Matthias Egger

6.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
49 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Matthias Egger is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Egger has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Pollution, 21 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matthias Egger's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (23 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (16 papers). Matthias Egger is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (23 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (16 papers). Matthias Egger collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark. Matthias Egger's co-authors include Laurent Lebreton, Caroline P. Slomp, Boyan Slat, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Thomas Röckmann, José M. Mogollón, Natascha Riedinger, Tom Jilbert, Mike S. M. Jetten and Olivia Rasigraf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Egger

46 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Methane Feedbacks to the Global Climate System in a Warmer World

2018 401 citations Thomas Röckmann, Matthias Egger et al. profile →
Methods to systematically review and meta-analyse observational studies: a systematic scoping review of recommendations

2018 282 citations Matthias Egger et al. profile →
Sediment oxygen consumption: Role in the global marine carbon cycle

2022 112 citations Bo Barker Jørgensen, Matthias Egger et al. profile →
The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean

2025 41 citations Shiye Zhao, Karin Kvale et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthias Egger Netherlands	29	1.3k	1.1k	746	709	658	49	3.4k
James E. Saiers United States	43	1.3k 0.9×	416 0.4×	366 0.5×	934 1.3×	744 1.1×	95	5.2k
Gabriel Filippelli United States	41	820 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	302 0.4×	228 0.3×	663 1.0×	135	5.1k
Caroline L. Peacock United Kingdom	44	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	410 0.5×	288 0.4×	407 0.6×	100	5.3k
Grant Douglas Australia	34	1.3k 0.9×	341 0.3×	891 1.2×	341 0.5×	537 0.8×	120	3.7k
Mengran Du China	17	472 0.4×	980 0.9×	336 0.5×	392 0.6×	342 0.5×	45	1.7k
Karen A. Hudson‐Edwards United Kingdom	40	2.6k 1.9×	2.1k 1.9×	253 0.3×	247 0.3×	481 0.7×	147	6.3k
Enrico Dinelli Italy	43	852 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	211 0.3×	181 0.3×	416 0.6×	176	5.1k
Xin Luo China	27	432 0.3×	650 0.6×	392 0.5×	284 0.4×	333 0.5×	94	2.4k
J.P. Bolı́var Spain	39	484 0.4×	456 0.4×	212 0.3×	1.3k 1.9×	132 0.2×	225	5.0k
Johnnie N. Moore United States	41	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	103 0.1×	448 0.6×	776 1.2×	95	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthias Egger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Egger

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All Works

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Zhao, Shiye, Karin Kvale, Erik Zettler, et al.. (2025). The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean. Nature. 641(8061). 51–61. 41 indexed citations breakdown →

Vaksmaa, Annika, Lùbos Polerecký, Michiel V. M. Kienhuis, et al.. (2024). Biodegradation of polyethylene by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album. The Science of The Total Environment. 934. 172819–172819. 22 indexed citations

Kvale, Karin, et al.. (2024). Mind the fragmentation gap. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9831–9831. 6 indexed citations

Egger, Matthias, et al.. (2024). Densities of neuston often not elevated within plastic hotspots territory inside the North Pacific Garbage Patch. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 35002–35002. 1 indexed citations

Lebreton, Laurent, Robin de Vries, Peter S. Puskic, et al.. (2024). Seven years into the North Pacific garbage patch: legacy plastic fragments rising disproportionally faster than larger floating objects. Environmental Research Letters. 19(12). 124054–124054. 4 indexed citations

Haram, Linsey E., James T. Carlton, Luca Centurioni, et al.. (2023). Extent and reproduction of coastal species on plastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(5). 687–697. 28 indexed citations

Zhao, Shiye, Tracy J. Mincer, Laurent Lebreton, & Matthias Egger. (2023). Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: A prevalent anthropogenic component of the particulate organic carbon pool. PNAS Nexus. 2(3). pgad070–pgad070. 18 indexed citations

Jørgensen, Bo Barker, Matthias Egger, & Donald E. Canfield. (2023). Sulfate distribution and sulfate reduction in global marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 364. 79–88. 15 indexed citations

Hernando‐Morales, Víctor, Annika Vaksmaa, Marianne Baas, et al.. (2023). Plastic photodegradation under simulated marine conditions. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 187. 114544–114544. 65 indexed citations

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Richon, Camille, Karin Kvale, Laurent Lebreton, & Matthias Egger. (2023). Legacy oceanic plastic pollution must be addressed to mitigate possible long-term ecological impacts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 19 indexed citations

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Egger, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Pelagic distribution of plastic debris (> 500 µm) and marine organisms in the upper layer of the North Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13465–13465. 25 indexed citations

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Leone, Giulia, Ana I. Catarino, Ine Pauwels, et al.. (2021). Integrating Bayesian Belief Networks in a toolbox for decision support on plastic clean-up technologies in rivers and estuaries. Environmental Pollution. 296. 118721–118721. 8 indexed citations

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Bradley, James A., Sandra Arndt, Jan P. Amend, et al.. (2020). Widespread energy limitation to life in global subseafloor sediments. Science Advances. 6(32). eaba0697–eaba0697. 72 indexed citations

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Lebreton, Laurent, Matthias Egger, & Boyan Slat. (2019). A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12922–12922. 375 indexed citations

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Lenstra, Wytze K., Matthias Egger, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, et al.. (2018). Variations in river input of iron impact sedimentary phosphorusburial in an oligotrophic Baltic Sea estuary. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations

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Lenstra, Wytze K., Matthias Egger, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, et al.. (2018). Large variations in iron input to an oligotrophic Baltic Sea estuary: impact on sedimentary phosphorus burial. Biogeosciences. 15(22). 6979–6996. 44 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiarui, Gareth Izon, Jiasheng Wang, et al.. (2018). Vivianite formation in methane-rich deep-sea sediments from the South China Sea. Biogeosciences. 15(20). 6329–6348. 31 indexed citations

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Sapart, Célia, Natalia Shakhova, Igor Semiletov, et al.. (2017). The origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf unraveled with triple isotope analysis. Biogeosciences. 14(9). 2283–2292. 53 indexed citations

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Dijkstra, N. D., Mathilde Hagens, Matthias Egger, & Caroline P. Slomp. (2017). Post-depositional vivianite formation alters sediment phosphorus records. 2 indexed citations

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Egger, Matthias, et al.. (2016). Iron‐dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane in coastal surface sediments: Potential controls and impact. Limnology and Oceanography. 61(S1). 67 indexed citations

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