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2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
94
Citations
47492
World Ranking
210
National Ranking
75

Ecology and Evolution

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Thomas D. Bruns publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas D. Bruns sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 187 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Thomas D. Bruns D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas D. Bruns sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award

Overview

Thomas D. Bruns is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions across related subfields that include Plant Science, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Cell Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

Thomas D. Bruns has published research in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in journals such as:

  • Mycorrhiza
  • Mycologia
  • New Phytologist
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Biogeography

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas D. Bruns include:

  • A simple pyrocosm for studying soil microbial response to fire reveals a rapid, massive response by Pyronema species (2020, PLoS ONE)

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following scientists:

  • Sydney I. Glassman
  • Hagai Shemesh
  • Stav Livne-Luzon
  • Yael Avidan
  • Akiko Carver

Their work often intersects multiple disciplines, focusing on how fungal and microbial communities interact with plant systems and ecosystems, especially under conditions influenced by fire and environmental change. The ecological and biodiversity aspects of forests, as well as the effects of fire on ecosystems, are prominent in their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes--application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts.

    M Gardes;T D Bruns

  • Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

    Urmas Koljalg;Urmas Koljalg;R. Henrik Nilsson;Kessy Abarenkov;Leho Tedersoo

  • Fungal Molecular Systematics

    T.D. Bruns;T.J. White;J.W. Taylor

  • The molecular revolution in ectomycorrhizal ecology: peeking into the black-box.

    Thomas R. Horton;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Specific amplification of 18S fungal ribosomal genes from vesicular-arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots.

    L Simon;M Lalonde;T D Bruns

  • Dispersal in microbes: fungi in indoor air are dominated by outdoor air and show dispersal limitation at short distances

    Rachel I Adams;Marzia Miletto;John W Taylor;Thomas D Bruns

  • Community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Pinus muricata forest: above- and below-ground views

    M. Gardes;T. D. Bruns

  • Quantifying microbial communities with 454 pyrosequencing: does read abundance count?

    Anthony S. Amend;Keith A. Seifert;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Identification of indigenous and introduced symbiotic fungi in ectomycorrhizae by amplification of nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA

    Monique Gardes;Thomas J. White;J. André Fortin;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome

    Jennifer M. Talbot;Thomas D. Bruns;John W. Taylor;Dylan P. Smith

  • Changing partners in the dark: isotopic and molecular evidence of ectomycorrhizal liaisons between forest orchids and trees.

    Martin I. Bidartondo;Bastian Burghardt;Gerhard Gebauer;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Pinus muricata forest: minimal overlap between the mature forest and resistant propagule communities.

    D. L. Taylor;T. D. Bruns

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits.

    Shingo Miyauchi;Enikő Kiss;Alan Kuo;Elodie Drula

  • Indoor fungal composition is geographically patterned and more diverse in temperate zones than in the tropics

    Anthony S. Amend;Keith A. Seifert;Robert Samson;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Thoughts on the processes that maintain local species diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Thomas D. Bruns

  • Ancestral lineages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomales).

    Dirk Redecker;Joseph B. Morton;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Evolutionary relationships within the fungi: Analyses of nuclear small subunit rRNA sequences

    Thomas D. Bruns;Rytas Vilgalys;Susan M. Barns;Dolores Gonzalez

  • A strong species–area relationship for eukaryotic soil microbes: island size matters for ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Kabir G. Peay;Thomas D. Bruns;Peter G. Kennedy;Sarah E. Bergemann

  • Measuring ectomycorrhizal fungal dispersal: macroecological patterns driven by microscopic propagules.

    Kabir G. Peay;Kabir G. Peay;Max G. Schubert;Nhu H. Nguyen;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Mycorrhizal colonization of Pinus muricata from resistant propagules after a stand-replacing wildfire

    J. Baar;T. R. Horton;A. M. Kretzer;T. D. Bruns

  • Fungal Community Ecology: A Hybrid Beast with a Molecular Master

    Kabir G. Peay;Peter G. Kennedy;Thomas D. Bruns

  • A sequence database for the identification of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes by phylogenetic analysis

    T. D. Bruns;T. M. Szaro;M. Gardes;K. W. Cullings

  • Changing partners in the dark: isotopic and molecular evidence of ectomycorrhizal liaisons between forest

    Martin I. Bidartondol;Bastian Burghardt;Gerhard Gebauer;Thomas D. Bruns

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Taylor
John W. Taylor University of California, Berkeley
Kabir G. Peay
Kabir G. Peay Stanford University
Peter G. Kennedy
Peter G. Kennedy University of Minnesota
Matteo Garbelotto
Matteo Garbelotto University of California, Berkeley
Thomas R. Horton
Thomas R. Horton SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Martin I. Bidartondo
Martin I. Bidartondo Imperial College London
Rytas Vilgalys
Rytas Vilgalys Duke University
D. Lee Taylor
D. Lee Taylor University of New Mexico
Erik A. Lilleskov
Erik A. Lilleskov US Forest Service
Steven E. Lindow
Steven E. Lindow University of California, Berkeley

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