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7023
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5360
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Rüdiger Grote 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 Rüdiger Grote sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 142 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rüdiger Grote 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 Rüdiger Grote sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rüdiger Grote is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Environmental Engineering.

Grote's work encompasses several topics related to plant and forest ecology, with particular emphasis on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Management, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

The scientist has contributed to various recent papers, encompassing diverse aspects of environmental and plant science research:

  • "A single tree model to consistently simulate cooling, shading, and pollution uptake of urban trees" (2020) published in International Journal of Biometeorology
  • "Leaf Shedding and Non-Stomatal Limitations of Photosynthesis Mitigate Hydraulic Conductance Losses in Scots Pine Saplings During Severe Drought Stress" (2021) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Comparing i-Tree Eco Estimates of Particulate Matter Deposition with Leaf and Canopy Measurements in an Urban Mediterranean Holm Oak Forest" (2021) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Accuracy, realism and general applicability of European forest models" (2022) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Deposition and Resuspension Mechanisms Into and From Tree Canopies: A Study Modeling Particle Removal of Conifers and Broadleaves in Different Cities" (2020) published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Frequent co-authors working collaboratively with Grote include:

  • Rocco Pace
  • Nadine K. Ruehr
  • David Kraus
  • Daniel Nadal-Sala
  • Jürgen Kreuzwieser

The scientist's research outputs have been published repeatedly in specific venues, indicating areas of continuous engagement and expertise. These venues include:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Biogeosciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Forests

Best Publications

  • Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

    Ruediger Grote;Roeland Samson;Rocio Alonso;Jorge Humberto Amorim

  • Models for forest ecosystem management: a European perspective.

    Hans Pretzsch;R. Grote;Björn Reineking;Thomas Rötzer

  • Beyond the extreme: recovery of carbon and water relations in woody plants following heat and drought stress

    Nadine K Ruehr;Rüdiger Grote;Stefan Mayr;Almut Arneth

  • Effect of VOC Emissions from Vegetation on Air Quality in Berlin during a Heatwave

    Galina Churkina;Friderike Kuik;Boris Bonn;Axel Lauer

  • LandscapeDNDC: a process model for simulation of biosphere–atmosphere–hydrosphere exchange processes at site and regional scale

    Edwin Haas;Steffen Klatt;Alexander Fröhlich;Philipp Kraft

  • The long way down—are carbon and oxygen isotope signals in the tree ring uncoupled from canopy physiological processes?

    Christine Offermann;Juan Pedro Ferrio;Jutta Holst;Rüdiger Grote

  • Modeling volatile isoprenoid emissions--a story with split ends.

    R. Grote;Ü. Niinemets;Ü. Niinemets

  • The timing of bud burst and its effect on tree growth

    T. Rötzer;R. Grote;H. Pretzsch

  • A Model for Individual Tree Development Based on Physiological Processes

    R. Grote;H. Pretzsch

  • The interplay between ozone and urban vegetation – BVOC emissions, ozone deposition, and tree ecophysiology

    Anne Charlott Fitzky;Hans Sandén;Thomas Karl;Silvano Fares

  • Modeling the isoprene emission rate from leaves

    Russell K. Monson;Rüdiger Grote;Ülo Niinemets;Jörg Peter Schnitzler

  • Model evaluation of different mechanisms driving freeze-thaw N2O emissions

    A.M.G. de Bruijn;K. Butterbach-Bahl;S. Blagodatsky;R. Grote

  • Importance of tree height and social position for drought-related stress on tree growth and mortality

    Rüdiger Grote;Arthur Gessler;Robert Hommel;Werner Poschenrieder

  • Forest carbon allocation modelling under climate change.

    Katarína Merganičová;Ján Merganič;Aleksi Lehtonen;Giorgio Vacchiano

  • Urban stress-induced biogenic VOC emissions and SOA-forming potentials in Beijing

    Andrea Ghirardo;Junfei Xie;Xunhua Zheng;Yuesi Wang

  • Die Fichten-Buchen-Mischbestände des Sonderforschungsbereiches „Wachstum oder Parasitenabwehr?“ im Kranzberger Forst

    Hans Pretzsch;Markus Kahn;Rüdiger Grote

  • Leaf-Level Models of Constitutive and Stress-Driven Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

    Rüdiger Grote;Russell K. Monson;Ülo Niinemets

  • Decadal variability of soil CO 2 , NO, N 2 O, and CH 4 fluxes at the Höglwald Forest, Germany

    G. J. Luo;N. Brüggemann;B. Wolf;R. Gasche

  • Natural selection? Picking the right trees for urban greening

    G. Churkina;R. Grote;T.M. Butler;M. Lawrence

  • When a tree dies in the forest: Scaling climate-driven tree mortality to ecosystem water and carbon fluxes

    William R. L. Anderegg;Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Maxime Cailleret;Jesus Julio Camarero

  • The TERENO pre-alpine observatory: Integrating meteorological, hydrological, and biogeochemical measurements and modeling

    R. Kiese;B. Fersch;C. Baessler;C. Brosy

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ralf Kiese
Ralf Kiese Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Matthias Mauder
Matthias Mauder Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hans Pretzsch
Hans Pretzsch Technical University of Munich
Galina Churkina
Galina Churkina Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Hans Peter Schmid
Hans Peter Schmid Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andrea Ghirardo
Andrea Ghirardo Helmholtz Zentrum München
Heinz Rennenberg
Heinz Rennenberg University of Freiburg
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences

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