2026 Wietse de Boer: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	62	10721	9896	275	252	126	14873

Overview

Wietse de Boer is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Insect Science, Cell Biology, Soil Science, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work explores several main topics including:

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Fungal Biology and Applications
Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Wietse de Boer has contributed to multiple publications across various journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Soil Biology and Biochemistry
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Trends in Plant Science
Applied Soil Ecology
ISME Communications

Recent notable papers are:

Insect frass and exuviae to promote plant growth and health, 2022, Trends in Plant Science
Decomposing cover crops modify root-associated microbiome composition and disease tolerance of cash crop seedlings, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Chitin- and Keratin-Rich Soil Amendments Suppress Rhizoctonia solani Disease via Changes to the Soil Microbial Community, 2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Effect of nitrogen on fungal growth efficiency, 2020, Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
Soil biodiversity and nature-mimicry in agriculture; the power of metaphor?, 2022, Outlook on Agriculture

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues including:

S. Emilia Hannula
Xiaogang Li
Maria P. J. Hundscheid
Anna Clocchiatti
J. Postma

Best Publications

Living in a fungal world: impact of fungi on soil bacterial niche development⋆

Wietse de Boer;Larissa B. Folman;Richard C. Summerbell;Lynne Boddy

2403
Citations
Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

Elly Morriën;S. Emilia Hannula;L. Basten Snoek;Nico R. Helmsing

880
Citations
Effects of above-ground plant species composition and diversity on the diversity of soil-borne microorganisms

George. A. Kowalchuk;Douwe S. Buma;Wietse de Boer;Peter G.L. Klinkhamer

765
Citations
Volatile affairs in microbial interactions

Ruth Schmidt;Viviane Cordovez;Wietse de Boer;Jos Raaijmakers

445
Citations
A thready affair: linking fungal diversity and community dynamics to terrestrial decomposition processes

Annemieke van der Wal;Thomas D. Geydan;Thomas W. Kuyper;Wietse de Boer

393
Citations
Ectomycorrhizal Cortinarius species participate in enzymatic oxidation of humus in northern forest ecosystems.

Inga T. M. Bödeker;Karina E. Clemmensen;Wietse de Boer;Francis Martin

325
Citations
Legacy of land use history determines reprogramming of plant physiology by soil microbiome.

Xiaogang Li;Alexandre Jousset;Wietse de Boer;Víctor J. Carrión

303
Citations
Calling from distance: attraction of soil bacteria by plant root volatiles.

Kristin Schulz-Bohm;Saskia Gerards;Maria Hundscheid;Jasper Melenhorst

251
Citations
Rhizosphere bacterial community composition in natural stands of Carex arenaria (sand sedge) is determined by bulk soil community composition

Annelies S. de Ridder-Duine;George A. Kowalchuk;Paulien J.A. Klein Gunnewiek;Wiecher Smant

237
Citations
Reduction of rare soil microbes modifies plant-herbivore interactions.

W. H. Gera Hol;Wietse de Boer;Aad J. Termorshuizen;Katrin M. Meyer

233
Citations
Microbial Community Composition Affects Soil Fungistasis

Wietse de Boer;Patrick Verheggen;Paulien J. A. Klein Gunnewiek;George A. Kowalchuk

220
Citations
Anti-fungal properties of chitinolytic dune soil bacteria

Wietse De Boer;Paulien J.A. Klein Gunnewiek;Petra Lafeber;Jaap D. Janse

217
Citations
Transcriptional and antagonistic responses of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 to phylogenetically different bacterial competitors.

Paolina Garbeva;Mark W Silby;Jos M Raaijmakers;Stuart B Levy

208
Citations
Impact of white-rot fungi on numbers and community composition of bacteria colonizing beech wood from forest soil

Larissa B. Folman;Paulien J.A. Klein Gunnewiek;Lynne Boddy;Wietse De Boer

197
Citations
Volatile-mediated interactions between phylogenetically different soil bacteria.

Paolina Garbeva;Cornelis Hordijk;Saskia Gerards;Wietse de Boer

186
Citations
Shifts in rhizosphere fungal community during secondary succession following abandonment from agriculture

S Emilia Hannula;Elly Morriën;Mattias de Hollander;Wim H van der Putten

184
Citations
In vitro suppression of fungi caused by combinations of apparently non-antagonistic soil bacteria.

Wietse De Boer;Anne‐Marieke Wagenaar;Paulien J.A. Klein Gunnewiek;Johannes A. Van Veen

177
Citations
Fungistasis and general soil biostasis - A new synthesis.

P.V. Garbeva;W.H.G. Hol;A.J. Termorshuizen;G.A. Kowalchuk

176
Citations
Microbial Small Talk: Volatiles in Fungal-Bacterial Interactions

Ruth Schmidt;Desalegn W. Etalo;Victor de Jager;Saskia Gerards

176
Citations
Volatiles produced by the mycophagous soil bacterium Collimonas.

Paolina Garbeva;Cornelis Hordijk;Saskia Gerards;Wietse de Boer

168
Citations