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Ecology and Evolution
Switzerland
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
111
Citations
53897
World Ranking
165
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Markus Fischer is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their academic work primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Analytical Chemistry, Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Food Science.

The researcher's publications emphasize topics related to food analysis and identification, covering areas such as Identification and Quantification in Food, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, and nuts composition and effects.

Frequent coauthors in Fischer's work include:

  • Marina Creydt
  • Boris Illarionov
  • Stephan Seifert
  • L. Cvancar
  • Marie-Sophie Müller

Fischer publishes regularly in a number of scientific journals and venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Lebensmittelchemie
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Food Control
  • Foods

Recent papers by Markus Fischer include:

  • Food authentication in real life: How to link nontargeted approaches with routine analytics?, 2020, Electrophoresis
  • Fourier-transform near-infrared spectroscopy as a fast screening tool for the verification of the geographical origin of grain maize (Zea mays L.), 2022, Food Control
  • Determination of the geographical origin of hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.) by Near-Infrared spectroscopy (NIR) and a Low-Level Fusion with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 2021, Microchemical Journal
  • Comparison of different sample preparation techniques for NIR screening and their influence on the geographical origin determination of almonds (Prunus dulcis MILL.), 2020, Food Control
  • Food Authentication: Species and Origin Determination of Truffles (Tuber spp.) by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics, 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

In addition to journal publications, Markus Fischer has contributed to book publications, including the 2024 title published by Hogrefe AG eBooks: Einführung in die Integrative Körperpsychotherapie IBP (Integrative Body Psychotherapy).

Best Publications

  • The IPBES Conceptual Framework - connecting nature and people

    Sandra Díaz;Sebsebe Demissew;Julia Carabias;Carlos Joly

  • A meta‐analysis of trait differences between invasive and non‐invasive plant species

    Mark Van Kleunen;Ewald Weber;Markus Fischer

  • Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem …

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  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

    Sebastian Seibold;Martin M. Gossner;Nadja K. Simons;Nadja K. Simons;Nico Blüthgen

  • A meta-analysis of local adaptation in plants.

    Roosa Leimu;Roosa Leimu;Roosa Leimu;Markus Fischer;Markus Fischer

  • Choosing and using diversity indices: Insights for ecological applications from the German Biodiversity Exploratories

    E. Kathryn Morris;E. Kathryn Morris;Tancredi Caruso;François Buscot;François Buscot;Markus Fischer

  • Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

    Christoph Scherber;Nico Eisenhauer;Nico Eisenhauer;Wolfgang W Weisser;Bernhard Schmid

  • How general are positive relationships between plant population size, fitness and genetic variation?

    Roosa Leimu;Roosa Leimu;Pia Mutikainen;Julia Koricheva;Markus Fischer

  • Mapping tree density at a global scale

    T. W. Crowther;H. B. Glick;K. R. Covey;C. Bettigole

  • Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality.

    Peter Manning;Fons van der Plas;Santiago Soliveres;Eric Allan

  • Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

    Markus Fischer;Markus Fischer;Oliver Bossdorf;Sonja Gockel;Falk Hansel

  • Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition

    Eric Allan;Pete Manning;Fabian Alt;Julia Binkenstein

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

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

  • Constraints on the evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in plants

    Mark Van Kleunen;Markus Fischer

  • Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment.

    Yuanyuan Huang;Yuxin Chen;Nadia Castro-Izaguirre;Martin Baruffol;Martin Baruffol

  • (Open Access) Supercapacitor and supercapattery as emerging electrochemical energy stores

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  • Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

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  • 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

  • Are invaders different? A conceptual framework of comparative approaches for assessing determinants of invasiveness.

    Mark Van Kleunen;Wayne Dawson;Daniel Schlaepfer;Daniel Schlaepfer;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Jonathan M. Jeschke

  • Local Extinctions of Plants in Remnants of Extensively Used Calcareous Grasslands 1950 –1985

    Markus Fischer;Jürg Stöcklin

  • Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions

    Marcell K. Peters;Andreas Hemp;Tim Appelhans;Joscha N. Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Prati
Daniel Prati University of Bern
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Steffen Boch
Steffen Boch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Valentin H. Klaus
Valentin H. Klaus Ruhr University Bochum
Andreas Hemp
Andreas Hemp University of Bayreuth
François Buscot
François Buscot Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Eric Allan
Eric Allan University of Bern

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