2026 Kirsten Jung: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	73	6035	5564	432	408	224	16323

Overview

Kirsten Jung is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology.

The research topics covered by Kirsten Jung include:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
Plant and animal studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

The scientist has contributed papers to several publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nature Communications
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Forest Ecology and Management

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kirsten Jung include:

"Heterogeneity-diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
"Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions" (2022, Urban Ecosystems)
"Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity" (2021, Nature Communications)
"The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales" (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
"A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis" (2020, BioScience)

Kirsten Jung collaborates frequently with a network of scientists, including:

Markus Fischer (16 joint publications)
Wolfgang W. Weisser (14 joint publications)
Martin M. Goßner (14 joint publications)
Swen C. Renner (12 joint publications)
Peter Schall (11 joint publications)

Best Publications

Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

849
Citations
Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

Martin M. Gossner;Martin M. Gossner;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Tiemo Kahl;Fabrice Grassein

666
Citations
Translation Elongation Factor EF-P Alleviates Ribosome Stalling at Polyproline Stretches

Susanne Ude;Susanne Ude;Jürgen Lassak;Jürgen Lassak;Agata L. Starosta;Agata L. Starosta;Tobias Kraxenberger;Tobias Kraxenberger

509
Citations
Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity.

Eric Allan;Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Carsten F. Dormann;Daniel Prati

402
Citations
Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Peter Manning

326
Citations
The impact of even‐aged and uneven‐aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests

Peter Schall;Martin M. Gossner;Steffi Heinrichs;Markus Fischer

319
Citations
Moving in three dimensions: effects of structural complexity on occurrence and activity of insectivorous bats in managed forest stands

Kirsten Jung;Sonja Kaiser;Stefan Böhm;Jens Nieschulze

268
Citations
Disulfide HMGB1 derived from platelets coordinates venous thrombosis in mice

Konstantin Stark;Vanessa Philippi;Sven Stockhausen;Johanna Busse

267
Citations
Helicobacter pylori Type IV Secretion Apparatus Exploits β1 Integrin in a Novel RGD-Independent Manner

Luisa F. Jiménez-Soto;Stefan Kutter;Xaver Sewald;Claudia Ertl

255
Citations
Time-Dependent Proteome Alterations under Osmotic Stress during Aerobic and Anaerobic Growth in Escherichia coli

Arnim Weber;Stephanie A. Kögl;Kirsten Jung

253
Citations
Histidine kinases and response regulators in networks.

Kirsten Jung;Luitpold Fried;Stefan Behr;Ralf Heermann

252
Citations
The bacterial translation stress response

Agata L. Starosta;Jürgen Lassak;Kirsten Jung;Kirsten Jung;Daniel N. Wilson;Daniel N. Wilson

227
Citations
Distinct XPPX sequence motifs induce ribosome stalling, which is rescued by the translation elongation factor EF-P

Lauri Peil;Agata L. Starosta;Jürgen Lassak;Gemma C. Atkinson

227
Citations
Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity

Nico Blüthgen;Nadja K. Simons;Kirsten Jung;Daniel Prati

208
Citations
Echolocation calls in Central American emballonurid bats: signal design and call frequency alternation

K. Jung;K. Jung;Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko;Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko;O. von Helversen

202
Citations
Where forest meets urbanization: foraging plasticity of aerial insectivorous bats in an anthropogenically altered environment

Kirsten Jung;Elisabeth K. V. Kalko

202
Citations
Parameter estimation using Simulated Annealing for S-system models of biochemical networks

Orland R. Gonzalez;Christoph Küper;Kirsten Jung;Prospero C. Naval

200
Citations
Heterogeneity in quorum sensing-regulated bioluminescence of Vibrio harveyi.

Claudia Anetzberger;Torsten Pirch;Kirsten Jung

187
Citations
Timing and dynamics of single cell gene expression in the arabinose utilization system.

Judith A. Megerle;Georg Fritz;Georg Fritz;Ulrich Gerland;Kirsten Jung

183
Citations
Profiling early osmostress-dependent gene expression in Escherichia coli using DNA macroarrays.

Arnim Weber;Kirsten Jung

182
Citations