Peter Högberg

26.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
151 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Högberg is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Högberg has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Soil Science, 63 papers in Plant Science and 55 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter Högberg's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (97 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (43 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (34 papers). Peter Högberg is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (97 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (43 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (34 papers). Peter Högberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Austria. Peter Högberg's co-authors include Mona N. Högberg, Torgny Näsholm, Alf Ekblad, D. J. Read, Anders Nordgren, Reiner Giesler, Annika Nordin, David D. Myrold, Sune Linder and Andrew Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Högberg

150 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Large-scale forest girdling shows that current photosynthesis drives soil respiration

2001 1.5k citations Peter Högberg, Anders Nordgren et al. profile →
The Global Carbon Cycle: A Test of Our Knowledge of Earth as a System

2000 1.5k citations Peter Högberg, Sune Linder et al. profile →
Tansley Review No. 95¹⁵N natural abundance in soil‐plant systems

1997 1.4k citations Peter Högberg New Phytologist profile →
Boreal forest plants take up organic nitrogen

1998 796 citations Torgny Näsholm, Alf Ekblad et al. profile →
Spatial separation of litter decomposition and mycorrhizal nitrogen uptake in a boreal forest

2006 717 citations Peter Högberg et al. New Phytologist profile →
Towards a more plant physiological perspective on soil ecology

2006 672 citations Peter Högberg et al. profile →
Is microbial community composition in boreal forest soils determined by pH, C-to-N ratio, the trees, or all three?

2006 590 citations Mona N. Högberg, Peter Högberg et al. Oecologia profile →
Nitrogen isotopes link mycorrhizal fungi and plants to nitrogen dynamics

2012 369 citations Peter Högberg et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Högberg Sweden	65	8.3k	7.1k	6.0k	5.3k	3.8k	151	18.3k
Timothy J. Fahey United States	77	7.0k 0.8×	4.5k 0.6×	6.3k 1.0×	5.4k 1.0×	5.4k 1.4×	309	18.5k
Donald R. Zak United States	81	12.6k 1.5×	9.8k 1.4×	8.6k 1.4×	5.8k 1.1×	3.7k 1.0×	226	22.8k
Kurt S. Pregitzer United States	78	10.1k 1.2×	10.4k 1.5×	5.2k 0.9×	9.5k 1.8×	6.0k 1.6×	229	21.9k
Stephen C. Hart United States	64	7.9k 0.9×	3.4k 0.5×	7.3k 1.2×	5.5k 1.1×	4.6k 1.2×	207	17.9k
Richard P. Phillips United States	62	6.6k 0.8×	6.6k 0.9×	3.5k 0.6×	4.9k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	160	14.6k
Cory C. Cleveland United States	62	10.7k 1.3×	5.3k 0.8×	9.3k 1.5×	4.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	121	22.0k
Dale W. Johnson United States	66	7.0k 0.8×	4.1k 0.6×	4.9k 0.8×	7.0k 1.3×	3.4k 0.9×	295	17.0k
Rien Aerts Netherlands	73	6.0k 0.7×	6.2k 0.9×	9.0k 1.5×	5.0k 0.9×	7.5k 2.0×	206	20.7k
Knute J. Nadelhoffer United States	68	9.6k 1.2×	4.3k 0.6×	9.6k 1.6×	6.8k 1.3×	4.7k 1.2×	148	22.3k
Gerd Gleixner Germany	71	8.1k 1.0×	3.6k 0.5×	7.4k 1.2×	3.1k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	243	18.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Högberg

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Bouriaud, Olivier, Peter Högberg, Phillip Papastefanou, et al.. (2025). A saturating response of photosynthesis to an increasing leaf area index allows selective harvest of trees without affecting forest productivity. Biogeosciences. 22(18). 4729–4741. 2 indexed citations

Högberg, Peter, Christian G. Klatt, Oskar Franklin, et al.. (2024). Improved methodology for tracing a pulse of 13C-labelled tree photosynthate carbon to ectomycorrhizal roots, other soil biota and soil processes in the field. Tree Physiology. 45(1).

