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D-Index
99
Citations
58044
World Ranking
285
National Ranking
116

Diana H. Wall 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 Diana H. Wall sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 298 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Diana H. Wall 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 Diana H. Wall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Diana H. Wall was affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in the fields of ecology, soil science, plant science, atmospheric science, and related subfields. Their scientific work concentrated on topics such as polar research and ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, nematode management and characterization studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and invertebrate taxonomy and ecology.

Throughout their career, Diana H. Wall published extensively, often collaborating with frequent coauthors including Byron J. Adams, Ian D. Hogg, W. Berry Lyons, Nico Eisenhauer, and André L.C. Franco. Their work appeared regularly in a variety of scientific journals, most notably in Global Change Biology, Science, Sustainability, Scientific Data, and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Some of their recent research papers included the following:

  • Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity, 2021, Science
  • Soil Biodiversity Integrates Solutions for a Sustainable Future, 2020, Sustainability
  • Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities, 2020, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition, 2020, Scientific Data

During their career, Diana H. Wall received recognition including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018 and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.

    O E Sala;F S Chapin;J J Armesto;E Berlow

  • Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota.

    David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Richard D. Bardgett;John N. Klironomos;Heikki Setälä

  • Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

    P C D Milly;R T Wetherald;K A Dunne;T L Delworth

  • Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes

    Noah Fierer;Jonathan W. Leff;Byron J. Adams;Uffe N. Nielsen

  • Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

    M. Francesca Cotrufo;Jennifer L. Soong;Andrew J. Horton;Eleanor E. Campbell

  • Diversity meets decomposition

    Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner;Christopher M. Swan;Christian K. Dang;Christian K. Dang;Brendan G. McKie

  • Detritus, trophic dynamics and biodiversity

    John C. Moore;Eric L. Berlow;David C. Coleman;Quan Dong

  • Ecosystem carbon loss with woody plant invasion of grasslands.

    Robert B. Jackson;Jay L. Banner;Esteban G. Jobbágy;William T. Pockman;William T. Pockman

  • Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.

    James S. Clark;Steven R. Carpenter;Mary Barber;Scott Collins

  • Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

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

  • Interactions between Aboveground and Belowground Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Feedbacks

    David U. Hooper;David E. Bignell;Valerie K. Brown;Lijbert Brussard

  • Soil biodiversity and human health.

    Diana H. Wall;Uffe N. Nielsen;Johan Six

  • Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services.

    Andrew P. Dobson;David Lodge;Jackie Alder;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

    Pablo García-Palacios;Fernando T. Maestre;Jens Kattge;Diana H. Wall

  • Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: A review and synthesis of studies examining diversity-function relationships

    Uffe N Nielsen;Edward Ayres;Diana H Wall;Richard D Bardgett

  • Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response

    Peter T. Doran;John C. Priscu;W. Berry Lyons;John E. Walsh

  • Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

    Edward Ayres;Heidi Steltzer;Breana L. Simmons;Rodney T. Simpson

  • Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent

    Diana H. Wall;Mark A. Bradford;Mark G. St. John;John A. Trofymow

  • Global distribution of earthworm diversity

    Helen R P Phillips;Carlos A Guerra;Marie L C Bartz;Maria J I Briones

  • Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

    D.H. Wall;R.D. Bardgett;V. Behan-Pelletier;J.E. Herrick

  • Can We Defy Nature's End?

    Stuart L. Pimm;Márcio Ayres;Andrew Balmford;George Branch

  • Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally

    Kelly S. Ramirez;Jonathan W. Leff;Albert Barberán;Scott Thomas Bates

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross A. Virginia
Ross A. Virginia Dartmouth College
Byron J. Adams
Byron J. Adams Brigham Young University
John E. Barrett
John E. Barrett Virginia Tech
Richard D. Bardgett
Richard D. Bardgett Lancaster University
Andrew G. Fountain
Andrew G. Fountain Portland State University
W. Berry Lyons
W. Berry Lyons The Ohio State University
Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder
Peter T. Doran
Peter T. Doran Louisiana State University
Ian D. Hogg
Ian D. Hogg University of Waikato
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University

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