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Environmental Sciences

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55
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11519
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3840
National Ranking
99

Biology and Biochemistry

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55
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11438
World Ranking
15013
National Ranking
364

Albert Tietema publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Albert Tietema sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 132 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Albert Tietema D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Albert Tietema sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Albert Tietema is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Biomaterials, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Pollution.

Their research is centered around several key topics including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Their recent papers include:

  • Comparison of the aerobic biodegradation of biopolymers and the corresponding bioplastics: A review (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought (2022) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Polyester biodegradability: importance and potential for optimisation (2024) published in Green Chemistry
  • Biodegradability of novel high Tg poly(isosorbide-co-1,6-hexanediol) oxalate polyester in soil and marine environments (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biodegradation and Non-Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid) (PLGA12/88 and PLGA6/94) (2021) published in Polymers

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Green Chemistry
  • Cleaner Waste Systems
  • Biogeochemistry

Albert Tietema has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Roland Bol
  • Gert-Jan M. Gruter
  • John R. Parsons
  • Evy A. de Nijs
  • Inger Kappel Schmidt

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen deposition makes a minor contribution to carbon sequestration in temperate forests

    Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Bridget A. Emmett;Per Gundersen;O. Janne Kjønaas

  • Impact of nitrogen deposition on nitrogen cycling in forests : a synthesis of NITREX data

    Per Gundersen;BA Emmett;OJ Kjonaas;CJ Koopmans

  • Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

    Joanna C. Carey;Jianwu Tang;Pamela H. Templer;Kevin D. Kroeger

  • Novel Approaches to Study Climate Change Effects on Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Field: Drought and Passive Nighttime Warming

    Claus Beier;Bridget Emmett;Per Gundersen;Albert Tietema

  • The Response of Soil Processes to Climate Change: Results from Manipulation Studies of Shrublands Across an Environmental Gradient

    Bridget A. Emmett;Claus Beier;Marc Estiarte;Albert Tietema

  • Response of plant species richness and primary productivity in shrublands along a north–south gradient in Europe to seven years of experimental warming and drought: reductions in primary productivity in the heat and drought year of 2003

    Josep Peñuelas;Patricia Prieto;Claus Beier;Carla Cesaraccio

  • Nonintrusive Field Experiments Show Different Plant Responses to Warming and Drought Among Sites, Seasons, and Species in a North–South European Gradient

    Josep Peñuelas;Carmen Gordon;Laura Llorens;T. Nielsen

  • Comparison of the aerobic biodegradation of biopolymers and the corresponding bioplastics: A review

    Emma M.N. Polman;Gert-Jan M. Gruter;John R. Parsons;Albert Tietema

  • Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta‐analysis of 15N tracer field studies

    P. H. Templer;M. C. Mack;F. S. Chapin;L. M. Christenson

  • Predicting the Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in Conifer Stands: Evidence from the NITREX Ecosystem-Scale Experiments

    B. A. Emmett;D. Boxman;M. Bredemeier;P. Gundersen

  • Challenges in quantifying biosphere–atmosphere exchange of nitrogen species

    M.A. Sutton;E. Nemitz;J.W Erisman;C. Beier

  • Microbial C and N Transformations during Drying and Rewetting of Coniferous Forest Floor Material

    Mirjam Pulleman;Albert Tietema

  • Natural abundance of 15N in forests across a nitrogen deposition gradient

    B.A. Emmett;O.J. Kjonaas;P. Gundersen;C.J. Koopmans

  • The fate of 15N-labelled nitrogen deposition in coniferous forest ecosystems

    Albert Tietema;Bridget A. Emmett;Per Gundersen;O.Janne Kjønaas

  • Microbial community changes in heathland soil communities along a geographical gradient: interaction with climate change manipulations

    Alwyn Sowerby;Bridget Emmett;Claus Beier;Albert Tietema

  • Microbial carbon and nitrogen dynamics in coniferous forest floor material collected along a European nitrogen deposition gradient

    Albert Tietema

  • Carbon and nitrogen cycles in European ecosystems respond differently to global warming.

    C. Beier;B. A. Emmett;Josep Peñuelas;I. K. Schmidt

  • Soil microbial moisture dependences and responses to drying-rewetting: The legacy of 18 years drought

    Evy A. de Nijs;Lettice C. Hicks;Ainara Leizeaga;Albert Tietema

  • Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems

    György Kröel-Dulay;Johannes Ransijn;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Claus Beier

  • Gross nitrogen transformations in the organic layer of acid forest ecosystems subjected to increased atmospheric nitrogen input

    Albert Tietema;Wim W. Wessel

  • NITREX: responses of coniferous forest ecosystems to experimentally changed deposition of nitrogen

    R.F. Wright;J.G.M. Roelofs;M. Bredemeier;K. Blanck

  • Abiotic factors regulating nitrogen transformations in the organic layer of acid forest soils : moisture and pH

    A. Tietema;B. Warmerdam;E. Lenting;L. Riemer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bridget A. Emmett
Bridget A. Emmett Natural Environment Research Council
Claus Beier
Claus Beier University of Copenhagen
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Marc Estiarte
Marc Estiarte Spanish National Research Council
Inger Kappel Schmidt
Inger Kappel Schmidt University of Copenhagen
Per Gundersen
Per Gundersen University of Copenhagen
Jacobus M. Verstraten
Jacobus M. Verstraten University of Amsterdam
Richard F. Wright
Richard F. Wright Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Klaus Steenberg Larsen
Klaus Steenberg Larsen University of Copenhagen
Patrick Schleppi
Patrick Schleppi Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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