Flemming Ekelund

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Flemming Ekelund is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Flemming Ekelund has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Ecology, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Flemming Ekelund's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (25 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers). Flemming Ekelund is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (25 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers). Flemming Ekelund collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, China and United States. Flemming Ekelund's co-authors include Regin Rønn, Søren Christensen, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen, Bryan S. Griffiths, Søren J. Sørensen, Mette Vestergård, Enrique Lara, Karl Ritz, Jaap Bloem and Erland Bååth and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Flemming Ekelund

97 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research

2018 445 citations Stefan Geisen, Edward A. D. Mitchell et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Flemming Ekelund	2.1k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	878	101	4.3k
Andrew Bissett	3.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	542 0.6×	132	5.6k
Mengting Yuan	2.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	621 0.7×	59	5.1k
Daniel H. Buckley	3.1k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.6×	712 0.8×	105	6.2k
Thomas C. Jeffries	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	408 0.5×	56	4.3k
Michel Aragno	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	812 0.7×	696 0.8×	89	4.3k
Youzhi Feng	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	119	5.3k
Franck Poly	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.8×	2.5k 2.3×	1.4k 1.6×	72	6.6k
Kai Xue	3.7k 1.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	2.3k 2.2×	836 1.0×	110	6.5k
Giacomo Pietramellara	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	2.4k 2.2×	1.1k 1.2×	95	5.8k
Uffe N. Nielsen	2.4k 1.2×	928 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	343 0.4×	107	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Flemming Ekelund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Flemming Ekelund

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Yang, Chen, Zejin Zhang, Yichao Rui, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen addition and rhizosphere effects differentially shape prokaryotic and fungal communities in peanut–maize cropping systems. Rhizosphere. 34. 101084–101084. 1 indexed citations

Ekelund, Flemming, Carla Cruz‐Paredes, Mette Vestergård, et al.. (2024). Cadmium accumulation in organisms from a spruce plantation amended with wood ash - an environmental risk?. Trees Forests and People. 15. 100499–100499.

Tisler, Selina, Muhammad Zohaib Anwar, Athanasios Zervas, et al.. (2024). Total RNA analysis of the active microbiome on moving bed biofilm reactor carriers under incrementally increasing micropollutant concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 100(9).

Topalović, Olivera, Frederik Bak, Susana S. Santos, et al.. (2023). Activity of root-knot nematodes associated with composition of a nematode-attached microbiome and the surrounding soil microbiota. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(9). 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Zejin, Changqun Duan, Yuxian Liu, et al.. (2023). Green waste and sewage sludge feeding ratio alters co-composting performance: Emphasis on the role of bacterial community during humification. Bioresource Technology. 380. 129014–129014. 24 indexed citations

Zervas, Athanasios, Ruud Rijkers, Alexander Tøsdal Tveit, et al.. (2023). Abrupt permafrost thaw triggers activity of copiotrophs and microbiome predators. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(11). 9 indexed citations

Frøslev, Tobias Guldberg, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Anders J. Hansen, et al.. (2022). Treated like dirt: Robust forensic and ecological inferences from soil eDNA after challenging sample storage. Environmental DNA. 5(1). 158–174. 6 indexed citations

Santos, Susana S., Mette Vestergård, Jesper Liengaard Johansen, et al.. (2021). Specialized microbiomes facilitate natural rhizosphere microbiome interactions counteracting high salinity stress in plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 186. 104430–104430. 36 indexed citations

Johansen, Jesper Liengaard, Mette Vestergård, Carla Cruz‐Paredes, et al.. (2021). The complexity of wood ash fertilization disentangled: Effects on soil pH, nutrient status, plant growth and cadmium accumulation. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 185. 104424–104424. 34 indexed citations

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Bang‐Andreasen, Toke, Muhammad Zohaib Anwar, Anders Lanzén, et al.. (2020). Total RNA sequencing reveals multilevel microbial community changes and functional responses to wood ash application in agricultural and forest soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96(3). 38 indexed citations

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Vestergård, Mette, et al.. (2020). AgNO3 Sterilizes Grains of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) without Inhibiting Germination—A Necessary Tool for Plant–Microbiome Research. Plants. 9(3). 372–372. 7 indexed citations

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Schostag, Morten Dencker, Anders Priemé, Samuel Jacquiod, et al.. (2019). Bacterial and protozoan dynamics upon thawing and freezing of an active layer permafrost soil. The ISME Journal. 13(5). 1345–1359. 59 indexed citations

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Johansen, Jesper Liengaard, et al.. (2019). Differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation influence cadmium uptake in plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 162. 223–229. 28 indexed citations

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Johansen, Jesper Liengaard, Regin Rønn, & Flemming Ekelund. (2018). Toxicity of cadmium and zinc to small soil protists. Environmental Pollution. 242(Pt B). 1510–1517. 30 indexed citations

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Geisen, Stefan, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Sina M. Adl, et al.. (2018). Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 42(3). 293–323. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hovmand, M. F., Flemming Ekelund, Regin Rønn, et al.. (2017). Wood ash application increases pH but does not harm the soil mesofauna. Environmental Pollution. 224. 581–589. 37 indexed citations

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Johnsen, Anders R., Søren J. Sørensen, Flemming Ekelund, et al.. (2006). Microbial degradation of street dust PAHs in microcosms simulating diffuse pollution of urban soil. Environmental Microbiology. 535–545. 9 indexed citations

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Johnsen, Anders R., Julia R. de Lipthay, Søren J. Sørensen, et al.. (2005). Microbial degradation of street dust polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in microcosms simulating diffuse pollution of urban soil. Environmental Microbiology. 8(3). 535–545. 46 indexed citations

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Ekelund, Flemming. (2002). A study of the soil flagellate Phalansterium solitarium sandon 1924 with preliminary data on its ultrastructure. Protistology. 2(3). 13 indexed citations

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Ekelund, Flemming. (1996). Growth kinetics of five common heterotrophic soil flagellates. European Journal of Soil Biology. 32(1). 15–24. 32 indexed citations

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