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D-Index
96
Citations
44616
World Ranking
333
National Ranking
22

Jens Kattge 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 Jens Kattge sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 267 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jens Kattge 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 Jens Kattge sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jens Kattge is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research contributions span multiple domains within environmental and biological sciences, focusing particularly on plant science, ecology, and global ecological dynamics.

The main fields of study in which they have published include Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. They have further specialized in subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The core topics addressed in their work cover a range of ecological and plant-related themes including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Jens Kattge's recent papers demonstrate a consistent focus on plant traits, ecosystem function, and trait-based science. Notable publications include:

  • "The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective" (2021, New Phytologist)
  • "Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation" (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function" (2021, Nature)
  • "Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

These publications reflect interdisciplinary engagement with ecology, plant physiology, and ecosystem science in highly regarded journals.

Frequent co-authors working alongside Jens Kattge include:

  • Ülo Niinemets
  • Josep Peñuelas
  • Peter B. Reich
  • Helge Bruelheide
  • Peter M. van Bodegom

Jens Kattge's work is often disseminated via specific publication venues, indicating patterns in their scholarly communication. These venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

    Tim Newbold;Lawrence N Hudson;Samantha L L Hill;Sara Contu

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function

    Sandra Myrna Díaz;Jens Kattge;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Ian J. Wright

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes

    Antje M. Moffat;Dario Papale;Markus Reichstein;David Y. Hollinger

  • Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

    Georges Kunstler;Georges Kunstler;Daniel Falster;David A. Coomes;Francis Hui

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants.

    Joana Bergmann;Alexandra Weigelt;Fons van der Plas;Daniel C. Laughlin

  • Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global-scale terrestrial biosphere models

    Jens Kattge;Wolfgang Knorr;Thomas Raddatz;Christian Wirth

  • The emergence and promise of functional biogeography

    Cyrille Violle;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Stephen W. Pacala;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape-scale patterns in soil microbial communities

    Franciska T. de Vries;Pete Manning;Jerry R. B. Tallowin;Simon R. Mortimer

  • Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

    Pablo García-Palacios;Fernando T. Maestre;Jens Kattge;Diana H. Wall

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Will the tropical land biosphere dominate the climate-carbon cycle feedback during the twenty-first century?

    T. J. Raddatz;C. J. Reick;W. Knorr;J. Kattge

  • Temperature acclimation in a biochemical model of photosynthesis: a reanalysis of data from 36 species

    Jens Kattge;Wolfgang Knorr

  • A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world-wide

    Simon Pierce;Daniel Negreiros;Bruno E. L. Cerabolini;Jens Kattge

  • Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

    Dylan Craven;Nico Eisenhauer;William D. Pearse;Yann Hautier

  • Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area

    Sarah Greenwood;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Jordi Martínez-Vilalta;Francisco Lloret

  • The relationship of leaf photosynthetic traits – Vcmax and Jmax – to leaf nitrogen, leaf phosphorus, and specific leaf area: a meta-analysis and modeling study

    Anthony P. Walker;Anthony P. Walker;Andrew P. Beckerman;Lianhong Gu;Jens Kattge

  • A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

    Alistair Rogers;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Gordon Bonan

  • Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

    Angela T. Moles;Sarah E. Perkins;Shawn W. Laffan;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Peter M. van Bodegom
Peter M. van Bodegom Leiden University
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Markus Reichstein
Markus Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sandra Díaz
Sandra Díaz National University of Córdoba
Michael Bahn
Michael Bahn University of Innsbruck
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences

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