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Robert I. Griffiths

Robert I. Griffiths

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
20485
World Ranking
4623
National Ranking
355

Robert I. Griffiths 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 Robert I. Griffiths sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 113 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert I. Griffiths 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 Robert I. Griffiths sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert I. Griffiths is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. The primary focus areas include soil science, ecology, and plant science, with contributions to molecular biology and insect science as subfields.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, and the interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and plants. Additional subjects studied include gut microbiota and health, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Their publication record features research articles in several prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Journal of Soil Science, Frontiers in Microbiology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, and Plant and Soil.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert I. Griffiths include:

  • Harnessing rhizosphere microbiomes for drought-resilient crop production (2020, Science)
  • Environmental and microbial controls on microbial necromass recycling, an important precursor for soil carbon stabilization (2020, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • Climate change alters temporal dynamics of alpine soil microbial functioning and biogeochemical cycling via earlier snowmelt (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Interacting effects of land use type, microbes and plant traits on soil aggregate stability (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events (2024, Nature)

Research collaborations involve recurring co-authors such as Tim Goodall, Davey L. Jones, Nick Ostle, Lisa Norton, and Richard D. Bardgett, with the strongest collaboration recorded with Tim Goodall.

Best Publications

  • Rapid Method for Coextraction of DNA and RNA from Natural Environments for Analysis of Ribosomal DNA- and rRNA-Based Microbial Community Composition

    Robert I. Griffiths;Andrew S. Whiteley;Anthony G. O'Donnell;Mark J. Bailey

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

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

  • Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

    Markus Lange;Nico Eisenhauer;Carlos Sierra;Holger Bessler

  • Global change pressures on soils from land use and management.

    Pete Smith;Joanna Isobel House;Mercedes Bustamante;Jaroslava Sobocká

  • The bacterial biogeography of British soils.

    Robert I. Griffiths;Bruce C. Thomson;Phillip James;Thomas Bell

  • 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

  • Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

    Ashish A. Malik;Jeremy Puissant;Kate M. Buckeridge;Tim Goodall

  • Harnessing rhizosphere microbiomes for drought-resilient crop production

    Franciska T. de Vries;Franciska T. de Vries;Rob I. Griffiths;Christopher G. Knight;Oceane Nicolitch

  • RNA Stable Isotope Probing, a Novel Means of Linking Microbial Community Function to Phylogeny

    Mike Manefield;Andrew S. Whiteley;Robert I. Griffiths;Mark J. Bailey

  • Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils

    P. Smith;M. F. Cotrufo;C. Rumpel;K. Paustian

  • Niche specialization of terrestrial archaeal ammonia oxidizers

    Cécile Gubry-Rangin;Brigitte Hai;Christopher Quince;Marion Engel

  • Raman microscopic analysis of single microbial cells

    Wei E Huang;Robert I Griffiths;Ian P Thompson;Mark J Bailey

  • Soil fungal : Bacterial ratios are linked to altered carbon cycling

    Ashish A. Malik;Somak Chowdhury;Veronika Schlager;Anna Oliver

  • Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

    Vanessa-Nina Roth;Markus Lange;Carsten Simon;Norbert Hertkorn

  • PTH and the risks for hip, vertebral, and pelvic fractures among patients on dialysis.

    Mark D. Danese;John Kim;Quan V. Doan;Michelle Dylan

  • Raman-FISH: combining stable-isotope Raman spectroscopy and fluorescence in situ hybridization for the single cell analysis of identity and function

    Wei E. Huang;Kilian Stoecker;Robert Griffiths;Lyndsay Newbold

  • PIPITS: an automated pipeline for analyses of fungal internal transcribed spacer sequences from the Illumina sequencing platform

    Hyun S. Gweon;Anna Oliver;Joanne Taylor;Tim Booth

  • Legacy effects of drought on plant–soil feedbacks and plant–plant interactions

    Aurore Kaisermann;Aurore Kaisermann;Franciska T. de Vries;Robert I. Griffiths;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Catchment-scale biogeography of riverine bacterioplankton

    Daniel S Read;Hyun S Gweon;Michael J Bowes;Lindsay K Newbold

  • Ecological network analysis reveals the inter-connection between soil biodiversity and ecosystem function as affected by land use across Europe

    R.E. Creamer;S.E. Hannula;J.P.Van Leeuwen;D. Stone;D. Stone

  • Environmental and microbial controls on microbial necromass recycling, an important precursor for soil carbon stabilization

    Kate M. Buckeridge;Kate M. Buckeridge;Kelly E. Mason;Niall P. McNamara;Nick Ostle

  • Physiological and Community Responses of Established Grassland Bacterial Populations to Water Stress

    Robert I. Griffiths;Andrew S. Whiteley;Anthony G. O'Donnell;Mark J. Bailey

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Bailey
Mark J. Bailey Natural Environment Research Council
Andrew S. Whiteley
Andrew S. Whiteley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Philippe Lemanceau
Philippe Lemanceau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University
Nick Ostle
Nick Ostle Lancaster University
Niall P. McNamara
Niall P. McNamara UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Gerd Gleixner
Gerd Gleixner Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Thomas M. Coffman
Thomas M. Coffman Duke University
Richard D. Bardgett
Richard D. Bardgett Lancaster University
David A. Robinson
David A. Robinson UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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