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Christian Brochmann

Christian Brochmann

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
26612
World Ranking
1160
National Ranking
17

Christian Brochmann 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 Christian Brochmann sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 187 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Brochmann 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 Christian Brochmann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Brochmann is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences with a substantial body of work in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output addresses a range of topics, emphasizing plant and animal studies, genetic diversity and population structure, and species distribution in relation to climate change.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, genetics, molecular biology, and ecological modeling. Within these domains, Brochmann has contributed to studies of ecology and vegetation dynamics, plant diversity and evolution, species descriptions of plants and fungi, and ethnobotanical and medicinal plant research.

Christian Brochmann has published in multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Alpine Botany
  • Plants
  • New Phytologist

Their recent papers showcase an interest in evolutionary adaptations and alpine floras, including:

  • "Multiple Genetic Trajectories to Extreme Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Arctic Brassicaceae" (2020) in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "History and evolution of the afroalpine flora: in the footsteps of Olov Hedberg" (2021) in Alpine Botany
  • "The genome of Draba nivalis shows signatures of adaptation to the extreme environmental stresses of the Arctic" (2020) in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated" (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Quest for New Space for Restricted Range Mammals: The Case of the Endangered Walia Ibex" (2021) in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Collaborations have been a significant part of Brochmann's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Abel Gizaw, A. Lovisa S. Gustafsson, Desalegn Chala, Siri Birkeland, and Mercè Galbany-Casals.

Best Publications

  • Towards next‐generation biodiversity assessment using DNA metabarcoding

    Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac;François Pompanon;Christian Brochmann

  • How to track and assess genotyping errors in population genetics studies.

    A. Bonin;E. Bellemain;P. Bronken Eidesen;F. Pompanon

  • Power and limitations of the chloroplast trnL(UAA) intron for plant DNA barcoding

    Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac;François Pompanon;Ludovic Gielly

  • ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: an in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases

    Eva Bellemain;Tor Carlsen;Christian Brochmann;Eric Coissac

  • Evolutionary consequences of autopolyploidy

    Christian Parisod;Rolf Holderegger;Christian Brochmann

  • Polyploidy in arctic plants

    C. Brochmann;A. K. Brysting;I. G. Alsos;L. Borgen

  • Refugia, differentiation and postglacial migration in arctic-alpine Eurasia, exemplified by the mountain avens (Dryas octopetala L.).

    Inger Skrede;Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Rosalía Piñeiro Portela;Christian Brochmann

  • History and evolution of the arctic flora: in the footsteps of Eric Hulten

    Richard J. Abbott;Christian Brochmann

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Frequent long-distance plant colonization in the changing Arctic.

    Inger Greve Alsos;Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Dorothee Ehrich;Inger Skrede

  • Glacial Survival of Boreal Trees in Northern Scandinavia

    Laura Parducci;Laura Parducci;Tina Jørgensen;Mari Mette Tollefsrud;Ellen Elverland

  • New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems.

    Laura S. Epp;Sanne Boessenkool;Eva P. Bellemain;James Haile;James Haile

  • Glacial survival or tabula rasa? The history of North Atlantic biota revisited

    Christian Brochmann;Tove M. Gabrielsen;Inger Nordal;Jon Y. Landvik

  • Analysing diet of small herbivores: the efficiency of DNA barcoding coupled with high-throughput pyrosequencing for deciphering the composition of complex plant mixtures

    Eeva M Soininen;Alice Valentini;Eric Coissac;Christian Miquel

  • DNA from soil mirrors plant taxonomic and growth form diversity

    N. G. Yoccoz;K. A. Bråthen;L. Gielly;J. Haile;J. Haile

  • Genetic consequences of glacial survival and postglacial colonization in Norway spruce: combined analysis of mitochondrial DNA and fossil pollen.

    Mari Mette Tollefsrud;Roy Kissling;Felix Gugerli;Øystein Johnsen

  • Genetic consequences of climate change for northern plants

    Inger Greve Alsos;Dorothee Ehrich;Dorothee Ehrich;Wilfried Thuiller;Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Pernille Bronken Eidesen

  • Using next-generation sequencing for molecular reconstruction of past Arctic vegetation and climate.

    J. H. Sønstebø;L. Gielly;A. K. Brysting;R. Elven

  • Genetic consequences of Pleistocene range shifts: contrast between the Arctic, the Alps and the East African mountains

    Dorothee Ehrich;Myriam Gaudeul;Adane Assefa;Adane Assefa;Marcus A. Koch

  • Nuclear vs. plastid data: complex Pleistocene history of a circumpolar key species.

    P. B. Eidesen;I. G. Alsos;M. Popp;Ø. Stensrud

  • Central Asian origin of and strong genetic differentiation among populations of the rare and disjunct Carex atrofusca (Cyperaceae) in the Alps

    Peter Schönswetter;Peter Schönswetter;Magnus Popp;Christian Brochmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
James Haile
James Haile Murdoch University
Eric Coissac
Eric Coissac Grenoble Alpes University
Ludovic Gielly
Ludovic Gielly Grenoble Alpes University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Nigel G. Yoccoz
Nigel G. Yoccoz University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Dorothee Ehrich
Dorothee Ehrich University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Inger Greve Alsos
Inger Greve Alsos University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Mary E. Edwards
Mary E. Edwards University of Southampton
Kari Anne Bråthen
Kari Anne Bråthen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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