck;Göran Possnert;Barbara Wohlfarth

  • The Mjáuvøtn tephra and other Holocene tephra horizons from the Faroe Islands: a link between the Icelandic source region, the Nordic Seas, and the European continent:

    Stefan Wastegård;Svante Björck;Marianne Grauert;Gina E. Hannon

  • Constraining the age of Lateglacial and early Holocene pollen zones and tephra horizons in southern Sweden with Bayesian probability methods

    Barbara Wohlfarth;Maarten Blaauw;Siwan Davies;Mamite Andersson

  • Extending the limits of the Borrobol Tephra to Scandinavia and detection of new early Holocene tephras

    Siwan M. Davies;Stefan Wastegård;Barbara Wohlfarth

  • Calendar year ages of three mid-Holocene tephra layers identified in varved lake sediments in west central Sweden

    Lovisa M Zillén;Stefan Wastegård;Ian F Snowball

  • North European last glacial–interglacial transition (LGIT; 15–9 ka) tephrochronology: extended limits and new events

    C. S. M. Turney;K. Van Den Burg;S. Wastegård;S. M. Davies

  • Climate and environment on the Karelian Isthmus, northwestern Russia, 13000-9000 cal. yrs BP

    Dmitry A. Subetto;Barbara Wohlfarth;Natalya N. Davydova;Tatyana V. Sapelko

  • An overview of distal tephrochronology in northern Europe during the last 1000 years

    Stefan Wastegård;Siwan M. Davies

  • Tracing volcanic events in the NGRIP ice-core and synchronising North Atlantic marine records during the last glacial period

    Siwan M. Davies;Stefan Wastegård;P.M. Abbott;C. Barbante

  • Were there two Borrobol Tephras during the early Lateglacial period: implications for tephrochronology?

    Siwan M. Davies;Siwan M. Davies;Barbara Wohlfarth;Stefan Wastegård;Mamite Andersson

  • Late Quaternary tephrochronology of Sweden: a review

    Stefan Wastegård

  • Late warming and early cooling of the sea surface in the Nordic seas during MIS 5e (Eemian Interglacial)

    Tine L. Rasmussen;Erik Thomsen;Antoon Kuijpers;Stefan Wastegård

  • Climate oscillations and tephrochronology in eastern middle Sweden during the last glacial–interglacial transition

    Jonas Björck;Stefan Wastegård

  • Holocene tephra horizons at Klocka Bog, west-central Sweden: aspects of reproducibility in subarctic peat deposits

    Jonas Bergman;Stefan Wastegård;Dan Hammarlund;Barbara Wohlfarth

Frequent Co-Authors

Siwan M. Davies
Siwan M. Davies Swansea University
Barbara Wohlfarth
Barbara Wohlfarth Stockholm University
Tine L. Rasmussen
Tine L. Rasmussen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Christian Ohlendorf
Christian Ohlendorf University of Bremen
Bernd Zolitschka
Bernd Zolitschka University of Bremen
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Christoph Mayr
Christoph Mayr University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Göran Possnert
Göran Possnert Uppsala University
William E. N. Austin
William E. N. Austin University of St Andrews
Svante Björck
Svante Björck Lund University

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