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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 53 13143 11825 196 176 116 9352
Environmental Sciences 53 4281 4099 79 78 128 9596

Ulf Skyllberg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ulf Skyllberg between 1989 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ulf Skyllberg published across 38 years, from 1989 to 2026, averaging 3.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2023. 6 of the 141 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 2023. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 5 publications 2026: 1 publication
1989 2026

141 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ulf Skyllberg: publications per year, 1989 to 2026
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 1
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 1
1997 0
1998 2
1999 2
2000 2
2001 2
2002 2
2003 3
2004 1
2005 3
2006 5
2007 8
2008 8
2009 5
2010 4
2011 3
2012 5
2013 8
2014 8
2015 4
2016 8
2017 7
2018 7
2019 3
2020 8
2021 5
2022 4
2023 10
2024 2
2025 5
2026 1
Total 141
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Ulf Skyllberg publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Skyllberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–130 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 128 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617 128
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Ulf Skyllberg D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Skyllberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217 53
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Ulf Skyllberg is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a notable emphasis on mercury impact and mitigation studies. This includes detailed investigations into heavy metals in the environment and toxic organic pollutants, as well as an interest in peatlands and wetlands ecology.

The scientist has contributed to a broad array of topics related to environmental contamination and ecological health. Their main fields of study comprise:

  • Environmental Science

Within environmental science, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Building and Construction
  • Biomedical Engineering

The research topics covered include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Ulf Skyllberg has published research in a number of venues, with frequent publications in the following journals:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Nature Communications
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Among recent and notable papers authored or co-authored by Ulf Skyllberg are:

  • "Dissolved organic matter thiol concentrations determine methylmercury bioavailability across the terrestrial-marine aquatic continuum", 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Anaerobic guilds responsible for mercury methylation in boreal wetlands of varied trophic status serving as either a methylmercury source or sink", 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • "Chemical speciation of mercury, sulfur and iron in a dystrophic boreal lake sediment, as controlled by the formation of mackinawite and framboidal pyrite", 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Methylmercury formation in boreal wetlands in relation to chemical speciation of mercury(II) and concentration of low molecular mass thiols", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Mercury deposition and redox transformation processes in peatland constrained by mercury stable isotopes", 2023, Nature Communications

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, frequently working with:

  • Erik Björn
  • Mats B. Nilsson
  • Kevin Bishop
  • Andrea G. Bravo
  • Stefan Bertilsson

Best Publications

  • Complexation of mercury(II) in soil organic matter: EXAFS evidence for linear two-coordination with reduced sulfur groups.

    Ulf Skyllberg;Paul R. Bloom;Jin Qian;Chung-Min Lin

  • X-ray absorption spectroscopic evidence for the complexation of HG(II) by reduced sulfur in soil humic substances

    K. Xia;U. L. Skyllberg;W. F. Bleam;P. R. Bloom

  • Competition among thiols and inorganic sulfides and polysulfides for Hg and MeHg in wetland soils and sediments under suboxic conditions: Illumination of controversies and implications for MeHg net production

    Ulf Skyllberg

  • Organic acid induced release of nutrients from metal-stabilized soil organic matter – The unbutton model

    Marianne Clarholm;Ulf Skyllberg;Anna Rosling

  • Mercury deposition and re-emission pathways in boreal forest soils investigated with Hg isotope signatures.

    Martin Jiskra;Jan G. Wiederhold;Ulf Skyllberg;Rose Marie Kronberg

  • Binding of mercury(II) to reduced sulfur in soil organic matter along upland-peat soil transects

    Ulf Skyllberg;Kang Xia;Paul R. Bloom;Edward A. Nater

  • XANES Studies of Oxidation States of Sulfur in Aquatic and Soil Humic Substances

    K. Xia;F. Weesner;W. F. Bleam;P. A. Helmke

  • Distribution of mercury, methyl mercury and organic sulphur species in soil, soil solution and stream of a boreal forest catchment

    Ulf Skyllberg;Jin Qian;Wolfgang Frech;Kang Xia

  • Importance of dissolved neutral mercury sulfides for methyl mercury production in contaminated sediments.

    Andreas Drott;Lars Lambertsson;Erik Björn;Ulf Skyllberg

  • Complexation of Copper(II) in Organic Soils and in Dissolved Organic Matter - EXAFS Evidence for Chelate Ring Structures

    Torbjörn Karlsson;Per Persson;Ulf Skyllberg

  • Do potential methylation rates reflect accumulated methyl mercury in contaminated sediments

    Andreas Drott;Lars Lambertsson;Erik Björn;Ulf Skyllberg

  • Competition between disordered iron sulfide and natural organic matter associated thiols for mercury(II)-an EXAFS study.

    Ulf Skyllberg;Andreas Drott

  • Mercury Methylation Rates for Geochemically Relevant HgII Species in Sediments

    Sofi Jonsson;Ulf Skyllberg;Mats B. Nilsson;Per-Olof Westlund

  • Influence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) characteristics on dissolved mercury (Hg) species composition in sediment porewater of lakes from southwest China.

    Tao Jiang;Andrea G. Bravo;Ulf Skyllberg;Erik Björn

  • Differentiated availability of geochemical mercury pools controls methylmercury levels in estuarine sediment and biota.

    Sofi Jonsson;Ulf Skyllberg;Mats B. Nilsson;Erik Lundberg

  • Bonding of methyl mercury to reduced sulfur groups in soil and stream organic matter as determined by x-ray absorption spectroscopy and binding affinity studies

    Jin Qian;Ulf Skyllberg;Wolfgang Frech;William F Bleam

  • Translocation of metals by trees and fungi regulates pH, soil organic matter turnover and nitrogen availability in acidic forest soils

    Marianne Clarholm;Ulf Skyllberg

  • Soil pH and pH Buffering

    Paul R. Bloom;Ulf Skyllberg

  • Bioavailability of cobalt and nickel during anaerobic digestion of sulfur-rich stillage for biogas formation

    Jenny Gustavsson;Sepehr Shakeri Yekta;Carina Sundberg;Anna Karlsson

  • Cation exchange in forest soils: the need for a new perspective

    D. S. Ross;G. Matschonat;U. Skyllberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Björn
Erik Björn Umeå University
Bo H. Svensson
Bo H. Svensson Linköping University
Mats Nilsson
Mats Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Stefan Bertilsson
Stefan Bertilsson Swedish Research Council
Agneta Andersson
Agneta Andersson Umeå University
Markus Meili
Markus Meili Stockholm University
Mats Tysklind
Mats Tysklind Umeå University
Per Persson
Per Persson Linköping University

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