Joana Bergmann

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Joana Bergmann is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joana Bergmann has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Joana Bergmann's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (10 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Joana Bergmann is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (10 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Joana Bergmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Joana Bergmann's co-authors include Matthias C. Rillig, Werner Kloas, Julien Bachelier, Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Roland Becker, Anika Lehmann, Erik Verbruggen, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros and Masahiro Ryo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Joana Bergmann

22 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance

2019 1.5k citations Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Werner Kloas et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

2020 564 citations Joana Bergmann, Alexandra Weigelt et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joana Bergmann Germany	14	1.6k	967	906	712	473	22	2.9k
Yudi M. Lozano Germany	19	1.4k 0.9×	767 0.8×	582 0.6×	628 0.9×	388 0.8×	28	2.3k
Eva F. Leifheit Germany	15	977 0.6×	547 0.6×	730 0.8×	414 0.6×	388 0.8×	20	1.9k
Stefan Hempel Germany	30	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	2.4k 2.7×	773 1.1×	546 1.2×	55	5.3k
Miranda T. Prendergast‐Miller United Kingdom	15	887 0.6×	581 0.6×	408 0.5×	397 0.6×	740 1.6×	20	2.0k
Oliver Frör Germany	13	730 0.5×	484 0.5×	280 0.3×	286 0.4×	333 0.7×	37	1.8k
Jingkuan Wang China	36	755 0.5×	520 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	436 0.6×	2.9k 6.1×	151	4.5k
Xavier Domene Spain	26	722 0.5×	259 0.3×	317 0.3×	177 0.2×	687 1.5×	61	1.9k
Christoph Emmerling Germany	27	529 0.3×	262 0.3×	405 0.4×	168 0.2×	931 2.0×	67	2.6k
Zhenke Zhu China	38	702 0.4×	351 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	503 0.7×	2.8k 6.0×	96	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joana Bergmann

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Matthus, Elsa, Marie J. Zwetsloot, Benjamin M. Delory, et al.. (2025). Revisiting the root economics space—its applications, extensions and nuances advance our understanding of fine-root functioning. Plant and Soil. 514(1). 1–27. 5 indexed citations

Klimešová, Jitka, Daniel C. Laughlin, Frances Siebert, et al.. (2025). Belowground persistence types relevant to severe disturbance. Trends in Plant Science. 30(9). 992–1001. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Bo, et al.. (2024). Mycorrhization enhances plant growth and stabilizes biomass allocation under drought. Global Change Biology. 30(7). e17438–e17438. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Mengke, Deliang Kong, Yinghui Wang, et al.. (2024). Molecular-level carbon traits underlie the multidimensional fine root economics space. Nature Plants. 10(6). 901–909. 16 indexed citations

Holz, Maire, et al.. (2024). How to get to the N – a call for interdisciplinary research on organic N utilization pathways by plants. Plant and Soil. 508(1-2). 955–969. 5 indexed citations

Hennecke, Justus, Liesje Mommer, Joana Bergmann, et al.. (2023). Responses of rhizosphere fungi to the root economics space in grassland monocultures of different age. New Phytologist. 240(5). 2035–2049. 17 indexed citations

Bergmann, Joana, Norbert Hölzel, Valentin H. Klaus, et al.. (2022). Soil conditions drive below‐ground trait space in temperate agricultural grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 110(5). 1189–1200. 12 indexed citations

Reinhart, Kurt O., Jonathan T. Bauer, Sarah McCarthy‐Neumann, et al.. (2021). Globally, plant‐soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance. Ecology and Evolution. 11(4). 1756–1768. 28 indexed citations

Moreno‐Jiménez, Eduardo, Eva F. Leifheit, César Plaza, et al.. (2021). Effects of microplastics on crop nutrition in fertile soils and interaction with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 66–72. 21 indexed citations

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Bergmann, Joana, Alexandra Weigelt, Fons van der Plas, et al.. (2020). The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. Science Advances. 6(27). 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bergmann, Joana, et al.. (2020). Below‐ and aboveground traits explain local abundance, and regional, continental and global occurrence frequencies of grassland plants. Oikos. 130(1). 110–120. 13 indexed citations

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Machado, Anderson Abel de Souza, Werner Kloas, Joana Bergmann, et al.. (2019). Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(10). 6044–6052. 1462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rillig, Matthias C., Anika Lehmann, Masahiro Ryo, & Joana Bergmann. (2019). Shaping Up: Toward Considering the Shape and Form of Pollutants. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(14). 7925–7926. 72 indexed citations

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Bergmann, Joana, Masahiro Ryo, Daniel Prati, Stefan Hempel, & Matthias C. Rillig. (2017). Root traits are more than analogues of leaf traits: the case for diaspore mass. New Phytologist. 216(4). 1130–1139. 72 indexed citations

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Bergmann, Joana, Erik Verbruggen, Johannes Heinze, et al.. (2016). The interplay between soil structure, roots, and microbiota as a determinant of plant–soil feedback. Ecology and Evolution. 6(21). 7633–7644. 50 indexed citations

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Heinze, Johannes, Joana Bergmann, Matthias C. Rillig, & Jasmin Joshi. (2015). Negative biotic soil-effects enhance biodiversity by restricting potentially dominant plant species in grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 17(3). 227–235. 33 indexed citations

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Antonovics, Janis, Joana Bergmann, Stefan Hempel, et al.. (2015). The evolution of mutualism from reciprocal parasitism: more ecological clothes for the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Evolutionary Ecology. 29(5). 627–641. 8 indexed citations

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Aguilar‐Trigueros, Carlos A., Stefan Hempel, Jeff R. Powell, et al.. (2015). Branching out: Towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology. Fungal Biology Reviews. 29(1). 34–41. 107 indexed citations

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Rillig, Matthias C., Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros, Joana Bergmann, et al.. (2014). Plant root and mycorrhizal fungal traits for understanding soil aggregation. New Phytologist. 205(4). 1385–1388. 292 indexed citations

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Bergmann, Joana. (1990). The influence of ammonia immissions on the growth of 10- to 50-year-old Scots pine on poor sandy sites.. 45(11). 293–294. 1 indexed citations

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