2026 Johan Six: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	140	46	43	3	3	598	92901
Biology and Biochemistry	140	267	236	8	6	560	92115

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Johan Six is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and works primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Soil Science, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Climate change impacts on agriculture, and Soil and Unsaturated Flow.

Johan Six has contributed to multiple publication venues, most frequently publishing in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SOIL, SSRN Electronic Journal, Biogeosciences, and Field Crops Research.

Some of their recent notable papers include:

Soil structure and microbiome functions in agroecosystems, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Organic and conservation agriculture promote ecosystem multifunctionality, 2021, Science Advances
Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions, 2021, Nature Geoscience
Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture, 2022, Nature Sustainability
Positive Effects of Crop Diversity on Productivity Driven by Changes in Soil Microbial Composition, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors in Johan Six's work include Matti Barthel, Pascal Boeckx, Marijn Bauters, Kristof Van Oost, and Travis W. Drake.

Johan Six received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award in 2010.

Best Publications

Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils

J. Six;R. T. Conant;E. A. Paul;K. Paustian

5274
Citations
A history of research on the link between (micro)aggregates, soil biota, and soil organic matter dynamics

Johan Six;Johan Six;H. Bossuyt;S. Degryze;K. Denef

4950
Citations
Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture

J Six;E.T Elliott;K Paustian

3894
Citations
Bacterial and Fungal Contributions to Carbon Sequestration in Agroecosystems

J. Six;S. D. Frey;R. K. Thiet;K. M. Batten

2343
Citations
Aggregation and soil organic matter accumulation in cultivated and native grassland soils

J. Six;E.T. Elliott;K. Paustian;J. W. Doran

2326
Citations
Soil structure and organic matter: I. Distribution of aggregate-size classes and aggregate-associated carbon.

J. Six;K. Paustian;E. T. Elliott;C. Combrink

2128
Citations
Aggregate and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics under Conventional and No-Tillage Systems

J. Six;E. T. Elliott;K. Paustian

1890
Citations
Soil organic matter, biota and aggregation in temperate and tropical soils - Effects of no-tillage

Johan Six;Johan Six;Christian Feller;Karolien Denef;Stephen M. Ogle

1786
Citations
Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture

Cameron M. Pittelkow;Xinqiang Liang;Bruce A. Linquist;Kees Jan van Groenigen

1721
Citations
Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and Prospects

Jagdish K. Ladha;Himanshu Pathak;Timothy J. Krupnik;J. Six

1548
Citations
Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter

M. Francesca Cotrufo;Maria Giovanna Ranalli;Michelle L. Haddix;Johan Six

1535
Citations
Management options for reducing CO2 emissions from agricultural soils

K. Paustian;J. Six;E.T. Elliott;H. W. Hunt

1206
Citations
Soil structure and microbiome functions in agroecosystems

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1137
Citations
The impact of agricultural soil erosion on the global carbon cycle

K. Van Oost;T. A. Quine;G. Govers;S. De Gryze

1104
Citations
The potential to mitigate global warming with no‐tillage management is only realized when practised in the long term

Johan Six;Johan Six;Stephen M. Ogle;F. Jay breidt;Rich T. Conant

1082
Citations
Soil carbon saturation: concept, evidence and evaluation

Catherine E. Stewart;Keith Paustian;Richard T. Conant;Alain F. Plante;Alain F. Plante

986
Citations
Aggregate-associated soil organic matter as an ecosystem property and a measurement tool ☆

Johan Six;Keith Paustian

983
Citations
When does no-till yield more? A global meta-analysis

Cameron M. Pittelkow;Bruce A. Linquist;Mark E. Lundy;Xinqiang Liang

908
Citations
Measuring and understanding carbon storage in afforested soils by physical fractionation

J. Six;P. Callewaert;S. Lenders;S. De Gryze

901
Citations
Food system resilience: Defining the concept

D. M. Tendall;J. Joerin;B. Kopainsky;P. Edwards

900
Citations
The relationship between carbon input, aggregation, and soil organic carbon stabilization in sustainable cropping systems

Angela Y. Y. Kong;Johan Six;Dennis C. Bryant;R. Ford Denison

884
Citations
Influence of dry–wet cycles on the interrelationship between aggregate, particulate organic matter, and microbial community dynamics

Karolien Denef;Karolien Denef;Johan Six;Heleen Bossuyt;Heleen Bossuyt;Serita D. Frey

879
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Paustian Colorado State University

Chris van Kessel University of California, Davis

Alain F. Plante University of Pennsylvania

Bernard Vanlauwe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Richard T. Conant Colorado State University

Steven J. Fonte Colorado State University

Bruce A. Linquist University of California, Davis

Roel Merckx KU Leuven

Kate M. Scow University of California, Davis

Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich

External Links

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