Marshall, John D., Mona N. Högberg, Peter Högberg, et al.. (2023). Re‐examining the evidence for the mother tree hypothesis – resource sharing among trees via ectomycorrhizal networks. New Phytologist. 239(1). 19–28. 36 indexed citations

Kauppi, Pekka E., Hans Fredrik Hoen, Iddo K. Wernick, et al.. (2022). Managing existing forests can mitigate climate change. Forest Ecology and Management. 513. 120186–120186. 51 indexed citations

Pen, Zhao, Jinshu Chi, Mats B. Nilsson, et al.. (2022). Long-term nitrogen addition raises the annual carbon sink of a boreal forest to a new steady-state. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 324. 109112–109112. 11 indexed citations

Kauppi, Pekka E., Philippe Ciais, Peter Högberg, et al.. (2020). Carbon benefits from Forest Transitions promoting biomass expansions and thickening. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 5365–5370. 18 indexed citations

Subke, Jens‐Arne, Harry W. Vallack, Tord Magnusson, et al.. (2009). Short term dynamics of abiotic and biotic soil 13CO2 effluxes after in situ 13CO2 pulse labelling of boreal pine forest. EGUGA. 5195. 8 indexed citations

Näsholm, Torgny, Mona N. Högberg, Peter Högberg, & Annika Nordin. (2009). Carbon isotopes as proof for plant uptake of organic nitrogen: Relevance of inorganic carbon uptake: Reply to Rasmussen and Kuzyakov. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41(7). 1588–1589. 12 indexed citations

Göttlicher, Sabine, et al.. (2007). No diurnal variation in rate or carbon isotope composition of soil respiration in a boreal forest. Tree Physiology. 27(5). 749–756. 43 indexed citations

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Högberg, Mona N., David D. Myrold, Reiner Giesler, & Peter Högberg. (2005). Contrasting patterns of soil N-cycling in model ecosystems of Fennoscandian boreal forests. Oecologia. 147(1). 96–107. 71 indexed citations

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Olsson, Per, Sune Linder, Reiner Giesler, & Peter Högberg. (2005). Fertilization of boreal forest reduces both autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration. Global Change Biology. 11(10). 1745–1753. 246 indexed citations

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Nordgren, Anders, et al.. (2003). Tree root and soil heterotrophic respiration as revealed by girdling of boreal Scots pine forest: extending observations beyond the first year. Plant Cell & Environment. 26(8). 1287–1296. 273 indexed citations

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Högberg, Mona N., Erland Bååth, Anders Nordgren, Kristina Arnebrant, & Peter Högberg. (2003). Contrasting effects of nitrogen availability on plant carbon supply to mycorrhizal fungi and saprotrophs – a hypothesis based on field observations in boreal forest. New Phytologist. 160(1). 225–238. 185 indexed citations

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Ekblad, Alf, Gert Nyberg, & Peter Högberg. (2002). 13C-discrimination during microbial respiration of added C3-, C4- and 13C-labelled sugars to a C3-forest soil. Oecologia. 131(2). 245–249. 56 indexed citations

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Ekblad, Alf & Peter Högberg. (2001). Natural abundance of 13C in CO2 respired from forest soils reveals speed of link between tree photosynthesis and root respiration. Oecologia. 127(3). 305–308. 356 indexed citations

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Eshetu, Zewdu & Peter Högberg. (2000). Reconstruction of Forest Site History in Ethiopian Highlands Based on 13C Natural Abundance of Soils. AMBIO. 29(2). 83–83. 49 indexed citations

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Högberg, Peter, Lars Högbom, & Torgny Näsholm. (1992). Shoot nitrate reductase activities of field‐layer species in different forest types. II. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 7(1-4). 1–14. 29 indexed citations

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Högberg, Peter. (1991). Development of 15N enrichment in a nitrogen-fertilized forest soil-plant system. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 23(4). 335–338. 39 indexed citations

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Näsholm, Torgny, et al.. (1991). Uptake of NO_xby mycorrhizal and non‐mycorrhizal Scots pine seedlings: quantities and effects on amino acid and protein concentrations. New Phytologist. 119(1). 83–92. 9 indexed citations

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Holmén, G., Peter Högberg, & A. L. Van Buren. (1975). Radiation damage in ge produced by noble gas ions investigated by the secondary electron emission method. Radiation Effects. 24(1). 39–44. 18 indexed citations

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