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Finland
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
59
Citations
13240
World Ranking
1265
National Ranking
7

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
13803
World Ranking
2185
National Ranking
30

Frank Berninger publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Berninger sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 225 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Frank Berninger D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Berninger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Frank Berninger is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland and specializes in Environmental Science as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Berninger's main research topics include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Their recent publications reflect these areas of focus. Notable papers include:

  • Global analysis of soil bacterial genera and diversity in response to pH, 2024, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • North American boreal forests are a large carbon source due to wildfires from 1986 to 2016, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Impacts of wildfire on soil microbiome in Boreal environments, 2021, Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
  • Utilization of the microalga Scenedesmus quadricauda for hexavalent chromium bioremediation and biodiesel production, 2022, Bioresource Technology

Frequently published venues for Berninger include Global Change Biology, Scientific Reports, Forest Ecology and Management, Frontiers in Plant Science, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Collaboration is a significant part of Berninger's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jukka Pumpanen
  • Kajar Köster
  • Marjo Palviainen
  • Xuan Zhou
  • Xudan Zhu

Best Publications

  • The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests

    Federico Magnani;Maurizio Mencuccini;Marco Borghetti;Paul Berbigier

  • Impacts of climate change on the tree line.

    John Grace;Frank Berninger;Laszlo Nagy

  • Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene

    D. C. Frank;B. Poulter;M. Saurer;J. Esper

  • Air temperature triggers the recovery of evergreen boreal forest photosynthesis in spring

    Suni Tanja;Frank Berninger;Timo Vesala;Tiina Markkanen

  • Soil Respiration in European Grasslands in Relation to Climate and Assimilate Supply

    Michael Bahn;Mirco Rodeghiero;Margaret Anderson-Dunn;Sabina Dore

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Radial growth response of four dominant boreal tree species to climate along a latitudinal gradient in the eastern Canadian boreal forest

    Jianguo Huang;Jacques C. Tardif;Yves Bergeron;Bernhard Denneler

  • Carbon balance of different aged Scots pine forests in Southern Finland

    Pasi Kolari;Jukka Pumpanen;Üllar Rannik;Hannu Ilvesniemi

  • Response of Forest Trees to Increased Atmospheric CO 2

    Jian-Guo Huang;Yves Bergeron;Bernhard Denneler;Frank Berninger

  • Effect of thinning on surface fluxes in a boreal forest

    Timo Vesala;Tanja Suni;Üllar Rannik;Petri Keronen

  • Signal strength and climate calibration of a European tree-ring isotope network

    K. Treydte;D. Frank;J. Esper;L. Andreu

  • Acclimation of photosynthetic capacity in Scots pine to the annual cycle of temperature.

    Annikki Mäkelä;Pertti Hari;Frank Berninger;Heikki Hänninen

  • Optimal Control of Gas Exchange during Drought: Theoretical Analysis

    Annikki Mäkelä;Frank Berninger;Pertti Hari

  • Drought responses of Eucalyptus microtheca provenances depend on seasonality of rainfall in their place of origin

    Chunyang Li;Frank Berninger;Jarkko Koskela;Eloni Sonninen

  • Divergent trends in the risk of spring frost damage to trees in Europe with recent warming.

    Qianqian Ma;Jian-Guo Huang;Heikki Hänninen;Frank Berninger;Frank Berninger

  • Paired comparisons of carbon exchange between undisturbed and regenerating stands in four managed forests in Europe

    Andrew S. Kowalski;Denis Loustau;Paul Berbigier;Giovanni Manca

  • Interannual variability of net ecosystem productivity in forests is explained by carbon flux phenology in autumn

    Chaoyang Wu;Jing M. Chen;T. Andrew Black;David T. Price

  • Sex-related differences in leaf morphological and physiological responses in Hippophae rhamnoides along an altitudinal gradient.

    Chunyang Li;Gang Xu;Runguo Zang;Helena Korpelainen

  • Biotic, abiotic, and management controls on the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of European mountain grassland ecosystems

    Georg Wohlfahrt;Margaret Anderson-Dunn;Michael Bahn;Manuela Balzarolo

  • Photosynthetic responses of Populus przewalski subjected to drought stress

    Cy Y. Yin;F. Berninger;Cy Y. Li

  • Fungal Community Shifts in Structure and Function across a Boreal Forest Fire Chronosequence

    Hui Sun;Minna Santalahti;Jukka Pumpanen;Kajar Köster

  • Interannual variability and timing of growing‐season CO2 exchange in a boreal forest

    Tanja Suni;Frank Berninger;Tiina Markkanen;Petri Keronen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jukka Pumpanen
Jukka Pumpanen University of Eastern Finland
Pertti Hari
Pertti Hari University of Helsinki
Eero Nikinmaa
Eero Nikinmaa University of Helsinki
Annikki Mäkelä
Annikki Mäkelä University of Helsinki
Pasi Kolari
Pasi Kolari University of Helsinki
Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Yves Bergeron
Yves Bergeron Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Jaana Bäck
Jaana Bäck University of Helsinki
Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo
Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo Spanish National Research Council
Hannu Ilvesniemi
Hannu Ilvesniemi Finnish Forest Research Institute

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