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9880
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2872
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37

Ivan Nijs 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 Ivan Nijs sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 221 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ivan Nijs 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 Ivan Nijs sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ivan Nijs is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research primarily spans fields such as Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers a broad spectrum of topics reflecting their interdisciplinary approach. These main topics include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, and Plant responses to elevated CO2.

Ivan Nijs has published in a variety of scientific venues, emphasizing both open access and widely recognized journals. Their frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Change Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Ecology and Evolution, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ivan Nijs are:

  • ForestTemp - Sub-canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography (2024, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Ecotrons: Powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Think globally, measure locally: The MIREN standardized protocol for monitoring plant species distributions along elevation gradients (2022, Ecology and Evolution)

Collaboration is notable in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Jonas J. Lembrechts
  • Hans J. De Boeck
  • Jonathan Lenoir
  • Simon Reynaert
  • Erik Verbruggen

Across their career, Ivan Nijs has demonstrated consistent research output in environmental and agricultural biological sciences, focusing on ecosystem dynamics, plant interactions, and climate-related species distribution. Their multi-disciplinary contributions include ecological modeling and studies related to atmospheric conditions affecting vegetation.

Best Publications

  • Incorporating microclimate into species distribution models

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Ivan Nijs;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Whole‐system responses of experimental plant communities to climate extremes imposed in different seasons

    Hans J. De Boeck;Freja E. Dreesen;Ivan A. Janssens;Ivan Nijs;Ivan Nijs

  • Stomatal regulation in a changing climate: a field study using Free Air Temperature Increase (FATI) and Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE)

    I. Nijs;R. Ferris;H. Blum;G. Hendrey

  • Climatic characteristics of heat waves and their simulation in plant experiments

    Hans J. De Boeck;Freja E. Dreesen;Ivan A. Janssens;Ivan Nijs

  • Physiological, biochemical, and genome-wide transcriptional analysis reveals that elevated CO2 mitigates the impact of combined heat wave and drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana at multiple organizational levels

    Gaurav Zinta;Hamada AbdElgawad;Malgorzata A. Domagalska;Lucia Vergauwen

  • Effects of a warmer climate on seed germination in the subarctic

    Ann Milbau;Bente Jessen Graae;Anna Shevtsova;Ivan Nijs

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Summer heat and drought extremes trigger unexpected changes in productivity of a temperate annual/biannual plant community

    Freja E. Dreesen;Hans J. De Boeck;Ivan A. Janssens;Ivan Nijs;Ivan Nijs

  • On the use of weather data in ecological studies along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients

    Bente J. Graae;Pieter De Frenne;Annette Kolb;Jörg Brunet

  • Disturbance is the key to plant invasions in cold environments

    Jonas Johan Lembrechts;Anibal Pauchard;Jonathan Lenoir;Martin A. Nunez

  • Biomass production in experimental grasslands of different species richness during three years of climate warming

    H. J. De Boeck;Cmhm Lemmens;C. Zavalloni;B. Gielen

  • How do climate warming and plant species richness affect water use in experimental grasslands

    H. J. De Boeck;Cmhm Lemmens;H. Bossuyt;Sandrine Malchair

  • Free Air Temperature Increase (FATI): a new tool to study global warming effects on plants in the field

    I. Nijs;F. Kockelbergh;H. Teughels;H. Blum

  • Patterns and drivers of biodiversity-stability relationships under climate extremes

    Hans J. De Boeck;Juliette M. G. Bloor;Juergen Kreyling;Johannes C. G. Ransijn

  • Performance of High Arctic tundra plants improved during but deteriorated after exposure to a simulated extreme temperature event

    Fleur L. Marchand;Sofie Mertens;Fred Kockelbergh;Louis Beyens

  • Comparing temperature data sources for use in species distribution models: From in-situ logging to remote sensing

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Jonathan Lenoir;Nina Roth;Tarek Hattab;Tarek Hattab

  • Species richness and susceptibility to heat and drought extremes in synthesized grassland ecosystems: compositional vs physiological effects

    L. Van Peer;I. Nijs;D. Reheul;B. De Cauwer

  • Global Change Experiments: Challenges and Opportunities

    Hans J. De Boeck;Sara Vicca;Jacques Roy;Ivan Nijs

  • ForestTemp - Sub-canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests.

    Stef Haesen;Jonas J. Lembrechts;Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Microenvironmental and vegetational heterogeneity induced by phytogenic nebkhas in an arid coastal ecosystem

    Magdy I. El-Bana;Ivan Nijs;Fred Kockelbergh

  • A hierarchical framework for integrating invasibility experiments incorporating different factors and spatial scales

    Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Jane C. Stout;Bente Jessen Graae;Ivan Nijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans J. De Boeck
Hans J. De Boeck University of Antwerp
Ann Milbau
Ann Milbau Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Reinhart Ceulemans
Reinhart Ceulemans University of Antwerp
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Dirk Reheul
Dirk Reheul Ghent University
Bente J. Graae
Bente J. Graae Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sara Vicca
Sara Vicca University of Antwerp
Anke Jentsch
Anke Jentsch University of Bayreuth
Hamada AbdElgawad
Hamada AbdElgawad Beni-Suef University
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne

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