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Lars R. Bakken

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
17400
World Ranking
6668
National Ranking
24

Lars R. Bakken publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 189 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Lars R. Bakken D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lars R. Bakken is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their work primarily spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on soil-related research and microbial ecology.

Their research contributions include several recent publications across multiple journals. Notable papers include:

  • Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals (2024, Cell)
  • Contingent Effects of Liming on N2O-Emissions Driven by Autotrophic Nitrification (2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science)
  • Competition for electrons favours N 2 O reduction in denitrifying Bradyrhizobium isolates (2021, Environmental Microbiology)
  • Emerging options for mitigating N2O emissions from food production by manipulating the soil microbiota (2020, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability)
  • Soil N2O emission potential falls along a denitrification phenotype gradient linked to differences in microbiome, rainfall and carbon availability (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)

The scientist's most frequent co-authors include Åsa Frostegård, Peter Dörsch, Matthew P. Highton, Lars Molstad, and Sergio E. Morales.

Lars R. Bakken has published repeatedly in well-regarded scientific outlets, with multiple articles appearing in the following venues:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Their main fields of study encompass environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these, subfields such as soil science, ecology, plant science, molecular biology, and pollution form key components of their research focus.

Specific topics that their work addresses include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Best Publications

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Oxidation of atmospheric methane in Northern European soils, comparison with other ecosystems, and uncertainties in the global terrestrial sink

    K. A. Smith;K. E. Dobbie;B. C. Ball;L. R. Bakken

  • Denitrification gene pools, transcription and kinetics of NO, N2O and N2 production as affected by soil pH.

    Binbin Liu;Pål Tore Mørkved;Åsa Frostegård;Lars Reier Bakken

  • N2O emission and the N2O/(N2O + N2) product ratio of denitrification as controlled by available carbon substrates and nitrate concentrations

    M. Senbayram;R. Chen;A. Budai;L. Bakken

  • Viability of Soil Bacteria: Optimization of Plate-Counting Technique and Comparison Between Total Counts and Plate Counts Within Different Size Groups

    Rolf A. Olsen;Lars R. Bakken

  • Separation and purification of bacteria from soil.

    Lars R. Bakken

  • Regulation of denitrification at the cellular level: a clue to the understanding of N2O emissions from soils.

    Lars R. Bakken;Linda Bergaust;Binbin Liu;Åsa Frostegård

  • Denitrification Response Patterns during the Transition to Anoxic Respiration and Posttranscriptional Effects of Suboptimal pH on Nitrogen Oxide Reductase in Paracoccus denitrificans

    Linda Bergaust;Yuejian Mao;Lars R. Bakken;Åsa Frostegård

  • N2O and CH4 fluxes in soil influenced by fertilization and tractor traffic.

    S. Hansen;J.E. Mæhlum;L.R. Bakken

  • Low temperature control of soil denitrifying communities: kinetics of N2O production and reduction

    L Holtan-Hartwig;P Dörsch;L.R Bakken

  • Robotized incubation system for monitoring gases (O2, NO, N2O N2) in denitrifying cultures

    Lars Molstad;Peter Dörsch;Lars R. Bakken

  • Evaluation of methods for extraction of bacteria from soil

    Viggo Lindahl;Lars R. Bakken

  • The N2O product ratio of nitrification and its dependence on long-term changes in soil pH

    Pål Tore Mørkved;Peter Dörsch;Lars R. Bakken

  • Strains in the genus Thauera exhibit remarkably different denitrification regulatory phenotypes

    Binbin Liu;Yuejian Mao;Yuejian Mao;Linda Bergaust;Lars R. Bakken

  • Buoyant densities and dry-matter contents of microorganisms: conversion of a measured biovolume into biomass.

    Lars R. Bakken;Rolf A. Olsen

  • Comparison of Nitrosospira strains isolated from terrestrial environments

    Qing Qiao Jiang;Lars R. Bakken

  • Excessive use of nitrogen in Chinese agriculture results in high N2O/(N2O+N2) product ratio of denitrification, primarily due to acidification of the soils

    Zhi Qu;Jingguo Wang;Trygve Almøy;Lars R Bakken

  • N2O emissions and product ratios of nitrification and denitrification as affected by freezing and thawing

    Pål Tore Mørkved;Peter Dörsch;Trond Maukon Henriksen;Lars Reier Bakken

  • Impaired Reduction of N2O to N2 in Acid Soils Is Due to a Posttranscriptional Interference with the Expression of nosZ

    Binbin Liu;Åsa Frostegård;Lars R. Bakken

  • Ammonia-oxidation as an engine to generate nitrous oxide in an intensively managed calcareous Fluvo-aquic soil

    Tao Huang;Bing Gao;Xiao-Kang Hu;Xing Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Bishal K. Sitaula
Bishal K. Sitaula Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Reinhard Well
Reinhard Well University of Göttingen
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Marcus A. Horn
Marcus A. Horn University of Hannover
Lutz Merbold
Lutz Merbold Agroscope
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Weixin Ding
Weixin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta

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