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61
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2145
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68

E. Toby Kiers 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 E. Toby Kiers sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 124 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

E. Toby Kiers 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 E. Toby Kiers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

E. Toby Kiers is a researcher affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including Plant Science, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The primary topics addressed in their publications include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Their recent research output features papers published in notable venues. Key papers include:

  • Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool, 2023, Current Biology
  • Defending Earth's terrestrial microbiome, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Rewilding plant microbiomes, 2022, Science
  • The Evolution of Mutualistic Dependence, 2020, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The publication venues where Kiers frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Among frequent co-authors collaborating on these projects are:

  • Stuart A. West
  • Malin Klein
  • Justin D. Stewart
  • Thomas Shimizu
  • Anouk van 't Padje

Best Publications

  • Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    E. Toby Kiers;Marie Duhamel;Marie Duhamel;Yugandhar Beesetty;Yugandhar Beesetty;Jerry A. Mensah

  • Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism

    E. Toby Kiers;Robert A. Rousseau;Stuart A. West;R. Ford Denison

  • Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems.

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirokazu Toju;Kabir G. Peay;Masato Yamamichi;Kazuhiko Narisawa

  • Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary perspective

    E. Toby Kiers;Todd M. Palmer;Anthony R. Ives;John F. Bruno

  • Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world

    Matty P. Berg;E. Toby Kiers;Gerard Driessen;Marcel Van Der Heijden

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Carbon availability triggers fungal nitrogen uptake and transport in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Carl R. Fellbaum;Emma W. Gachomo;Yugandhar Beesetty;Sulbha Choudhari

  • Agriculture at a Crossroads

    E. Toby Kiers;Roger R. B. Leakey;Anne-Marie Izac;Jack A. Heinemann

  • Major evolutionary transitions in individuality

    Stuart A. West;Roberta M. Fisher;Andy Gardner;E. Toby Kiers

  • Mycorrhizal fungal establishment in agricultural soils: factors determining inoculation success.

    Erik Verbruggen;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Matthias C. Rillig;E. Toby Kiers;E. Toby Kiers

  • Sanctions and mutualism stability: why do rhizobia fix nitrogen?

    Stuart A West;E Toby Kiers;Ellen L Simms;R Ford Denison

  • Sanctions, Cooperation, and the Stability of Plant-Rhizosphere Mutualisms

    E. Toby Kiers;R. Ford Denison

  • Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool

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  • Evolutionary ecology of mycorrhizal functional diversity in agricultural systems.

    Erik Verbruggen;E. Toby Kiers;E. Toby Kiers

  • Fungal nutrient allocation in common mycorrhizal networks is regulated by the carbon source strength of individual host plants.

    Carl R. Fellbaum;Jerry A. Mensah;Adam J. Cloos;Gary E. Strahan

  • The evolution of host-symbiont dependence

    Roberta M. Fisher;Roberta M. Fisher;Lee M. Henry;Charlie K. Cornwallis;E. Toby Kiers

  • A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2-fixation in angiosperms

    Gijsbert D. A. Werner;William K. Cornwell;Janet I. Sprent;Jens Kattge

  • Mutualistic stability in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: exploring hypotheses of evolutionary cooperation.

    E. Toby Kiers;E. Toby Kiers;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  • Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism.

    Todd M. Palmer;Daniel F. Doak;Maureen L. Stanton;Judith L. Bronstein

  • Predicting community and ecosystem outcomes of mycorrhizal responses to global change

    N.C. Johnson;C. Angelard;I.R. Sanders;E.T. Kiers

  • PERSPECTIVE Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary perspective

    E. Toby Kiers;Todd M. Palmer;Anthony R. Ives;John F. Bruno

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart A. West
Stuart A. West University of Oxford
R. Ford Denison
R. Ford Denison University of Minnesota
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Erik Verbruggen
Erik Verbruggen University of Antwerp
Jacintha Ellers
Jacintha Ellers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lynn S. Adler
Lynn S. Adler University of Massachusetts Amherst
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner University of St Andrews
Jan Jansa
Jan Jansa Czech Academy of Sciences
Hirokazu Toju
Hirokazu Toju Kyoto University
Ronald Noë
Ronald Noë University of Strasbourg

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