World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Wolfgang Wanek

Wolfgang Wanek

Award Badge
Plant Science and Agronomy
Austria
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
74
Citations
19719
World Ranking
564
National Ranking
5

Wolfgang Wanek 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 Wolfgang Wanek sits on this spectrum.

36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36 publications 467+

This scientist: 258 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Wanek 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 Wolfgang Wanek sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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 Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang Wanek is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with substantial contributions to the understanding of soil processes and ecology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these domains, Wanek has worked extensively in specific subfields such as soil science, ecology, plant science, environmental chemistry, and ecological evolution, behavior, and systematics.

  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Their research topics cover several key areas, including soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, isotope analysis in ecology, peatlands and wetlands ecology, forest ecology and management, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Wolfgang Wanek has published a substantial number of articles in several frequent venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Global Change Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geoderma

The scientist collaborates with various researchers, with notable frequent co-authors listed as follows:

  • Andreas Schindlbacher
  • Andreas Richter
  • Werner Borken
  • Steve Kwatcho Kengdo
  • Petra Heinz

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Uptake, Metabolism, and Accumulation of Tire Wear Particle-Derived Compounds in Lettuce (2022) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Climatic and edaphic controls over tropical forest diversity and vegetation carbon storage (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Long-term soil warming decreases microbial phosphorus utilization by increasing abiotic phosphorus sorption and phosphorus losses (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • Composition and activity of nitrifier communities in soil are unresponsive to elevated temperature and CO2, but strongly affected by drought (2020) published in The ISME Journal
  • Microbial growth and carbon use efficiency show seasonal responses in a multifactorial climate change experiment (2020) published in Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • The Application of ecological stoichiometry to plant-microbial-soil organic matter transformations

    Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern;Katharina Maria Keiblinger;Maria Mooshammer;Josep Peñuelas

  • Root Exudation of Primary Metabolites: Mechanisms and Their Roles in Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli.

    Alberto Canarini;Christina Kaiser;Andrew Merchant;Andreas Richter

  • Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling

    Maria Mooshammer;Wolfgang Wanek;Ieda Hämmerle;Lucia Fuchslueger

  • Stoichiometric imbalances between terrestrial decomposer communities and their resources: mechanisms and implications of microbial adaptations to their resources

    Maria Mooshammer;Wolfgang Wanek;Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern;Andreas Anatol Richter

  • Increased microbial growth, biomass, and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity.

    Judith Prommer;Tom W. N. Walker;Tom W. N. Walker;Wolfgang Wanek;Judith Braun;Judith Braun

  • Microbial carbon use efficiency and biomass turnover times depending on soil depth – Implications for carbon cycling

    Marie Spohn;Marie Spohn;Karoline Klaus;Wolfgang Wanek;Andreas Richter

  • Soil multifunctionality is affected by the soil environment and by microbial community composition and diversity.

    Qing Zheng;Yuntao Hu;Yuntao Hu;Shasha Zhang;Lisa Noll

  • Alternative methods for measuring inorganic, organic, and total dissolved nitrogen in soil.

    Rebecca Hood-Nowotny;Nina Hinko-Najera Umana;Erich Inselbacher;Petra Oswald Lachouani

  • Aerobic nitrous oxide production through N-nitrosating hybrid formation in ammonia-oxidizing archaea

    Michaela Stieglmeier;Maria Mooshammer;Barbara Kitzler;Wolfgang Wanek

  • The effect of resource quantity and resource stoichiometry on microbial carbon-use-efficiency.

    Katharina M. Keiblinger;Edward K. Hall;Wolfgang Wanek;Ute Szukics

  • Biochar decelerates soil organic nitrogen cycling but stimulates soil nitrification in a temperate arable field trial.

    Judith Prommer;Wolfgang Wanek;Florian Hofhansl;Daniela Trojan

  • Stoichiometric controls of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in decomposing beech leaf litter

    Maria Mooshammer;Wolfgang Wanek;Jörg Schnecker;Birgit Wild

  • Soil microbial carbon use efficiency and biomass turnover in a long-term fertilization experiment in a temperate grassland.

    Marie Spohn;Marie Spohn;Erich M. Pötsch;Stephanie A. Eichorst;Dagmar Woebken

  • Long-term change in the nitrogen cycle of tropical forests.

    Peter Hietz;Benjamin L. Turner;Wolfgang Wanek;Andreas Richter

  • Nitrogen fixation by phyllosphere bacteria associated with higher plants and their colonizing epiphytes of a tropical lowland rainforest of Costa Rica.

    Michael Fürnkranz;Wolfgang Wanek;Andreas Richter;Guy Abell

  • Physiological and morphological adaptations of the fruit tree Ziziphus rotundifolia in response to progressive drought stress

    S. K. Arndt;S. C. Clifford;W. Wanek;H. G. Jones

  • MANGROVE ISOTOPIC (δ15N AND δ13C) FRACTIONATION ACROSS A NITROGEN VS. PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION GRADIENT

    Karen L. McKee;Ilka C. Feller;Marianne Popp;Wolfgang Wanek

  • Heterotrophic microbial communities use ancient carbon following glacial retreat

    Richard D Bardgett;Andreas Richter;Roland Bol;Mark H Garnett

  • Functional diversity of the soil microflora in primary succession across two glacier forelands in the Central Alps

    D. Tscherko;J. Rustemeier;A. Richter;W. Wanek

  • Short-term competition between crop plants and soil microbes for inorganic N fertilizer.

    Erich Inselsbacher;Nina Hinko-Najera Umana;Florian C. Stange;Markus Gorfer

  • Direct dating of Early Upper Palaeolithic human remains from Mladeč

    Eva M. Wild;Maria Teschler-Nicola;Walter Kutschera;Peter Steier

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hietz
Peter Hietz BOKU University
Xingliang Xu
Xingliang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Birgit Wild
Birgit Wild Stockholm University
Marianne Popp
Marianne Popp University of Vienna
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Joseph Strauss
Joseph Strauss BOKU University
Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter University of Bremen
Gerhard Zotz
Gerhard Zotz Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Stefan K. Arndt
Stefan K. Arndt University of Melbourne

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Wolfgang Wanek

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles