Johannes Rousk

20.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
143 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Johannes Rousk is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes Rousk has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Soil Science, 95 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Johannes Rousk's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (98 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (66 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (25 papers). Johannes Rousk is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (98 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (66 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (25 papers). Johannes Rousk collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Denmark. Johannes Rousk's co-authors include Erland Bååth, Philip C. Brookes, Noah Fierer, Davey L. Jones, Michael S. Strickland, Kristin Rath, J. Gregory Caporaso, Rob Knight, Catherine Lozupone and Christian L. Lauber and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Johannes Rousk

141 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

Soil bacterial and fungal... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2010 2009 2010 2011 2014 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil
    2010 3.2k citations Johannes Rousk, Noah Fierer et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  2. Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization
    2009 1.3k citations Johannes Rousk et al. profile →
  3. Considering fungal:bacterial dominance in soils – Methods, controls, and ecosystem implications
    2010 937 citations Johannes Rousk et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  4. Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial
    2011 762 citations Johannes Rousk, Daniel V. Murphy et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  5. Salt effects on the soil microbial decomposer community and their role in organic carbon cycling: A review
    2014 469 citations Kristin Rath, Johannes Rousk Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  6. Linking bacterial community composition to soil salinity along environmental gradients
    2018 363 citations Kristin Rath, Noah Fierer et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  7. Microbial growth and carbon use efficiency in soil: Links to fungal-bacterial dominance, SOC-quality and stoichiometry
    2019 274 citations Margarida Soares, Johannes Rousk Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  8. Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming
    2021 165 citations Pablo García‐Palacios, Thomas W. Crowther et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Johannes Rousk Sweden 56 9.2k 7.3k 4.5k 2.1k 1.9k 143 15.4k
Haiyan Chu China 68 7.1k 0.8× 8.7k 1.2× 6.0k 1.3× 3.8k 1.8× 1.5k 0.8× 191 16.1k
Wolfgang Wanek Austria 62 7.3k 0.8× 6.0k 0.8× 4.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 2.4k 1.2× 274 14.8k
Matthew D. Wallenstein United States 58 11.6k 1.3× 9.6k 1.3× 4.5k 1.0× 2.4k 1.1× 3.4k 1.7× 94 19.7k
Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern Austria 53 8.9k 1.0× 6.2k 0.8× 3.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 3.4k 1.7× 157 14.1k
Serita D. Frey United States 56 12.4k 1.4× 8.4k 1.1× 4.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 3.3k 1.7× 139 17.7k
Rainer Georg Joergensen Germany 60 13.2k 1.4× 6.0k 0.8× 5.3k 1.2× 1.0k 0.5× 3.6k 1.8× 289 18.0k
Nick Ostle United Kingdom 60 5.9k 0.6× 7.6k 1.0× 4.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 175 14.5k
Ellen Kandeler Germany 77 12.2k 1.3× 7.3k 1.0× 7.0k 1.6× 1.8k 0.9× 3.7k 1.9× 302 22.1k
P. Nannipieri Italy 62 9.9k 1.1× 5.7k 0.8× 5.7k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.4× 190 18.4k
Еvgenia Blagodatskaya Germany 56 9.5k 1.0× 5.3k 0.7× 4.1k 0.9× 984 0.5× 2.4k 1.3× 179 13.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johannes Rousk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hicks, Lettice C., Ainara Leizeaga, Carla Cruz‐Paredes, et al.. (2025). Simulated Climate Change Enhances Microbial Drought Resilience in Ethiopian Croplands but Not Forests. Global Change Biology. 31(3). e70065–e70065. 1 indexed citations
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Hicks, Lettice C., et al.. (2025). How do root exudates prime the decomposition of soil organic matter following drought?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 205. 109789–109789. 2 indexed citations
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Cruz‐Paredes, Carla, et al.. (2024). Microbial resistance and resilience to drought across a European climate gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 199. 109574–109574. 15 indexed citations
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Lekberg, Ylva, et al.. (2024). Substantial and Rapid Increase in Soil Health across Crops with Conversion from Conventional to Regenerative Practices. Sustainability. 16(13). 5509–5509. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Jintao, et al.. (2023). Subarctic winter warming promotes soil microbial resilience to freeze–thaw cycles and enhances the microbial carbon use efficiency. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17040–e17040. 9 indexed citations
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Na, Meng, et al.. (2023). Limiting resources for soil microbial growth in climate change simulation treatments in the subarctic. Ecology. 105(1). e4210–e4210. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jintao, Huimin Xu, Lettice C. Hicks, Albert C. Brangarí, & Johannes Rousk. (2023). Comparing soil microbial responses to drying-rewetting and freezing-thawing events. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 178. 108966–108966. 14 indexed citations
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Soares, Margarida, et al.. (2022). Can heavy metal pollution induce soil bacterial community resistance to antibiotics in boreal forests?. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(2). 237–250. 9 indexed citations
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Hicks, Lettice C., et al.. (2022). Semi-continuous C supply reveals that priming due to N-mining is driven by microbial growth demands in temperate forest plantations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 173. 108802–108802. 12 indexed citations
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García‐Palacios, Pablo, Thomas W. Crowther, Marina Dacal, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2(8). 585–585. 7 indexed citations
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García‐Palacios, Pablo, Thomas W. Crowther, Marina Dacal, et al.. (2021). Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2(7). 507–517. 165 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leizeaga, Ainara, Lettice C. Hicks, Lokeshwaran Manoharan, Christine V. Hawkes, & Johannes Rousk. (2020). Drought legacy affects microbial community trait distributions related to moisture along a savannah grassland precipitation gradient. Journal of Ecology. 109(9). 3195–3210. 59 indexed citations
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Rousk, Johannes, et al.. (2020). Higher stand densities can promote soil carbon storage after conversion of temperate mixed natural forests to larch plantations. European Journal of Forest Research. 140(2). 373–386. 21 indexed citations
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Soares, Margarida, et al.. (2019). Testing the dependence of microbial growth and carbon use efficiency on nitrogen availability, pH, and organic matter quality. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 134. 25–35. 122 indexed citations
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Soares, Margarida & Johannes Rousk. (2019). Microbial growth and carbon use efficiency in soil: Links to fungal-bacterial dominance, SOC-quality and stoichiometry. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 131. 195–205. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kandeler, Ellen, Runa S. Boeddinghaus, Karolin Müller, et al.. (2019). The mineralosphere – Succession and physiology of bacteria and fungi colonising pristine minerals in grassland soils under different land-use intensities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 136. 107534–107534. 40 indexed citations
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Rath, Kristin, Noah Fierer, Daniel V. Murphy, & Johannes Rousk. (2018). Linking bacterial community composition to soil salinity along environmental gradients. The ISME Journal. 13(3). 836–846. 363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hicks, Lettice C., et al.. (2018). Effects of drought legacy and tree species admixing on bacterial growth and respiration in a young forest soil upon drying and rewetting. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 127. 148–155. 9 indexed citations
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Hicks, Lettice C., et al.. (2018). The legacy of mixed planting and precipitation reduction treatments on soil microbial activity, biomass and community composition in a young tree plantation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 124. 227–235. 49 indexed citations
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Rousk, Johannes & Per Bengtson. (2014). Microbial regulation of global biogeochemical cycles. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 103–103. 121 indexed citations

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