2026 Thomas W. Crowther: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	72	1221	1164	4	4	183	27342

Overview

Thomas W. Crowther is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research work spans multiple subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, and soil science.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, microbial community ecology and physiology, forest ecology and management, and conservation, biodiversity, and resource management.

Thomas W. Crowther's recent scholarly papers include:

Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth (2020), published in Nature
Increased growing-season productivity drives earlier autumn leaf senescence in temperate trees (2020), published in Science
Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity (2021), published in Science
Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world's cities (2022), published in Science Advances
Global maps of soil temperature (2021), published in Global Change Biology

Their frequent co-authors include Constantin M. Zohner, Johan van den Hoogen, T. Bruce Lauber, Lidong Mo, and Daniel S. Maynard.

Thomas W. Crowther commonly publishes in the following venues:

Nature Communications
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Global Change Biology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Ecology & Evolution

In addition to articles, Thomas W. Crowther has contributed to book publications with Ghent University, notably the 2021 title Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol.

Best Publications

The global tree restoration potential.

Jean-Francois Bastin;Yelena Finegold;Claude Garcia;Danilo Mollicone

2098
Citations
Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

1980
Citations
Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

1437
Citations
Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

Thomas W. Crowther;Katherine E.O. Todd-Brown;Clara W. Rowe;William R. Wieder

1349
Citations
Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

Johan van den Hoogen;Stefan Geisen;Devin Routh;Howard Ferris

1160
Citations
The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry

T. W. Crowther;J. van den Hoogen;J. Wan;M. A. Mayes;M. A. Mayes

1111
Citations
Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population

Gabriele Manoli;Gabriele Manoli;Simone Fatichi;Markus Schläpfer;Kailiang Yu

1064
Citations
Mapping tree density at a global scale

T. W. Crowther;H. B. Glick;K. R. Covey;C. Bettigole

1040
Citations
Managing uncertainty in soil carbon feedbacks to climate change

Mark A. Bradford;William R. Wieder;William R. Wieder;Gordon B. Bonan;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer

841
Citations
Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

B. S. Steidinger;T. W. Crowther;J. Liang;M. E. Van Nuland

582
Citations
Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth

Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Sara M. Leavitt;David Gibbs;Nancy L. Harris

581
Citations
Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

Joanna C. Carey;Jianwu Tang;Pamela H. Templer;Kevin D. Kroeger

510
Citations
Global distribution of earthworm diversity

Helen R P Phillips;Carlos A Guerra;Marie L C Bartz;Maria J I Briones

469
Citations
Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally

Kelly S. Ramirez;Jonathan W. Leff;Albert Barberán;Scott Thomas Bates

379
Citations
Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world’s cities

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378
Citations
Increased growing-season productivity drives earlier autumn leaf senescence in temperate trees.

Deborah Zani;Thomas W. Crowther;Lidong Mo;Susanne S. Renner

372
Citations
Climate fails to predict wood decomposition at regional scales

Mark A. Bradford;Robert J. Warren;Petr Baldrian;Thomas W. Crowther

371
Citations
Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity.

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

310
Citations
The number of tree species on Earth

Unknown

298
Citations
A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

Mark A Bradford;G F Ciska Veen;Anne Bonis;Ella M Bradford

291
Citations
Functional and ecological consequences of saprotrophic fungus-grazer interactions.

Thomas W Crowther;Thomas W Crowther;Lynne Boddy;T Hefin Jones

290
Citations
Untangling the fungal niche: the trait-based approach.

Thomas W. Crowther;Daniel S. Maynard;Terence R. Crowther;Jordan Peccia

275
Citations
Biotic interactions mediate soil microbial feedbacks to climate change

Thomas W. Crowther;Stephen M. Thomas;Daniel S. Maynard;Petr Baldrian

272
Citations
Mapping Tree Density at the Global Scale

K. R. Covey;T. W. Crowther;H. Glick;C. Bettigole

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Bradford Yale University

Daniel S. Maynard University of Chicago

Constantin M. Zohner ETH Zurich

Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota

T. Hefin Jones Cardiff University

Lynne Boddy Cardiff University

Serita D. Frey University of New Hampshire

William R. Wieder National Center for Atmospheric Research

David A. Wardle Umeå University

Diana H. Wall Colorado State University

External Links

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