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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
18152
World Ranking
1587
National Ranking
10

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18127
World Ranking
6642
National Ranking
60

Per Gundersen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Per Gundersen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 179 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Per Gundersen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Per Gundersen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 84th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Per Gundersen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Soil Science, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

Their work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Among recent publications by Per Gundersen, notable papers include:

  • "Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated" (2021), published in Nature

In addition to this, other influential recent papers related to their field but authored by associates include:

  • "Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "Mycorrhizal association of common European tree species shapes biomass and metabolic activity of bacterial and fungal communities in soil" (2020), Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Soil carbon loss in warmed subarctic grasslands is rapid and restricted to topsoil" (2022), Biogeosciences
  • "Dynamics and multi-annual fate of atmospherically deposited nitrogen in montane tropical forests" (2021), Global Change Biology

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Lars Vesterdal
  • Yunting Fang
  • Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa
  • Inger Kappel Schmidt
  • Erik A. Hobbie

Their research has been disseminated through several frequent publication venues, such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen deposition makes a minor contribution to carbon sequestration in temperate forests

    Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Bridget A. Emmett;Per Gundersen;O. Janne Kjønaas

  • Impact of nitrogen deposition on nitrogen cycling in forests : a synthesis of NITREX data

    Per Gundersen;BA Emmett;OJ Kjonaas;CJ Koopmans

  • Carbon and nitrogen in forest floor and mineral soil under six common European tree species

    Lars Vesterdal;Inger K. Schmidt;Ingeborg Callesen;Lars Ola Nilsson

  • Change in soil organic carbon following afforestation of former arable land

    Lars Vesterdal;Eva Ritter;Per Gundersen

  • Nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration in a mature tropical forest in southern China

    Jiangming Mo;Wei Zhang;Weixing Zhu;Per Gundersen

  • Nitrate leaching in forest ecosystems is related to forest floor C/N ratios

    P. Gundersen;I. Callesen;W. de Vries

  • Effects of phosphorus addition on soil microbial biomass and community composition in three forest types in tropical China

    Lei Liu;Per Gundersen;Tao Zhang;Jiangming Mo

  • Leaching of nitrate from temperate forests effects of air pollution and forest management

    Per Gundersen;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen

  • Do tree species influence soil carbon stocks in temperate and boreal forests

    Lars Vesterdal;Nicholas Clarke;Bjarni D. Sigurdsson;Per Gundersen

  • The impact of nitrogen deposition on carbon sequestration by European forests and heathlands

    W. de Vries;S. Solberg;M. Dobbertin;H. Sterba

  • Nitrogen input together with ecosystem nitrogen enrichment predict nitrate leaching from European forests

    Jannette MacDonald;Nancy Dise;Egbert Matzner;Martin Armbruster

  • Novel Approaches to Study Climate Change Effects on Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Field: Drought and Passive Nighttime Warming

    Claus Beier;Bridget Emmett;Per Gundersen;Albert Tietema

  • The impact of nitrogen deposition on carbon sequestration in European forests and forest soils

    Wim De Vries;Gert Jan Reinds;Per Gundersen;Hubert Sterba

  • Soil CN ratio as a scalar parameter to predict nitrous oxide emissions

    Leif Klemedtsson;Karin Von Arnold;Per Weslien;Per Gundersen

  • Intensive monitoring of forest ecosystems in Europe; technical report 2001

    W. de Vries;G.J. Reinds;C. van der Salm;G.P.J. Draaijers

  • Soil carbon stock change following afforestation in Northern Europe: a meta-analysis.

    T. G. Bárcena;L. P. Kiær;L. Vesterdal;H. M. Stefánsdóttir

  • How Forest Management affects Ecosystem Services, including Timber Production and Economic Return: Synergies and Trade-Offs

    Philipp S. Duncker;Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen;Per Gundersen;Klaus Katzensteiner

  • Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta‐analysis of 15N tracer field studies

    P. H. Templer;M. C. Mack;F. S. Chapin;L. M. Christenson

  • Predicting the Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in Conifer Stands: Evidence from the NITREX Ecosystem-Scale Experiments

    B. A. Emmett;D. Boxman;M. Bredemeier;P. Gundersen

  • Synthesis of Nitrogen Pools and Fluxes from European Forest Ecosystems

    Nancy Dise;Egbert Matzner;Per Gundersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Vesterdal
Lars Vesterdal University of Copenhagen
Yunting Fang
Yunting Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Claus Beier
Claus Beier University of Copenhagen
Bridget A. Emmett
Bridget A. Emmett Natural Environment Research Council
Albert Tietema
Albert Tietema University of Amsterdam
Patrick Schleppi
Patrick Schleppi Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Jiangming Mo
Jiangming Mo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Inger Kappel Schmidt
Inger Kappel Schmidt University of Copenhagen
Filip Moldan
Filip Moldan Czech Academy of Sciences
Knute J. Nadelhoffer
Knute J. Nadelhoffer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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