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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 44 4667 4294 56 51 142 8307

Svein Østerhus publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Svein Østerhus between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Svein Østerhus published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 3.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2009. 11 of the 166 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2009. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 10 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 5 publications
1983 2025

166 publications in total across all disciplines

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Svein Østerhus: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 1
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 0
1996 3
1997 0
1998 2
1999 4
2000 4
2001 10
2002 4
2003 6
2004 11
2005 4
2006 5
2007 2
2008 8
2009 12
2010 7
2011 5
2012 2
2013 8
2014 3
2015 4
2016 9
2017 9
2018 4
2019 6
2020 5
2021 3
2022 1
2023 10
2024 6
2025 5
Total 166
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Svein Østerhus 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 Svein Østerhus 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, 138–147 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: 142 publications — 34th percentile

34% 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
138–147 491 142
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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Svein Østerhus 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 Svein Østerhus 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, 44 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: 44 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% 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 44
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

Svein Østerhus is affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Norway and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics central to understanding polar and marine environments. These include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Østerhus has published peer-reviewed papers in several scientific journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Ocean Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Increased ocean heat transport into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean over the period 1993-2016" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea-ice changes" (2023), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "FRIS Revisited in 2018: On the Circulation and Water Masses at the Filchner and Ronne Ice Shelves in the Southern Weddell Sea" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Observed interannual changes beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf linked to large-scale atmospheric circulation" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Observing Antarctic Bottom Water in the Southern Ocean" (2023), published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors contributing to Østerhus's research include Markus Janout, Jean-Baptiste Sallée, Karin Margretha Húsgarð Larsen, Keith W. Nicholls, and Elin Darelius. Collaboration within this network spans multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • North Atlantic–Nordic Seas exchanges

    B Hansen;S Østerhus

  • Arctic warming through the Fram Strait: Oceanic heat transport from 3 years of measurements

    Ursula Schauer;Ursula Schauer;Eberhard Fahrbach;Svein Osterhus;Gerd Rohardt

  • Ice-ocean processes over the continental shelf of the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica: a review

    Keith W. Nicholls;Svein Østerhus;Keith Makinson;Tor Gammelsrød;Tor Gammelsrød

  • Decreasing overflow from the Nordic seas into the Atlantic Ocean through the Faroe Bank channel since 1950

    Bogi Hansen;William R. Turrell;Svein Østerhus

  • Reversal of the 1960s to 1990s freshening trend in the northeast North Atlantic and Nordic Seas

    N. Penny Holliday;S. L. Hughes;S. Bacon;A. Beszczynska-Möller

  • Ice shelf water overflow and bottom water formation in the southern Weddell Sea

    Arne Foldvik;Tor Gammelsrød;Svein Østerhus;E. Fahrbach

  • Upper layer cooling and freshening in the Norwegian Sea in relation to atmospheric forcing

    J. Blindheim;V. Borovkov;B. Hansen;S.-Aa. Malmberg

  • Direct measurements of volume transports through Fram Strait

    Eberhard Fahrbach;Jens Meincke;Svein Østerhus;Gerd Rohardt

  • A review on Northern Hemisphere sea-ice, storminess and the North Atlantic Oscillation: Observations and projected changes

    Jürgen Bader;Michel D. S. Mesquita;Kevin I. Hodges;Noel S. Keenlyside

  • The Nordic seas, main oceanographic features

    Johan Blindheim;Svein Østerhus

  • Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997

    B. Rudels;R. Meyer;Eberhard Fahrbach;V. Ivanov

  • Faroe Bank Channel overflow 1995–2005

    Bogi Hansen;Svein Østerhus

  • Measured volume, heat, and salt fluxes from the Atlantic to the Arctic Mediterranean

    Svein Østerhus;William R. Turrell;Steingrõ ´ mur Jonsson;Bogi Hansen

  • Significant role of the North Icelandic Jet in the formation of Denmark Strait overflow water

    Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Michael A. Spall;Héðinn Valdimarsson

  • Observed and modelled stability of overflow across the Greenland–Scotland ridge

    Steffen M. Olsen;Bogi Hansen;Detlef Quadfasel;Svein Osterhus

  • Increased ocean heat transport into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean over the period 1993-2016

    Takamasa Tsubouchi;Kjetil Våge;Bogi Hansen;Karin Margretha H. Larsen

  • Greenland-Scotland overflow studied by hydro-chemical multivariate analysis

    E. Fogelqvist;J. Blindheim;T. Tanhua;S. Østerhus

  • The Abyss of the Nordic Seas Is Warming

    Svein Østerhus;Tor Gammelsrød

  • Combining in-situ measurements and altimetry to estimate volume, heat and salt transport variability through the Faroe Shetland Channel

    B. Berx;B. Hansen;S. Østerhus;K. M. Larsen

  • Already the Day After Tomorrow

    Bogi Hansen;Svein Østerhus;Detlef Quadfasel;William Turrell

  • Arctic Mediterranean exchanges: a consistent volume budget and trends in transports from two decades of observations

    Svein Østerhus;Rebecca Woodgate;Hedinn Valdimarsson;Bill Turrell

  • The Iceland-Faroe inflow of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas

    Bogi Hansen;Svein Østerhus;Hjalmar Hátún;Regin Kristiansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bogi Hansen
Bogi Hansen University of the Faroe Islands
Keith W. Nicholls
Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council
Detlef Quadfasel
Detlef Quadfasel Universität Hamburg
Ursula Schauer
Ursula Schauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Eberhard Fahrbach
Eberhard Fahrbach Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Rebecca A. Woodgate
Rebecca A. Woodgate University of Washington
Hartmut Hellmer
Hartmut Hellmer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Tore Hattermann
Tore Hattermann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert S. Pickart
Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Johannes Karstensen
Johannes Karstensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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