Anna Edlinger

1.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
13 papers, 693 citations indexed

About

Anna Edlinger is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Edlinger has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 693 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Ecology, 5 papers in Soil Science and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Anna Edlinger's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers). Anna Edlinger is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers). Anna Edlinger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Spain and France. Anna Edlinger's co-authors include Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Chantal Herzog, Gina Garland, Fernando T. Maestre, Laurent Philippot, Samiran Banerjee, Raphaël Wittwer, Florine Degrune, Sana Romdhane and Aurélien Saghaï and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Anna Edlinger

11 papers receiving 687 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.

  1. A closer look at the functions behind ecosystem multifunctionality: A review
    2020 240 citations Gina Garland, Samiran Banerjee et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
  2. Crop cover is more important than rotational diversity for soil multifunctionality and cereal yields in European cropping systems
    2021 183 citations Gina Garland, Anna Edlinger et al. Nature Food profile →
  3. Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts
    2022 110 citations Anna Edlinger, Gina Garland et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
  4. Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe
    2024 38 citations Samiran Banerjee, Cheng Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anna Edlinger Switzerland 8 309 286 205 122 113 13 693
Dianlin Yang China 16 339 1.1× 297 1.0× 222 1.1× 104 0.9× 47 0.4× 48 690
Michael P. Schellenberg Canada 15 312 1.0× 275 1.0× 237 1.2× 195 1.6× 99 0.9× 41 744
David Zezula Austria 4 404 1.3× 188 0.7× 278 1.4× 84 0.7× 84 0.7× 7 635
Miaoping Xu China 14 564 1.8× 186 0.7× 324 1.6× 142 1.2× 118 1.0× 24 793
Geng Sun China 18 324 1.0× 239 0.8× 295 1.4× 133 1.1× 224 2.0× 51 885
Chantal Herzog Switzerland 11 342 1.1× 404 1.4× 231 1.1× 132 1.1× 117 1.0× 16 940
Yingzhong Xie China 15 318 1.0× 223 0.8× 216 1.1× 168 1.4× 105 0.9× 49 723
G. Kenny Png Singapore 9 352 1.1× 302 1.1× 270 1.3× 126 1.0× 44 0.4× 14 696
Yadong Xu China 12 576 1.9× 222 0.8× 340 1.7× 80 0.7× 71 0.6× 28 818
Xuebin Yan China 11 466 1.5× 248 0.9× 306 1.5× 139 1.1× 78 0.7× 18 702

Countries citing papers authored by Anna Edlinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anna Edlinger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Edlinger

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Edlinger, Anna, Chantal Herzog, Gina Garland, et al.. (2025). Compost Application Enhances Soil Health and Maintains Crop Yield: Insights From 56 Farmer‐Managed Arable Fields. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4(1). 2 indexed citations
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Edlinger, Anna, Julian Helfenstein, B.J.A. Berendsen, et al.. (2025). Bridging Law and Soil Science to Promote Soil Health. European Journal of Soil Science. 76(4).
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Goede, R.G.M. de, et al.. (2025). Sharing the light, impact of solar parks on plant productivity, soil microbes and soil organic matter. Plants People Planet. 2 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Samiran, Cheng Zhao, Gina Garland, et al.. (2024). Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe. Nature Communications. 15(1). 327–327. 38 indexed citations breakdown →
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Valencia, Enrique, César Plaza, Gina Garland, et al.. (2024). The Positive Effects of Soil Organic Carbon on European Cereal Yields Level Off at 1.4%. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4).
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Degrune, Florine, Kenneth Dumack, Masahiro Ryo, et al.. (2024). The impact of fungi on soil protist communities in European cereal croplands. Environmental Microbiology. 26(7). e16673–e16673. 2 indexed citations
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Romero, Ferran, et al.. (2023). Soil microbial biodiversity promotes crop productivity and agro-ecosystem functioning in experimental microcosms. The Science of The Total Environment. 885. 163683–163683. 40 indexed citations
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Edlinger, Anna, Gina Garland, Samiran Banerjee, et al.. (2023). The impact of agricultural management on soil aggregation and carbon storage is regulated by climatic thresholds across a 3000 km European gradient. Global Change Biology. 29(11). 3177–3192. 32 indexed citations
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Edlinger, Anna, Gina Garland, Kyle Hartman, et al.. (2022). Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(8). 1145–1154. 110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Garland, Gina, Anna Edlinger, Samiran Banerjee, et al.. (2021). Crop cover is more important than rotational diversity for soil multifunctionality and cereal yields in European cropping systems. Nature Food. 2(1). 28–37. 183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saghaï, Aurélien, Florine Degrune, Anna Edlinger, et al.. (2021). Diversity of archaea and niche preferences among putative ammonia‐oxidizing Nitrososphaeria dominating across European arable soils. Environmental Microbiology. 24(1). 341–356. 27 indexed citations
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Garland, Gina, Samiran Banerjee, Anna Edlinger, et al.. (2020). A closer look at the functions behind ecosystem multifunctionality: A review. Journal of Ecology. 109(2). 600–613. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Edlinger, Anna, Aurélien Saghaï, Chantal Herzog, Florine Degrune, & Gina Garland. (2020). Towards a multidimensional view of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a changing world. New Phytologist. 228(3). 820–822. 17 indexed citations

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