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Edward A. D. Mitchell

Edward A. D. Mitchell

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
74
Citations
24222
World Ranking
1101
National Ranking
26

Edward A. D. Mitchell 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 Edward A. D. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 261 publications — 87th percentile

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

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

Edward A. D. Mitchell 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 Edward A. D. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

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

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Overview

Edward A. D. Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Their research encompasses multiple disciplines within environmental and biological sciences, with notable contributions to protist diversity, microbial ecology, and environmental impacts on soil and aquatic ecosystems.

The scientist's main fields of study include Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broader categories, their subfields of study focus primarily on Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Atmospheric Science, with additional work related to Evolution, Behavior, Systematics, and Insect Science.

The research topics covered by their work highlight several areas:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Recent publications demonstrate the scope and focus of their research output, including:

  • "Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems," 2020, Environment International
  • "Residues of neonicotinoids in soil, water and people's hair: A case study from three agricultural regions of the Philippines," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Impact of a synthetic fungicide (fosetyl-Al and propamocarb-hydrochloride) and a biopesticide (Clonostachys rosea) on soil bacterial, fungal, and protist communities," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Comparative analysis of diversity and environmental niches of soil bacterial, archaeal, fungal and protist communities reveal niche divergences along environmental gradients in the Alps," 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Testate Amoeba Functional Traits and Their Use in Paleoecology," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Enrique Lara
  • David Singer
  • Clément Duckert
  • Quentin Blandenier
  • Antoine Guisan

Common venues for their publications are:

  • European Journal of Protistology
  • Acta Protozoologica
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • The revised classification of eukaryotes

    Sina M. Adl;Sina M. Adl;Alastair G. B. Simpson;Christopher E. Lane;Julius Lukeš

  • Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites

    N. Simon-Delso;N. Simon-Delso;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;J. M. Bonmatin

  • Environmental fate and exposure; neonicotinoids and fipronil

    J.-M. Bonmatin;C. Giorio;V. Girolami;D. Goulson

  • Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes

    Sina M. Adl;David Bass;David Bass;Christopher E. Lane;Julius Lukes;Julius Lukes

  • Pesticides néonicotinoïdes. Tendances, usages et modes d’action des métabolites

    N. Simon-Delso;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;Jean-Marc Bonmatin

  • Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research.

    Stefan Geisen;Edward A D Mitchell;Sina Adl;Michael Bonkowski

  • Risks of large-scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services

    Madeleine Chagnon;David Kreutzweiser;Edward A.D. Mitchell;Christy A. Morrissey

  • CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding Eukaryotic Richness beyond the Animal, Plant, and Fungal Kingdoms

    Jan Wojciech Pawlowski;Stéphane Audic;Sina Adl;David Bass

  • A worldwide survey of neonicotinoids in honey

    Edward A. D Mitchell;Blaise Mulhauser;Matthieu Mulot;A Mutabazi

  • Testate amoebae analysis in ecological and paleoecological studies of wetlands: past, present and future

    Edward A. D. Mitchell;Daniel J. Charman;Barry G. Warner

  • Raised atmospheric CO2 levels and increased N deposition cause shifts in plant species composition and production in Sphagnum bogs

    Frank Berendse;Nico van Breemen;HÅkan Rydin;Alexandre Buttler

  • Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    J.P. Van der Sluijs;J.P. Van der Sluijs;V. Amaral-Rogers;L.P. Belzunces;M. F. I. J. Bijleveld van Lexmond

  • Living specimen tomography by digital holographic microscopy: morphometry of testate amoeba

    Florian Charrière;Nicolas Pavillon;Tristan Colomb;Christian Depeursinge

  • Parasites dominate hyperdiverse soil protist communities in Neotropical rainforests

    Frédéric Mahé;Colomban de Vargas;David Bass;Lucas Czech

  • Modelling the effect of size on the aerial dispersal of microorganisms

    David M. Wilkinson;David M. Wilkinson;David M. Wilkinson;Symeon Koumoutsaris;Edward A. D. Mitchell;Edward A. D. Mitchell;Isabelle Bey

  • An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems.

    Lennard Pisa;Dave Goulson;En-Cheng Yang;David Gibbons

  • Above‐ and belowground linkages in Sphagnum peatland: climate warming affects plant‐microbial interactions

    Vincent E. J. Jassey;Vincent E. J. Jassey;Vincent E. J. Jassey;Genevieve Chiapusio;Philippe Binet;Alexandre Buttler;Alexandre Buttler;Alexandre Buttler

  • The Ecology of Testate Amoebae (Protists) in Sphagnum in North-western Poland in Relation to Peatland Ecology

    Mariusz Lamentowicz;Edward A. D. Mitchell;Edward A. D. Mitchell

  • Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems.

    David Singer;Christophe V.W. Seppey;Guillaume Lentendu;Micah Dunthorn

  • Widespread drying of European peatlands in recent centuries

    Graeme T. Swindles;Graeme T. Swindles;Graeme T. Swindles;Paul J. Morris;Donal J. Mullan;Richard J. Payne

  • How many is enough? Determining optimal count totals for ecological and palaeoecological studies of testate amoebae

    Richard J. Payne;Edward A. D. Mitchell

  • ARTICLE Modelling the effect of size on the aerial dispersal of microorganisms

    David M. Wilkinson;Symeon Koumoutsaris;Edward A. D. Mitchell;Isabelle Bey

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrique Lara
Enrique Lara Spanish National Research Council
Alexandre Buttler
Alexandre Buttler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mariusz Lamentowicz
Mariusz Lamentowicz Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert University of Franche-Comté
Richard J. Payne
Richard J. Payne University of York
Luca Bragazza
Luca Bragazza Agroscope
Vincent E. J. Jassey
Vincent E. J. Jassey Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Fatima Laggoun-Défarge
Fatima Laggoun-Défarge University of Orléans
Graeme T. Swindles
Graeme T. Swindles Queen's University Belfast
Barry G. Warner
Barry G. Warner University of Waterloo

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