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Johannes Rousk

Johannes Rousk

Lund University
Sweden

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
21675
World Ranking
1743
National Ranking
32

Johannes Rousk publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 202 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johannes Rousk 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 Johannes Rousk sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Johannes Rousk is a researcher affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses extensively on soil-related ecological processes, with particular attention to microbial community ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and the interactions within peatlands and wetlands.

Their scholarly output encompasses various scientific topics including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Rousk's publications have appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Global Change Biology
  • Ecology
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming (2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • Can moisture affect temperature dependences of microbial growth and respiration? (2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Nutrient limitation may induce microbial mining for resources from persistent soil organic matter (2021, Ecology)
  • Temperatures beyond the community optimum promote the dominance of heat-adapted, fast growing and stress resistant bacteria in alpine soils (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry can reflect microbial resource limitation, substrate quality, or both in forest soils (2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)

Frequent collaborators contributing to their scholarly work include:

  • Lettice C. Hicks
  • Albert C. Brangarí
  • Carla Cruz-Paredes
  • Ainara Leizeaga
  • Haifeng Zheng

Rousk's research spans multiple subfields such as Ecology, Soil Science, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Molecular Biology, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to understanding soil ecosystems and microbial functions.

Best Publications

  • Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil.

    Johannes Rousk;Erland Bååth;Philip C Brookes;Christian L Lauber

  • Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization

    Johannes Rousk;Philip C. Brookes;Erland Bååth

  • Considering fungal:bacterial dominance in soils – Methods, controls, and ecosystem implications

    Michael S. Strickland;Johannes Rousk;Johannes Rousk

  • Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial

    D. L. Jones;Johannes Rousk;G. Edwards-Jones;T. H. DeLuca

  • Salt effects on the soil microbial decomposer community and their role in organic carbon cycling: A review

    Kristin M. Rath;Johannes Rousk

  • Growth of saprotrophic fungi and bacteria in soil.

    Johannes Rousk;Johannes Rousk;Erland Bååth

  • Linking bacterial community composition to soil salinity along environmental gradients

    Kristin M. Rath;Noah Fierer;Daniel V. Murphy;Johannes Rousk

  • Investigating the mechanisms for the opposing pH relationships of fungal and bacterial growth in soil

    Johannes Rousk;Philip C. Brookes;Erland Bååth

  • Fungal and bacterial growth in soil with plant materials of different C/N ratios

    Johannes Rousk;Erland Bååth

  • Microbial growth and carbon use efficiency in soil: Links to fungal-bacterial dominance, SOC-quality and stoichiometry

    Margarida Soares;Johannes Rousk

  • Adaptation of soil microbial communities to temperature: comparison of fungi and bacteria in a laboratory experiment

    Gema Bárcenas-Moreno;Maria Gómez-Brandón;Johannes Rousk;Erland Bååth

  • The microbial PLFA composition as affected by pH in an arable soil

    Johannes Rousk;Philip C. Brookes;Erland Bååth

  • Nutrient dynamics, microbial growth and weed emergence in biochar amended soil are influenced by time since application and reapplication rate

    Richard S. Quilliam;Richard S. Quilliam;Karina A. Marsden;Christoph Gertler;Johannes Rousk;Johannes Rousk

  • Fungal and bacterial growth responses to N fertilization and pH in the 150-year 'Park Grass' UK grassland experiment.

    Johannes Rousk;Johannes Rousk;Philip C. Brookes;Erland Bååth

  • Drying-Rewetting cycles affect fungal and bacterial growth differently in an Arable soil

    Azadeh Bapiri;Azadeh Bapiri;Erland Bååth;Johannes Rousk;Johannes Rousk

  • Abundance, production and stabilization of microbial biomass under conventional and reduced tillage

    Kees-Jan van Groenigen;Jaap Bloem;Erland Bååth;Pascal Boeckx

  • Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming

    Pablo García-Palacios;Thomas W. Crowther;Marina Dacal;Marina Dacal;Iain P. Hartley

  • Fungal biomass production and turnover in soil estimated using the acetate-in-ergosterol technique

    Johannes Rousk;Erland Bååth

  • Revisiting the hypothesis that fungal-to-bacterial dominance characterizes turnover of soil organic matter and nutrients

    Johannes Rousk;Serita D. Frey

  • Microbial growth responses upon rewetting soil dried for four days or one year

    Annelein Meisner;Erland Bååth;Johannes Rousk

  • Examining the fungal and bacterial niche overlap using selective inhibitors in soil

    Johannes Rousk;Louise Aldén Demoling;Adam Bahr;Erland Bååth

Frequent Co-Authors

Erland Bååth
Erland Bååth Lund University
Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University
Serita D. Frey
Serita D. Frey University of New Hampshire
Thomas H. DeLuca
Thomas H. DeLuca Oregon State University
Philip C. Brookes
Philip C. Brookes Zhejiang University
Daniel B. Metcalfe
Daniel B. Metcalfe Umeå University
Pål Axel Olsson
Pål Axel Olsson Lund University
Anders Michelsen
Anders Michelsen University of Copenhagen
Christine V. Hawkes
Christine V. Hawkes North Carolina State University
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder

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