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D-Index
40
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5744
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8116
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504

Kai Jensen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kai Jensen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 143 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Kai Jensen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kai Jensen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kai Jensen is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including Ecology, Plant Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The research topics Kai Jensen has contributed to include coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, aeolian processes and effects, plant responses to water stress, peatlands and wetlands ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal plant biology, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Recent published papers reflect a focus on ecosystem functions, microbial processes, and environmental monitoring. These include:

  • "Grazing mediates soil microbial activity and litter decomposition in salt marshes" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Unrecognized controls on microbial functioning in Blue Carbon ecosystems: The role of mineral enzyme stabilization and allochthonous substrate supply" (2020) in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Biota-mediated carbon cycling-A synthesis of biotic-interaction controls on blue carbon" (2022) in Ecology Letters
  • "Common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel) as a candidate for predicting heavy metal contamination in Lake Burullus, Egypt: A biomonitoring approach" (2020) in Ecological Engineering
  • "Long-term invasion dynamics of Spartina increase vegetation diversity and geomorphological resistance of salt marshes against sea level rise" (2020) in Biological Invasions

Kai Jensen frequently publishes in several venues, with multiple contributions to Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Ecological Engineering, Biogeosciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and The Science of The Total Environment.

Collaborations are a significant component of their research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Peter Mueller
  • Stefanie Nolte
  • Dirk Granse
  • Kristin Ludewig
  • Monica Wilson

Best Publications

  • Wave attenuation over coastal salt marshes under storm surge conditions

    Iris Möller;Matthias Kudella;Franziska Rupprecht;Tom Spencer

  • Effects of litter on establishment of grassland plant species: the role of seed size and successional status

    Kai Jensen;Kirstin Gutekunst

  • Vegetation-wave interactions in salt marshes under storm surge conditions

    F Rupprecht;I Möller;M Paul;M Kudella

  • A global analysis of the seaward salt marsh extent: The importance of tidal range

    Thorsten Balke;Martin Stock;Kai Jensen;Tjeerd J. Bouma

  • Plants mediate soil organic matter decomposition in response to sea level rise

    Peter Mueller;Kai Jensen;James Patrick Megonigal

  • Species composition of soil seed bank and seed rain of abandoned wet meadows and their relation to aboveground vegetation

    Kai Jensen

  • Effects of light competition and litter on the performance of Viola palustris and on species composition and diversity of an abandoned fen meadow

    Kai Jensen;Claudia Meyer

  • Stress tolerance and biotic interactions determine plant zonation patterns in estuarine marshes during seedling emergence and early establishment

    J. Gesina Engels;Florian Rink;Kai Jensen

  • DORMANCY PATTERNS, GERMINATION ECOLOGY, AND SEED-BANK TYPES OF TWENTY TEMPERATE FEN GRASSLAND SPECIES

    Kai Jensen

  • Global-change effects on early-stage decomposition processes in tidal wetlands – implications from a global survey using standardized litter

    Peter Mueller;Lisa M. Schile-Beers;Thomas J. Mozdzer;Gail L. Chmura

  • Effects of urban structure on plant species richness in a large European city

    Katharina J. Schmidt;Hans-Helmut Poppendieck;Kai Jensen

  • Effects of topsoil removal, seed transfer with plant material and moderate grazing on restoration of riparian fen grasslands

    L. Rasran;K. Vogt;K. Jensen

  • Consequences of abandonment for a regional fen flora and mechanisms of successional change

    Kai Jensen;Joachim Schrautzer

  • Water-borne seed transport and seed deposition during flooding in a small river-valley in Northern Germany

    Kati Vogt;Leonid Rasran;Kai Jensen

  • Role of biotic interactions and physical factors in determining the distribution of marsh species along an estuarine salinity gradient.

    Jana Gesina Engels;Kai Jensen

  • Warming increases plant biomass and reduces diversity across continents, latitudes, and species migration scenarios in experimental wetland communities.

    Andrew H. Baldwin;Kai Jensen;Marisa Schönfeldt

  • Plant-Sediment Interactions in Salt Marshes - An Optode Imaging Study of O2, pH, and CO 2 Gradients in the Rhizosphere.

    Ketil Koop-Jakobsen;Peter Mueller;Robert J Meier;Gregor Liebsch

  • Plant Species Responses to an Elevational Gradient in German North Sea Salt Marshes

    Sigrid Suchrow;Kai Jensen

  • Assessing the long-term carbon-sequestration potential of the semi-natural salt marshes in the European Wadden Sea

    Peter Mueller;Nils Ladiges;Alexander Jack;Gerhard Schmiedl

  • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

    Idoia Biurrun;Remigiusz Pielech;Iwona Dembicz;Iwona Dembicz;François Gillet

  • Sediment Deposition and Accretion Rates in Tidal Marshes Are Highly Variable Along Estuarine Salinity and Flooding Gradients

    C. Butzeck;Annette Eschenbach;Alexander Gröngröft;K. Hansen

  • Influence of historical, geographical and environmental variables on understorey composition and richness in Danish forests

    B.J. Graae;R.H. Økland;P.M. Petersen;K. Jensen

  • Plant stiffness and biomass as drivers for drag forces under extreme wave loading: A flume study on mimics

    Maike Paul;Franziska Rupprecht;Iris Möller;Tjeerd J. Bouma

Frequent Co-Authors

Tjeerd J. Bouma
Tjeerd J. Bouma Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Andrew J. Baldwin
Andrew J. Baldwin University of Oxford
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Thomas J. Spencer
Thomas J. Spencer Massachusetts General Hospital
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Tom Spencer
Tom Spencer University of Cambridge
Andrea D'Alpaos
Andrea D'Alpaos University of Padua
Gail L. Chmura
Gail L. Chmura McGill University
Beverly J. Johnson
Beverly J. Johnson Bates College
Carles Ibáñez
Carles Ibáñez University of Barcelona

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