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Tom Andersen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Andersen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

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Tom Andersen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Andersen sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Tom Andersen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, Artificial Intelligence, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics of Andersen's work cover diverse aspects of geological and geochemical analysis, with emphasis on:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Crystal Structures and Properties

Andersen has contributed extensively to academic literature, with notable recent papers including:

  • Detrital zircon in an active sedimentary recycling system: Challenging the 'source-to-sink' approach to zircon-based provenance analysis (2022, Sedimentology)
  • Open-system behaviour of detrital zircon during weathering: an example from the Palaeoproterozoic Pretoria Group, South Africa (2021, Geological Magazine)

Their work has appeared frequently in a range of scholarly journals and venues such as:

  • South African Journal of Geology
  • Lithos
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geological Magazine
  • Precambrian Research

Collaborations are a substantial element of Andersen's research activity, with frequent co-authors including Marlina Elburg, Henrik Friis, Orhan Karslı, Fırat Şengün, and Magnus Kristoffersen.

Best Publications

  • Shifts in Lake N:P Stoichiometry and Nutrient Limitation Driven by Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition

    James J. Elser;Tom Andersen;Jill S. Baron;Ann Kristin Bergström

  • Ecological thresholds and regime shifts: approaches to identification.

    Tom Andersen;Jacob Carstensen;Emilio Hernández-García;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus content of freshwater zooplankton

    Tom Andersen;Dag O. Hessen

  • Diversity predicts stability and resource use efficiency in natural phytoplankton communities.

    Robert Ptacnik;Angelo G. Solimini;Tom Andersen;Tom Andersen;Timo Tamminen

  • Pelagic Nutrient Cycles: Herbivores as Sources and Sinks

    Tom Andersen

  • Climate change predicted to cause severe increase of organic carbon in lakes

    Søren Larsen;Tom Andersen;Dag O. Hessen

  • Scale-dependent carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus seston stoichiometry in marine and freshwaters

    Robert W. Sterner;Tom Andersen;James J. Elser;Dag O. Hessen

  • Stoichiometry and population dynamics

    Tom Andersen;James J. Elser;Dag O. Hessen

  • LIGHT, NUTRIENTS, AND P:C RATIOS IN ALGAE: GRAZER PERFORMANCE RELATED TO FOOD QUALITY AND QUANTITY

    Dag O. Hessen;Per J. Færøvig;Tom Andersen

  • The Absorption of Light in Lakes: Negative Impact of Dissolved Organic Carbon on Primary Productivity

    Jan-Erik Thrane;Dag O. Hessen;Tom Andersen

  • From greening to browning: Catchment vegetation development and reduced S-deposition promote organic carbon load on decadal time scales in Nordic lakes.

    Anders Gravbrøt Finstad;Tom Andersen;Søren Larsen;Koji Tominaga

  • Performance of the Redfield Ratio and a Family of Nutrient Limitation Indicators as Thresholds for Phytoplankton N vs. P Limitation

    Robert Ptacnik;Robert Ptacnik;Tom Andersen;Timo Tamminen

  • Carbon metabolism in a humic lake: Pool sires and cycling through zooplankton

    Dug . Hessen;Tom Andersen;Anne Lyehe

  • Reduced light increases herbivore production due to stoichiometric effects of light/nutrient balance

    J. Urabe;M. Kyle;W. Makino;T. Yoshida

  • Seasonal phytoplankton nutrient limitation patterns as revealed by bioassays over Baltic Sea gradients of salinity and eutrophication

    Timo Tamminen;Tom Andersen

  • Growth and neutral lipid synthesis in green microalgae: a mathematical model.

    Aaron Packer;Yantao Li;Tom Andersen;Qiang Hu

  • Recovery from acidification of lakes in Finland, Norway and Sweden 1990–1999

    B. L. Skjelkvåle;J. Mannio;A. Wilander;T. Andersen

  • Quantitative responses of lake phytoplankton to eutrophication in Northern Europe

    R. Ptacnik;L. Lepistö;E. Willén;P. Brettum

  • Factors influencing species richness in lacustrine zooplankton

    Anders Hobæk;Marina Manca;Tom Andersen

  • Vegetation Processes in the Pelagic: A Model for Ecosystem Theory.

    Tom Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Dag O. Hessen
Dag O. Hessen University of Oslo
Marlina Elburg
Marlina Elburg University of Johannesburg
Timo Tamminen
Timo Tamminen Finnish Environment Institute
Olav Vadstein
Olav Vadstein Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Robert Ptacnik
Robert Ptacnik Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Katrine Borgå
Katrine Borgå University of Oslo
Carlos Villaseca
Carlos Villaseca Complutense University of Madrid
James J. Elser
James J. Elser University of Montana
Rolf D. Vogt
Rolf D. Vogt Norwegian Institute for Water Research

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