2026 Ernst-Detlef Schulze: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	166	1008	925	50	49	856	103394
Plant Science and Agronomy	160	10	10	3	3	641	99725
Ecology and Evolution	169	10	10	1	1	756	107186

Ernst-Detlef Schulze 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 Ernst-Detlef Schulze sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 533+

This scientist: 756 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ernst-Detlef Schulze 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 Ernst-Detlef Schulze sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 169 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
2004 - Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal, European Geosciences Union
1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1990 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)

Overview

Ernst-Detlef Schulze is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Germany. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research topics cover a breadth of ecological and environmental areas, such as Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest Management and Policy, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Notable recent publications include the following:

Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
Heterogeneity-diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
Can multi-taxa diversity in European beech forest landscapes be increased by combining different management systems?, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
FungalTraits vs. FUNGuild: Comparison of Ecological Functional Assignments of Leaf- and Needle-Associated Fungi Across 12 Temperate Tree Species, 2022, Microbial Ecology
The climate change mitigation effect of bioenergy from sustainably managed forests in Central Europe, 2020, GCB Bioenergy

Frequent co-authors in the scientist's work include:

Wolfgang W. Weisser
François Buscot
Markus Fischer
Peter Schall
Martin M. Goßner

Publications often appear in journals such as Nature Ecology & Evolution, GCB Bioenergy, Journal of Applied Ecology, Microbial Ecology, and Forest Ecosystems.

Ernst-Detlef Schulze's awards and honors include:

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal from the European Geosciences Union (2004)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
Membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (1990)
Recognition by the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)

Best Publications

Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

Ph. Ciais;M. Reichstein;N. Viovy;A. Granier

4668
Citations
A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes

R. B. Jackson;J. Canadell;J. R. Ehleringer;H. A. Mooney

3612
Citations
Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands

A. Hector;Bernhard Schmid;Carl Beierkuhnlein;M. C. Caldeira

2591
Citations
Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale.

J. Canadell;R. B. Jackson;J. R. Ehleringer;H. A. Mooney

2395
Citations
Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks.

Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Ernst Detlef Schulze;Annett Börner;Alexander Knohl

2239
Citations
The Ecology and Economics of Storage in Plants

F. Stuart Chapin;Ernst-Detlef Schulze;Harold A. Mooney

2131
Citations
Respiration as the main determinant of carbon balance in European forests

R. Valentini;G. Matteucci;A. J. Dolman;E.-D. Schulze

2074
Citations
A global budget for fine root biomass, surface area, and nutrient contents

R. B. Jackson;H. A. Mooney;E.-D. Schulze

1893
Citations
Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

I.A. Janssens;W. Dieleman;S. Luyssaert;J.-A. Subke

1724
Citations
Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

1437
Citations
Ecophysiology of Photosynthesis

Ernst-Detlef Schulze;Martyn M. Caldwell

1419
Citations
Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods

F. S. Chapin Iii;G. M. Woodwell;J. Randerson;E. B. Rastetter

1329
Citations
Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

Sebastian Seibold;Martin M. Gossner;Nadja K. Simons;Nadja K. Simons;Nico Blüthgen

1313
Citations
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

Ernst-Detlef Schulze;Harold A. Mooney

1264
Citations
Productivity overshadows temperature in determining soil and ecosystem respiration across European forests

I. A. Janssens;H. Lankreijer;G. Matteucci;A. S. Kowalski

1206
Citations
CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

1202
Citations
Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

Christoph Scherber;Nico Eisenhauer;Nico Eisenhauer;Wolfgang W Weisser;Bernhard Schmid

1193
Citations
Air Pollution and Forest Decline in a Spruce (Picea abies) Forest

Ernst Detlef Schulze

1135
Citations
Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor Exchange in Response to Drought in the Atmosphere and in the Soil

Ernst Detlef Schulze

943
Citations
Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

Markus Fischer;Markus Fischer;Oliver Bossdorf;Sonja Gockel;Falk Hansel

895
Citations
Europe's terrestrial biosphere absorbs 7 to 12% of European anthropogenic CO2 emissions

I.A. Janssens;A. Freibauer;P. Ciais;Phillip Smith

840
Citations
Leaf nitrogen, photosynthesis, conductance and transpiration : scaling from leaves to canopies

Ray Leuning;Francis M. Kelliher;D. G. G. de Pury;Ernst-Detlef Schulze

810
Citations
Relationships among Maximum Stomatal Conductance, Ecosystem Surface Conductance, Carbon Assimilation Rate, and Plant Nitrogen Nutrition: A Global Ecology Scaling Exercise

Ernst-Detlef Schulze;Francis M. Kelliher;Christian Körner;Jon Lloyd

788
Citations
Maximum conductances for evaporation from global vegetation types

Francis M. Kelliher;Ray Leuning;Michael Raupach;Ernst-Detlef Schulze

735
Citations
The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: an experimental approach in a grassland community

Christiane Roscher;Jens Schumacher;Jussi Baade;Wolfgang Wilcke

679
Citations
Managing forests after Kyoto

Ernst Detlef Schulze;Christian Wirth;Martin Heimann

669
Citations
The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle : Implications for the Kyoto Protocol

Will Steffen;Ian Noble;Josep Canadell

596
Citations
Accumulation of nitrate in the shoot acts as a signal to regulate shoot‐root allocation in tobacco†

Wolf-Rudiger Scheible;Marianne Lauerer;Ernst-Detlef Schulze;Michel Caboche

569
Citations
Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European forest ecosystems

Ernst-Detlef Schulze

566
Citations