Bernard Ludwig

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
167 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Bernard Ludwig is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Ludwig has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Soil Science, 56 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 47 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bernard Ludwig's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (112 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (48 papers) and Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (37 papers). Bernard Ludwig is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (112 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (48 papers) and Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (37 papers). Bernard Ludwig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Bernard Ludwig's co-authors include Heiner Flessa, Daniel Geisseler, Rainer Georg Joergensen, B. John, Mirjam Helfrich, Michael Vohland, Tamon Yamashita, William R. Horwáth, Heinz Flessa and Michael Kaiser and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Ludwig

162 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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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.

Pathways of nitrogen utilization by soil microorganisms – A review

2010 575 citations Rainer Georg Joergensen, Bernard Ludwig et al. profile →
Storage of organic carbon in aggregate and density fractions of silty soils under different types of land use

2005 561 citations Bernard Ludwig et al. Geoderma profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effects of low molecular weight organic substances, biochars and temperature on the microbial carbon use efficiency 2025 ·Pedosphere ·(unknown), Isabel Greenberg, Rainer Georg Joergensen, Michaela A. Dippold, Bernard Ludwig	1
2	Fusion of Vis‐Near and Mid‐Infrared Spectroscopic Data for a Prediction of Biochar C, Native Soil Organic C and Root C in a Designed Experiment With Loess Soils 2025 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·(unknown), Isabel Greenberg, Bernard Ludwig	0
3	Short‐Term Dynamics of Low Molecular Weight Organic Substances and Biochar in Arable Soils 2024 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·(unknown), Isabel Greenberg, Rainer Georg Joergensen, Michaela A. Dippold, Bernard Ludwig	3
4	Optimised use of data fusion and memory‐based learning with an Austrian soil library for predictions with infrared data 2023 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Bernard Ludwig, Isabel Greenberg, Michael Vohland, Kerstin Michel	4
5	Nitrogen deposition raises temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in subtropical forest 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Zhiming Guo, (unknown), Jinhong He, (unknown), Xiangping Tan, Bernard Ludwig, Weijun Shen, Yakov Kuzyakov, Anna Gunina	7
6	Evaluation of Mid-Infrared and X-ray Fluorescence Data Fusion Approaches for Prediction of Soil Properties at the Field Scale 2023 ·Sensors ·Isabel Greenberg, Michael Vohland, Michael Seidel, Christopher Hutengs, Rachel Bezard, Bernard Ludwig	11
7	Accuracy and Reproducibility of Laboratory Diffuse Reflectance Measurements with Portable VNIR and MIR Spectrometers for Predictive Soil Organic Carbon Modeling 2022 ·Sensors ·(unknown), Christopher Hutengs, Michael Seidel, Mathias Ulrich, (unknown), (unknown), Sören Thiele‐Bruhn, Bernard Ludwig, Michael Vohland	6
8	Combined biochar and nitrogen application stimulates enzyme activity and root plasticity 2020 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Bahar S. Razavi, Bernard Ludwig, Kazem Zamanian, Huadong Zang, Yakov Kuzyakov, Michaela A. Dippold, Anna Gunina	96
9	Substitution of mineral fertilizers with biogas digestate plus biochar increases physically stabilized soil carbon but not crop biomass in a field trial 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Isabel Greenberg, Michael Kaiser, Anna Gunina, (unknown), (unknown), Katja Wiedner, Carsten W. Mueller, Bruno Glaser, Bernard Ludwig	59
10	The effect of biochar with biogas digestate or mineral fertilizer on fertility, aggregation and organic carbon content of a sandy soil: Results of a temperate field experiment 2019 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Isabel Greenberg, Michael Kaiser, (unknown), Katja Wiedner, Bruno Glaser, Bernard Ludwig	28
11	Effects of chemical and physical grassland renovation on the temporal dynamics of organic carbon stocks and water‐stable aggregate distribution in a sandy temperate grassland soil 2018 ·Soil Use and Management ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mirjam Helfrich, Hans‐Peter Piepho, Bernard Ludwig	2
12	Influence of the individual or combined application of biochar and slurry on soil macro-aggregate formation under varying moisture conditions 2017 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Michael Kaiser, (unknown), Heinz‐Josef Koch, Rolf Rauber, Bernard Ludwig	1
13	Application of biochemical degradation indices to the microbial decomposition of maize leaves and wheat straw in soils under different tillage systems 2011 ·Geoderma ·Anna Jacobs, Klaus Kaiser, Bernard Ludwig, Rolf Rauber, Rainer Georg Joergensen	14
14	Stabilization mechanisms of organic matter in four temperate soils: Development and application of a conceptual model 2008 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Margit von Lützow, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Bernard Ludwig, Egbert Matzner, Heinz Flessa, Klemens Ekschmitt, Georg Guggenberger, Bernd Marschner, Karsten Kalbitz	367
15	Quality assessment of growing media with near-infrared spectroscopy: chemical characteristics and plant assays 2008 ·European Journal of Horticultural Science ·Thomas Terhoeven‐Urselmans, Christian Bruns, Gerald Schmilewski, Bernard Ludwig	3
16	Heavy metal release from different ashes during serial batch tests using water and acid 2005 ·Waste Management ·Bernard Ludwig, (unknown), J. Prenzel, F. Beese	34
17	Contribution of nitrification and denitrification to the emission of N₂O in a freeze‐thaw event in an agricultural soil 2004 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Bernard Ludwig, (unknown), Robert Teepe	68
18	2003 ·Soil Science ·Bernard Ludwig, Angelika Kölbl	0
19	Use of¹³C and¹⁵N Mass Spectrometry to Study the Decomposition ofCalamagrostis epigeiosin Soil Column Experiments with and Without Ash Additions 2000 ·Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies ·Bernard Ludwig, (unknown), H. Flessa, F. Beese	15
20	Comparing modelled and observed effects of ash additions on chemistry of a highly acid soil 1996 ·Australian Journal of Soil Research ·(unknown), Bernard Ludwig, R. J. Raison	14

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