Christoph Müller

40.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
240 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Christoph Müller is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Müller has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 74 papers in Soil Science and 70 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Christoph Müller's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (87 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (53 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (36 papers). Christoph Müller is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (87 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (53 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (36 papers). Christoph Müller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Christoph Müller's co-authors include Hermann Lotze‐Campen, Alberte Bondeau, Elke Stehfest, Joshua Elliott, Alexander Popp, Sibyll Schaphoff, Kathleen Neumann, Susanne Rolinski, Thomas A. M. Pugh and Christian Folberth and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Müller

222 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2013 2006 2016 2014 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison
    2013 1.6k citations Cynthia Rosenzweig, Joshua Elliott et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance
    2006 961 citations Alberte Bondeau, Sibyll Schaphoff et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  3. Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm
    2016 613 citations Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elke Stehfest et al. profile →
  4. Reactive nitrogen requirements to feed the world in 2050 and potential to mitigate nitrogen pollution
    2014 424 citations Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Alexander Popp et al. profile →
  5. The yield gap of global grain production: A spatial analysis
    2010 419 citations Elke Stehfest, Christoph Müller et al. Agricultural Systems profile →
  6. Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply
    2021 389 citations David Gernaat, Harmen Sytze de Boer et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  7. Consistent negative response of US crops to high temperatures in observations and crop models
    2017 349 citations Almut Arneth, Philippe Ciais et al. profile →
  8. Climate change risks for African agriculture
    2011 341 citations Christoph Müller, Hermann Lotze‐Campen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security
    2018 299 citations Christoph Müller et al. profile →
  10. Global crop yields can be lifted by timely adaptation of growing periods to climate change
    2022 145 citations Sara Minoli, Jonas Jägermeyr et al. profile →
  11. Extreme rainfall reduces one-twelfth of China’s rice yield over the last two decades
    2023 120 citations Jin Fu, Yiwei Jian et al. profile →
  12. China can be self-sufficient in maize production by 2030 with optimal crop management
    2023 109 citations Christoph Müller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christoph Müller Germany 62 5.4k 4.6k 3.8k 2.8k 2.7k 240 14.9k
Francesco N. Tubiello United States 43 3.4k 0.6× 4.1k 0.9× 3.9k 1.0× 3.9k 1.4× 2.3k 0.8× 102 13.5k
Nathaniel D. Mueller United States 44 2.6k 0.5× 2.9k 0.6× 5.2k 1.4× 2.7k 1.0× 2.4k 0.9× 99 13.1k
Elke Stehfest Netherlands 53 4.5k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 3.6k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 125 14.2k
Mark Rounsevell United Kingdom 64 7.8k 1.4× 2.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 3.6k 1.3× 2.6k 1.0× 239 15.4k
Mark Howden Australia 48 3.8k 0.7× 4.9k 1.1× 3.5k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 138 12.9k
Fulu Tao China 58 4.2k 0.8× 4.9k 1.1× 5.1k 1.3× 2.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.6× 243 11.0k
Stefan Siebert Germany 52 4.8k 0.9× 2.9k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 125 15.0k
Jianchu Xu China 65 5.8k 1.1× 2.9k 0.6× 5.6k 1.5× 3.9k 1.4× 1.9k 0.7× 431 18.1k
Martin L. Parry United Kingdom 32 5.9k 1.1× 4.8k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 91 15.6k
Joseph Fargione United States 42 4.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 4.3k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 89 14.0k

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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

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fu, Jin, Chengjie Wang, Yue Qin, et al.. (2025). Regionally variable responses of maize and soybean yield to rainfall events in China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 364. 110458–110458. 2 indexed citations
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Tu, Xiaoshun, Jing Wang, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2025). Effects of warming and elevated CO2 on gross nitrogen dynamics and N2O emissions disappeared under combined treatment in waterlogged paddy soils. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 396. 109989–109989.
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Feng, Di, Lei Meng, Yves Uwiragiye, et al.. (2025). Edaphic and climatic factors control the response of nutrient-cycling enzyme activity to common heavy metals in soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138475–138475. 6 indexed citations
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Beier, Felicitas, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Jens Heinke, et al.. (2025). Planetary boundaries under a land-based climate change mitigation scenario with a food demand transformation: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 9(10). 101249–101249. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhaoxiong, Jing Wang, Ahmed S. Elrys, et al.. (2024). Unveiling ammonium concentration ranges that determine competition for mineral nitrogen among soil nitrogen transformations under increased carbon availability. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196. 109495–109495. 11 indexed citations
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Luo, Lin, Liu Li, Ali Raza, et al.. (2024). Organic fertilizer and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens promote soil N availability via changing different mineralization–immobilization turnover rates in acidic soils. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 366. 108950–108950. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, Yongxin, Jianbo Fan, Hang‐Wei Hu, et al.. (2023). Different responses of nitrous oxide emissions to liming and manure amendment of an acidic ultisol are controlled by autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 178. 108960–108960. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Weihang, Tao Ye, Christoph Müller, et al.. (2023). The statistical emulators of GGCMI phase 2: responses of year-to-year variation of crop yield to CO 2 , temperature, water, and nitrogen perturbations. Geoscientific model development. 16(23). 7203–7221. 3 indexed citations
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Ferdous, Jannatul, M. Belal Hossain, Md. Anamul Hoque, et al.. (2023). Co-application of biochar and compost with decreased N fertilizer reduced annual ammonia emissions in wetland rice. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6. 9 indexed citations
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Müller, Christoph. (2023). Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration. Cambridge University Press eBooks.
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Hedlund, Johanna, Henrik Carlsen, Simon Croft, et al.. (2022). Impacts of climate change on global food trade networks. Environmental Research Letters. 17(12). 124040–124040. 26 indexed citations
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Franke, James, Christoph Müller, Sara Minoli, et al.. (2021). Agricultural breadbaskets shift poleward given adaptive farmer behavior under climate change. Global Change Biology. 28(1). 167–181. 40 indexed citations
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Gernaat, David, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Vassilis Daioglou, et al.. (2021). Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply. Nature Climate Change. 11(2). 119–125. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jägermeyr, Jonas, Alan Robock, Joshua Elliott, et al.. (2020). A regional nuclear conflict would compromise global food security. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(13). 7071–7081. 62 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuhui, Chuang Zhao, Christoph Müller, et al.. (2020). Emergent constraint on crop yield response to warmer temperature from field experiments. Nature Sustainability. 3(11). 908–916. 143 indexed citations
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Heinke, Jens, Susanne Rolinski, Sibyll Schaphoff, et al.. (2019). LPJmL (version 5.0-tillage) Model Code. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Krause, Andreas, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Anita D. Bayer, et al.. (2018). Large uncertainty in carbon uptake potential of land‐based climate‐change mitigation efforts. Global Change Biology. 24(7). 3025–3038. 61 indexed citations
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Meijl, Hans van, Peter Havlík, Hermann Lotze‐Campen, et al.. (2018). Comparing impacts of climate change and mitigation on global agriculture by 2050. Environmental Research Letters. 13(6). 64021–64021. 103 indexed citations
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Schleussner, Carl‐Friedrich, Delphine Deryng, Christoph Müller, et al.. (2018). Crop productivity changes in 1.5 °C and 2 °C worlds under climate sensitivity uncertainty. Environmental Research Letters. 13(6). 64007–64007. 80 indexed citations
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Challinor, Andrew J., Christoph Müller, Senthold Asseng, et al.. (2017). Improving the use of crop models for risk assessment and climate change adaptation. Agricultural Systems. 159. 296–306. 117 indexed citations

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