Sebastian Sobek

12.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Sobek is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Sobek has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Oceanography, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Sobek's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (61 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (38 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (12 papers). Sebastian Sobek is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (61 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (38 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (12 papers). Sebastian Sobek collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Brazil and Switzerland. Sebastian Sobek's co-authors include Lars J. Tranvik, Pirkko Kortelainen, Jonathan J. Cole, David Bastviken, Mats Jansson, Grete Algesten, Ann‐Kristin Bergström, Bernhard Wehrli, Ronny Lauerwald and Tonya DelSontro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Sobek

73 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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. Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters
    2013 1.8k citations Sebastian Sobek, Pirkko Kortelainen et al. profile →
  2. Temperature-controlled organic carbon mineralization in lake sediments
    2010 499 citations David Bastviken, Sebastian Sobek 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
Sebastian Sobek Sweden 39 4.7k 2.9k 2.8k 2.6k 1.4k 77 7.5k
Gwénaël Abril France 53 4.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 889 0.6× 122 7.2k
David Butman United States 32 3.9k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 75 7.0k
Alberto Borges Belgium 66 9.4k 2.0× 3.5k 1.2× 4.0k 1.4× 5.0k 1.9× 1.9k 1.4× 222 13.7k
A. K. Aufdenkampe United States 30 3.0k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 2.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 71 6.2k
Christoph Humborg Sweden 48 4.8k 1.0× 3.7k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 145 9.3k
Emilio Mayorga United States 23 3.2k 0.7× 3.5k 1.2× 1.9k 0.7× 2.7k 1.1× 1.0k 0.7× 41 7.8k
Bradley D. Eyre Australia 60 6.1k 1.3× 2.8k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 5.9k 2.3× 1.1k 0.8× 242 10.7k
Pirkko Kortelainen Finland 41 6.3k 1.3× 5.3k 1.8× 3.4k 1.2× 4.8k 1.9× 2.2k 1.5× 101 11.9k
Ronny Lauerwald France 29 2.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 64 5.0k
Ishi Buffam Sweden 37 2.2k 0.5× 2.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 2.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 71 6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Sobek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Sobek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Sobek

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sebastian Sobek. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sebastian Sobek 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 Sebastian Sobek. Sebastian Sobek is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grasset, Charlotte, Jorrit P. Mesman, Lars J. Tranvik, Roxane Maranger, & Sebastian Sobek. (2025). Contribution of lake littoral zones to the continental carbon budget. Nature Geoscience. 18(8). 747–752.
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Jansen, Joachim, R. Iestyn Woolway, Benjamin M. Kraemer, et al.. (2022). Global increase in methane production under future warming of lake bottom waters. Global Change Biology. 28(18). 5427–5440. 48 indexed citations
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Paranaíba, José R., Nathan Barros, Rafael M. Almeida, et al.. (2021). Hotspots of Diffusive CO2 and CH4 Emission From Tropical Reservoirs Shift Through Time. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(4). 17 indexed citations
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Quadra, Gabrielle Rabelo, Sebastian Sobek, José R. Paranaíba, et al.. (2020). High organic carbon burial but high potential for methane ebullition in the sediments of an Amazonian hydroelectric reservoir. Biogeosciences. 17(6). 1495–1505. 16 indexed citations
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Quadra, Gabrielle Rabelo, Sebastian Sobek, José R. Paranaíba, et al.. (2019). High organic carbon burial but high potential for methane ebullition in the sediments of an Amazonian reservoir. 2 indexed citations
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Isidorova, Anastasija, Raquel Mendonça, & Sebastian Sobek. (2019). Reduced Mineralization of Terrestrial OC in Anoxic Sediment Suggests Enhanced Burial Efficiency in Reservoirs Compared to Other Depositional Environments. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(3). 678–688. 17 indexed citations
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Isidorova, Anastasija, Charlotte Grasset, Raquel Mendonça, & Sebastian Sobek. (2019). Methane formation in tropical reservoirs predicted from sediment age and nitrogen. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11017–11017. 27 indexed citations
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Peter, Simone & Sebastian Sobek. (2018). High variability in iron-bound organic carbon among five boreal lake sediments. Biogeochemistry. 139(1). 19–29. 24 indexed citations
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Peter, Simone, et al.. (2017). Widespread release of dissolved organic carbon from anoxic boreal lake sediments. Inland Waters. 7(2). 151–163. 17 indexed citations
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Mendonça, Raquel, Sarian Kosten, Sebastian Sobek, et al.. (2016). Organic carbon burial efficiency in a subtropical hydroelectric reservoir. Biogeosciences. 13(11). 3331–3342. 35 indexed citations
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Mendonça, Raquel, Sarian Kosten, Sebastian Sobek, et al.. (2015). Organic carbon burial efficiency in a large tropical hydroelectric reservoir. 6 indexed citations
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Cardoso, Simone Jaqueline, Luciana O. Vidal, Raquel Mendonça, et al.. (2013). Spatial variation of sediment mineralization supports differential CO2 emissions from a tropical hydroelectric reservoir. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4. 101–101. 33 indexed citations
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Mendonça, Raquel, Sarian Kosten, Sebastian Sobek, et al.. (2012). Hydroelectric carbon sequestration. Nature Geoscience. 5(12). 838–840. 63 indexed citations
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Eugster, Werner, Tonya DelSontro, & Sebastian Sobek. (2011). Eddy covariance flux measurements confirm extreme CH 4 emissions from a Swiss hydropower reservoir and resolve their short-term variability. Biogeosciences. 8(9). 2815–2831. 69 indexed citations
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Wachenfeldt, Eddie von, Sebastian Sobek, David Bastviken, & Lars J. Tranvik. (2008). Linking allochthonous dissolved organic matter and boreal lake sediment carbon sequestration: The role of light‐mediated flocculation. Limnology and Oceanography. 53(6). 2416–2426. 108 indexed citations
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Algesten, Grete, Lars Brydsten, Per R. Jonsson, et al.. (2006). Organic carbon budget for the Gulf of Bothnia. Journal of Marine Systems. 63(3-4). 155–161. 59 indexed citations

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