Anja Knäbel

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 753 citations indexed

About

Anja Knäbel is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Anja Knäbel has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 753 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pollution, 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 1 paper in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Anja Knäbel's work include Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (7 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (6 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (6 papers). Anja Knäbel is often cited by papers focused on Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (7 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (6 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (6 papers). Anja Knäbel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. Anja Knäbel's co-authors include Ralf Schulz, Sebastian Stehle, Ralf B. Schäfer, Mirco Bundschuh, Carsten A. Brühl, Gwenaël Imfeld, Jochen P. Zubrod, G.H.P. Arts, Jes Jessen Rasmussen and Kelly L. Smalling and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environment International and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Anja Knäbel

8 papers receiving 747 citations

Hit Papers

Fungicides: An Overlooked Pesticide Class? 2019 2026 2021 2023 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. Fungicides: An Overlooked Pesticide Class?
    2019 537 citations Jochen P. Zubrod, Mirco Bundschuh et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anja Knäbel Germany 7 304 271 220 149 113 9 753
Junhua Yang China 17 152 0.5× 388 1.4× 256 1.2× 45 0.3× 64 0.6× 40 798
P. Dureja India 16 163 0.5× 313 1.2× 114 0.5× 98 0.7× 40 0.4× 67 665
Xuehua An China 11 189 0.6× 181 0.7× 213 1.0× 155 1.0× 36 0.3× 18 481
María Ángeles Castillo Spain 19 185 0.6× 269 1.0× 131 0.6× 189 1.3× 24 0.2× 27 739
Sari Rämö Finland 14 378 1.2× 597 2.2× 43 0.2× 61 0.4× 149 1.3× 38 789
Nitika Rana India 9 146 0.5× 421 1.6× 74 0.3× 132 0.9× 33 0.3× 19 766
Feiyan Wang China 12 262 0.9× 264 1.0× 57 0.3× 105 0.7× 44 0.4× 23 598
Yousef Sultan Egypt 14 161 0.5× 316 1.2× 150 0.7× 17 0.1× 95 0.8× 28 766
Dongqiang Zeng China 16 207 0.7× 263 1.0× 63 0.3× 212 1.4× 18 0.2× 51 676
Miguel Santos Portugal 12 270 0.9× 354 1.3× 325 1.5× 157 1.1× 19 0.2× 131 956

Countries citing papers authored by Anja Knäbel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anja Knäbel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anja Knäbel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anja Knäbel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anja Knäbel 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 Anja Knäbel. Anja Knäbel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Manfrin, Alessandro, Anja Knäbel, Verena C. Schreiner, et al.. (2025). Flow Reduction in a Pesticide-Exposed Stream Mesocosm Affects Emerging Aquatic Insects and Alters Riparian Spider Communities. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 89(2). 125–135.
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Mendoza‐Lera, Clara & Anja Knäbel. (2023). A Small Contribution to Achieving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice in Science—The Fair Science Taskforce. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 32(1). 34–35. 1 indexed citations
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Brühl, Carsten A., Silvia Echeverría-Sáenz, Mirco Bundschuh, et al.. (2023). Pesticide use in banana plantations in Costa Rica – A review of environmental and human exposure, effects and potential risks. Environment International. 174. 107877–107877. 27 indexed citations
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Zubrod, Jochen P., Mirco Bundschuh, G.H.P. Arts, et al.. (2019). Fungicides: An Overlooked Pesticide Class?. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(7). 3347–3365. 537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Knäbel, Anja, Martin Scheringer, Sebastian Stehle, & Ralf Schulz. (2016). Aquatic Exposure Predictions of Insecticide Field Concentrations Using a Multimedia Mass-Balance Model. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(7). 3721–3728. 9 indexed citations
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Knäbel, Anja, Mirco Bundschuh, Robert Kreuzig, & Ralf Schulz. (2015). Runoff of veterinary pharmaceuticals from arable and grassland—A comparison between predictions from model simulations and experimental studies. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 218. 33–39. 15 indexed citations
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Knäbel, Anja, Karsten Meyer, Jörg Rapp, & Ralf Schulz. (2013). Fungicide Field Concentrations Exceed FOCUS Surface Water Predictions: Urgent Need of Model Improvement. Environmental Science & Technology. 48(1). 455–463. 43 indexed citations
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Stehle, Sebastian, Anja Knäbel, & Ralf Schulz. (2012). Probabilistic risk assessment of insecticide concentrations in agricultural surface waters: a critical appraisal. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 185(8). 6295–6310. 74 indexed citations
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Knäbel, Anja, Sebastian Stehle, Ralf B. Schäfer, & Ralf Schulz. (2012). Regulatory FOCUS Surface Water Models Fail to Predict Insecticide Concentrations in the Field. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(15). 8397–8404. 47 indexed citations

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