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Estonia
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
131
Citations
75512
World Ranking
37
National Ranking
1

Ülo Niinemets 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 Ülo Niinemets sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 557 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ülo Niinemets 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 Ülo Niinemets sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 131 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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 Estonia Leader Award
  • 2018 - Estonian National Research Award (Eesti Vabariigi teaduspreemia)

Overview

Ülo Niinemets is affiliated with the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Estonia and has a research focus that spans agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, Niinemets explores subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology

The topics covered in their work reflect a wide scope of plant and ecological science, including:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Niinemets has published extensively in multiple venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Tree Physiology

Several recent papers illustrate the range and depth of Niinemets's research:

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment (2020, Nature)
  • Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

Collaborations feature a range of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Peijian Shi
  • Jens Kattge
  • Josep Peñuelas
  • Eve Runno-Paurson
  • Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini

Niinemets was the recipient of the Estonian National Research Award (Eesti Vabariigi teaduspreemia) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

  • Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis.

    Hendrik Poorter;Ülo Niinemets;Lourens Poorter;Ian J. Wright

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

    Fernando Valladares;Ülo Niinemets

  • Tolerance to shade, drought, and waterlogging of temperate northern hemisphere trees and shrubs

    Ülo Niinemets;Fernando Valladares

  • GLOBAL-SCALE CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF LEAF DRY MASS PER AREA, DENSITY, AND THICKNESS IN TREES AND SHRUBS

    Ülo Niinemets

  • Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Daniel S. Falster

  • Global climatic drivers of leaf size.

    Ian J. Wright;Ning Dong;Ning Dong;Vincent Maire;Vincent Maire;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: Past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and acclimation

    Ülo Niinemets

  • Research review. Components of leaf dry mass per area – thickness and density – alter leaf photosynthetic capacity in reverse directions in woody plants

    Ülo Niinemets

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: an unappreciated central player in photosynthesis

    Jaume Flexas;Margaret M. Barbour;Oliver Brendel;Hernán M. Cabrera

  • A model separating leaf structural and physiological effects on carbon gain along light gradients for the shade‐tolerant species Acer saccharum

    Ülo Niinemets;John Tenhunen

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • A review of light interception in plant stands from leaf to canopy in different plant functional types and in species with varying shade tolerance

    Ülo Niinemets

  • Leaf Functional Anatomy in Relation to Photosynthesis

    Ichiro Terashima;Yuko T. Hanba;Danny Tholen;Ülo Niinemets

  • Drought-tolerance of wheat improved by rhizosphere bacteria from harsh environments: enhanced biomass production and reduced emissions of stress volatiles.

    Salme Timmusk;Islam A. Abd El-Daim;Lucian Copolovici;Triin Tanilas

  • Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum.

    Yusuke Onoda;Ian J. Wright;John R. Evans;Kouki Hikosaka

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: Global patterns and paleoclimatic applications

    Daniel J. Peppe;Daniel J. Peppe;Dana L. Royer;Bárbara Cariglino;Sofia Y. Oliver

  • Photosynthesis and resource distribution through plant canopies.

    Ülo Niinemets;Ülo Niinemets;Ülo Niinemets

  • A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

    Alistair Rogers;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Gordon Bonan

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Jeroni Galmés
Jeroni Galmés University of the Balearic Islands
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Jaume Flexas
Jaume Flexas University of the Balearic Islands
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Olevi Kull
Olevi Kull University of Tartu
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Joan Llusià
Joan Llusià Autonomous University of Barcelona

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