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Plant Science and Agronomy

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68
Citations
15884
World Ranking
785
National Ranking
66

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
16043
World Ranking
1450
National Ranking
89

Nicole M. van Dam 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 Nicole M. van Dam sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 228 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicole M. van Dam 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 Nicole M. van Dam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicole M. van Dam is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany and has a research profile primarily situated within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a total of 207 publications recorded in this field.

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Plant Science (99 publications)
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (47 publications)
  • Insect Science (38 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (28 publications)
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation (21 publications)

Research topics covered extensively in their publications encompass:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration, 2020, One Earth
  • Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology, 2022, Journal of Ecology
  • The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning, 2021, Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Unravelling Plant Responses to Stress-The Importance of Targeted and Untargeted Metabolomics, 2021, Metabolites
  • Storage of carbon reserves in spruce trees is prioritized over growth in the face of carbon limitation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Nicole M. van Dam frequently collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alexander Weinhold (33 joint publications)
  • Steffen Neumann (15 joint publications)
  • Ainhoa Martínez-Medina (15 joint publications)
  • Rebekka Sontowski (14 joint publications)
  • Henriette Uthe (13 joint publications)

Their work has appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues, such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 26 publications
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, 12 publications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 8 publications
  • Journal of Ecology, 4 publications
  • Frontiers in Plant Science, 4 publications

Best Publications

  • Role of glucosinolates in insect-plant relationships and multitrophic interactions.

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  • Recognizing Plant Defense Priming

    Ainhoa Martinez-Medina;Victor Flors;Martin Heil;Brigitte Mauch-Mani

  • Linking aboveground and belowground interactions via induced plant defenses

    T. Martijn Bezemer;Nicole M. van Dam

  • Metabolomics in the Rhizosphere: Tapping into Belowground Chemical Communication

    Nicole M. van Dam;Nicole M. van Dam;Harro J. Bouwmeester

  • Rewiring of the Jasmonate Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis during Insect Herbivory.

    Adriaan Verhage;Ido Vlaardingerbroek;Ciska Raaymakers;Nicole M. Van Dam

  • How plants handle multiple stresses: hormonal interactions underlying responses to abiotic stress and insect herbivory

    Duy Nguyen;Ivo Rieu;Celestina Mariani;Nicole M. van Dam;Nicole M. van Dam

  • Ontogeny constrains systemic protease inhibitor response in Nicotiana attenuata

    N M van Dam;M Horn;M Mares;I T Baldwin

  • The Impact of the Absence of Aliphatic Glucosinolates on Insect Herbivory in Arabidopsis

    Jules Beekwilder;Wessel van Leeuwen;Nicole M. van Dam;Monica Bertossi

  • Root and shoot glucosinolates: a comparison of their diversity, function and interactions in natural and managed ecosystems

    Nicole M. van Dam;Tom O. G. Tytgat;John A. Kirkegaard

  • Interactions between aboveground and belowground induction of glucosinolates in two wild Brassica species

    Nicole M. Van Dam;Leontien Witjes;Aleš Svatoš

  • Genetic variation in defense chemistry in wild cabbages affects herbivores and their endoparasitoids

    Rieta Gols;R. Wagenaar;Tibor Bukovinszky;Nicole M. van Dam

  • Interactions over four trophic levels: foodplant quality affects development of a hyperparasitoid as mediated through a herbivore and its primary parasitoid

    Jeffrey A. Harvey;Nicole M. Van Dam;Rieta Gols

  • Performance of generalist and specialist herbivores and their endoparasitoids differs on cultivated and wild Brassica populations.

    Rieta Gols;Tibor Bukovinszky;Nicole M. van Dam;Marcel Dicke

  • Belowground Herbivory and Plant Defenses

    Nicole M. van Dam

  • Reduction of rare soil microbes modifies plant-herbivore interactions.

    W. H. Gera Hol;Wietse de Boer;Aad J. Termorshuizen;Katrin M. Meyer

  • Multitrophic interactions below and above ground: en route to the next level

    Nicole M. van Dam;Martin Heil

  • Root herbivory reduces growth and survival of the shoot feeding specialist Pieris rapae on Brassica nigra

    N.M. Van Dam;C.E. Raaijmakers;W.H. Van der Putten

  • Root herbivores influence the behaviour of an aboveground parasitoid through changes in plant‐volatile signals

    Roxina Soler;Jeffrey A. Harvey;Andre F. D. Kamp;Louise E. M. Vet

  • Metabolomics: the chemistry between ecology and genetics.

    M. Macel;N.M. Van Dam;J.J.B. Keurentjes

  • Interactions between aboveground and belowground induced responses against phytophages

    N.M. Van Dam;J.A. Harvey;F.L. Wäckers;T.M. Bezemer

  • Metabolomic analysis of the interaction between plants and herbivores

    Jeroen J. Jansen;J. William Allwood;Emma Marsden-Edwards;Wim H. van der Putten

  • Chemical diversity in Brassica oleracea affects biodiversity of insect herbivores.

    Erik H. Poelman;Nicole M. Van Dam;Joop J. A. Van Loon;Louise E. M. Vet

  • Birds exploit herbivore-induced plant volatiles to locate herbivorous prey

    Luisa Amo;Jeroen J. Jansen;Nicole M. van Dam;Marcel Dicke

  • A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research

    Nico Eisenhauer;Holger Schielzeth;Andrew D. Barnes;Kathryn E. Barry

  • Root and shoot jasmonic acid applications differentially affect leaf chemistry and herbivore growth.

    Nicole M. van Dam;Marielle W.A.T. Oomen

  • Tri‐trophic interactions: bridging species, communities and ecosystems

    Luis Abdala-Roberts;Adriana Puentes;Deborah L. Finke;Robert J. Marquis

  • Performance of specialist and generalist herbivores feeding on cabbage cultivars is not explained by glucosinolate profiles

    Erik H. Poelman;Ron J. F. H. Galiart;Ciska E. Raaijmakers;Joop J. A. van Loon

  • Jasmonic acid-induced changes in Brassica oleracea affect oviposition preference of two specialist herbivores.

    Maaike Bruinsma;Nicole M. Van Dam;Joop J. A. Van Loon;Marcel Dicke

  • Barbarea vulgaris glucosinolate phenotypes differentially affect performance and preference of two different species of lepidopteran herbivores.

    Hanneke van Leur;Louise E. M. Vet;Wim H. van der Putten;Nicole M. van Dam

  • Eyes on the future – evidence for trade-offs between growth, storage and defense in Norway spruce

    Jianbei Huang;Almuth Hammerbacher;Almuth Hammerbacher;Alexander Weinhold;Michael Reichelt

  • PLANT-MEDIATED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ABOVE- AND BELOW-GROUND COMMUNITIES Multitrophic interactions below and above ground: en route to the next level

    Nicole M. van Dam;Martin Heil

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Harvey
Jeffrey A. Harvey Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Wim H. van der Putten
Wim H. van der Putten Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Louise E. M. Vet
Louise E. M. Vet Wageningen University & Research
Rieta Gols
Rieta Gols Wageningen University & Research
Marcel Dicke
Marcel Dicke Wageningen University & Research
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Aletta Bonn
Aletta Bonn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Arjen Biere
Arjen Biere Netherlands Institute of Ecology

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