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Thorbjørn Joest Andersen

Thorbjørn Joest Andersen

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
5989
World Ranking
4563
National Ranking
47

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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 143 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

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

  • Decadal trends in mangrove and pond aquaculture cover on Hainan (China) since 1966: mangrove loss, fragmentation and associated biogeochemical changes

    Lucia S. Herbeck;Uwe Krumme;Thorbjørn J. Andersen;Tim C. Jennerjahn

  • 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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