Christoph Müller

18.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
316 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Christoph Müller is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Müller has authored 316 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 254 papers in Soil Science, 161 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 128 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Christoph Müller's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (252 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (161 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (86 papers). Christoph Müller is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (252 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (161 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (86 papers). Christoph Müller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Ireland and China. Christoph Müller's co-authors include Jinbo Zhang, Claudia Kammann, Zucong Cai, Tobias Rütting, R. J. Laughlin, Timothy J. Clough, Tongbin Zhu, Robert Stevens, Pascal Boeckx and Gerald M. Moser and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Müller

308 papers receiving 14.1k 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.

A Review of Biochar and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics

2013 729 citations Claudia Kammann, Christoph Müller et al. profile →
Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar

2015 409 citations Claudia Kammann, Christoph Müller et al. Scientific Reports profile →
The role of nitrifier denitrification in the production of nitrous oxide revisited

2018 354 citations Christoph Müller et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Christoph Müller

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christoph Müller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Müller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christoph Müller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christoph Müller 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 Christoph Müller. Christoph Müller 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	Enhancing rice nitrogen use efficiency via plant-microbe-soil interactions: Insights from 15N tracing 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Wenyan Yang, Wenjie Wang, (unknown), Mengqiu He, Ahmed S. Elrys, (unknown), Han Meng, Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller	3
2	Climate controls on nitrate dynamics and gross nitrogen cycling response to nitrogen deposition in global forest soils 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Ahmed S. Elrys, El‐Sayed M. Desoky, (unknown), Lijun Liu, (unknown), Chengzhi Wang, Shuirong Tang, (unknown), Lei Meng, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller	11
3	pH threshold in controlling dominant nitrification pathway in acidic soils 2024 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·(unknown), Yong Li, Yuxuan Zhang, D.S. Yu, Yves Uwiragiye, Jing Wang, Hang Jing, Quan Tang, (unknown), Ahmed S. Elrys, Yi Cheng, Zucong Cai, (unknown), Christoph Müller	3
4	Aerated irrigation increases tomato production by improving soil nitrogen availability 2024 ·Journal of Integrative Agriculture ·(unknown), Yadan Du, Xiaobo Gu, Wenquan Niu, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller, Xuesong Cao	4
5	High leaching potential combined with a low leaching amount of fertilizer-derived nitrate in conservation tillage cropland of Northeast China 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Lei Yuan, Jie Li, (unknown), Caiyan Lu, Xin Chen, Hongtu Xie, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller, Hongbo He, Xudong Zhang	2
6	Karst rocky desertification restoration increases soil inorganic N supply to reduce plant N limitation 2024 ·CATENA ·(unknown), Yuanyuan Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Kang Ni, Hua Wang, (unknown), Lei Meng, Tongbin Zhu, (unknown), Christoph Müller	9
7	Enhancing soil gross nitrogen transformation through regulation of microbial nitrogen-cycling genes by biodegradable microplastics 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Hao Zhang, Wei Zhu, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller, Lifen Wang, Rui Jiang	14
8	Soil recalcitrant but not labile organic nitrogen mineralization contributes to microbial nitrogen immobilization and plant nitrogen uptake 2024 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Ahmed S. Elrys, Wenyan Yang, (unknown), Mengqiu He, (unknown), Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller	18
9	Awakening soil microbial utilization of nitrate by carbon regulation to lower nitrogen pollution 2023 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Quan Tang, Jing Wang, (unknown), Zhaoxiong Chen, Xiaoshun Tu, Ahmed S. Elrys, Hang Jing, Xiaozhi Wang, Zucong Cai, Christoph Müller, Tim J. Daniell, Xiaoyuan Yan, Yi Cheng	22
10	Stable isotopes for the study of soil C and N under global change 2023 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Woo‐Jung Choi, Christoph Müller, Mohammad Zaman, P. Nannipieri	6
11	Long-term different fertilization regimes impact on the fate of root-derived C and microbial community structure in paddy soil 2023 ·European Journal of Soil Biology ·Wenhai Mi, (unknown), Jinzhao Ma, Peng Yan, Chao Chen, Qiang Gao, Christoph Müller, Haitao Zhao	4
12	Global patterns of soil available N production by mineralization-immobilization turnover in the tropical forest ecosystems 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Yi Zhang, Hong Gao, Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller	2
13	Soil calcium constrains nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates in subtropical karst regions 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Shuting Yang, Lin Yang, (unknown), Lijun Liu, Kang Ni, Jianhua Cao, Tongbin Zhu, Christoph Müller	9
14	Strong rhizosphere priming effects on N dynamics in soils with higher soil N supply capacity: The ‘Matthew effect’ in plant-soil systems 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Xiaoqian Dan, Mengqiu He, Lei Meng, Xiaoxiang He, Xiaoguo Wang, (unknown), Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, (unknown), Christoph Müller	42
15	Global patterns and controls of yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Ahmed S. Elrys, (unknown), Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, Christoph Müller	20
16	Links across ecological scales: Plant biomass responses to elevated CO₂ 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Julia Maschler, Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy, Joe Wan, Louise C. Andresen, Constantin M. Zohner, Peter B. Reich, A. Lüscher, Manuel K. Schneider, Christoph Müller, Gerald M. Moser, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Mark C. Bilton, Kai Zhu, Thomas W. Crowther	37
17	Global patterns of soil gross immobilization of ammonium and nitrate in terrestrial ecosystems 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Ahmed S. Elrys, (unknown), Jing Wang, Yves Uwiragiye, A. M. Helmy, El‐Sayed M. Desoky, Yi Cheng, Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Christoph Müller	83
18	Global gross nitrification rates are dominantly driven by soil carbon‐to‐nitrogen stoichiometry and total nitrogen 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·Ahmed S. Elrys, Jing Wang, (unknown), Yi Cheng, Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Scott X. Chang, Christoph Müller	150
19	Biomass responses in a temperate European grassland through 17 years of elevated CO₂ 2017 ·Global Change Biology ·Louise C. Andresen, Naiming Yuan, (unknown), Gerald M. Moser, Claudia Kammann, Jürg Luterbacher, Martin Erbs, Christoph Müller	42
20	Mechanisms for the retention of inorganic N in acidic forest soils of southern China 2013 ·Scientific Reports ·Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Tongbin Zhu, Wenyan Yang, Christoph Müller	145

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