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Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Arthur Groß
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2
Noah W. Sokol
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
3
Muhammad Junaid Nazir
Jiangsu University
4
Jie Zhou
Nanjing Agricultural University
5
Yuqing Ma
Hefei University of Technology
6
Yunpeng Zhao
University of Helsinki
7
Nicholas O. E. Ofiti
University of Bern
8
Kenneth Acosta
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
9
Camile Söthe
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
10
Ruyi Luo
Chengdu Institute of Biology

Rising Stars Papers

1
Long-term biochar and soil organic carbon stability – Evidence from field experiments in Germany
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
84 cit.
2
The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture
Soil Biology and Biochemistry|2024
58 cit.
3
Soil carbon formation is promoted by saturation deficit and existing mineral-associated carbon, not by microbial carbon-use efficiency
Science Advances|2025
34 cit.
4
Plant–microbe interactions underpin contrasting enzymatic responses to wetland drainage
Nature Climate Change|2024
32 cit.
5
Reduced accrual of mineral-associated organic matter after two years of enhanced rock weathering in cropland soils, though no net losses of soil organic carbon
Biogeochemistry|2024
30 cit.
6
Necromass responses to warming: A faster microbial turnover in favor of soil carbon stabilisation
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
26 cit.
7
Response of microbial growth and enzyme activity to climate change in European mountain grasslands: A translocation study
CATENA|2024
20 cit.
8
Source of Vitamin B12 in plants of the Lemnaceae family and its production by duckweed-associated bacteria
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis|2024
20 cit.
9
Microplastic contamination accelerates soil carbon loss through positive priming
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
19 cit.
10
Linking microbial community dynamics to rhizosphere carbon flow depend on arbuscular mycorrhizae and nitrogen fertilization
Biology and Fertility of Soils|2025
10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Tara L. Greaver
Environmental Protection Agency
2
Xiaoming Kang
Institute of Wetland Research
3
Suspense A. Ifo
Marien Ngouabi University
4
Gaihe Yang
Northwest A&F University
5
Maartje A. H. J. van Kessel
Radboud University Nijmegen
6
Lisa G. Chambers
University of Central Florida
7
Michael Pester
Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich
8
Olli Peltola
Finnish Meteorological Institute
9
Erin Seybold
University of Kansas
10
Haojie Liu
Tianjin Renai College

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Effects of coastal wetland reclamation on soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus in China: A meta‐analysis
Land Degradation and Development|2023
195 cit.
2
Global diversity and inferred ecophysiology of microorganisms with the potential for dissimilatory sulfate/sulfite reduction
FEMS Microbiology Reviews|2023
71 cit.
3
Oxygen respiration and polysaccharide degradation by a sulfate-reducing acidobacterium
Nature Communications|2023
57 cit.
4
Soil Water Content Shapes Microbial Community Along Gradients of Wetland Degradation on the Tibetan Plateau
Frontiers in Microbiology|2022
56 cit.
5
Quantifying mineral-associated organic matter in wetlands as an indicator of the degree of soil carbon protection
Geoderma|2023
52 cit.
6
Growth of sulfate-reducing Desulfobacterota and Bacillota at periodic oxygen stress of 50% air-O2 saturation
Microbiome|2024
47 cit.
7
Extreme drought decreases soil heterotrophic respiration but not methane flux by modifying the abundance of soil microbial functional groups in alpine peatland
CATENA|2022
45 cit.
8
Unveiling Atomic-Scaled Local Chemical Order of High-Entropy Intermetallic Catalyst for Alkyl-Substitution-Dependent Alkyne Semihydrogenation
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
43 cit.
9
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy
Nature Materials|2023
41 cit.
10
Winter runoff events pose an unquantified continental-scale risk of high wintertime nutrient export
Environmental Research Letters|2022
38 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Franz Rubel
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
2
Pertti J. Martikainen
University of Eastern Finland
3
Keith Paustian
Colorado State University
4
Yakov Kuzyakov
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
5
Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
Institute for Advanced Study
6
Nigel T. Roulet
McGill University
7
Tim R. Moore
McGill University
8
Joshua P. Schimel
University of California, Santa Barbara
9
F. Stuart Chapin
University of Alaska Fairbanks
10
Jerry M. Melillo
Marine Biological Laboratory

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated
Meteorologische Zeitschrift|2006
11.3k cit.
2
Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
Science|1997
8.9k cit.
3
2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling|2006
6.7k cit.
4
Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils
Plant and Soil|2002
4.4k cit.
5
The Mineral Nutrition of Wild Plants
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1980
4.2k cit.
6
Resource Availability and Plant Antiherbivore Defense
Science|1985
4k cit.
7
Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture
Soil Biology and Biochemistry|2000
3.3k cit.
8
MICROBIAL STRESS-RESPONSE PHYSIOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
Ecology|2007
3k cit.
9
Review of mechanisms and quantification of priming effects
Soil Biology and Biochemistry|2000
3k cit.
10
Nitrogen and Lignin Control of Hardwood Leaf Litter Decomposition Dynamics
Ecology|1982
2.6k cit.

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