Anders Michelsen

25.3k citations

306 papers · 20.2k · 7 hit papers · h-index 74

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.05%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 174
- Climate change and permafrost 146
- Cryospheric studies and observations 68
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 30
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 24
Soil Science 80
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 79

Co-authors: Sven Jonasson (57 shared papers)Inger Kappel Schmidt (32 shared papers)Riikka Rinnan (38 shared papers)Kathrin Rousk (15 shared papers)Bo Elberling (28 shared papers)DARREN J. H. SLEEP (4 shared papers)Terry V. Callaghan (9 shared papers)Claus Beier (21 shared papers)
Journals: Global Change Biology (27 papers)Plant and Soil (21 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (20 papers)Applied Soil Ecology (16 papers)New Phytologist (12 papers)
Partner nations: Denmark Sweden United States

In The Last Decade

Anders Michelsen

297 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Anders Michelsen's Hit Papers

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Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region 2019 · 295 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2019 Nature Climate Change
2018 Global Ecology and Biogeography
2018 Nature
2016 Nature
2012 Nature Climate Change
2011 Ecology Letters
2009 New Phytologist

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1	Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming Nature ·Thomas Ward Crowther, Katherine EO Todd-Brown, C. W. Rowe, William R. Wieder, Joanna C. Carey, Megan B. Machmuller, Basten Snoek, Shibo Fang Hit paper breakdown →	2016	1065
2	Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time Ecology Letters ·Sarah C. Elmendorf, Gregory H. R. Henry, Robert D. Hollister, Robert G. Björk, Anne D. Bjorkman, Terry V. Callaghan, Laura Siegwart Collier, Elisabeth J. Cooper Hit paper breakdown →	2011	831
3	Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming Nature Climate Change ·Sarah C. Elmendorf, Gregory H. R. Henry, Robert D. Hollister, Robert G. Björk, Noémie Boulanger‐Lapointe, Elisabeth J. Cooper, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Thomas A. Day Hit paper breakdown →	2012	829
4	Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability New Phytologist ·Joseph M. Craine, Andrew J. Elmore, Marcos Pereira Marinho Aidar, Mercedes Bustamante, Todd E. Dawson, Erik A. Hobbie, Ansgar Kahmen, Michelle C. Mack Hit paper breakdown →	2009	761
5	Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome Nature ·Anne D. Bjorkman, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Signe Normand, Nadja Rüger, Pieter S. A. Beck, Anne Blach‐Overgaard, Daan Blok Hit paper breakdown →	2018	553
6	Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes Ecology Letters ·Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Peter M. van Bodegom, Rien Aerts, Terry V. Callaghan, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Juha M. Alatalo, F. Stuart Chapin, Renato Gerdol	2007	403
7	Global change and arctic ecosystems: is lichen decline a function of increases in vascular plant biomass? Journal of Ecology ·Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Terry V. Callaghan, Juha M. Alatalo, Anders Michelsen, Enrico Graglia, David S. Hik, Sarah E. Hobbie, Clare H. Robinson	2001	368
8	Long‐term ecosystem level experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska, and at Abisko, Northern Sweden: generalizations and differences in ecosystem and plant type responses to global change Global Change Biology ·Mark T. van Wijk, Karina E. Clemmensen, Gaius R. Shaver, Terry V. Callaghan, F. Stuart Chapin, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Laura Gough, Sarah E. Hobbie	2003	352
9	Global change and arctic ecosystems: is lichen decline a function of increases in vascular plant biomass? Journal of Ecology ·J. H. C. Cornelissen, Terry V. Callaghan, Juha M. Alatalo, Anders Michelsen, Enrico Graglia, A. Hartley, David S. Hik, Sarah E. Hobbie	2001	345
10	Fifteen years of climate change manipulations alter soil microbial communities in a subarctic heath ecosystem Global Change Biology ·Riikka Rinnan, Anders Michelsen, Erland Bååth, Sven Jonasson	2006	328
11	BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene Global Ecology and Biogeography ·María Dornelas, Laura H. Antão, Faye Moyes, Amanda E. Bates, Anne E. Magurran, Dušan Adam, Asem A. Akhmetzhanova, Ward Appeltans Hit paper breakdown →	2018	322
12	RESPONSES IN MICROBES AND PLANTS TO CHANGED TEMPERATURE, NUTRIENT, AND LIGHT REGIMES IN THE ARCTIC Ecology ·Sven Jonasson, Anders Michelsen, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Esben V. Nielsen	1999	315
13	Freeze–thaw regime effects on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in sub-arctic heath tundra mesocosms Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Paul Grogan, Anders Michelsen, Per Ambus, Sven Jonasson	2004	312
14	Leaf 15N abundance of subarctic plants provides field evidence that ericoid, ectomycorrhizal and non-and arbuscular mycorrhizal species access different sources of soil nitrogen Oecologia ·Anders Michelsen, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Sven Jonasson, C. Quarmby, DARREN J. H. SLEEP	1996	307
15	Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region Nature Climate Change ·Susan M. Natali, Jennifer D. Watts, Brendan M. Rogers, Stefano Potter, S. Ludwig, A. K. Selbmann, Patrick F. Sullivan, Benjamin W. Abbott Hit paper breakdown →	2019	295
16	Vascular plant 15 N natural abundance in heath and forest tundra ecosystems is closely correlated with presence and type of mycorrhizal fungi in roots Oecologia ·Anders Michelsen, C. Quarmby, DARREN J. H. SLEEP, Sven Jonasson	1998	288
17	Microbial biomass C, N and P in two arctic soils and responses to addition of NPK fertilizer and sugar: implications for plant nutrient uptake Oecologia ·Sven Jonasson, Anders Michelsen, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Esben V. Nielsen, Terry V. Callaghan	1996	275
18	Reduced N cycling in response to elevated CO2, warming, and drought in a Danish heathland: Synthesizing results of the CLIMAITE project after two years of treatments Global Change Biology ·Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Louise C. Andresen, Claus Beier, Sven Jonasson, Kristian Rost Albert, Per Ambus, Marie Frost Arndal, Mette S. Carter	2010	234
19	Repeated freeze–thaw cycles and their effects on biological processes in two arctic ecosystem types Applied Soil Ecology ·Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Sven Jonasson, Anders Michelsen	2002	214
20	Increased ectomycorrhizal fungal abundance after long‐term fertilization and warming of two arctic tundra ecosystems New Phytologist ·Karina E. Clemmensen, Anders Michelsen, Sven Jonasson, Gaius R. Shaver	2006	209

About Anders Michelsen

Anders Michelsen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 306 papers that have together received 20.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (146 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (87 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (79 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (68 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (34 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (26 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (5.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (8.8k citations), Ecology (8.4k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.1k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.0k citations). Anders Michelsen has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, Sweden and United States. Frequent co-authors include Sven Jonasson, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Riikka Rinnan, Kathrin Rousk, Bo Elberling, DARREN J. H. SLEEP, Terry V. Callaghan, Claus Beier, Pernille L. Sorensen and C. Quarmby. Their work appears in journals such as Global Change Biology, Plant and Soil, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Applied Soil Ecology and New Phytologist.

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