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34
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9431
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7485
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384

Stefan Hempel 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 Stefan Hempel sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 70 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Hempel 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 Stefan Hempel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stefan Hempel is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and has a research profile that spans several interconnected scientific fields. Their main areas of study encompass Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader categories, they focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Insect Science.

The main research themes in Hempel's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Fungal Biology and Applications. They also contribute to fields addressing Plant and Animal Studies as well as Lichen and Fungal Ecology.

Hempel has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Ecology Letters, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Frontiers in Environmental Science, and Nature Communications. The presence of multiple publications in high-profile journals indicates active involvement in current ecological and biological research topics.

Notable recent papers by Hempel include:

  • "Plant and soil biodiversity have non-substitutable stabilising effects on biomass production" (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • "Moderate phosphorus additions consistently affect community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "Symbiotic status alters fungal eco-evolutionary offspring trajectories" (2023, Ecology Letters)
  • "Towards establishing a fungal economics spectrum in soil saprobic fungi" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi: significance, opportunities, applications and challenges" (2020, New Phytologist)

In their collaborative work, Hempel frequently coauthors with several researchers, most notably Matthias C. Rillig, Julien Roy, Tessa Camenzind, Stavros D. Veresoglou, and Juan F. Dueñas. The number of joint publications varies, indicating ongoing partnerships in multiple research projects.

Best Publications

  • Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

    Anderson Abel de Souza Machado;Anderson Abel de Souza Machado;Werner Kloas;Werner Kloas;Christiane Zarfl;Stefan Hempel

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

    Matthias C. Rillig;Lisa Ziersch;Stefan Hempel

  • Biological Flora of the British Isles: Robinia pseudoacacia

    Arne Cierjacks;Ingo Kowarik;Jasmin Joshi;Stefan Hempel

  • Differences in the species composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in spore, root and soil communities in a grassland ecosystem

    Stefan Hempel;Stefan Hempel;Carsten Renker;Carsten Renker;François Buscot;François Buscot

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest

    Tessa Camenzind;Stefan Hempel;Jürgen Homeier;Sebastian Horn

  • Community assembly and coexistence in communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Kriszta Vályi;Ulfah Mardhiah;Matthias C Rillig;Stefan Hempel

  • How Soil Biota Drive Ecosystem Stability

    Gaowen Yang;Gaowen Yang;Cameron Wagg;Cameron Wagg;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Stefan Hempel

  • The Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Direct and Indirect Defense Metabolites of Plantago lanceolata L.

    Anna Fontana;Michael Reichelt;Stefan Hempel;Jonathan Gershenzon

  • Mycorrhizas in the Central European flora: relationships with plant life history traits and ecology

    Stefan Hempel;Lars Götzenberger;Ingolf Kühn;Stefan G. Michalski

  • Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in relation to soil chemical properties and heavy metal contamination

    Mehdi Zarei;Stefan Hempel;Stefan Hempel;Tesfaye Wubet;Tina Schäfer

  • Branching out: Towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology

    Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros;Stefan Hempel;Jeff R. Powell;Ian C. Anderson

  • High‐resolution community profiling of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Klaus Schlaeppi;S. Franz Bender;Fabio Mascher;Giancarlo Russo

  • Land-use intensity and host plant identity interactively shape communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of grassland plants

    Kriszta Vályi;Matthias C. Rillig;Stefan Hempel

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities are phylogenetically clustered at small scales

    Sebastian Horn;Tancredi Caruso;Erik Verbruggen;Matthias C Rillig

  • Linking the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plants: a story of interdependence?

    Sebastian Horn;Stefan Hempel;Erik Verbruggen;Matthias C Rillig

  • Community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated to Veronica rechingeri at the Anguran zinc and lead mining region.

    M. Zarei;S. König;S. Hempel;M. Khayam Nekouei

  • Specific bottom–up effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a plant–herbivore–parasitoid system

    Stefan Hempel;Claudia Stein;Sybille B. Unsicker;Carsten Renker;Carsten Renker

  • Mycorrhizal status helps explain invasion success of alien plant species.

    Andreas Menzel;Stefan Hempel;Stefan Klotz;Mari Moora

  • Determinants of root-associated fungal communities within Asteraceae in a semi-arid grassland

    Jeannine Wehner;Jeff R. Powell;Ludo A. H. Muller;Tancredi Caruso

  • Root traits are more than analogues of leaf traits: the case for diaspore mass

    Joana Bergmann;Masahiro Ryo;Daniel Prati;Stefan Hempel

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin
Stavros D. Veresoglou
Stavros D. Veresoglou Freie Universität Berlin
Tancredi Caruso
Tancredi Caruso Queen's University Belfast
François Buscot
François Buscot Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Carsten Renker
Carsten Renker Natural History Museum Vienna
Jeff R. Powell
Jeff R. Powell Western Sydney University
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Erik Verbruggen
Erik Verbruggen University of Antwerp
Janis Antonovics
Janis Antonovics University of Virginia

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