Nicolas Fanin

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Fanin is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Fanin has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Soil Science, 22 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Fanin's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (34 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers). Nicolas Fanin is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (34 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers). Nicolas Fanin collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Sweden. Nicolas Fanin's co-authors include Isabelle Bertrand, Nathalie Fromin, David A. Wardle, Paul Kardol, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Michael J. Gundale, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Mark Farrell, Heidy Schimann and Dunmei Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Fanin

51 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

  1. The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils
    2018 334 citations Nicolas Fanin, Paul Kardol et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  2. Advancing the mechanistic understanding of the priming effect on soil organic matter mineralisation
    2022 138 citations Laëtitia Bernard, Isabelle Basile‐Doelsch et al. Functional Ecology profile →
  3. Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships
    2024 108 citations Zhengkun Hu, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Nicolas Fanin
Sibylle Steinbeiss Germany
Wanqin Yang China
Yongliang Chen China
Zhenghu Zhou China
Kyle Wickings United States
Bonnie G. Waring United States
Florian Hofhansl Austria
Bo Tan China
Jessica Gutknecht United States
Sibylle Steinbeiss Germany
Nicolas Fanin
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Countries citing papers authored by Nicolas Fanin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicolas Fanin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Fanin

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

All Works

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Du, Lei, Roland Bol, Xiaolei Sun, et al.. (2025). Micro‐Faunal and Edaphic Controls on Microbial Carbon Cycling Across Primary and Secondary Successional Trajectories. Global Change Biology. 31(12). e70642–e70642.
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Hu, Zhengkun, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Nicolas Fanin, et al.. (2024). Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2858–2858. 108 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Dunmei, et al.. (2024). Relationships between rhizosphere microbial communities, soil abiotic properties and root trait variation within a pine species. Journal of Ecology. 112(6). 1275–1286. 15 indexed citations
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Augusto, Laurent, et al.. (2023). Effects of fertilisation and understory removal on aboveground and belowground carbon stocks in wet and dry moorlands in south-western France. European Journal of Forest Research. 142(4). 723–737. 3 indexed citations
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Hou, Jian, et al.. (2023). A network prediction model to quantify relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(12). 2907–2916. 4 indexed citations
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Fanin, Nicolas, Karina E. Clemmensen, Björn D. Lindahl, et al.. (2022). Ericoid shrubs shape fungal communities and suppress organic matter decomposition in boreal forests. New Phytologist. 236(2). 684–697. 43 indexed citations
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Maillard, François, Michelle A. Jusino, Mark T. Banik, et al.. (2022). Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment. Fungal ecology. 59. 101151–101151. 11 indexed citations
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Bernard, Laëtitia, Isabelle Basile‐Doelsch, Delphine Derrien, et al.. (2022). Advancing the mechanistic understanding of the priming effect on soil organic matter mineralisation. Functional Ecology. 36(6). 1355–1377. 138 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fanin, Nicolas, Maria Mooshammer, Marie Sauvadet, et al.. (2022). Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks. Functional Ecology. 36(6). 1378–1395. 101 indexed citations
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Fanin, Nicolas, Tania L. Maxwell, Céline Meredieu, et al.. (2021). Effects of mixing tree species and water availability on soil organic carbon stocks are depth dependent in a temperate podzol. European Journal of Soil Science. 73(1). 14 indexed citations
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Lindahl, Björn D., David A. Wardle, Maja K. Sundqvist, et al.. (2020). Root trait–microbial relationships across tundra plant species. New Phytologist. 229(3). 1508–1520. 82 indexed citations
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Fanin, Nicolas, Gonzague Alavoine, & Isabelle Bertrand. (2020). Temporal dynamics of litter quality, soil properties and microbial strategies as main drivers of the priming effect. Geoderma. 377. 114576–114576. 85 indexed citations
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Wardle, David A., Michael J. Gundale, Paul Kardol, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, & Nicolas Fanin. (2019). Impact of plant functional group and species removals on soil and plant nitrogen and phosphorus across a retrogressive chronosequence. Journal of Ecology. 108(2). 561–573. 11 indexed citations
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Sauvadet, Marie, Nicolas Fanin, Matthieu Chauvat, & Isabelle Bertrand. (2019). Can the comparison of above- and below-ground litter decomposition improve our understanding of bacterial and fungal successions?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 132. 24–27. 31 indexed citations
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Fanin, Nicolas, Paul Kardol, Mark Farrell, et al.. (2018). The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 128. 111–114. 334 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fanin, Nicolas, Michael J. Gundale, Mark Farrell, et al.. (2017). Consistent effects of biodiversity loss on multifunctionality across contrasting ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(2). 269–278. 191 indexed citations
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Fanin, Nicolas, Nathalie Fromin, Sandra Barantal, & Stephan Hättenschwiler. (2017). Stoichiometric plasticity of microbial communities is similar between litter and soil in a tropical rainforest. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12498–12498. 33 indexed citations
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Gommeaux, Maxime, Jérôme Duclercq, Nicolas Fanin, et al.. (2017). Response of bacterial communities to Pb smelter pollution in contrasting soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 605-606. 436–444. 67 indexed citations
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