Wim H. van der Putten

60.9k total citations · 17 hit papers
368 papers, 36.2k citations indexed

About

Wim H. van der Putten is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Wim H. van der Putten has authored 368 papers receiving a total of 36.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Plant Science, 139 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 121 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Wim H. van der Putten's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (119 papers), Plant and animal studies (111 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (89 papers). Wim H. van der Putten is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (119 papers), Plant and animal studies (111 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (89 papers). Wim H. van der Putten collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Wim H. van der Putten's co-authors include Richard D. Bardgett, Т. Martijn Bezemer, David A. Wardle, John N. Klironomos, Diana H. Wall, Philippe Lemanceau, Laurent Philippot, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Heikki Setälä and Paul Kardol and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wim H. van der Putten

365 papers receiving 35.2k citations

Hit Papers

Ecological Linkages Between Aboveground and Belowground B... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2004 2014 2013 2013 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Ecological Linkages Between Aboveground and Belowground Biota
    2004 3.4k citations David A. Wardle, Richard D. Bardgett et al. Science profile →
  2. Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
    2014 2.5k citations Richard D. Bardgett, Wim H. van der Putten profile →
  3. Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere
    2013 2.5k citations Wim H. van der Putten et al. profile →
  4. Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges
    2013 1.3k citations Wim H. van der Putten, Richard D. Bardgett et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
  5. The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
    2016 1.1k citations Saskia Keesstra, J. Bouma et al. profile →
  6. Predicting species distribution and abundance responses to climate change: why it is essential to include biotic interactions across trophic levels
    2010 600 citations Wim H. van der Putten, Mirka Macel et al. profile →
  7. Interactions between Aboveground and Belowground Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Feedbacks
    2000 586 citations David A. Wardle, Wim H. van der Putten et al. profile →
  8. Species divergence and trait convergence in experimental plant community assembly
    2005 530 citations Tadashi Fukami, Т. Martijn Bezemer et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  9. Temporal variation in plant–soil feedback controls succession
    2006 524 citations Paul Kardol, Т. Martijn Bezemer et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  10. Plant-specific soil-borne diseases contribute to succession in foredune vegetation
    1993 490 citations Wim H. van der Putten et al. profile →
  11. Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity
    2008 441 citations Т. Martijn Bezemer, Katarina Hedlund et al. profile →
  12. Where, when and how plant–soil feedback matters in a changing world
    2016 413 citations Wim H. van der Putten, E. Pernilla Brinkman et al. Functional Ecology profile →
  13. Pampered inside, pestered outside? Differences and similarities between plants growing in controlled conditions and in the field
    2016 382 citations Wim H. van der Putten et al. profile →
  14. Ecological Intensification: Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice
    2018 373 citations David Kleijn, Riccardo Bommarco et al. profile →
  15. Soil inoculation steers restoration of terrestrial ecosystems
    2016 327 citations Wim H. van der Putten, Т. Martijn Bezemer et al. profile →
  16. Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems
    2019 325 citations Francisco I. Pugnaire, José A. Morillo et al. Science Advances profile →
  17. The long-term restoration of ecosystem complexity
    2020 187 citations Elly Morriën, Wim H. van der Putten et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wim H. van der Putten Netherlands 90 19.9k 11.4k 10.2k 10.1k 9.8k 368 36.2k
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden Switzerland 74 21.8k 1.1× 7.2k 0.6× 9.1k 0.9× 6.2k 0.6× 9.2k 0.9× 211 36.0k
Stefan Scheu Germany 90 9.1k 0.5× 7.8k 0.7× 13.4k 1.3× 11.7k 1.2× 12.6k 1.3× 641 33.0k
Richard D. Bardgett United Kingdom 115 20.4k 1.0× 13.7k 1.2× 22.8k 2.2× 9.6k 1.0× 25.4k 2.6× 347 55.6k
John N. Klironomos Canada 67 18.7k 0.9× 9.1k 0.8× 4.7k 0.5× 6.8k 0.7× 5.2k 0.5× 156 26.1k
Ragan M. Callaway United States 91 19.5k 1.0× 20.4k 1.8× 8.2k 0.8× 14.0k 1.4× 2.2k 0.2× 316 36.6k
David A. Wardle Sweden 103 17.1k 0.9× 25.4k 2.2× 23.1k 2.3× 15.3k 1.5× 16.5k 1.7× 414 61.9k
Diana H. Wall United States 69 6.0k 0.3× 8.1k 0.7× 15.5k 1.5× 5.5k 0.6× 7.6k 0.8× 194 29.4k
Ernst‐Detlef Schulze Germany 111 17.6k 0.9× 13.4k 1.2× 10.0k 1.0× 6.8k 0.7× 10.0k 1.0× 626 48.6k
Fernando T. Maestre Spain 88 7.3k 0.4× 11.5k 1.0× 9.9k 1.0× 9.6k 1.0× 7.1k 0.7× 328 31.0k
Sarah E. Hobbie United States 88 7.4k 0.4× 8.8k 0.8× 12.2k 1.2× 3.9k 0.4× 10.9k 1.1× 245 30.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wim H. van der Putten

