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Michael Bonkowski

Michael Bonkowski

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
86
Citations
26753
World Ranking
331
National Ranking
31

Michael Bonkowski 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 Michael Bonkowski sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 323 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Bonkowski 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 Michael Bonkowski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Bonkowski is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and works primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Soil Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their scientific output engages deeply with topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Nematode Management and Characterization Studies.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Kenneth Dumack, Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, Martin Schlegel, Doris Vetterlein, and Marcel Dominik Solbach, indicating collaborative research efforts across a range of microbiological and ecological studies.

Michael Bonkowski's research has been published in several notable venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael Bonkowski are:

  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Root ethylene mediates rhizosphere microbial community reconstruction when chemically detecting cyanide produced by neighbouring plants, 2020, Microbiome
  • Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Multitrophic interactions in the rhizosphere microbiome of wheat: from bacteria and fungi to protists, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification, 2024, Nature Communications

Best Publications

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

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

  • Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

    Johan van den Hoogen;Stefan Geisen;Devin Routh;Howard Ferris

  • Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

    Elly Morriën;S. Emilia Hannula;L. Basten Snoek;Nico R. Helmsing

  • Protozoa and plant growth: the microbial loop in soil revisited

    Michael Bonkowski

  • Reprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision.

    Yuancheng Lu;Benedikt Brommer;Benedikt Brommer;Xiao Tian;Anitha Krishnan

  • Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

    Klaus Birkhofer;T. Martijn Bezemer;Jaap Bloem;Michael Bonkowski

  • Slowing ageing by design: the rise of NAD+ and sirtuin-activating compounds.

    Michael S. Bonkowski;David A. Sinclair;David A. Sinclair

  • Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research.

    Stefan Geisen;Edward A D Mitchell;Sina Adl;Michael Bonkowski

  • Impairment of an Endothelial NAD+-H2S Signaling Network Is a Reversible Cause of Vascular Aging

    Abhirup Das;Abhirup Das;Abhirup Das;George X. Huang;George X. Huang;Michael S. Bonkowski;Alban Longchamp

  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services.

    María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Markus Fischer

  • Impacts of Soil Faunal Community Composition on Model Grassland Ecosystems

    M. A. Bradford;T. H. Jones;Richard D. Bardgett;Helaina I. J. Black

  • Rhizosphere fauna: the functional and structural diversity of intimate interactions of soil fauna with plant roots

    Michael Bonkowski;Cécile Villenave;Bryan Griffiths

  • Environmental factors affect Acidobacterial communities below the subgroup level in grassland and forest soils.

    Astrid Naether;Astrid Naether;Bärbel U. Foesel;Bärbel U. Foesel;Verena Naegele;Pia K. Wüst

  • Targeted disruption of growth hormone receptor interferes with the beneficial actions of calorie restriction

    Michael S. Bonkowski;Juliana S. Rocha;Michal M. Masternak;Khalid A. Al Regaiey

  • Ecological importance of soil bacterivores for ecosystem functions

    Jean Trap;Michael Bonkowski;Claude Plassard;Cécile Villenave

  • Functional stability, substrate utilisation and biological indicators of soils following environmental impacts

    B.S Griffiths;M Bonkowski;J Roy;K Ritz

  • Microbial-faunal interactions in the rhizosphere and effects on plant growth

    Michael Bonkowski;Weixin Cheng;Bryan S Griffiths;Jörn Alphei

  • Protozoa, Nematoda and Lumbricidae in the rhizosphere of Hordelymus europeaus (Poaceae): faunal interactions, response of microorganisms and effects on plant growth

    Jörn Alphei;Michael Bonkowski;Stefan Scheu

  • Metatranscriptomic census of active protists in soils.

    Stefan Geisen;Alexander T Tveit;Ian M Clark;Andreas Richter

  • Food preferences of earthworms for soil fungi

    Michael Bonkowski;Bryan S. Griffiths;Karl Ritz

  • Soil amoebae rapidly change bacterial community composition in the rhizosphere of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Katja Rosenberg;Joanne Bertaux;Joanne Bertaux;Kristin Krome;Anton Hartmann

  • Discontinuity in the responses of ecosystem processes and multifunctionality to altered soil community composition

    Mark A. Bradford;Stephen A. Wood;Richard D. Bardgett;Helaina I. J. Black

  • C:N:P stoichiometry and nutrient limitation of the soil microbial biomass in a grazed grassland site under experimental P limitation or excess

    Bryan S Griffiths;Annette Spilles;Annette Spilles;Michael Bonkowski

  • The soil food web revisited: Diverse and widespread mycophagous soil protists

    Stefan Geisen;Robert Koller;Maike Hünninghaus;Kenneth Dumack

  • Loss of Epigenetic Information as a Cause of Mammalian Aging

    Jae-Hyun Yang;Motoshi Hayano;Patrick Griffin;Joao A. Amorim

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
David A. Sinclair
David A. Sinclair Harvard University
Andrzej Bartke
Andrzej Bartke Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Stefan Geisen
Stefan Geisen Wageningen University & Research
Bryan S. Griffiths
Bryan S. Griffiths Scotland's Rural College
Truong Q. Nguyen
Truong Q. Nguyen University of California, San Diego
Ellen Kandeler
Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim
Alexandre Jousset
Alexandre Jousset Blossom Microbial Technologies B.V.
Sven Marhan
Sven Marhan University of Hohenheim
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University

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