2026 Bryan S. Griffiths: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	83	378	352	37	31	249	22387
Ecology and Evolution	83	720	681	107	101	246	22371

Bryan S. Griffiths publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bryan S. Griffiths sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 467+

This scientist: 249 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Bryan S. Griffiths D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bryan S. Griffiths sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bryan S. Griffiths is affiliated with Scotland's Rural College in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interrelated fields with a focus on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. The broad spectrum of their work includes both fundamental and applied aspects of soil science, plant science, and ecology.

The scientist has contributed significantly to multiple subfields, including:

Plant Science
Soil Science
Ecology
Molecular Biology
Agronomy and Crop Science

Their research topics highlight specialized areas such as:

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Nematode management and characterization studies
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Gut microbiota and health
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Bryan S. Griffiths has published in a range of scientific venues, frequently appearing in the following journals:

Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Microbiome
Biology and Fertility of Soils
Applied Soil Ecology
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Some of their recent published papers include:

Microbial Community Resilience across Ecosystems and Multiple Disturbances, 2021, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Root ethylene mediates rhizosphere microbial community reconstruction when chemically detecting cyanide produced by neighbouring plants, 2020, Microbiome
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition, 2020, Scientific Data
Energy flux across multitrophic levels drives ecosystem multifunctionality: Evidence from nematode food webs, 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Biochar exerts negative effects on soil fauna across multiple trophic levels in a cultivated acidic soil, 2020, Biology and Fertility of Soils

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

Xiaoyun Chen
Manqiang Liu
Zhengkun Hu
Michael Bonkowski
Feng Hu

Best Publications

Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

Johan van den Hoogen;Stefan Geisen;Devin Routh;Howard Ferris

1160
Citations
Insights into the resistance and resilience of the soil microbial community

Bryan S. Griffiths;Laurent Philippot

1141
Citations
Ecosystem response of pasture soil communities to fumigation-induced microbial diversity reductions: an examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship

B. S. Griffiths;K. Ritz;Richard D. Bardgett;Roger Cook

778
Citations
Soil microbial community structure: Effects of substrate loading rates

B.S Griffiths;K Ritz;N Ebblewhite;G Dobson

687
Citations
Recently identified microbial guild mediates soil N2O sink capacity

Christopher M. Jones;Christopher M. Jones;Ayme Spor;Fiona P. Brennan;Fiona P. Brennan;Fiona P. Brennan;Marie-Christine Breuil

506
Citations
Assessing shifts in microbial community structure across a range of grasslands of differing management intensity using CLPP, PLFA and community DNA techniques

S.J Grayston;C.D Campbell;R.D Bardgett;J.L Mawdsley

461
Citations
Microbial Community Resilience across Ecosystems and Multiple Disturbances

Laurent Philippot;Bryan S. Griffiths;Silke Langenheder

421
Citations
Plant root proliferation in nitrogen–rich patches confers competitive advantage

David Robinson;Angela Hodge;Bryan S. Griffiths;Alastair H. Fitter

400
Citations
Why plants bother: root proliferation results in increased nitrogen capture from an organic patch when two grasses compete

A. Hodge;D. Robinson;B. S. Griffiths;A. H. Fitter

397
Citations
Impact of Protozoan Grazing on Bacterial Community Structure in Soil Microcosms

Regin Rønn;Regin Rønn;Allison E. McCaig;Bryan S. Griffiths;James I. Prosser

384
Citations
Long-term phosphorus fertilisation increased the diversity of the total bacterial community and the phoD phosphorus mineraliser group in pasture soils

Hao Tan;Matthieu Barret;Marlies J. Mooij;Olivia Rice

384
Citations
Rhizosphere fauna: the functional and structural diversity of intimate interactions of soil fauna with plant roots

Michael Bonkowski;Cécile Villenave;Bryan Griffiths

378
Citations
An examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in arable soil microbial communities

B.S Griffiths;K Ritz;R Wheatley;H.L Kuan

376
Citations
Microbial-feeding nematodes and protozoa in soil: Their effectson microbial activity and nitrogen mineralization in decomposition hotspots and the rhizosphere

B. S. Griffiths

334
Citations
Functional stability, substrate utilisation and biological indicators of soils following environmental impacts

B.S Griffiths;M Bonkowski;J Roy;K Ritz

317
Citations
Microbial-faunal interactions in the rhizosphere and effects on plant growth

Michael Bonkowski;Weixin Cheng;Bryan S Griffiths;Jörn Alphei

315
Citations
Food preferences of earthworms for soil fungi

Michael Bonkowski;Bryan S. Griffiths;Karl Ritz

290
Citations
Ecological network analysis reveals the inter-connection between soil biodiversity and ecosystem function as affected by land use across Europe

R.E. Creamer;S.E. Hannula;J.P.Van Leeuwen;D. Stone;D. Stone

265
Citations
Effect of elevated CO2 on rhizosphere carbon flow and soil microbial processes

E. Paterson;J.M. Hall;E.A.S. Rattray;B.S. Griffiths

249
Citations
C:N:P stoichiometry and nutrient limitation of the soil microbial biomass in a grazed grassland site under experimental P limitation or excess

Bryan S Griffiths;Annette Spilles;Annette Spilles;Michael Bonkowski

240
Citations
Spatial structure in soil chemical and microbiological properties in an upland grassland.

K. Ritz;K. Ritz;J.W. McNicol;N. Nunan;S. Grayston

234
Citations
Nutrient inflow and root proliferation during the exploitation of a temporally and spatially discrete source of nitrogen in soil

M. M. I. van Vuuren;D. Robinson;B. S. Griffiths

226
Citations
Competition between roots and soil micro‐organisms for nutrients from nitrogen‐rich patches of varying complexity

A. Hodge;J. Stewart;D. Robinson;B. S. Griffiths

225
Citations
Substrate heterogeneity and microfauna in soil organic ‘hotspots’ as determinants of nitrogen capture and growth of ryegrass

Michael Bonkowski;Bryan Griffiths;Charles Scrimgeour

222
Citations
The relationship between microbial community structure and functional stability, tested experimentally in an upland pasture soil.

B. S. Griffiths;H. L. Kuan;K. Ritz;L. A. Glover

213
Citations