Melanie Bergmann

14.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
97 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Melanie Bergmann is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Bergmann has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Pollution, 33 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Melanie Bergmann's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (35 papers), Marine and fisheries research (28 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Melanie Bergmann is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (35 papers), Marine and fisheries research (28 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Melanie Bergmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Canada. Melanie Bergmann's co-authors include Michaël Klages, Lars Gutow, Mine Banu Tekman, Sebastian Primpke, Gunnar Gerdts, Thomas Krumpen, Jürg Trachsel, Claudia Lorenz, Thomas Soltwedel and Vanessa Wirzberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Bergmann

91 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Marine Anthropogenic Litter 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2019 2018 2017 2022 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Marine Anthropogenic Litter
    2015 2.9k citations Melanie Bergmann, Lars Gutow et al. profile →
  2. White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic
    2019 997 citations Melanie Bergmann, Sebastian Primpke et al. profile →
  3. Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
    2018 785 citations Ilka Peeken, Sebastian Primpke et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. High Quantities of Microplastic in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments from the HAUSGARTEN Observatory
    2017 692 citations Melanie Bergmann, Thomas Krumpen et al. profile →
  5. Plastic pollution in the Arctic
    2022 386 citations Melanie Bergmann, Mine Banu Tekman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melanie Bergmann Germany 33 6.5k 4.5k 1.3k 1.1k 976 97 8.8k
Lars Gutow Germany 28 7.7k 1.2× 5.6k 1.2× 939 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 922 0.9× 79 9.2k
Ylva S. Olsen Australia 23 5.4k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 1.9k 1.9× 35 7.9k
Salud Deudero Spain 43 4.5k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 770 0.7× 824 0.8× 159 7.2k
Ceri Lewis United Kingdom 35 5.3k 0.8× 3.1k 0.7× 621 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 776 0.8× 76 7.1k
Martyn N. Futter Sweden 52 3.7k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 2.2k 1.7× 1.0k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 193 10.8k
Claudia Halsband Norway 31 9.2k 1.4× 6.5k 1.4× 934 0.7× 2.3k 2.1× 1.3k 1.3× 51 11.2k
A.W.G. John United Kingdom 17 5.3k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 815 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 25 6.9k
Mônica F. Costa Brazil 44 5.9k 0.9× 3.9k 0.9× 998 0.7× 971 0.9× 242 0.2× 123 8.0k
Andrés Cózar Spain 29 4.1k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 755 0.6× 825 0.7× 823 0.8× 69 5.5k
Paula Sobral Portugal 37 6.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.0× 483 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 327 0.3× 68 7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melanie Bergmann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meyer, Kirstin S., et al.. (2025). Hard-bottom communities in the deep Fram Strait: patterns, processes, and looming questions. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 222. 105506–105506.
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Walther, Bruno, et al.. (2024). Microplastic detectives: a citizen-science project reveals large variation in meso- and microplastic pollution along German coastlines. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Roscher, Lisa, Eva‐Maria Nöthig, Kirsten Fahl, et al.. (2024). Origin and intra-annual variability of vertical microplastic fluxes in Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean. The Science of The Total Environment. 958. 178035–178035. 2 indexed citations
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Ramírez-Llodra, Eva, Teresa Amaro, Melanie Bergmann, et al.. (2023). Physico-chemical characterisation of plastic waste in the Togolese marine environment with a view to recovery. Journal of Chemical Biological and Physical Sciences. 13(1).
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Walther, Bruno, et al.. (2023). Citizen scientists reveal small but concentrated amounts of fragmented microplastic on Arctic beaches. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Melanie, et al.. (2023). Where does Arctic beach debris come from? Analyzing debris composition and provenance on Svalbard aided by citizen scientists. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 16 indexed citations
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Botterell, Zara L.R., Melanie Bergmann, Nicole Hildebrandt, et al.. (2022). Microplastic ingestion in zooplankton from the Fram Strait in the Arctic. The Science of The Total Environment. 831. 154886–154886. 103 indexed citations
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Tekman, Mine Banu, C. T. Peter, Lars Gutow, & Melanie Bergmann. (2019). litterbase.org: An Online Portal for Marine Litter and Microplastics and their Impacts on Marine Life. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations
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Meyer, Kirstin S., Melanie Bergmann, Thomas Soltwedel, & Michaël Klages. (2019). Recruitment of Arctic deep‐sea invertebrates: Results from a long‐term hard‐substrate colonization experiment at the Long‐Term Ecological Research observatory HAUSGARTEN. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(5). 1924–1938. 12 indexed citations
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Jahnke, Annika, Anna Sobek, Melanie Bergmann, et al.. (2018). Emerging investigator series: effect-based characterization of mixtures of environmental pollutants in diverse sediments. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 20(12). 1667–1679. 21 indexed citations
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Peeken, Ilka, Sebastian Primpke, Birte Beyer, et al.. (2018). Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1505–1505. 785 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bergmann, Melanie, et al.. (2017). Citizen scientists reveal: Marine litter pollutes Arctic beaches and affects wild life. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 125(1-2). 535–540. 165 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Melanie, Birte Beyer, Gunnar Gerdts, Ilka Peeken, & Mine Banu Tekman. (2016). Anthropogenic footprints: litter and microplastic pollution in the Fram Strait. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations
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Meyer, Kirstin S., Melanie Bergmann, & Thomas Soltwedel. (2013). Interannual variation in the epibenthic megafauna at the shallowest station of the HAUSGARTEN observatory (79° N, 6° E). Biogeosciences. 10(6). 3479–3492. 27 indexed citations
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Rybakova, Elena, С. В. Галкин, Melanie Bergmann, Thomas Soltwedel, & Andrey Gebruk. (2013). Density and distribution of megafauna at the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (the Barents Sea) based on image analysis. Biogeosciences. 10(5). 3359–3374. 28 indexed citations
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Schoening, Timm, Melanie Bergmann, Jörg Ontrup, et al.. (2012). Semi-Automated Image Analysis for the Assessment of Megafaunal Densities at the Arctic Deep-Sea Observatory HAUSGARTEN. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38179–e38179. 80 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Melanie & Michaël Klages. (2012). Increase of litter at the Arctic deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 64(12). 2734–2741. 174 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Melanie, et al.. (2002). Use of acoustic seabed classification to identify fish habitats.Session: Ocean Observation, Theme Session K8: The Integration of Acoustic and Optical Survey Techniques and Marine Biological Data for the Purpose of Seabed Classification. ICES Annual Science Conference 1-5 October, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Melanie, et al.. (2002). Acoustic seabed classification: identifying fish and macro-epifaunal habitats. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 3 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Melanie. (1962). [The effect of "Deca-Durabolin" on the residual nitrogen level in blood].. PubMed. 10. 538–43. 3 indexed citations

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