Adrian Müller

5.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
89 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Adrian Müller is a scholar working on Ecology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian Müller has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 17 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Adrian Müller's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (31 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (14 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (11 papers). Adrian Müller is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (31 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (14 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (11 papers). Adrian Müller collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Adrian Müller's co-authors include Matthias Stolze, Pete Smith, Christian Schader, U. Niggli, Andreas Gattinger, Nadia El‐Hage Scialabba, Paul Mäder, Karl‐Heinz Erb, Colin Skinner and Florian Leiber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Adrian Müller

83 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2017 2018 2018 2019 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming
    2012 563 citations Andreas Gattinger, Adrian Müller et al. profile →
  2. Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture
    2017 506 citations Adrian Müller, Christian Schader et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Defining a land boundary for sustainable livestock consumption
    2018 259 citations H.H.E. van Zanten, Elin Röös et al. profile →
  4. Improving Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency via Biofertilization—A Global Meta-analysis
    2018 249 citations Andreas Gattinger, Matthias Meier et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →
  5. Sustainability in global agriculture driven by organic farming
    2019 212 citations Adrian Müller, Pete Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adrian Müller Switzerland 29 1.4k 1.1k 700 552 498 89 3.8k
Matthias Stolze Switzerland 28 1.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 625 0.9× 902 1.6× 485 1.0× 101 3.9k
Niels Halberg Denmark 31 1.7k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 402 0.6× 669 1.2× 324 0.7× 107 3.8k
Verena Seufert Germany 18 960 0.7× 1.8k 1.6× 589 0.8× 709 1.3× 258 0.5× 23 3.3k
Christian Balzer Switzerland 6 1.3k 1.0× 2.3k 2.1× 957 1.4× 606 1.1× 279 0.6× 8 5.8k
Andrew Barnes United Kingdom 37 864 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 389 0.6× 1.3k 2.4× 239 0.5× 113 4.1k
Pytrik Reidsma Netherlands 37 834 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 841 1.2× 1.1k 2.0× 212 0.4× 128 4.2k
Todd S. Rosenstock Kenya 34 846 0.6× 792 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 880 1.6× 153 0.3× 104 3.8k
Daniel Mason-D’Croz United States 30 1.9k 1.3× 812 0.7× 424 0.6× 568 1.0× 687 1.4× 75 5.0k
Henk Westhoek Netherlands 25 1.8k 1.3× 389 0.4× 298 0.4× 361 0.7× 638 1.3× 45 3.6k
Tek B. Sapkota Mexico 35 870 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 1.9k 2.7× 755 1.4× 174 0.3× 76 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Adrian Müller

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adrian Müller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adrian Müller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Adrian Müller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Adrian Müller based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Adrian Müller. Adrian Müller is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frehner, Anita, et al.. (2025). Empirical evidence supports neither land sparing nor land sharing as the main strategy to manage agriculture–biodiversity tradeoffs. PNAS Nexus. 4(9). pgaf251–pgaf251. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Fei, Stefan Pfenninger, & Adrian Müller. (2024). Land-free bioenergy from circular agroecology—a diverse option space and trade-offs. Environmental Research Letters. 19(4). 44044–44044. 3 indexed citations
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Müller, Adrian, et al.. (2023). Acceptance of meat reduction policies in Switzerland. iScience. 26(3). 106129–106129. 11 indexed citations
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Röös, Elin, Andreas Mayer, Adrian Müller, et al.. (2022). Agroecological practices in combination with healthy diets can help meet EU food system policy targets. The Science of The Total Environment. 847. 157612–157612. 42 indexed citations
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Koivisto, Hennariikka, Salli Antila, Adrian Müller, et al.. (2022). Significance of developmental meningeal lymphatic dysfunction in experimental post-traumatic injury. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 23. 100466–100466. 5 indexed citations
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Frehner, Anita, et al.. (2021). Consumer strategies towards a more sustainable food system: insights from Switzerland. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(4). 1039–1047. 24 indexed citations
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Schader, Christian, Irene Kadzere, Irene S. Egyir, et al.. (2021). How is organic farming performing agronomically and economically in sub-Saharan Africa?. Global Environmental Change. 70. 102325–102325. 26 indexed citations
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Chiaia‐Hernández, Aurea C., Martin Scheringer, Adrian Müller, et al.. (2020). Target and suspect screening analysis reveals persistent emerging organic contaminants in soils and sediments. The Science of The Total Environment. 740. 140181–140181. 51 indexed citations
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Kiefer, Karin, Adrian Müller, Heinz Singer, & Juliane Hollender. (2019). New relevant pesticide transformation products in groundwater detected using target and suspect screening for agricultural and urban micropollutants with LC-HRMS. Water Research. 165. 114972–114972. 161 indexed citations
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Stolze, Matthias, et al.. (2019). Chancen der Landwirtschaft in den Alpenländern - Wege zu einer raufutterbasierten Milch- und Fleischproduktion in Österreich und der Schweiz. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Adrian, et al.. (2019). Pflanzenschutzmittel-Metaboliten im Grundwasser. Ergebnisse aus der NAQUA-Pilotstudie "Screening". DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 14–23.
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Gattinger, Andreas, Matthias Meier, Adrian Müller, et al.. (2018). Improving Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency via Biofertilization—A Global Meta-analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 2204–2204. 249 indexed citations breakdown →
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Niggli, U., Nicola Love, Bram Moeskops, et al.. (2018). Scientific evidence on how organic food and farming contributes to sustainable food security. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Adrian, Christian Schader, Nadia El‐Hage Scialabba, et al.. (2017). Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1290–1290. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gattinger, Andreas, Colin Skinner, Adrian Müller, Paul Mäder, & U. Niggli. (2015). Soil organic carbon dynamics and non-CO2 gas fluxes from agricultural soils under organic and non-organic management - results of two meta-studies. EGUGA. 8334. 1 indexed citations
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Skinner, Colin, Andreas Gattinger, Adrian Müller, et al.. (2013). Greenhouse gas fluxes from agricultural soils under organic and non-organic management — A global meta-analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 468-469. 553–563. 166 indexed citations
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Gattinger, Andreas, et al.. (2011). No-till agriculture – a climate smart solution?. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 11 indexed citations
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Müller, Adrian, et al.. (2009). High Sequestration, Low Emission, Food Secure Farming. Organic Agriculture - a Guide to Climate Change & Food Security. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 41(4). 535–46. 7 indexed citations
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Müller, Adrian. (2008). Clarifying poverty decomposition. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 3 indexed citations

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