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D-Index
42
Citations
10891
World Ranking
7277
National Ranking
318

David Bru 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 David Bru sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 81 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Bru 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 David Bru sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David Bru is affiliated with INRAE, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Soil Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research addresses key topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Viral Infections and Vectors, Gut Microbiota and Health, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Recent publications include the following:

  • Unraveling negative biotic interactions determining soil microbial community assembly and functioning, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Land-use intensification differentially affects bacterial, fungal and protist communities and decreases microbiome network complexity, 2022, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Domestication-driven changes in plant traits associated with changes in the assembly of the rhizosphere microbiota in tetraploid wheat, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Experimental community coalescence sheds light on microbial interactions in soil and restores impaired functions, 2023, Microbiome
  • Soil and temperature effects on nitrification and denitrification modified N2O mitigation by 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

David Bru frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including Laurent Philippot, Aymé Spor, Marie-Christine Breuil, Arnaud Mounier, and Sana Romdhane.

The scientist has published multiple studies in notable venues, with four publications in Soil Biology and Biochemistry, three in Frontiers in Microbiology, two in Scientific Reports, two in Ecology Letters, and two in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Quantitative Detection of the nosZ Gene, Encoding Nitrous Oxide Reductase, and Comparison of the Abundances of 16S rRNA, narG, nirK, and nosZ Genes in Soils

    S. Henry;D. Bru;B. Stres;S. Hallet

  • Loss in microbial diversity affects nitrogen cycling in soil.

    Laurent Philippot;Aymé Spor;Catherine Hénault;David Bru

  • The unaccounted yet abundant nitrous oxide-reducing microbial community: a potential nitrous oxide sink

    Christopher M Jones;Daniel R H Graf;David Bru;Laurent Philippot

  • Abundance of narG, nirS, nirK, and nosZ genes of denitrifying bacteria during primary successions of a glacier foreland

    Ellen Kandeler;Kathrin Deiglmayr;Dagmar Tscherko;David Bru

  • Insights into the effect of soil pH on N(2)O and N(2) emissions and denitrifier community size and activity.

    Jiří Čuhel;Miloslav Šimek;Ronnie J. Laughlin;David Bru;David Bru

  • 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

  • Determinants of the distribution of nitrogen-cycling microbial communities at the landscape scale

    D Bru;Alban Nicolas Ramette;N P A Saby;S Dequiedt;S Dequiedt

  • Importance of denitrifiers lacking the genes encoding the nitrous oxide reductase for N2O emissions from soil

    Laurent Philippot;Laurent Philippot;Janet Andert;Christopher M. Jones;David Bru;David Bru

  • Disentangling the rhizosphere effect on nitrate reducers and denitrifiers: insight into the role of root exudates

    S. Henry;S. Texier;S. Hallet;D. Bru

  • Mapping field-scale spatial patterns of size and activity of the denitrifier community.

    Laurent Philippot;Laurent Philippot;Jiri Čuhel;Nicolas P.A. Saby;Dominique Chèneby;Dominique Chèneby

  • Quantification of the Detrimental Effect of a Single Primer-Template Mismatch by Real-Time PCR Using the 16S rRNA Gene as an Example

    D. Bru;F. Martin-Laurent;L. Philippot

  • Relative abundances of proteobacterial membrane-bound and periplasmic nitrate reductases in selected environments.

    D. Bru;A. Sarr;L. Philippot

  • Unraveling negative biotic interactions determining soil microbial community assembly and functioning.

    Sana Romdhane;Aymé Spor;Julie Aubert;David Bru

  • Effectiveness of ecological rescue for altered soil microbial communities and functions.

    Kadiya Calderón;Aymé Spor;Marie Christine Breuil;David Bru

  • Betaproteobacteria dominance and diversity shifts in the bacterial community of a PAH-contaminated soil exposed to phenanthrene.

    Florence Martin;Stéphane Torelli;Denis Le Paslier;Agnès Barbance

  • Plant traits related to nitrogen uptake influence plant-microbe competition.

    Delphine Moreau;Barbara Pivato;David Bru;Hugues Busset

  • Spatial patterns of bacterial taxa in nature reflect ecological traits of deep branches of the 16S rRNA bacterial tree.

    Laurent Philippot;Laurent Philippot;David Bru;David Bru;Nicolas P. A. Saby;Jiří Čuhel

  • Peaks of in situ N2 O emissions are influenced by N2 O-producing and reducing microbial communities across arable soils.

    Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta;Laurent Philippot;Celine Peyrard;David Bru

  • Spatial distribution of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea across a 44-hectare farm related to ecosystem functioning

    Ella Wessén;Mats Söderström;Maria Stenberg;David Bru;David Bru

  • The diversity of the N2O reducers matters for the N2O:N2 denitrification end-product ratio across an annual and a perennial cropping system.

    Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta;Aymé Spor;David Bru;Marie-Christine Breuil

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Philippot
Laurent Philippot INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Fabrice Martin-Laurent
Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sara Hallin
Sara Hallin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ellen Kandeler
Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim
Lionel Ranjard
Lionel Ranjard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Cory C. Cleveland
Cory C. Cleveland University of Montana
Nicolas P.A. Saby
Nicolas P.A. Saby INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bryan S. Griffiths
Bryan S. Griffiths Scotland's Rural College
Pierre-Alain Maron
Pierre-Alain Maron INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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