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D-Index
60
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18516
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2259
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809

Aimée T. Classen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aimée T. Classen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 140 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Aimée T. Classen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aimée T. Classen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Aimée T. Classen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States, specializing in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work covers multiple subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science. The scientist's research topics prominently include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Gut microbiota and health, and Plant and animal studies.

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to notable scientific venues such as Ecology, Journal of Plant Ecology, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Functional Ecology, and Ecology and Evolution.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Aimée T. Classen include:

  • Contrasting patterns and drivers of soil bacterial and fungal diversity across a mountain gradient, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Alpine grassland plants grow earlier and faster but biomass remains unchanged over 35 years of climate change, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover, 2022, Science
  • Climate change influences mycorrhizal fungal-plant interactions, but conclusions are limited by geographical study bias, 2020, Ecology
  • Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates, 2022, Science

Aimée T. Classen has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Nathan J. Sanders, Xin Jing, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Serita D. Frey, and William K. Michener. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary connections across ecology, soil science, and environmental change disciplines.

The scientist's research is characterized by a focus on ecological processes and the responses of soil and plant systems to environmental change, with particular attention paid to microbial communities and their interactions within ecosystems across various scales and geographical regions.

Best Publications

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Alan K. Knapp;Claus Beier;David D. Briske;Aimée T. Classen

  • Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

    Thomas W. Crowther;Katherine E.O. Todd-Brown;Clara W. Rowe;William R. Wieder

  • Soil microbial community responses to multiple experimental climate change drivers

    Hector F. Castro;Aimée T. Classen;Emily E. Austin;Richard J. Norby

  • The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate

    Xin Jing;Nathan J. Sanders;Yu Shi;Haiyan Chu

  • Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production.

    Huiying Liu;Zhaorong Mi;Li Lin;Yonghui Wang

  • Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial‐plant interactions: What lies ahead?

    Aimée T. Classen;Aimée T. Classen;Maja K. Sundqvist;Maja K. Sundqvist;Jeremiah A. Henning;Gregory S. Newman

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Labile soil carbon inputs mediate the soil microbial community composition and plant residue decomposition rates

    Marie-Anne de Graaff;Marie-Anne de Graaff;Aimee T. Classen;Hector F. Castro;Hector F. Castro;Christopher W. Schadt

  • Soil ecosystem functioning under climate change: plant species and community effects

    Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;Melissa A. Cregger;Courtney E. Campany;Aimee T. Classen

  • Community-level physiological profiles of bacteria and fungi: plate type and incubation temperature influences on contrasting soils

    Aimée T Classen;Sarah I Boyle;Kristin E Haskins;Steven T Overby

  • Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally

    Jordan R. Mayor;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders;Aimée T. Classen;Aimée T. Classen;Aimée T. Classen;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Climate change effects on soil microarthropod abundance and community structure

    Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;W. Nicholas Reynolds;Richard J. Norby;Aimée T. Classen

  • A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

    Mark A Bradford;G F Ciska Veen;Anne Bonis;Ella M Bradford

  • Climate change effects on plant biomass alter dominance patterns and community evenness in an experimental old‐field ecosystem

    Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;Courtney E. Campany;Lara Souza;Richard J. Norby

  • Global patterns and substrate-based mechanisms of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle

    Shuli Niu;Aimée T. Classen;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Paul Kardol

  • Multiple models and experiments underscore large uncertainty in soil carbon dynamics

    Benjamin N. Sulman;Benjamin N. Sulman;Jessica A. M. Moore;Jessica A. M. Moore;Rose Abramoff;Colin Averill

  • Response of the Soil Microbial Community to Changes in Precipitation in a Semiarid Ecosystem

    Melissa Cregger;Christopher Warren Schadt;Nathan McDowell;William Pockman

  • Coordinated approaches to quantify long-term ecosystem dynamics in response to global change

    Yiqi Luo;Jerry Melillo;Shuli Niu;Claus Beier

  • Contrasting patterns and drivers of soil bacterial and fungal diversity across a mountain gradient

    Congcong Shen;Anna Gunina;Yu Luo;Jianjun Wang

  • Climate change and precipitation – Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems

    Claus Beier;A Knapp;D Briske

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul Kardol
Paul Kardol Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jin-Sheng He
Jin-Sheng He Peking University
Richard J. Norby
Richard J. Norby University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christopher W. Schadt
Christopher W. Schadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced
William R. Wieder
William R. Wieder National Center for Atmospheric Research
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Thomas G. Whitham
Thomas G. Whitham Northern Arizona University

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