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

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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.

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 →
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 →
Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships

2024 108 citations Zhengkun Hu, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Fanin

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Micro‐Faunal and Edaphic Controls on Microbial Carbon Cycling Across Primary and Secondary Successional Trajectories 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·Lei Du, Roland Bol, (unknown), Xiaolei Sun, Ruyi Luo, Qinghua Liu, Lin Luo, Juan Zhan, Chunying Yin, (unknown), Xueyong Pang, Nicolas Fanin	0
2	Asian knotweed’s impacts on soil chemistry and enzyme activities are higher in soils with low-nutrient status 2024 ·Pedobiologia ·(unknown), Estelle Forey, Matthieu Chauvat, Amandine Erktan, Camille Noûs, (unknown), (unknown), Nicolas Fanin	0
3	Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Zhengkun Hu, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Nicolas Fanin, Xiaoyun Chen, (unknown), Guozhen Du, Feng Hu, Lin Jiang, Shuijin Hu, Manqiang Liu	108
4	Relationships between rhizosphere microbial communities, soil abiotic properties and root trait variation within a pine species 2024 ·Journal of Ecology ·Dunmei Lin, (unknown), (unknown), Guangyu Zhu, Yongchuan Yang, Nicolas Fanin	15
5	Effects of fertilisation and understory removal on aboveground and belowground carbon stocks in wet and dry moorlands in south-western France 2023 ·European Journal of Forest Research ·(unknown), Laurent Augusto, (unknown), Mark R. Bakker, (unknown), Sylvie Milin, Pierre Trichet, Nicolas Fanin	3
6	A network prediction model to quantify relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) 2023 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Jian Hou, Nicolas Fanin, (unknown)	4
7	Ericoid shrubs shape fungal communities and suppress organic matter decomposition in boreal forests 2022 ·New Phytologist ·Nicolas Fanin, Karina E. Clemmensen, Björn D. Lindahl, Mark Farrell, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Michael J. Gundale, Paul Kardol, David A. Wardle	43
8	Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment 2022 ·Fungal ecology ·François Maillard, Michelle A. Jusino, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mark T. Banik, Nicolas Fanin, Carl Trettin, Daniel L. Lindner, Jonathan S. Schilling	11
9	Advancing the mechanistic understanding of the priming effect on soil organic matter mineralisation breakdown → 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Laëtitia Bernard, Isabelle Basile‐Doelsch, Delphine Derrien, Nicolas Fanin, Sébastien Fontaine, Bertrand Guenet, Battle Karimi, Claire Marsden, Pierre‐Alain Maron	138
10	Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Nicolas Fanin, Maria Mooshammer, Marie Sauvadet, Cheng Meng, Gaël Alvarez, Laëtitia Bernard, Isabelle Bertrand, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, (unknown), Sébastien Fontaine, Shuli Niu, Gwenaëlle Lashermes, Tania L. Maxwell, Michael Weintraub, Lisa Wingate, Daryl Moorhead, Andrew T. Nottingham	101
11	Effects of mixing tree species and water availability on soil organic carbon stocks are depth dependent in a temperate podzol 2021 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Nicolas Fanin, Tania L. Maxwell, (unknown), (unknown), Céline Meredieu, Hervé Jactel, Mark R. Bakker, Laurent Augusto	14
12	Root trait–microbial relationships across tundra plant species 2020 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Björn D. Lindahl, David A. Wardle, Maja K. Sundqvist, Michael J. Gundale, Nicolas Fanin, Paul Kardol	82
13	Temporal dynamics of litter quality, soil properties and microbial strategies as main drivers of the priming effect 2020 ·Geoderma ·Nicolas Fanin, Gonzague Alavoine, Isabelle Bertrand	85
14	Impact of plant functional group and species removals on soil and plant nitrogen and phosphorus across a retrogressive chronosequence 2019 ·Journal of Ecology ·David A. Wardle, Michael J. Gundale, Paul Kardol, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Nicolas Fanin	11
15	Can the comparison of above- and below-ground litter decomposition improve our understanding of bacterial and fungal successions? 2019 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Marie Sauvadet, Nicolas Fanin, Matthieu Chauvat, Isabelle Bertrand	31
16	The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils breakdown → 2018 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Nicolas Fanin, Paul Kardol, Mark Farrell, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Michael J. Gundale, David A. Wardle	334
17	Consistent effects of biodiversity loss on multifunctionality across contrasting ecosystems 2017 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Nicolas Fanin, Michael J. Gundale, Mark Farrell, Marcel Ciobanu, Jeff Baldock, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Paul Kardol, David A. Wardle	191
18	Stoichiometric plasticity of microbial communities is similar between litter and soil in a tropical rainforest 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Nicolas Fanin, Nathalie Fromin, Sandra Barantal, Stephan Hättenschwiler	33
19	Response of bacterial communities to Pb smelter pollution in contrasting soils 2017 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Maxime Gommeaux, Jérôme Duclercq, Nicolas Fanin, Alexandra Conreux, Abdelrahman Alahmad, Jérôme Lacoux, David Roger, Fabien Spicher, Marie Ponthieu, Benjamin Cancès, Xavier Morvan, Béatrice Marin	67
20	Comparing the effects of litter quantity and quality on soil biota structure and functioning: Application to a cultivated soil in Northern France 2016 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Marie Sauvadet, Matthieu Chauvat, Nicolas Fanin, (unknown), Isabelle Bertrand	38

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