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Franco Widmer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Franco Widmer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 144 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Franco Widmer D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Franco Widmer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Franco Widmer is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields including Plant Science, Insect Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Soil Science.

Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Widmer's recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • Assessing the Risks of Topically Applied dsRNA-Based Products to Non-target Arthropods (2020), Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Limited resilience of the soil microbiome to mechanical compaction within four growing seasons of agricultural management (2021), ISME Communications
  • Harnessing the Microbiomes of Suppressive Composts for Plant Protection: From Metagenomes to Beneficial Microorganisms and Reliable Diagnostics (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Plant species identity drives soil microbial community structures that persist under a following crop (2020), Ecology and Evolution
  • Site and land-use associations of soil bacteria and fungi define core and indicative taxa (2021), FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Their most frequent publication venues include Applied Soil Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Microbiology, and Bulletin of Entomological Research.

Widmer has collaborated frequently with coauthors including J. Enkerli, Johanna Mayerhofer, Florian Gschwend, Aaron Fox, and A. Lúscher, contributing to multiple research projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality

    Cameron Wagg;S. Franz Bender;Franco Widmer;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  • Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

    Martin Hartmann;Beat Frey;Jochen Mayer;Paul Mäder

  • Preferential Flow Paths: Biological Hot Spots in Soils

    Maya Bundt;Maya Bundt;Franco Widmer;Manuel Pesaro;Josef Zeyer

  • A strategy for optimizing quality and quantity of DNA extracted from soil

    Helmut Bürgmann;Manuel Pesaro;Franco Widmer;Josef Zeyer

  • Resistance and resilience of the forest soil microbiome to logging-associated compaction.

    Martin Hartmann;Pascal A Niklaus;Stephan Zimmermann;Stefan Schmutz

  • A Highly Selective PCR Protocol for Detecting 16S rRNA Genes of the Genus Pseudomonas (Sensu Stricto) in Environmental Samples

    Franco Widmer;Franco Widmer;Ramon J. Seidler;Patrick M. Gillevet;Lidia S. Watrud

  • Analysis of nifH Gene Pool Complexity in Soil and Litter at a Douglas Fir Forest Site in the Oregon Cascade Mountain Range

    F. Widmer;B. T. Shaffer;L. A. Porteous;R. J. Seidler

  • Microbial diversity in European alpine permafrost and active layers

    Beat Frey;Thomas Rime;Marcia Phillips;Beat Stierli

  • Bacterial community structures in honeybee intestines and their response to two insecticidal proteins

    Dirk Babendreier;David Joller;Jörg Romeis;Franz Bigler

  • Community Structure Analyses Are More Sensitive to Differences in Soil Bacterial Communities than Anonymous Diversity Indices

    Martin Hartmann;Franco Widmer

  • Effects of model root exudates on structure and activity of a soil diazotroph community

    Helmut Bürgmann;Stefan Meier;Michael Bunge;Franco Widmer

  • Assessing soil biological characteristics : a comparison of bulk soil community DNA-, PLFA-, and Biolog-analyses

    F. Widmer;A. Fließbach;E. Laczkó;J. Schulze-Aurich

  • mRNA Extraction and Reverse Transcription-PCR Protocol for Detection of nifH Gene Expression by Azotobacter vinelandii in Soil

    Helmut Bürgmann;Franco Widmer;William V. Sigler;Josef Zeyer

  • New Molecular Screening Tools for Analysis of Free-Living Diazotrophs in Soil

    Helmut Bürgmann;Franco Widmer;William Von Sigler;Josef Zeyer

  • How effective are ‘Effective microorganisms® (EM)’? Results from a field study in temperate climate

    Jochen Mayer;Susanne Scheid;Franco Widmer;Andreas Fließbach

  • Vertical distribution of the soil microbiota along a successional gradient in a glacier forefield.

    Thomas Rime;Martin Hartmann;Ivano Brunner;Franco Widmer

  • Sensitive detection of transgenic plant marker gene persistence in soil microcosms

    F. Widmer;R. J. Seidler;L. S. Watrud

  • Impact of Soil Drying-Rewetting Stress on Microbial Communities and Activities and on Degradation of Two Crop Protection Products

    Manuel Pesaro;Gilles Nicollier;Josef Zeyer;Franco Widmer

  • Community structures and substrate utilization of bacteria in soils from organic and conventional farming systems of the DOK long-term field experiment

    Franco Widmer;Frank Rasche;Martin Hartmann;Andreas Fliessbach

  • Quantification of transgenic plant marker gene persistence in the field

    F. Widmer;R. J. Seidler;K. K. Donegan;G. L. Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

Beat Frey
Beat Frey Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Bruno Studer
Bruno Studer ETH Zurich
Josef Zeyer
Josef Zeyer ETH Zurich
Torben Asp
Torben Asp Aarhus University
Cameron Wagg
Cameron Wagg Environment and Climate Change Canada
Paul Mäder
Paul Mäder Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau

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