César Plaza

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
129 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

César Plaza is a scholar working on Soil Science, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, César Plaza has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Soil Science, 31 papers in Pollution and 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in César Plaza's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (70 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (25 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (23 papers). César Plaza is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (70 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (25 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (23 papers). César Plaza collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and United States. César Plaza's co-authors include Alfredo Polo, Nicola Senesi, José M. Fernández, Juan Carlos García‐Gil, Gennaro Brunetti, Pedro Soler‐Rovira, Gabriel Gascó, Ana Méndez, Diana Hernández and N. Senesi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

César Plaza

125 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Long-term effects of municipal solid waste compost application on soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass

2000 509 citations Juan Carlos García‐Gil, César Plaza et al. profile →
Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regions

2024 61 citations Pablo García‐Palacios, Mark A. Bradford et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of César Plaza

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sustainability in urban agriculture: The role of biochar in enhancing the productive capacity of compost-based growing media for rooftop farming 2025 ·Urban forestry & urban greening ·(unknown), Asier Goñi‐Urtiaga, Laura L. de Sosa, Marcela A. Rodríguez, (unknown), César Plaza, Marco Panettieri	3
2	Time and climate roles in driving soil carbon distribution and stability in particulate and mineral-associated organic matter pools 2025 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), César Plaza, Beatrice Giannetta, Simone Priori, Claudio Zaccone	5
3	The Relationship Between Grazing Pressure and Environmental Factors Drives Vegetation Fragmentation Across Global Drylands 2025 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Yanchuang Zhao, Sonia Kéfi, Emilio Guirado, Miguel Berdugo, David J. Eldridge, Nicolas Gross, Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Hugo Sáiz, Sergio Asensio, Victoria Ochoa, (unknown), Jaime Martínez‐Valderrama, César Plaza, Enrique Valencia, Fernando T. Maestre	0
4	The Positive Effects of Soil Organic Carbon on European Cereal Yields Level Off at 1.4% 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Enrique Valencia, César Plaza, Gina Garland, Anna Edlinger, Chantal Herzog, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Samiran Banerjee, Matthias C. Rillig, Sara Hallin, Aurélien Saghaï, (unknown), David S. Pescador, Laurent Philippot, Aymé Spor, Sana Romdhane, Pablo García‐Palacios	0
5	Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regions breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Geoscience ·Pablo García‐Palacios, Mark A. Bradford, Iria Benavente‐Ferraces, Miguel de Celis, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Juan Carlos García‐Gil, Juan Gaitán, Asier Goñi‐Urtiaga, Carsten W. Mueller, Marco Panettieri, Ana Rey, Tadeo Sáez‐Sandino, Edward A. G. Schuur, Noah W. Sokol, Leho Tedersoo, César Plaza	61
6	Increasing numbers of global change stressors reduce soil carbon worldwide 2024 ·Nature Climate Change ·Tadeo Sáez‐Sandino, Fernando T. Maestre, Miguel Berdugo, Antonio Gallardo, César Plaza, Pablo García‐Palacios, Emilio Guirado, Guiyao Zhou, Carsten W. Mueller, Leho Tedersoo, Thomas W. Crowther, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo	21
7	Simultaneous molecular fingerprinting of natural organic matter and synthetic polymers (PE, PET, PP, PS and PVC) using analytical pyrolysis 2023 ·Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis ·Joeri Kaal, Asier Goñi‐Urtiaga, Philip Wenig, (unknown), Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, César Plaza, Marco Panettieri	9
8	Litter and soil biodiversity jointly drive ecosystem functions 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Shengen Liu, César Plaza, Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Chanda Trivedi, Juntao Wang, Pankaj Trivedi, Guiyao Zhou, J. Piñeiro, (unknown), Brajesh K. Singh, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo	57
9	The soil microbiome governs the response of microbial respiration to warming across the globe 2023 ·Nature Climate Change ·Tadeo Sáez‐Sandino, Pablo García‐Palacios, Fernando T. Maestre, César Plaza, Emilio Guirado, Brajesh K. Singh, Juntao Wang, Concha Cano‐Díaz, Nico Eisenhauer, Antonio Gallardo, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo	61
10	The Contribution of Biotic Factors in Explaining the Global Distribution of Inorganic Carbon in Surface Soils 2023 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·(unknown), Felipe Bastida, César Plaza, Guiyao Zhou, Alfonso Vera, Yu‐Rong Liu, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo	8
11	The importance of biochar quality and pyrolysis yield for soil carbon sequestration in practice 2023 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Leonor Rodrigues, Alice Budai, Lars Elsgaard, Brieuc Hardy, Sonja G. Keel, Claudio Mondini, César Plaza, Jens Leifeld	35
12	Response of water-biochar interactions to physical and biochemical aging 2022 ·Chemosphere ·Asier Goñi‐Urtiaga, Denis Courtier‐Murias, (unknown), J. L. Valentín, César Plaza, Marco Panettieri	17
13	Synergistic effects of biochar and biostimulants on nutrient and toxic element uptake by pepper in contaminated soils 2021 ·Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture ·(unknown), (unknown), Carlos García‐Delgado, (unknown), (unknown), Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, César Plaza, Enrique Eymar	11
14	Soil element coupling is driven by ecological context and atomic mass 2020 ·Ecology Letters ·Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, César Plaza, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo	24
15	Iron Speciation in Organic Matter Fractions Isolated from Soils Amended with Biochar and Organic Fertilizers 2020 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Beatrice Giannetta, César Plaza, Matthew G. Siebecker, Giuliana Aquilanti, Costantino Vischetti, Jasper R. Plaisier, (unknown), Donald L. Sparks, Claudio Zaccone	29
16	Density-based fractionation of soil organic matter: effects of heavy liquid and heavy fraction washing 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·César Plaza, Beatrice Giannetta, Iria Benavente‐Ferraces, Costantino Vischetti, Claudio Zaccone	32
17	Soil resources and element stocks in drylands to face global issues 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·César Plaza, Claudio Zaccone, (unknown), Ana Méndez, Ana M. Tarquís, Gabriel Gascó, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Edward A. G. Schuur, Fernando T. Maestre	161
18	Biotic responses buffer warming‐induced soil organic carbon loss in Arctic tundra 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·Junyi Liang, (unknown), Zheng Shi, Lifen Jiang, Shuang Ma, Xingjie Lu, Marguerite Mauritz, Susan M. Natali, Elaine Pegoraro, C. Ryan Penton, César Plaza, Verity Salmon, Gerardo Celis, James R. Cole, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, James M. Tiedje, Jizhong Zhou, Edward A. G. Schuur, Yiqi Luo	23
19	Distribution and thermal stability of physically and chemically protected organic matter fractions in soils across different ecosystems 2018 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Beatrice Giannetta, César Plaza, Costantino Vischetti, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Claudio Zaccone	69
20	DNA occurrence in organic matter fractions isolated from amended, agricultural soils 2018 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Claudio Zaccone, Luciano Beneduce, Concetta Lotti, (unknown), César Plaza	26

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