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Plant Science and Agronomy

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69
Citations
20694
World Ranking
742
National Ranking
22

Ecology and Evolution

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69
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Liesje Mommer publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Liesje Mommer sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 135 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Liesje Mommer D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Liesje Mommer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Liesje Mommer is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant body of work in environmental science. Their expertise spans several subfields, including plant science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and soil science.

The main topics addressed in their research involve mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant and animal studies, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Liesje Mommer has contributed to multiple publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants (2020, Science Advances)
  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs (2020, New Phytologist)
  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements (2021, New Phytologist)
  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

Frequent co-authors in studies with Liesje Mommer include Alexandra Weigelt, Jasper van Ruijven, Joana Bergmann, Thomas W. Kuyper, and Michael McCormack.

The venues where Liesje Mommer commonly publishes include:

  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Ecology

Best Publications

  • Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

    Hendrik Poorter;Karl J. Niklas;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Jacek Oleksyn;Jacek Oleksyn

  • Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

    Richard D. Bardgett;Liesje Mommer;Franciska T. De Vries

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants.

    Joana Bergmann;Alexandra Weigelt;Fons van der Plas;Daniel C. Laughlin

  • Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

    Monique Weemstra;Liesje Mommer;Eric J. W. Visser;Jasper van Ruijven

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

    Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Root biomass and exudates link plant diversity with soil bacterial and fungal biomass

    Nico Eisenhauer;Arnaud Lanoue;Tanja Strecker;Stefan Scheu

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

    Wolfgang W. Weisser;Christiane Roscher;Sebastian T. Meyer;Anne Ebeling

  • The Future of Complementarity: Disentangling Causes from Consequences

    Kathryn E. Barry;Liesje Mommer;Jasper van Ruijven;Christian Wirth;Christian Wirth

  • Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

    Vanessa-Nina Roth;Markus Lange;Carsten Simon;Norbert Hertkorn

  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective

    Alexandra Weigelt;Liesje Mommer;Karl Andraczek;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Biochar application does not improve the soil hydrological function of a sandy soil

    S. Jeffery;M.B.C. Meinders;C.R. Stoof;T.M. Bezemer

  • Underwater photosynthesis in flooded terrestrial plants: a matter of leaf plasticity.

    Liesje Mommer;Eric J. W. Visser

  • Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes

    Wen‐Feng Cong;Jasper van Ruijven;Liesje Mommer;Gerlinde B. De Deyn

  • The way forward in biochar research: targeting trade‐offs between the potential wins

    Simon Jeffery;T. Martijn Bezemer;Gerard Cornelissen;Thomas W. Kuyper

  • A physiological production model for cocoa (Theobroma cacao): model presentation validation and application

    Pieter A. Zuidema;Pieter A. Zuidema;Peter A. Leffelaar;Wouter Gerritsma;Liesje Mommer;Liesje Mommer

  • Unveiling below-ground species abundance in a biodiversity experiment: a test of vertical niche differentiation among grassland species

    Liesje Mommer;Liesje Mommer;Jasper Van Ruijven;Hannie De Caluwe;Annemiek E. Smit-Tiekstra

  • Root–Root Interactions: Towards A Rhizosphere Framework

    Liesje Mommer;John Kirkegaard;Jasper van Ruijven

  • Lost in diversity: the interactions between soil-borne fungi, biodiversity and plant productivity.

    Liesje Mommer;T. E. Anne Cotton;T. E. Anne Cotton;Jos M. Raaijmakers;Aad J. Termorshuizen

  • Long‐term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

    Janneke M. Ravenek;Holger Bessler;Christof Engels;Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen

  • Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity

    Hans de Kroon;Marloes Hendriks;Jasper van Ruijven;Janneke Ravenek

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans de Kroon
Hans de Kroon Radboud University
Alexandra Weigelt
Alexandra Weigelt Leipzig University
Jasper van Ruijven
Jasper van Ruijven Wageningen University & Research
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Eric J. W. Visser
Eric J. W. Visser Radboud University
Christiane Roscher
Christiane Roscher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg
Anne Ebeling
Anne Ebeling Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Gerd Gleixner
Gerd Gleixner Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen

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