Alexander Koch

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Koch is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pharmacology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Koch has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Pharmacology and 8 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander Koch's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (18 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (10 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (8 papers). Alexander Koch is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (18 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (10 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (8 papers). Alexander Koch collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United States. Alexander Koch's co-authors include Simon L. Lewis, Edward T. A. Mitchard, Charlotte Wheeler, John N. Klironomos, Pedro M. Antunes, Ian R. Sanders, Miranda M. Hart, Chris Brierley, Mark Maslin and Luke D. Bainard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Koch

35 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon

2019 588 citations Simon L. Lewis, Charlotte Wheeler et al. Nature profile →
Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492

2019 220 citations Alexander Koch, Chris Brierley et al. profile →

Peers

Alexander Koch

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Krista L. McGuire United States

E. Kathryn Morris United States

Devin Routh Switzerland

Mo Zhou United States

René Boot Netherlands

Andreas Y. Troumbis Greece

Ainhoa Magrach Spain

Neptalí Ramírez‐Marcial Mexico

Karen M. Carney United States

Katrin Meyer Germany

Krista L. McGuire United States

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452 ×0.9

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613 ×1.7

114 ×0.4

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Citations per year, relative to Alexander Koch Alexander Koch (= 1×) peers Krista L. McGuire

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Koch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Koch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Koch

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Matthews, H. Damon, Kirsten Zickfeld, Alexander Koch, & Amy Luers. (2023). Accounting for the climate benefit of temporary carbon storage in nature. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5485–5485. 36 indexed citations

Lukaszewski, Roman A., Helen E. Jones, Vivian H. Gersuk, et al.. (2022). Presymptomatic diagnosis of postoperative infection and sepsis using gene expression signatures. Intensive Care Medicine. 48(9). 1133–1143. 28 indexed citations

Koch, Alexander. (2022). Peaking productivity by 2060. Nature Climate Change. 12(6). 505–506. 8 indexed citations

Koch, Alexander, Chris Brierley, & Simon L. Lewis. (2021). Effects of Earth system feedbacks on the potential mitigation of large-scale tropical forest restoration. Biogeosciences. 18(8). 2627–2647. 22 indexed citations

Lewis, Simon L., Charlotte Wheeler, Edward T. A. Mitchard, & Alexander Koch. (2019). Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon. Nature. 568(7750). 25–28. 588 indexed citations breakdown →

Koch, Alexander, Pedro M. Antunes, Hafiz Maherali, Miranda M. Hart, & John N. Klironomos. (2017). Evolutionary asymmetry in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: conservatism in fungal morphology does not predict host plant growth. New Phytologist. 214(3). 1330–1337. 114 indexed citations

Koch, Alexander, et al.. (2015). High functional diversity within species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is associated with differences in phosphate and nitrogen uptake and fungal phosphate metabolism. Mycorrhiza. 25(7). 533–546. 130 indexed citations

Glöckler, Martin, Alexander Koch, Sven Dittrich, et al.. (2013). Preoperative assessment of the aortic arch in children younger than 1 year with congenital heart disease: utility of low-dose high-pitch dual-source computed tomography. A single-centre, retrospective analysis of 62 cases. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 45(6). 1060–1065. 13 indexed citations

Rüffer, André, Johannes Wittmann, Sergej Potapov, et al.. (2012). Mid-term experience with the Hancock porcine-valved Dacron conduit for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 42(6). 988–995. 15 indexed citations

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Koch, Alexander, Pedro M. Antunes, & John N. Klironomos. (2012). Diversity Effects on Productivity Are Stronger within than between Trophic Groups in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36950–e36950. 22 indexed citations

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Trærup, Sara Lærke Meltofte, et al.. (2012). Economics of forests and REDD+ projects: Translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation. 1 indexed citations

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Courtney, Kevin C., Luke D. Bainard, Benjamin A. Sikes, et al.. (2011). Determining a minimum detection threshold in terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 88(1). 14–18. 11 indexed citations

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Bainard, Luke D., Alexander Koch, Andrew M. Gordon, & John N. Klironomos. (2011). Temporal and compositional differences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in conventional monocropping and tree-based intercropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 45. 172–180. 50 indexed citations

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Xing, Xiaoke, Alexander Koch, Andrew Maxwell Phineas Jones, et al.. (2011). Mutualism breakdown in breadfruit domestication. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1731). 1122–1130. 39 indexed citations

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Antunes, Pedro M., Alexander Koch, Joseph B. Morton, Matthias C. Rillig, & John N. Klironomos. (2010). Evidence for functional divergence in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from contrasting climatic origins. New Phytologist. 189(2). 507–514. 89 indexed citations

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Ehinger, Martine, Alexander Koch, & Ian R. Sanders. (2009). Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal phenotypes and genotypes in response to plant species identity and phosphorus concentration. New Phytologist. 184(2). 412–423. 51 indexed citations

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Hart, Miranda M., Jeff R. Powell, Robert H. Gulden, et al.. (2008). Separating the effect of crop from herbicide on soil microbial communities in glyphosate-resistant corn. Pedobiologia. 52(4). 253–262. 52 indexed citations

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Koch, Alexander, Gerrit Kuhn, Pierre Fontanillas, et al.. (2004). High genetic variability and low local diversity in a population of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(8). 2369–2374. 159 indexed citations

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Koch, Alexander, et al.. (2004). Does the generalist parasitic plantCuscuta campestrisselectively forage in heterogeneous plant communities?. New Phytologist. 162(1). 147–155. 45 indexed citations

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Koch, Alexander, et al.. (1983). Single-Stage Sampling Frequency Conversion. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 1 indexed citations

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