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D-Index
68
Citations
14651
World Ranking
1545
National Ranking
19

Hannu Fritze 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 Hannu Fritze sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 215 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hannu Fritze 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 Hannu Fritze sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hannu Fritze is affiliated with the Natural Resources Institute Finland in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several interconnected fields, including ecology, plant science, soil science, environmental chemistry, and global and planetary change.

Their research predominantly focuses on topics such as peatlands and wetlands ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, botany and plant ecology studies, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Hannu Fritze include:

  • Long-term impacts of organic and conventional farming on the soil microbiome in boreal arable soil, 2021, European Journal of Soil Biology
  • Microbial carbon use efficiency along an altitudinal gradient, 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Are there environmental or agricultural benefits in using forest residue biochar in boreal agricultural clay soil?, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Pulp and paper mill sludges decrease soil erodibility, 2020, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Chemical composition controls the decomposition of organic amendments and influences the microbial community structure in agricultural soils, 2021, Carbon Management

Frequent co-authors in Hannu Fritze's work include Krista Peltoniemi, Taina Pennanen, Sannakajsa Velmala, Raija Laiho, and Timo Penttilä. These collaborations suggest ongoing partnerships in multidisciplinary environmental and soil science studies.

The publication venues where Hannu Fritze's work appears regularly encompass:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • European Journal of Soil Biology

Best Publications

  • Charcoal as a habitat for microbes and its effect on the microbial community of the underlying humus

    Janna Maarika Pietikäinen;Oili Kiikkilä;Hannu Fritze

  • Microbial community structure and pH response in relation to soil organic matter quality in wood-ash fertilized, clear-cut or burned coniferous forest soils

    Erland Bååth;Åsa Frostegård;Taina Pennanen;Hannu Fritze

  • Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition and Heavy Metal Tolerance of Soil Microbial Communities along Two Heavy Metal-Polluted Gradients in Coniferous Forests

    T Pennanen;A Frostegård;H Fritze;Erland Bååth

  • Clear-cutting and prescribed burning in coniferous forest: Comparison of effects on soil fungal and total microbial biomass, respiration activity and nitrification

    Janna Pietikäinen;Hannu Fritze

  • Structure of the Microbial Communities in Coniferous Forest Soils in Relation to Site Fertility and Stand Development Stage.

    T. Pennanen;J. Liski;E. Bååth;V. Kitunen

  • Ecosystem properties and microbial community changes in primary succession on a glacier forefront.

    Rauni Ohtonen;Hannu Fritze;Taina Pennanen;Ari Jumpponen

  • Soil bacterial biomass, activity, phospholipid fatty acid pattern, and pH tolerance in an area polluted with alkaline dust deposition

    E. Bååth;Å. Frostegård;H. Fritze

  • Pathways for methanogenesis and diversity of methanogenic archaea in three boreal peatland ecosystems.

    P. E. Galand;H. Fritze;R. Conrad;K. Yrjälä

  • Wood-ash fertilization and fire treatments in a Scots pine forest stand: effects on the organic layer, microbial biomass, and microbial activity

    H. Fritze;A. Smolander;T. Levula;V. Kitunen

  • Structure of a Microbial Community in Soil after Prolonged Addition of Low Levels of Simulated Acid Rain

    Taina Pennanen;Hannu Fritze;Pekka Vanhala;Oili Kiikkilä

  • Heterotrophic soil respiration—Comparison of different models describing its temperature dependence

    Mikko Tuomi;Mikko Tuomi;Pekka Vanhala;Kristiina Karhu;Hannu Fritze

  • Recovery of soil microbial biomass and activity from prescribed burning

    Hannu Fritze;Taina Pennanen;Janna Pietikäinen

  • Methanotrophy induces nitrogen fixation during peatland development

    Tuula Larmola;Sanna M. Leppänen;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila;Maija Aarva

  • The role of Sphagnum mosses in the methane cycling of a boreal mire

    Tuula Larmola;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila;Marja Tiirola;Hannu Nykänen

  • Plant roots increase both decomposition and stable organic matter formation in boreal forest soil.

    Bartosz Adamczyk;Outi-Maaria Sietiö;Petra Straková;Judith Prommer

  • Effects of short‐ and long‐term water‐level drawdown on the populations and activity of aerobic decomposers in a boreal peatland

    Krista Jaatinen;Hannu Fritze;Jukka Laine;Raija Laiho

  • Distribution of microbial biomass and phospholipid fatty acids in Podzol profiles under coniferous forest

    H. Fritze;J. Pietikäinen;T. Pennanen

  • Indirect regulation of heterotrophic peat soil respiration by water level via microbial community structure and temperature sensitivity

    Päivi Mäkiranta;Raija Laiho;Hannu Fritze;Jyrki Hytönen

  • Does short-term heating of forest humus change its properties as a substrate for microbes?

    Janna Maarika Pietikäinen;Risto Hiukka;Hannu Fritze

  • Depth related diversity of methanogen Archaea in Finnish oligotrophic fen.

    Pierre E. Galand;Sanna Saarnio;Hannu Fritze;Kim Yrjälä

  • Methanogen communities and Bacteria along an ecohydrological gradient in a northern raised bog complex.

    Heli Juottonen;Pierre E. Galand;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila;Jukka Laine;Jukka Laine

Frequent Co-Authors

Taina Pennanen
Taina Pennanen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila University of Eastern Finland
Raija Laiho
Raija Laiho Natural Resources Institute Finland
Timo Penttilä
Timo Penttilä Natural Resources Institute Finland
Jari Liski
Jari Liski Finnish Meteorological Institute
Veikko Kitunen
Veikko Kitunen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Heikki Setälä
Heikki Setälä University of Helsinki
Levente Bodrossy
Levente Bodrossy Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mari Pihlatie
Mari Pihlatie University of Helsinki
Erland Bååth
Erland Bååth Lund University

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