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55
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3790
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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe 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 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 210 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe 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 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Randolph W. “Bill” and Cecile T. Bromery Award for Minorities, The Geological Society of America
  • 2011 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research emphasizes several subfields within these areas, including Soil Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Engineering. Main topics of study include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Hostile climates are barriers to diversifying the geosciences, 2020, Advances in geosciences
  • Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils, 2022, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab, 2020, PLoS Computational Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Asmeret Asefaw Berhe include E. Marín-Spiotta, Stephen C. Hart, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, and Kyungjin Min.

Common publication venues where the scientist's work appears are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The awards received include the Randolph W. "Bill" and Cecile T. Bromery Award for Minorities by The Geological Society of America in 2019 and the Hellman Fellow recognition in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Soil and human security in the 21st century

    Ronald Amundson;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Jan W. Hopmans;Carolyn Olson

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes.

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Chanda Trivedi;David J. Eldridge

  • A new method for rapid determination of carbohydrate and total carbon concentrations using UV spectrophotometry.

    Ammar A. Albalasmeh;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Teamrat A. Ghezzehei

  • Beyond clay: Towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content

    Craig Rasmussen;Katherine Heckman;William R. Wieder;Marco Keiluweit

  • Erosion, deposition and soil carbon: A review of process-level controls, experimental tools and models to address C cycling in dynamic landscapes

    Sebastian Doetterl;Sebastian Doetterl;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Elisabet Nadeu;Zhengang Wang

  • The Significance of the Erosion-induced Terrestrial Carbon Sink

    Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;John Harte;Jennifer W. Harden;Margaret S. Torn

  • Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecosystem Change: an Overview

    Gerald C. Nelson;Elena Bennett;Asmeret A. Berhe;Kenneth Cassman

  • Role of Soil Erosion in Biogeochemical Cycling of Essential Elements: Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus

    Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Rebecca T. Barnes;Johan Six;Erika Marín-Spiotta

  • Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect

    Felipe Bastida;Carlos García;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer;David J. Eldridge

  • Impacts of organic matter amendments on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in grassland soils

    Rebecca Ryals;Michael Kaiser;Margaret S. Torn;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

  • Molecular investigations into a globally important carbon pool: permafrost-protected carbon in Alaskan soils

    Mark P. Waldrop;Kimberly P. Wickland;R. White Iii;Asmeret A. Berhe

  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils

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  • How air-drying and rewetting modify soil organic matter characteristics: An assessment to improve data interpretation and inference

    Michael Kaiser;Michael Kaiser;Markus Kleber;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

  • Linking soil organic matter dynamics and erosion‐induced terrestrial carbon sequestration at different landform positions

    Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Jennifer W. Harden;Margaret S. Torn;Margaret S. Torn;John Harte

  • Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course

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  • Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development.

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Richard D. Bardgett;Peter M. Vitousek;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Persistence of soil organic matter in eroding versus depositional landform positions

    Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Jennifer W. Harden;Margaret S. Torn;Margaret S. Torn;Markus Kleber

  • Effectiveness of biochar for sorption of ammonium and phosphate from dairy effluent.

    D. V. Sarkhot;T. A. Ghezzehei;A. A. Berhe

  • Impact of fire on active layer and permafrost microbial communities and metagenomes in an upland Alaskan boreal forest

    Neslihan Taş;Emmanuel Prestat;Jack W McFarland;Kimberley P Wickland

  • Hostile climates are barriers to diversifying the geosciences

    Erika Marín-Spiotta;Rebecca T. Barnes;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Meredith G. Hastings

  • Erosion, deposition, and the persistence of soil organic matter: mechanistic considerations and problems with terminology

    Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Markus Kleber

  • Effects of soiling and cleaning on the reflectance and solar heat gain of a light-colored roofing membrane

    Ronnen Levinson;Paul Berdahl;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Hashem Akbari

Frequent Co-Authors

Erika Marin-Spiotta
Erika Marin-Spiotta University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
William R. Wieder
William R. Wieder National Center for Atmospheric Research
Margaret S. Torn
Margaret S. Torn Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marilyn L. Fogel
Marilyn L. Fogel University of California, Riverside
Craig Rasmussen
Craig Rasmussen University of Arizona
Alain F. Plante
Alain F. Plante University of Pennsylvania
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Joshua P. Schimel
Joshua P. Schimel University of California, Santa Barbara

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