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Guangzhou, Wim H. van der Putten, John N. Klironomos, Fusuo Zhang, & Junling Zhang. (2025). Steering plant-soil feedback for sustainable agriculture. Science. 389(6758). eads2506–eads2506. 5 indexed citations
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Veen, G. F., Wim H. van der Putten, Xiaojuan Liu, et al.. (2025). Non‐random tree species loss shifts soil fungal communities. Journal of Ecology. 113(5). 1239–1255. 1 indexed citations
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Rijssel, Sophie Q. van, et al.. (2024). Impact of soil inoculation on crop residue breakdown and carbon and nitrogen cycling in organically and conventionally managed agricultural soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 205. 105760–105760. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, Claude, Lauren M. McIntyre, Wim H. van der Putten, et al.. (2024). High-resolution methylome analysis uncovers stress-responsive genomic hotspots and drought-sensitive transposable element superfamilies in the clonal Lombardy poplar. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(18). 5839–5856. 3 indexed citations
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Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl, Yong Ding, Xiliang Li, et al.. (2024). Grazing intensity by sheep affects spatial diversity in botanical composition of Inner Mongolian grassland. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 378. 109311–109311. 2 indexed citations
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Lustenhouwer, Nicky, et al.. (2024). Plant–soil interactions during the native and exotic range expansion of an annual plant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 37(6). 653–664. 5 indexed citations
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Scheper, Jeroen, Riccardo Bommarco, G.A. de Groot, et al.. (2023). Inconsistent responses of carabid beetles and spiders to land-use intensity and landscape complexity in north-western Europe. Biological Conservation. 283. 110128–110128. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Xia, Dandan Li, Guangzhou Wang, et al.. (2023). Mycorrhiza-mediated recruitment of complete denitrifying Pseudomonas reduces N2O emissions from soil. Microbiome. 11(1). 45–45. 42 indexed citations
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Rijssel, Sophie Q. van, G. F. Veen, J. M. Tanja Bakx‐Schotman, et al.. (2022). Soil microbial diversity and community composition during conversion from conventional to organic agriculture. Molecular Ecology. 31(15). 4017–4030. 30 indexed citations
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Putten, Wim H. van der, Carolin Weser, Freddy C. ten Hooven, et al.. (2019). Soil functional responses to drought under range‐expanding and native plant communities. Functional Ecology. 33(12). 2402–2416. 17 indexed citations
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Pugnaire, Francisco I., José A. Morillo, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2019). Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Science Advances. 5(11). eaaz1834–eaaz1834. 325 indexed citations breakdown →
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Preite, Veronica, Carla Oplaat, Arjen Biere, et al.. (2018). Increased transgenerational epigenetic variation, but not predictable epigenetic variants, after environmental exposure in two apomictic dandelion lineages. Ecology and Evolution. 8(5). 3047–3059. 19 indexed citations
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Meisner, Annelein, Samuel Jacquiod, Basten L. Snoek, Freddy C. ten Hooven, & Wim H. van der Putten. (2018). Drought Legacy Effects on the Composition of Soil Fungal and Prokaryote Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 294–294. 141 indexed citations
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Hannula, S. Emilia, Elly Morriën, Mattias de Hollander, et al.. (2017). Shifts in rhizosphere fungal community during secondary succession following abandonment from agriculture. The ISME Journal. 11(10). 2294–2304. 161 indexed citations
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Keesstra, Saskia, J. Bouma, Jakob Wallinga, et al.. (2016). FORUM paper: The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 39 indexed citations
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Krumins, Jennifer Adams, Valdis Krumins, Eric Forgoston, Lora Billings, & Wim H. van der Putten. (2015). Herbivory and Stoichiometric Feedbacks to Primary Production. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0129775–e0129775. 14 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Sabrina, Mirka Macel, Patrick P. J. Mulder, Andrew K. Skidmore, & Wim H. van der Putten. (2014). Chemical variation in Jacobaea vulgaris is influenced by the interaction of season and vegetation successional stage. Phytochemistry. 99. 86–94. 23 indexed citations
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Kardol, Paul, Т. Martijn Bezemer, & Wim H. van der Putten. (2009). Complementary effects of soil organism and plant propagule introductions in restoration of species-rich grassland communities.. Restoration Ecology. 1 indexed citations
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Fukami, Tadashi, Т. Martijn Bezemer, Simon R. Mortimer, & Wim H. van der Putten. (2005). Species divergence and trait convergence in experimental plant community assembly. Ecology Letters. 8(12). 1283–1290. 530 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freitas, Helena, et al.. (2005). PLANT-PARASITIC NEMATODES ASSOCIATED WITH AMMOPHILA ARENARIA (L.) LINK IN PORTUGUESE COASTAL SAND DUNES. 33(1). 11–18. 6 indexed citations

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