Alix Vidal

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alix Vidal is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alix Vidal has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Soil Science, 10 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alix Vidal's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (4 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers). Alix Vidal is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (4 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers). Alix Vidal collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Denmark. Alix Vidal's co-authors include Carsten W. Mueller, Carmen Höschen, Franz Buegger, Claire Chenu, Steffen A. Schweizer, Kristina Witzgall, Valérie Pouteau, Katell Quénéa, Sylvie Derenne and Gerrit Angst and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, New Phytologist and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Alix Vidal

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon

2021 476 citations Kristina Witzgall, Alix Vidal et al. Nature Communications profile →
From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota

2024 52 citations Carsten W. Mueller, Vera Baumert et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alix Vidal Germany	13	726	425	239	175	94	31	1.1k
Xiaoli Cheng China	19	865 1.2×	577 1.4×	218 0.9×	194 1.1×	91 1.0×	37	1.2k
Courtney A. Creamer United States	16	827 1.1×	492 1.2×	174 0.7×	233 1.3×	72 0.8×	27	1.1k
Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu United States	15	856 1.2×	652 1.5×	323 1.4×	210 1.2×	84 0.9×	24	1.4k
Judith Prommer Austria	14	809 1.1×	508 1.2×	424 1.8×	194 1.1×	77 0.8×	21	1.3k
Eric Verrecchia Switzerland	11	666 0.9×	352 0.8×	157 0.7×	173 1.0×	76 0.8×	23	1.1k
Xiaogang Tong China	17	815 1.1×	457 1.1×	247 1.0×	170 1.0×	84 0.9×	33	1.2k
В. М. Семенов Russia	18	710 1.0×	306 0.7×	221 0.9×	112 0.6×	93 1.0×	67	1.0k
Julien Guigue Germany	12	469 0.6×	369 0.9×	227 0.9×	144 0.8×	70 0.7×	22	902
Eric Slessarev United States	14	506 0.7×	308 0.7×	190 0.8×	124 0.7×	96 1.0×	22	922
Andrea Jilling United States	11	832 1.1×	403 0.9×	284 1.2×	256 1.5×	66 0.7×	18	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alix Vidal

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Carminati, Andrea, Johanna Pausch, Tillmann Lueders, et al.. (2025). Soil drying shapes rhizosheath properties and their link with maize yields across different soils. Plant and Soil. 514(1). 1241–1261. 1 indexed citations

Singh, Abhijeet, Steven Latré, Stefan Vlaminck, et al.. (2025). Machine learning-based identification of key biotic and abiotic drivers of mineral weathering rate in a complex enhanced weathering experiment. Open Research Europe. 5. 71–71.

Hagens, Mathilde, Jan Willem van Groenigen, Florian Wichern, et al.. (2025). Alive and dead earthworms capture carbon during mineral weathering through different pathways. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Groenigen, Jan Willem van, et al.. (2024). Can earthworms and root traits improve plant struvite-P uptake? A field mesocosm study. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 377. 109255–109255.

Vidal, Alix, Jan Willem van Groenigen, Tim Verdonck, et al.. (2024). How earthworms thrive and drive silicate rock weathering in an artificial organo-mineral system. Applied Geochemistry. 180. 106271–106271. 4 indexed citations

Hagens, Mathilde, et al.. (2024). A density-based method to objectively quantify earthworm activity. Applied Soil Ecology. 206. 105771–105771. 1 indexed citations

Carminati, Andrea, Wouter K. Vahl, Sebastian Wolfrum, et al.. (2024). Unraveling root and rhizosphere traits in temperate maize landraces and modern cultivars: Implications for soil resource acquisition and drought adaptation. Plant Cell & Environment. 47(7). 2524–2539. 10 indexed citations

Buegger, Franz, Andrea Carminati, J. Groth, et al.. (2024). Rhizosheath drought responsiveness is variety‐specific and a key component of belowground plant adaptation. New Phytologist. 242(2). 479–492. 12 indexed citations

Bucka, Franziska B., Julien Guigue, Noelia García-Franco, et al.. (2024). From waste to soil: Can we create functioning manufactured soils by recycling rock processing waste?. Soil Use and Management. 40(3). 4 indexed citations

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Carminati, Andrea, Carsten W. Mueller, Alix Vidal, et al.. (2024). Consistent prokaryotic community patterns along the radial root axis of two Zea mays L. landraces across two distinct field locations. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1386476–1386476. 1 indexed citations

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Mueller, Carsten W., Vera Baumert, Andrea Carminati, et al.. (2024). From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 193. 109396–109396. 52 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vidal, Alix, Daniel Grimm, Gerold Rahmann, et al.. (2023). Positioning earthworms in the future foods debate: a systematic review of earthworm nutritional composition in comparison to edible insects. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 10(5). 733–756. 1 indexed citations

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Pausch, Johanna, Tillmann Lueders, Sebastian Wolfrum, et al.. (2022). Above and belowground traits impacting transpiration decline during soil drying in 48 maize (Zea mays) genotypes. Annals of Botany. 131(2). 373–386. 15 indexed citations

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Witzgall, Kristina, Alix Vidal, Carmen Höschen, et al.. (2021). Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4115–4115. 476 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vidal, Alix, Julien Guigue, Gerrit Angst, et al.. (2021). Visualizing the transfer of organic matter from decaying plant residues to soil mineral surfaces controlled by microorganisms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 160. 108347–108347. 96 indexed citations

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Portell, Xavier, María Balseiro‐Romero, Pascal Benard, et al.. (2020). Bypass and hyperbole in soil science: A perspective from the next generation of soil scientists. European Journal of Soil Science. 72(1). 31–34. 4 indexed citations

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Vidal, Alix, Françoise Watteau, Laurent Rémusat, et al.. (2019). Earthworm Cast Formation and Development: A Shift From Plant Litter to Mineral Associated Organic Matter. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7. 59 indexed citations

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Barré, Pierre, Katell Quénéa, Alix Vidal, et al.. (2018). Microbial and plant-derived compounds both contribute to persistent soil organic carbon in temperate soils. Biogeochemistry. 140(1). 81–92. 61 indexed citations

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Vidal, Alix, Juliane Hirte, S. Franz Bender, et al.. (2018). Linking 3D Soil Structure and Plant-Microbe-Soil Carbon Transfer in the Rhizosphere. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 6. 96 indexed citations

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Vidal, Alix, et al.. (2016). Characterization and Classification of Soils under Forest and Pasture in an Agroextractivist Project in Eastern Amazonia. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo. 40(0). 13 indexed citations

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