Anders Michelsen

24.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
273 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Anders Michelsen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anders Michelsen has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Atmospheric Science, 132 papers in Ecology and 81 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Anders Michelsen's work include Climate change and permafrost (127 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (81 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (78 papers). Anders Michelsen is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (127 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (81 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (78 papers). Anders Michelsen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Anders Michelsen's co-authors include Sven Jonasson, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Riikka Rinnan, Kathrin Rousk, Terry V. Callaghan, Bo Elberling, Darren Sleep, Claus Beier, Pernille L. Sorensen and C. Quarmby and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Anders Michelsen

265 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

Global patterns of foliar... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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 patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability
    2009 715 citations Anders Michelsen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Anders Michelsen 6.1k 5.8k 4.2k 3.8k 2.7k 273 13.5k
Sven Jonasson 5.2k 0.9× 5.1k 0.9× 2.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 130 10.5k
Ross A. Virginia 7.1k 1.2× 4.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 192 12.7k
Gaius R. Shaver 9.4k 1.5× 10.9k 1.9× 4.5k 1.1× 4.6k 1.2× 5.8k 2.1× 166 21.6k
Paul J. Hanson 5.5k 0.9× 4.4k 0.8× 4.5k 1.1× 4.7k 1.3× 10.3k 3.8× 226 17.4k
Shiqiang Wan 6.0k 1.0× 2.3k 0.4× 8.0k 1.9× 4.2k 1.1× 6.8k 2.5× 215 15.8k
Terry V. Callaghan 6.9k 1.1× 7.6k 1.3× 1.5k 0.4× 4.3k 1.1× 3.4k 1.2× 295 16.6k
Elise Pendall 3.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 4.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 3.8k 1.4× 196 9.8k
William D. Bowman 3.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.3× 3.4k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 110 9.2k
Joseph M. Craine 5.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.3× 5.4k 1.3× 4.2k 1.1× 3.8k 1.4× 112 14.2k
Gary M. Lovett 4.9k 0.8× 2.4k 0.4× 3.4k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 4.4k 1.6× 141 14.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anders Michelsen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anders Michelsen

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

All Works

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Koranda, Marianne & Anders Michelsen. (2024). Microbial nitrogen transformations in tundra soil depend on interactive effects of seasonality and plant functional types. Biogeochemistry. 167(11). 1391–1408.
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Zhao, Xiaoxiang, Qiuxiang Tian, Anders Michelsen, et al.. (2024). Global pattern in terrestrial leaf litter decomposition: The effects of climate, litter chemistry, life form, growth form and mycorrhizal association. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 362. 110368–110368. 1 indexed citations
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Westergaard‐Nielsen, Andreas, Anders Michelsen, Daan Blok, et al.. (2024). Changes in soil and plant carbon pools after 9 years of experimental summer warming and increased snow depth. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175648–175648.
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Maljanen, Marja, Riikka Rinnan, Cleo L. Davie‐Martin, et al.. (2024). Carbon and nitrogen-based gas fluxes in subarctic ecosystems under climate warming and increased cloudiness. Environmental Science Atmospheres. 4(8). 942–957.
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Michelsen, Anders, Rudong Zhao, Xudong Yuan, et al.. (2023). The effects of mycorrhizal associations on fine root decomposition in temperate and (sub)tropical forests. Plant and Soil. 487(1-2). 299–310. 8 indexed citations
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Stark, Sari, et al.. (2023). Short- and long-term plant and microbial uptake of 15N-labelled urea in a mesic tundra heath, West Greenland. Polar Biology. 47(1). 1–15. 4 indexed citations
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Koranda, Marianne, Riikka Rinnan, & Anders Michelsen. (2023). Close coupling of plant functional types with soil microbial community composition drives soil carbon and nutrient cycling in tundra heath. Plant and Soil. 488(1-2). 551–572. 10 indexed citations
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Michelsen, Anders, et al.. (2023). Deepened snow in combination with summer warming increases growing season nitrous oxide emissions in dry tundra, but not in wet tundra. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 180. 109013–109013. 6 indexed citations
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Andresen, Louise C., Samuel Bodé, Robert G. Björk, et al.. (2022). Patterns of free amino acids in tundra soils reflect mycorrhizal type, shrubification, and warming. Mycorrhiza. 32(3-4). 305–313. 5 indexed citations
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Clemmensen, Karina E., Mikael Brandström Durling, Anders Michelsen, et al.. (2021). A tipping point in carbon storage when forest expands into tundra is related to mycorrhizal recycling of nitrogen. Ecology Letters. 24(6). 1193–1204. 92 indexed citations
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Li, Tao, et al.. (2021). Phenological stage of tundra vegetation controls bidirectional exchange of BVOCs in a climate change experiment on a subarctic heath. Global Change Biology. 27(12). 2928–2944. 16 indexed citations
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Koranda, Marianne & Anders Michelsen. (2020). Mosses reduce soil nitrogen availability in a subarctic birch forest via effects on soil thermal regime and sequestration of deposited nitrogen. Journal of Ecology. 109(3). 1424–1438. 22 indexed citations
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Ambus, Per, et al.. (2020). Slope hydrology and permafrost: The effect of snowmelt N transport on downslope ecosystem. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenxin, Per‐Erik Jansson, Charlotte Sigsgaard, et al.. (2019). Model-data fusion to assess year-round CO2 fluxes for an arctic heath ecosystem in West Greenland (69°N). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 272-273. 176–186. 30 indexed citations
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Cruz‐Paredes, Carla, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Anders Michelsen, et al.. (2018). Wood ash application in a managed Norway spruce plantation did not affect ectomycorrhizal diversity or N retention capacity. Fungal ecology. 39. 1–11. 11 indexed citations
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Elberling, Bo, et al.. (2017). Seasonal variations in methane fluxes in response to summer warming and leaf litter addition in a subarctic heath ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(8). 2137–2153. 21 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Cecilie Skov, et al.. (2017). Correlations between substrate availability, dissolved CH4, and CH4 emissions in an arctic wetland subject to warming and plant removal. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(3). 645–660. 37 indexed citations
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