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Richard D. Bardgett

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Ecology and Evolution
UK
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
148
Citations
94574
World Ranking
31
National Ranking
5

Richard D. Bardgett publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 517 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Richard D. Bardgett D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard D. Bardgett sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 148 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Richard D. Bardgett is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions across various subfields such as Plant Science, Ecology, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work frequently addresses core topics including Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant and Animal Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

Bardgett has published extensively in several academic venues, most notably the Journal of Ecology with nine publications, Nature Communications with seven, Soil Biology and Biochemistry with five, Ecology and Evolution also with five, and New Phytologist with four publications.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Bardgett are:

  • Combatting global grassland degradation, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Soil microbial diversity-biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity-soil multifunctionality relationships, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They have collaborated extensively with colleagues such as David Johnson, Franciska T. de Vries, Irene Cordero, Nick Ostle, and Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, each contributing to numerous joint publications.

Richard D. Bardgett has been recognized with academic honors including being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2015 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2006.

Best Publications

  • The unseen majority: Soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

    Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Richard D. Bardgett;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota.

    David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Richard D. Bardgett;John N. Klironomos;Heikki Setälä

  • Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    Richard D. Bardgett;Wim H. van der Putten

  • A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Angela M. Oliverio;Angela M. Oliverio;Tess E. Brewer;Tess E. Brewer;Alberto Benavent-González

  • Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks.

    Franciska T. de Vries;Rob I. Griffiths;Mark Bailey;Hayley Craig

  • Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

    Wim H. van der Putten;Richard D. Bardgett;James D. Bever;T. Martijn Bezemer

  • Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

    Gerlinde B. De Deyn;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Richard D. Bardgett

  • The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations sustainable development goals

    Saskia D. Keesstra;Johan Bouma;Jakob Wallinga;Pablo Tittonell

  • Diversity meets decomposition

    Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner;Christopher M. Swan;Christian K. Dang;Christian K. Dang;Brendan G. McKie

  • Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

  • Microbial contributions to climate change through carbon cycle feedbacks.

    Richard D Bardgett;Chris Freeman;Nicholas J Ostle

  • Herbivore-mediated linkages between aboveground and belowground communities

    Richard D. Bardgett;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle

  • The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development

    Lawrence R. Walker;David A. Wardle;Richard D. Bardgett;Bruce D. Clarkson

  • The biology of soil : a community and ecosystem approach.

    Richard D. Bardgett

  • Combatting global grassland degradation.

    Richard D. Bardgett;James M. Bullock;Sandra Lavorel;Peter Manning

  • Ecosystem Properties and Forest Decline in Contrasting Long-Term Chronosequences

    David A. Wardle;Lawrence R. Walker;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

    Francesco de Bello;Sandra Lavorel;Sandra Myrna Diaz;Richard Harrington

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

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

  • Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options

    Brajesh K. Singh;Richard D. Bardgett;Pete Smith;Dave S. Reay

  • Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe

    Maria A. Tsiafouli;Elisa Thébault;Stefanos P. Sgardelis;Peter C. de Ruiter

  • A temporal approach to linking aboveground and belowground ecology

    Richard D. Bardgett;William D. Bowman;Ruediger Kaufmann;Steve K. Schmidt

  • Aboveground-Belowground Linkages: Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change

    Richard D Bardgett;David A Wardle

  • The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

    Saskia Keesstra;Johan Bouma;Jakob Wallinga;Pablo Tittonell

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick Ostle
Nick Ostle Lancaster University
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
Franciska T. de Vries
Franciska T. de Vries University of Amsterdam
Phil J. Hobbs
Phil J. Hobbs Rothamsted Research
Mark Farrell
Mark Farrell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David W. Hopkins
David W. Hopkins Scotland's Rural College
Wim H. van der Putten
Wim H. van der Putten Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Niall P. McNamara
Niall P. McNamara UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich

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