Erik van Sebille

19.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
174 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Erik van Sebille is a scholar working on Oceanography, Pollution and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik van Sebille has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Oceanography, 55 papers in Pollution and 48 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Erik van Sebille's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (67 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (55 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (52 papers). Erik van Sebille is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (67 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (55 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (52 papers). Erik van Sebille collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and United Kingdom. Erik van Sebille's co-authors include Britta Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox, Philippe Delandmeter, Matthew H. England, Kara Lavender Law, Gary Froyland, Laurent Lebreton, Nikolai Maximenko, David A. Siegel and J.A. van Franeker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Erik van Sebille

162 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

2015 1.2k citations Erik van Sebille, Chris Wilcox et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing

2015 692 citations Chris Wilcox, Erik van Sebille et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

2017 447 citations Erik van Sebille et al. profile →
Plastic pollution in the Arctic

2022 386 citations Erik van Sebille et al. profile →
Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters

2012 385 citations Erik van Sebille et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
The Parcels v2.0 Lagrangian framework: new field interpolation schemes

2019 243 citations Philippe Delandmeter, Erik van Sebille profile →
Global mass of buoyant marine plastics dominated by large long-lived debris

2023 140 citations Mikael Kaandorp, Delphine Lobelle et al. profile →

Peers

Erik van Sebille

POLLU

IME

OCEAN

GPC

ECOLO

David K. A. Barnes United Kingdom

Xabier Irigoien Spain

Michaël Klages Germany

Torkel Gissel Nielsen Denmark

Edward J. Carpenter United States

Charitha Pattiaratchi Australia

Christiane Zarfl Germany

Andrés Cózar Spain

Sami Souissi France

Walter K. Dodds United States

David K. A. Barnes United Kingdom

Erik van Sebille

5.4k ×0.9

POLLU

3.4k ×0.9

IME

5.0k ×1.8

OCEAN

3.1k ×1.6

GPC

5.3k ×3.0

ECOLO

Citations per year, relative to Erik van Sebille Erik van Sebille (= 1×) peers David K. A. Barnes

Countries citing papers authored by Erik van Sebille

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Erik van Sebille's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Erik van Sebille with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Erik van Sebille more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Erik van Sebille

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Erik van Sebille. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Erik van Sebille. The network helps show where Erik van Sebille may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik van Sebille

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erik van Sebille. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erik van Sebille based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Erik van Sebille. Erik van Sebille is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schmeling, S., et al.. (2025). The aims, contexts, evaluation and outcomes of science shows: a systematic review. International Journal of Science Education Part B. 15(4). 754–770.

Rühs, Siren, et al.. (2025). Non-negligible impact of Stokes drift and wave-driven Eulerian currents on simulated surface particle dispersal in the Mediterranean Sea. Ocean science. 21(1). 217–240. 2 indexed citations

Phillips, Joe Scutt, et al.. (2024). Assessing the drift of fish aggregating devices in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Ocean science. 20(1). 31–41. 2 indexed citations

Boer, Mark de, et al.. (2024). Modelling drift of cold-stunned Kemp's ridley turtles stranding on the Dutch coast. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 41–41.

Sebille, Erik van, et al.. (2024). plasticparcels: A python package for marine plasticdispersal simulations and parameterisation development usingparcels. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(102). 7094–7094.

Smeets, Ionica, et al.. (2024). A comparative study of frames and narratives identified within scientific press releases on ocean climate change and ocean plastic. Journal of Science Communication. 23(1). 3 indexed citations

Lobelle, Delphine, et al.. (2023). Modeling carbon export mediated by biofouled microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(5). 1078–1090. 1 indexed citations

Baatsen, Michiel, Peter K. Bijl, Michael Kliphuis, et al.. (2022). Improved Model‐Data Agreement With Strongly Eddying Ocean Simulations in the Middle‐Late Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(8). 10 indexed citations

Sebille, Erik van, et al.. (2022). Limited Lateral Transport Bias During Export of Sea Surface Temperature Proxy Carriers in the Mediterranean Sea. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(4). e2021GL096859–e2021GL096859. 6 indexed citations

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Kaandorp, Mikael, et al.. (2022). Identifying Marine Sources of Beached Plastics Through a Bayesian Framework: Application to Southwest Netherlands. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(4). e2021GL097214–e2021GL097214. 13 indexed citations

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Boon, Wouter, Karin Jongsma, Megan Milota, et al.. (2022). Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections from early and mid-career academics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 6 indexed citations

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Fraile‐Nuez, E., et al.. (2022). Water Mass Transports and Pathways in the North Brazil‐Equatorial Undercurrent Retroflection. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(5). 9 indexed citations

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Boon, Wouter, Karin Jongsma, Megan Milota, et al.. (2022). Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections of early and mid-career academics. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Onink, Victor, Cleo Jongedijk, Matthew J. Hoffman, Erik van Sebille, & Charlotte Laufkötter. (2021). Global simulations of marine plastic transport show plastic trapping in coastal zones. Environmental Research Letters. 16(6). 64053–64053. 157 indexed citations

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Delandmeter, Philippe, et al.. (2020). Resolution-dependent variations of sinking Lagrangian particles in general circulation models. arXiv (Cornell University).

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Cetina‐Heredia, Paulina, Moninya Roughan, Erik van Sebille, Shane R. Keating, & Gary B. Brassington. (2019). Retention and Leakage of Water by Mesoscale Eddies in the East Australian Current System. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(4). 2485–2500. 27 indexed citations

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Phillips, Joe Scutt, S. L. Brouwer, Alex Sen Gupta, et al.. (2019). Environmental versus operational drivers of drifting FAD beaching in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14005–14005. 22 indexed citations

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Compa, Montserrat, Carme Alomar, Chris Wilcox, et al.. (2019). Risk assessment of plastic pollution on marine diversity in the Mediterranean Sea. The Science of The Total Environment. 678. 188–196. 123 indexed citations

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Coleman, Melinda A., Paulina Cetina‐Heredia, Moninya Roughan, et al.. (2017). Anticipating changes to future connectivity within a network of marine protected areas. Global Change Biology. 23(9). 3533–3542. 59 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Chris, Erik van Sebille, & Britta Denise Hardesty. (2015). Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(38). 11899–11904. 692 indexed citations breakdown →

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