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Thorbjørn Joest Andersen

Thorbjørn Joest Andersen

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 45 4563 4201 47 44 143 5989

Thorbjørn Joest Andersen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thorbjørn Joest Andersen between 1969 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thorbjørn Joest Andersen published across 57 years, from 1969 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2017. 12 of the 175 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1969 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2017. 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 15 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 24 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 6 publications
1969 2025

175 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thorbjørn Joest Andersen: publications per year, 1969 to 2025
Year Publications
1969 1
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 3
2001 2
2002 3
2003 0
2004 1
2005 2
2006 2
2007 4
2008 2
2009 1
2010 15
2011 10
2012 8
2013 11
2014 9
2015 6
2016 8
2017 24
2018 9
2019 9
2020 7
2021 7
2022 6
2023 11
2024 6
2025 6
Total 175
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Thorbjørn Joest Andersen 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 Thorbjørn Joest Andersen 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: 143 publications — 35th percentile

35% 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
138–147 491 143
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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Thorbjørn Joest Andersen 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 Thorbjørn Joest Andersen 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, 45 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: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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 45
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

Thorbjørn Joest Andersen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Andersen has contributed to fields such as Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Thorbjørn Joest Andersen has published frequently in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Marine Environmental Research

Recent publications authored or co-authored include:

  • Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Deposition and in-situ translocation of microplastics in floodplain soils, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Settling of buoyant microplastic in estuaries: The importance of flocculation, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Holocene polynya dynamics and their interaction with oceanic heat transport in northernmost Baffin Bay, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Abundance and sources of plastic debris on beaches in a plastic hotspot, Nha Trang, Viet Nam, 2022, Marine Pollution Bulletin

The frequent collaborators in Andersen's research include:

  • Mikkel Fruergaard
  • Nicole R. Posth
  • Sofia Ribeiro
  • Marianne Nylandsted Larsen
  • Daniel Abel Shilla

Best Publications

  • Phosphorus recycling and burial in Baltic Sea sediments with contrasting redox conditions

    Haydon P. Mort;Caroline P. Slomp;Bo G. Gustafsson;Thorbjørn J. Andersen

  • The influence of benthic diatoms and invertebrates on the erodibility of an intertidal mudflat, the Danish Wadden Sea

    I. Austen;T.J. Andersen;K. Edelvang

  • Hundred years of genetic structure in a sediment revived diatom population

    Karolina Härnström;Marianne Ellegaard;Thorbjørn J. Andersen;Anna Godhe

  • Seasonal Variation in Erodibility of Two Temperate, Microtidal Mudflats

    T.J. Andersen

  • Planktonic Aggregates of Staphylococcus aureus Protect against Common Antibiotics

    Jakob Haaber;Marianne Thorup Cohn;Dorte Frees;Thorbjørn Joest Andersen

  • Optically stimulated luminescence dating of young estuarine sediments: a comparison with 210Pb and 137Cs dating

    A.T. Madsen;A.T. Madsen;A.S. Murray;T.J. Andersen;M. Pejrup

  • Sub-ice-shelf sediments record history of twentieth-century retreat of Pine Island Glacier

    J. A. Smith;T. J. Andersen;M. Shortt;A. M. Gaffney

  • Phytoplankton growth after a century of dormancy illuminates past resilience to catastrophic darkness

    Sofia Ribeiro;Terje Berge;Nina Lundholm;Thorbjørn J. Andersen

  • Rapid response of Helheim Glacier in Greenland to climate variability over the past century

    Camilla S. Andresen;Fiammetta Straneo;Mads Hvid Ribergaard;Anders A. Bjørk

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;James A. Smith;David A. Hodell;Mervyn Greaves

  • Impact of climate change on the Baltic Sea ecosystem over the past 1,000 years

    Karoline Kabel;Matthias Moros;Christian Porsche;Thomas Neumann

  • In situ estimation of erosion and deposition thresholds by Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV)

    T.J. Andersen;J. Fredsoe;M. Pejrup

  • Buried alive – germination of up to a century-old marine protist resting stages

    Nina Lundholm;Sofia Ribeiro;Thorbjørn J. Andersen;Trine Koch

  • Deposition and mixing depths on some European intertidal mudflats based on and activities

    Thorbjørn J Andersen;Ole A Mikkelsen;Annette L Møller;Morten Pejrup

  • Biologically induced differences in erodibility and aggregation of subtidal and intertidal sediments: a possible cause for seasonal changes in sediment deposition

    T.J. Andersen;L.C. Lund-Hansen;M. Pejrup;K.T. Jensen

  • Suspended sediment transport on a temperate, microtidal mudflat, the Danish Wadden Sea

    T.J. Andersen;M. Pejrup

  • Enhanced erodibility of fine-grained marine sediments by Hydrobia ulvae

    T.J Andersen;K.T Jensen;L Lund-Hansen;K.N Mouritsen

  • Erodibility of a mixed mudflat dominated by microphytobenthos and Cerastoderma edule, East Frisian Wadden Sea, Germany

    T.J. Andersen;M. Lanuru;M. Lanuru;C. van Bernem;M. Pejrup

  • Sedimentation of helminth eggs in water

    Mita E. Sengupta;Stig M. Thamsborg;Thorbjørn J. Andersen;Annette Olsen

  • Bioturbation as a key driver behind the dominance of Bacteria over Archaea in near-surface sediment.

    Xihan Chen;Thorbjørn Joest Andersen;Yuki Morono;Fumio Inagaki

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions, supplementary data

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;James A Smith;David A Hodell;Mervyn Greaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Morten Pejrup
Morten Pejrup University of Copenhagen
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Mark Williams
Mark Williams University of Leicester
Stephen Roberts
Stephen Roberts British Antarctic Survey
Henry Elderfield
Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge
Mervyn Greaves
Mervyn Greaves University of Cambridge
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen
Lars Henrik Nielsen
Lars Henrik Nielsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge

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