Alexander Gröngröft

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Gröngröft is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Gröngröft has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Environmental Engineering, 13 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 11 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander Gröngröft's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (12 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (6 papers). Alexander Gröngröft is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (12 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (6 papers). Alexander Gröngröft collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Africa and Namibia. Alexander Gröngröft's co-authors include Julia Gebert, Annette Eschenbach, Jörg Overmann, Alexander Loy, Andreas Richter, Barbara Reinhold‐Hurek, Michael Pester, Michael Wagner, Thomas Rattei and Eva‐Maria Pfeiffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology and Oikos.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Gröngröft

50 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

amoA ‐based consensus phylogeny of ammonia‐oxidizing arch... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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. amoA ‐based consensus phylogeny of ammonia‐oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions
    2011 449 citations Michael Pester, Thomas Rattei et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Gröngröft Germany 19 576 361 304 237 217 53 1.3k
Martin Maddison Estonia 24 753 1.3× 170 0.5× 119 0.4× 323 1.4× 244 1.1× 45 1.4k
María E. Hernández Mexico 19 1.0k 1.8× 189 0.5× 130 0.4× 404 1.7× 198 0.9× 43 1.8k
Adam J. Kessler Australia 21 633 1.1× 435 1.2× 243 0.8× 130 0.5× 58 0.3× 34 1.4k
Jennifer W. Edmonds United States 14 767 1.3× 152 0.4× 181 0.6× 112 0.5× 77 0.4× 26 1.4k
Georg J. Lair Austria 22 387 0.7× 319 0.9× 140 0.5× 138 0.6× 785 3.6× 37 1.6k
Wendy H. Yang United States 24 698 1.2× 433 1.2× 264 0.9× 106 0.4× 871 4.0× 76 2.0k
Chunguang He China 18 439 0.8× 309 0.9× 129 0.4× 328 1.4× 99 0.5× 59 1.2k
Mingming Wang China 22 281 0.5× 207 0.6× 140 0.5× 56 0.2× 388 1.8× 62 1.3k
Tomáš Picek Czechia 24 890 1.5× 220 0.6× 82 0.3× 244 1.0× 623 2.9× 58 1.6k
Shengjun Wu China 21 588 1.0× 122 0.3× 197 0.6× 58 0.2× 337 1.6× 84 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Gröngröft

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Gröngröft

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Juergens, Norbert, Antje Burke, Pieter van Wyk, Alexander Gröngröft, & Jens Oldeland. (2025). A perfect storm: unprecedented expansion of the Namib Desert and cascading desertification processes in the northernmost Succulent Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments. 231. 105459–105459. 1 indexed citations
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Rasche, Livia, Joscha N. Becker, Percy Chimwamurombe, et al.. (2023). Exploring the benefits of inoculated cowpeas under different climatic conditions in Namibia. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 11761–11761. 2 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert & Alexander Gröngröft. (2023). Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia´ s fairy circles – A response to. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 60. 125745–125745. 4 indexed citations
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Huber, Katharina J., Selma Vieira, Johannes Sikorski, et al.. (2022). Differential Response of Acidobacteria to Water Content, Soil Type, and Land Use During an Extended Drought in African Savannah Soils. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 750456–750456. 16 indexed citations
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Becker, Joscha N., et al.. (2022). Soil water stress at young urban street-tree sites in response to meteorology and site parameters. Urban forestry & urban greening. 75. 127692–127692. 16 indexed citations
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Blécourt, Marleen de, et al.. (2021). Temporal variation and controlling factors of tree water consumption in the thornbush savanna. Journal of Arid Environments. 189. 104500–104500. 6 indexed citations
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Blécourt, Marleen de, et al.. (2018). Deforestation for agricultural expansion in SW Zambia and NE Namibia and the impacts on soil fertility, soil organic carbon- and nutrient levels. Biodiversity & Ecology. 6. 242–250. 7 indexed citations
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Gebert, Julia, Christian Knoblauch, & Alexander Gröngröft. (2018). Gas production from dredged sediment. Waste Management. 85. 82–89. 7 indexed citations
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Gröngröft, Alexander, et al.. (2016). CO2 fluxes in subtropical dryland soils—a comparison of the gradient and the closed‐chamber method. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 181(1). 21–30. 7 indexed citations
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Eschenbach, Annette, et al.. (2016). Factors influencing the organic carbon pools in tidal marsh soils of the Elbe estuary (Germany). Journal of Soils and Sediments. 17(1). 47–60. 32 indexed citations
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Schmiedel, Ute, et al.. (2016). Effect of grazing on vegetation and soil of the heuweltjieveld in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Acta Oecologica. 77. 27–36. 13 indexed citations
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Braker, Gesche, et al.. (2015). Impact of Land Use Management and Soil Properties on Denitrifier Communities of Namibian Savannas. Microbial Ecology. 70(4). 981–992. 17 indexed citations
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Gröngröft, Alexander, Julia Gebert, & Annette Eschenbach. (2014). Water Balance of Dikes Constructed with Dredged Material – Results From a Long-term Field Test. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 2 indexed citations
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Gröngröft, Alexander. (2013). Seronga - Landscape. Biodiversity & Ecology. 5. 131–131. 2 indexed citations
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Dengler, Jürgen, et al.. (2012). A first formal classification of theHardeveld vegetation inNamaqualand,SouthAfrica. Applied Vegetation Science. 15(3). 401–431. 28 indexed citations
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Pester, Michael, Thomas Rattei, Alexander Gröngröft, et al.. (2011). amoA ‐based consensus phylogeny of ammonia‐oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions. Environmental Microbiology. 14(2). 525–539. 449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gebert, Julia, et al.. (2010). Assessment of the methane oxidation capacity of compacted soils intended for use as landfill cover materials. Waste Management. 31(5). 833–842. 47 indexed citations
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Gebert, Julia, et al.. (2010). Temporal variability of soil gas composition in landfill covers. Waste Management. 31(5). 935–945. 29 indexed citations
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Petersen, Andreas Munk, et al.. (2009). Dryland Farming in the Kavango Region: Effect of Land Use on Soil Properties. Max Planck Digital Library. 189–211. 1 indexed citations
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Gebert, Julia & Alexander Gröngröft. (2006). Performance of a passively vented field-scale biofilter for the microbial oxidation of landfill methane. Waste Management. 26(4). 399–407. 84 indexed citations

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