2026 Hans-Peter Grossart: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	99	292	273	15	14	540	34889

Hans-Peter Grossart 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 Hans-Peter Grossart sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 531+

This scientist: 540 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans-Peter Grossart 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 Hans-Peter Grossart sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hans-Peter Grossart is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions spanning areas such as Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Pollution.

Grossart's work covers several key research topics including Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

The scientist has published extensively in various notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Water Research
Limnology and Oceanography
The Science of The Total Environment
Frontiers in Microbiology

Recent selected papers illustrate the range and depth of their scholarship:

FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles, 2020, Fungal Diversity
Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes, 2021, Nature
Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments, 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Aquatic and terrestrial cyanobacteria produce methane, 2020, Science Advances
Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs, 2023, Nature

Collaboration forms a significant part of Grossart's scientific activity. Frequent co-authors include Jason Woodhouse, Stella A. Berger, Jens C. Nejstgaard, Mark O. Gessner, and Danny Ionescu, reflecting sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

Microbial ecology of organic aggregates in aquatic ecosystems

Meinhard Simon;Hans Peter Grossart;Bernd Schweitzer;Helle Ploug

1197
Citations
FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

1029
Citations
The multifaceted roles of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in nature.

Saswati Sengupta;Madhab Kumar Chattopadhyay;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart

768
Citations
Marine diatom species harbour distinct bacterial communities

Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Florian Levold;Martin Allgaier;Meinhard Simon

646
Citations
Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

N. N. Wijayawardene;K. D. Hyde;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. Tedersoo

628
Citations
Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes

Stephen F. Jane;Stephen F. Jane;Gretchen J.A. Hansen;Benjamin M. Kraemer;Peter R. Leavitt;Peter R. Leavitt

602
Citations
Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems

Maria Arias-Andres;Uli Klümper;Keilor Rojas-Jimenez;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart

597
Citations
Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems

P. S. Keller;N. Catalán;N. Catalán;D. von Schiller;H. P. Grossart;H. P. Grossart

553
Citations
Fungi in aquatic ecosystems

Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Silke Van den Wyngaert;Maiko Kagami;Christian Wurzbacher

479
Citations
Ecology under lake ice

Stephanie E. Hampton;Aaron W.E. Galloway;Stephen M. Powers;Ted Ozersky

468
Citations
Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Sascha Krause;Xavier Le Roux;Pascal A. Niklaus;Peter M. Van Bodegom

445
Citations
Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments

Yuyi Yang;Wenzhi Liu;Zulin Zhang;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart

406
Citations
Microbial methane production in oxygenated water column of an oligotrophic lake

Hans-Peter Grossart;Katharina Frindte;Claudia Dziallas;Werner Eckert

370
Citations
Aquatic and terrestrial cyanobacteria produce methane.

M. Bižić;T. Klintzsch;D. Ionescu;M. Y. Hindiyeh

338
Citations
Possible Quorum Sensing in Marine Snow Bacteria: Production of Acylated Homoserine Lactones by Roseobacter Strains Isolated from Marine Snow

Lone Gram;Hans-Peter Grossart;Andrea Schlingloff;Thomas Kiørboe

337
Citations
The alliance for freshwater life : a global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

William Darwall;Vanessa Bremerich;Aaike De Wever;Anthony I. Dell

279
Citations
Microplastics increase impact of treated wastewater on freshwater microbial community.

Ester M. Eckert;Andrea Di Cesare;Marie Therese Kettner;Maria Arias-Andres

277
Citations
Diatom-associated bacteria are required for aggregation of Thalassiosira weissflogii

Astrid Gärdes;Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen;Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen;Hans-Peter Grossart;Uta Passow;Uta Passow

268
Citations
Mechanisms and rates of bacterial colonization of sinking aggregates.

Thomas Kiørboe;Hans-Peter Grossart;Helle Ploug;Kam Tang

266
Citations
Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

Jason D. Stockwell;Jonathan P. Doubek;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian;Orlane Anneville

264
Citations
Fungi in lake ecosystems

Christian M. Wurzbacher;Felix Bärlocher;Hans-Peter Grossart

258
Citations
Mini-review: Phytoplankton-derived polysaccharides in the marine environment and their interactions with heterotrophic bacteria.

Marco Mühlenbruch;Hans-Peter F. Grossart;Hans-Peter F. Grossart;Falk Eigemann;Maren Voss

255
Citations
Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Actinobacteria Populations in Four Lakes in Northeastern Germany

Martin Allgaier;Hans-Peter Grossart

254
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kam W. Tang Swansea University

Meinhard Simon Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Sabine Hilt Leibniz Association

Helle Ploug University of Gothenburg

Michail I. Gladyshev Siberian Federal University

Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin

Michael Hupfer Leibniz Association

Katherine D. McMahon University of Wisconsin–Madison

Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin

James A. Rusak Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

External Links

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