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Environmental Sciences

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57
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11468
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3461
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234

Plant Science and Agronomy

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54
Citations
10973
World Ranking
1694
National Ranking
115

Werner Borken 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 Werner Borken sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 129 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Werner Borken 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 Werner Borken sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Werner Borken is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Their work focuses on various areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on ecology, plant science, insect science, soil science, and global and planetary change. The scientist contributes to advancing understanding in several specialized domains including forest ecology and biodiversity studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, botany and plant ecology studies, and lichen and fungal ecology.

Werner Borken has published extensively in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Their recent notable papers are:

  • Long-term soil warming decreases microbial phosphorus utilization by increasing abiotic phosphorus sorption and phosphorus losses (2023) - Nature Communications
  • Long-term soil warming alters fine root dynamics and morphology, and their ectomycorrhizal fungal community in a temperate forest soil (2022) - Global Change Biology
  • Divergent responses of permafrost peatlands to recent climate change (2021) - Environmental Research Letters
  • Long-term warming of a forest soil reduces microbial biomass and its carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies (2023) - Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Changes in Chemical and Microbial Soil Parameters Following 8 Years of Deadwood Decay: An Experiment with Logs of 13 Tree Species in 30 Forests (2020) - Ecosystems

Werner Borken's collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as Andreas Schindlbacher, Wolfgang Wanek, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Jakob Heinzle, and Ye Tian.

The broad scope of Borken's research spans multiple subfields and topics that intersect soil science, microbial ecology, plant-fungi interactions, and ecosystem dynamics. Their publications contribute to understanding how long-term environmental changes impact soil microbial communities, nutrient cycling, and forest ecosystem function.

Best Publications

  • Reappraisal of drying and wetting effects on C and N mineralization and fluxes in soils.

    Werner Borken;Egbert Matzner

  • Oxidation of atmospheric methane in Northern European soils, comparison with other ecosystems, and uncertainties in the global terrestrial sink

    K. A. Smith;K. E. Dobbie;B. C. Ball;L. R. Bakken

  • Do freeze-thaw events enhance C and N losses from soils of different ecosystems? A review

    Egbert Matzner;Werner Borken

  • Effects of experimental drought on soil respiration and radiocarbon efflux from a temperate forest soil

    Werner Borken;Werner Borken;Kathleen Savage;Eric A. Davidson;Susan E. Trumbore

  • Drying and Wetting Effects on Carbon Dioxide Release from Organic Horizons

    Werner Borken;Eric A. Davidson;Kathleen Savage;Julia B. Gaudinski

  • Site and temporal variation of soil respiration in European beech, Norway spruce, and Scots pine forests

    Werner Borken;Werner Borken;Yi-Jun Xu;Eric A. Davidson;Friedrich Beese

  • General CH4 oxidation model and comparisons of CH4 oxidation in natural and managed systems.

    S. J. Del Grosso;W. J. Parton;A. R. Mosier;D. S. Ojima

  • Hierarchical control on nitrous oxide emission in forest ecosystems

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  • Soil respiration under climate change: prolonged summer drought offsets soil warming effects

    Andreas Schindlbacher;Steve Wunderlich;Werner Borken;Barbara Kitzler

  • Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient

    Ivika Ostonen;Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Werner Borken;Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo

  • Effect of summer throughfall exclusion, summer drought, and winter snow cover on methane fluxes in a temperate forest soil

    Werner Borken;Werner Borken;Eric A. Davidson;Kathleen Savage;Eric T. Sundquist

  • Wood decay rates of 13 temperate tree species in relation to wood properties, enzyme activities and organismic diversities

    Tiemo Kahl;Tobias Arnstadt;Kristin Baber;Kristin Baber;Claus Bässler

  • Vertical partitioning of CO2 production within a temperate forest soil: VERTICAL PARTITIONING OF CO2 PRODUCTION

    Eric A. Davidson;Kathleen E. Savage;Susan E. Trumbore;Werner Borken

  • Different atmospheric methane-oxidizing communities in European beech and Norway spruce soils.

    Daniela M. Degelmann;Werner Borken;Harold L. Drake;Steffen Kolb

  • A climate change scenario for carbon dioxide and dissolved organic carbon fluxes from a temperate forest soil: Drought and rewetting effects

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  • Effects of experimental drought on the fine root system of mature Norway spruce

    Dirk Gaul;Dietrich Hertel;Werner Borken;Egbert Matzner

  • Site variation in methane oxidation as affected by atmospheric deposition and type of temperate forest ecosystem

    Rainer Brumme;Werner Borken

  • Redistribution of soil water by a saprotrophic fungus enhances carbon mineralization

    Alexander Guhr;Werner Borken;Marie Spohn;Egbert Matzner

  • Vertical partitioning of CO2 production within a temperate forest soil

    Eric A. Davidson;Kathleen E. Savage;Susan E. Trumbore;Werner Borken;Werner Borken

  • Linking variability in soil solution dissolved organic carbon to climate, soil type, and vegetation type

    Marta Camino-Serrano;Bert Gielen;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Philippe Ciais

  • Methane and nitrous oxide fluxes of soils in pure and mixed stands of European beech and Norway spruce

    Werner Borken;Friedrich Beese

  • Repeated drying–rewetting cycles and their effects on the emission of CO2, N2O, NO, and CH4 in a forest soil†

    Jan Muhr;Stefanie D. Goldberg;Werner Borken;Gerhard Gebauer

  • Microbial physiology and soil CO2 efflux after 9 years of soil warming in a temperate forest – no indications for thermal adaptations

    Andreas Schindlbacher;Jörg Schnecker;Mounir Takriti;Werner Borken

  • Repeated freeze–thaw events affect leaching losses of nitrogen and dissolved organic matter in a forest soil

    Kerstin Hentschel;Werner Borken;Egbert Matzner

  • Drying-rewetting events reduce C and N losses from a Norway spruce forest floor

    Jan Muhr;Janine Franke;Werner Borken

  • Site-to-site variability and temporal trends of DOC concentrations and fluxes in temperate forest soils

    Werner Borken;Bernhard Ahrens;Christoph Schulz;Lothar Zimmermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Egbert Matzner
Egbert Matzner University of Bayreuth
Kathleen Savage
Kathleen Savage Woods Hole Research Center
Eric A. Davidson
Eric A. Davidson University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Wolfgang Wanek
Wolfgang Wanek University of Vienna
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Friedrich Beese
Friedrich Beese University of Göttingen
Sara Vicca
Sara Vicca University of Antwerp
Christian Poll
Christian Poll University of Hohenheim
Mariusz Gałka
Mariusz Gałka Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Marcus A. Horn
Marcus A. Horn University of Hannover

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