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Jörg Römbke publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörg Römbke sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 282 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Jörg Römbke D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörg Römbke sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jörg Römbke is affiliated with ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH in Germany and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including pollution, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, soil science, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist has authored numerous papers focusing on topics such as pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, invertebrate taxonomy and ecology, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, study of mite species, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Frequent co-authors in Römbke's work include Lothar Mueller, Frank Eulenstein, Wilfried Mirschel, Berndt-Michael Wilke, and Uwe Schindler.

Römbke's publications have appeared most regularly in the following venues:

  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Chemosphere
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Selected recent papers demonstrate a focus on the ecological impact of chemicals and soil health assessment. Some notable examples include:

  • Identification of new microbial functional standards for soil quality assessment, 2020, SOIL
  • Effects of glyphosate-based herbicides and their active ingredients on earthworms, water infiltration and glyphosate leaching are influenced by soil properties, 2021, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • On the importance of longer-term exposure to stressors - A critical review and proposal for multigenerational testing in standard soil invertebrates, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Acute and chronic toxicity of the fungicide carbendazim to the earthworm Eisenia fetida under tropical versus temperate laboratory conditions, 2020, Chemosphere
  • The MetaInvert soil invertebrate genome resource provides insights into below-ground biodiversity and evolution, 2023, Communications Biology

In addition to research articles, Römbke has contributed to book publications with publishers such as Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Titles include "Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation" (2021), "Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition)" (2021), and "Hessische Naturwaldreservate im Portrait: Hasenblick" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Environmental Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Water/Sediment Systems

    Dirk Löffler;Jörg Römbke;Michael Meller;Thomas A. Ternes

  • Illumina metabarcoding of a soil fungal community

    Philipp-André Schmidt;Miklós Bálint;Bastian Greshake;Cornelia Bandow

  • Indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem services: a synthesis across ecosystems and spatial scales

    Christian K. Feld;Pedro Martins da Silva;José Paulo Sousa;Francesco De Bello

  • A Review on the Toxicity and Non-Target Effects of Macrocyclic Lactones in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments

    Jean-Pierre Lumaret;Faiek Errouissi;Kevin Floate;Jörg Römbke

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

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

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

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

  • The use of earthworms in ecological soil classification and assessment concepts.

    J. Rombke;S. Jansch;W.A.M. Didden

  • Ecological network analysis reveals the inter-connection between soil biodiversity and ecosystem function as affected by land use across Europe

    R.E. Creamer;S.E. Hannula;J.P.Van Leeuwen;D. Stone;D. Stone

  • Effects of pesticides on soil invertebrates in laboratory studies: a review and analysis using species sensitivity distributions.

    Geoff K. Frampton;Stephan Jänsch;Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand;Jörg Römbke

  • From bioavailability science to regulation of organic chemicals

    Jose J. Ortega-Calvo;Joop Harmsen;John R. Parsons;Kirk T. Semple

  • Enchytraeids as indicator organisms for chemical stress in terrestrial ecosystems

    Wim Didden;Jörg Römbke

  • Identification of the ecological requirements of important terrestrial ecotoxicological test species.

    S Jänsch;M J Amorim;J Römbke

  • Leaching behaviour of pharmaceuticals in soil-testing-systems: a part of an environmental risk assessment for groundwater protection

    J Oppel;G Broll;D Löffler;M Meller

  • Phosphogypsum as a soil fertilizer: Ecotoxicity of amended soil and elutriates to bacteria, invertebrates, algae and plants

    Olfa Hentati;Nelson Abrantes;Ana Luísa Caetano;Sirine Bouguerra

  • Litter fall, litter stocks and decomposition rates in rainforest and agroforestry sites in central Amazonia

    Christopher Martius;Hubert Höfer;Marcos V.B. Garcia;Jörg Römbke

  • Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems

    Hubert Höfer;Werner Hanagarth;Marcos Garcia;Christopher Martius

  • Environmental risk assessment of ivermectin: A case study

    Markus Liebig;Álvaro Alonso Fernandez;Elke Blübaum-Gronau;Alistair Boxall

  • Soil biodiversity monitoring in Europe: ongoing activities and challenges

    C. Gardi;L. Montanarella;D. Arrouays;A. Bispo

  • European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity

    S. Jeffery;C. Gardi;A. Jones;L. Montanarella

  • Avoidance behaviour of Enchytraeus albidus: effects of benomyl, carbendazim, phenmedipham and different soil types.

    Mónica J.B. Amorim;Jörg Römbke;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares

Frequent Co-Authors

José Paulo Sousa
José Paulo Sousa University of Coimbra
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn University of Zurich
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Tim Newbold
Tim Newbold University College London
Paul J. Van den Brink
Paul J. Van den Brink Wageningen University & Research
Tony R. Walker
Tony R. Walker Dalhousie University
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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