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Ellen Dorrepaal

Ellen Dorrepaal

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
9873
World Ranking
5988
National Ranking
146

Ellen Dorrepaal 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 Ellen Dorrepaal sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 100 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ellen Dorrepaal 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 Ellen Dorrepaal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ellen Dorrepaal is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science and ecology. Their scholarly contributions cover various subfields including global and planetary change, plant science, and ecological behavior and systematics.

Their work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Botany and plant ecology studies
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Bryophyte studies and records
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Dorrepaal, including:

  • Mariusz Lamentowicz
  • Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
  • Vincent E. J. Jassey
  • Michele Carbognani
  • Anna Sytiuk

Dorrepaal's publications are commonly found in journals such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Arctic Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Geoscience

Recent papers authored by or involving Dorrepaal include:

  • Global maps of soil temperature, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems, 2022, Arctic Science
  • Carbon loss from northern circumpolar permafrost soils amplified by rhizosphere priming, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Carbon and nitrogen cycling in Yedoma permafrost controlled by microbial functional limitations, 2020, Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

  • Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Kathryn Amatangelo;Ellen Dorrepaal

  • Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H.R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Björk

  • Carbon respiration from subsurface peat accelerated by climate warming in the subarctic

    Ellen Dorrepaal;Sylvia Toet;Sylvia Toet;Richard S. P. van Logtestijn;Elferra Swart

  • A frozen feast: thawing permafrost increases plant-available nitrogen in subarctic peatlands

    Frida Keuper;Peter M. van Bodegom;Ellen Dorrepaal;James T. Weedon

  • Are growth forms consistent predictors of leaf litter quality and decomposability across peatlands along a latitudinal gradient

    Ellen Dorrepaal;Johannes H.C. Cornelissen;Rien Aerts;Bo Wallén

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Plant Performance in a Warmer World: General Responses of Plants from Cold, Northern Biomes and the Importance of Winter and Spring Events

    R. Aerts;J.H.C. Cornelissen;E. Dorrepaal

  • Summer warming and increased winter snow cover affect Sphagnum fuscum growth, structure and production in a sub‐arctic bog

    Ellen Dorrepaal;Rien Aerts;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Terry V. Callaghan

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Variable temperature effects of Open Top Chambers at polar and alpine sites explained by irradiance and snow depth

    Stef Bokhorst;Ad Huiskes;Rien Aerts;Peter Convey

  • Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

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  • Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils.

    Kelly S. Ramirez;Christopher G. Knight;Mattias de Hollander;Francis Q. Brearley

  • Experimentally increased nutrient availability at the permafrost thaw front selectively enhances biomass production of deep‐rooting subarctic peatland species

    Frida Keuper;Frida Keuper;Frida Keuper;Ellen Dorrepaal;Ellen Dorrepaal;Peter M. van Bodegom;Peter M. van Bodegom;Richard van Logtestijn

  • Dwelling in the deep – strongly increased root growth and rooting depth enhance plant interactions with thawing permafrost soil

    Gesche Blume-Werry;Gesche Blume-Werry;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Laurenz M. Teuber;Laurenz M. Teuber;Margareta Johansson

  • Carbon loss from northern circumpolar permafrost soils amplified by rhizosphere priming

    Frida Keuper;Birgit Wild;Birgit Wild;Matti Kummu;Christian Beer

  • Effects of experimentally imposed climate scenarios on flowering phenology and flower production of subarctic bog species

    R. Aerts;J. H. C. Cornelissen;E. Dorrepaal;R. S. P. Van Logtestijn

  • Long-term in situ permafrost thaw effects on bacterial communities and potential aerobic respiration

    Sylvain Monteux;James T. Weedon;James T. Weedon;Gesche Blume-Werry;Konstantin Gavazov;Konstantin Gavazov

  • Decadal warming causes a consistent and persistent shift from heterotrophic to autotrophic respiration in contrasting permafrost ecosystems

    Caitlin E. Hicks Pries;Caitlin E. Hicks Pries;Richard S. P. van Logtestijn;Edward A. G. Schuur;Susan M. Natali

  • Seasonal climate manipulations result in species-specific changes in Leaf nutrient levels and isotopic composition in a sub-arctic bog.

    Rien Aerts;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan;Ellen Dorrepaal;Richard S. P. Van Logtestijn

  • Potential remobilization of belowground permafrost carbon under future global warming

    P Kuhry;Ellen Dorrepaal;G Hugelius;Eag Schuur

  • Are plant growth-form-based classifications useful in predicting northern ecosystem carbon cycling feedbacks to climate change?

    Ellen Dorrepaal

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Rien Aerts
Rien Aerts Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marie-Charlotte Nilsson
Marie-Charlotte Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Margareta Johansson
Margareta Johansson Lund University
Luca Bragazza
Luca Bragazza Agroscope
Richard S. P. van Logtestijn
Richard S. P. van Logtestijn Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila University of Eastern Finland
Bjorn J. M. Robroek
Bjorn J. M. Robroek Radboud University Medical Center

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