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Simone Cesarz

Simone Cesarz

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
6261
World Ranking
5368
National Ranking
282

Simone Cesarz publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Simone Cesarz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 98 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Simone Cesarz 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 Simone Cesarz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Simone Cesarz is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and has a research focus rooted primarily in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans a range of fields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Ecology, Plant Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics encompass several substantial areas such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest ecology and management, and Nematode management and characterization studies.

Simone Cesarz has contributed to multiple scientific publications, notably in well-known venues like bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Global Change Biology, Nature Communications, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), and Research Ideas and Outcomes.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Simone Cesarz are:

  • Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity, 2021, Science
  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands, 2022, Science
  • Global maps of soil temperature, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature, 2020, Global Change Biology

Collaborations form a significant component of Simone Cesarz's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Nico Eisenhauer
  • Rémy Beugnon
  • Helge Bruelheide
  • Carlos A. Guerra
  • Tesfaye Wubet

This profile outlines the scientific work and collaboration patterns of Simone Cesarz, showing active engagement with topics central to soil ecology, biodiversity, and environmental conservation.

Best Publications

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research.

    Carlos A. Guerra;Anna Heintz-Buschart;Johannes Sikorski;Antonis Chatzinotas

  • Global change belowground: impacts of elevated CO2, nitrogen, and summer drought on soil food webs and biodiversity

    Nico Eisenhauer;Simone Cesarz;Robert Koller;Kally Worm

  • Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment

    Nico Eisenhauer;Tomasz Dobies;Simone Cesarz;Sarah E. Hobbie

  • Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity.

    Carlos A. Guerra;Richard D. Bardgett;Lucrezia Caon;Thomas W. Crowther

  • Global maps of soil temperature

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  • Plant diversity effects on soil microbial functions and enzymes are stronger than warming in a grassland experiment

    Katja Steinauer;Katja Steinauer;G. David Tilman;Peter Douglas Wragg;Simone Cesarz

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Soil microbial properties and temporal stability in degraded and restored lands of Northeast Brazil

    Ademir Sérgio Ferreira Araújo;Simone Cesarz;Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite;Clóvis Daniel Borges

  • Global gaps in soil biodiversity data.

    Erin K. Cameron;Erin K. Cameron;Inês S. Martins;Patrick Lavelle;Patrick Lavelle;Jérôme Mathieu

  • Global mismatches in aboveground and belowground biodiversity

    Erin K. Cameron;Erin K. Cameron;Inês S. Martins;Patrick Lavelle;Patrick Lavelle;Jérôme Mathieu

  • Tree species diversity versus tree species identity: Driving forces in structuring forest food webs as indicated by soil nematodes

    Simone Cesarz;Simone Cesarz;Liliane Ruess;Mascha Jacob;Andreas Jacob

  • Nematode functional guilds, not trophic groups, reflect shifts in soil food webs and processes in response to interacting global change factors

    Simone Cesarz;Simone Cesarz;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Stefan Scheu;Liliane Ruess

  • Drivers and trends of global soil microbial carbon over two decades

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  • The effects of drought and nutrient addition on soil organisms vary across taxonomic groups, but are constant across seasons

    Julia Siebert;Marie Sünnemann;Harald Auge;Sigrid Berger

  • A niche for ecosystem multifunctionality in global change research.

    Darren P. Giling;Darren P. Giling;Darren P. Giling;Léa Beaumelle;Léa Beaumelle;Helen R. P. Phillips;Helen R. P. Phillips;Simone Cesarz;Simone Cesarz

  • Biodiversity–ecosystem function experiments reveal the mechanisms underlying the consequences of biodiversity change in real world ecosystems

    Nico Eisenhauer;Andrew D. Barnes;Andrew D. Barnes;Simone Cesarz;Dylan Craven

  • Earthworm communities in relation to tree diversity in a deciduous forest

    Simone Cesarz;Nadine Fahrenholz;Sonja Migge-Kleian;Christian Platner

  • Tree diversity and soil chemical properties drive the linkages between soil microbial community and ecosystem functioning

    Rémy Beugnon;Jianqing Du;Simone Cesarz;Stephanie D. Jurburg

  • Nematode community shifts in response to experimental warming and canopy conditions are associated with plant community changes in the temperate-boreal forest ecotone.

    Madhav Prakash Thakur;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Nicholas A. Fisichelli;Nicholas A. Fisichelli;Artur Stefanski

  • Mycorrhiza in tree diversity–ecosystem function relationships: conceptual framework and experimental implementation

    Olga Ferlian;Simone Cesarz;Dylan Craven;Jes Hines

  • The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning

    Stefan Trogisch;Xiaojuan Liu;Gemma Rutten;Kai Xue;Kai Xue

  • Soil microbial, nematode, and enzymatic responses to elevated CO2, N fertilization, warming, and reduced precipitation

    Madhav P. Thakur;Inés Martín Del Real;Simone Cesarz;Katja Steinauer

  • Community composition and abundance of bacterial, archaeal and nitrifying populations in savanna soils on contrasting bedrock material in Kruger National Park, South Africa

    Saskia Rughöft;Martina Herrmann;Cassandre S. Lazar;Simone Cesarz

Frequent Co-Authors

Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Jes Hines
Jes Hines German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Carlos A. Guerra
Carlos A. Guerra German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
Olga Ferlian
Olga Ferlian Leipzig University
Harald Auge
Harald Auge Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tesfaye Wubet
Tesfaye Wubet Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
Madhav P. Thakur
Madhav P. Thakur University of Bern

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