Christopher Poeplau

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
86 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher Poeplau is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Poeplau has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Soil Science, 44 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher Poeplau's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (73 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers). Christopher Poeplau is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (73 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers). Christopher Poeplau collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. Christopher Poeplau's co-authors include Axel Don, Thomas Kätterer, Bas van Wesemael, Jens Schumacher, Jens Leifeld, Lars Vesterdal, Andreas Gensior, Cora Vos, Christoph C. Tebbe and Martin A. Bolinder and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Poeplau

78 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops – A meta-analysis

2014 1.0k citations Christopher Poeplau, Axel Don Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
Temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon after land-use change in the temperate zone - carbon response functions as a model approach

2011 686 citations Christopher Poeplau, Axel Don et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Sensitivity of soil organic carbon stocks and fractions to different land-use changes across Europe

2012 477 citations Christopher Poeplau, Axel Don Geoderma profile →
No detectable upper limit of mineral‐associated organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils

2023 108 citations Axel Don, Christopher Poeplau et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Poeplau

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know? 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·Katerina Georgiou, Denis A. Angers, (unknown), M. Francesca Cotrufo, Matthew E. Craig, Sebastian Döetterl, A. Stuart Grandy, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Yang Lin, Emanuele Lugato, Christopher Poeplau, Katherine S. Rocci, Steffen A. Schweizer, Johan Six, William R. Wieder	14
2	Ten-year effects of perennial cropping systems on soil organic carbon stock and stability in sandy soils: Mechanisms and biochemical drivers 2025 ·European Journal of Agronomy ·(unknown), Diego Ábalos, Ji Chen, Zhi Liang, Yue Li, Lars Elsgaard, Christopher Poeplau, Marcus Schiedung, Uffe Jørgensen	0
3	Grassland duration affects soil organic carbon pools only in the topsoil and has limited effects on microbial metabolism 2025 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Claudia Dămătîrcă, Barbara Moretti, Laura Zavattaro, (unknown), Christopher Poeplau, (unknown), Marco Pittarello, Luisella Celi, Giampiero Lombardi	0
4	Predicting the proportion of centennially stable soil organic carbon using mid-infrared spectroscopy 2025 ·Geoderma ·(unknown), Marcus Schiedung, (unknown), Pierre Roudier, (unknown), Pierre Barré, François Baudin, Aurélie Cambou, (unknown), Jussi Heinonsalo, Kristiina Karhu, Sam McNally, (unknown), Christopher Poeplau, Nicolas Saby	0
5	The Effect of Crop Diversification and Season on Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency Across a European Pedoclimatic Gradient 2025 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Christopher Poeplau, Tobias Bölscher, Katharina Meurer, Monika Toleikienė, Marjoleine Hanegraaf, Annelein Meisner, J. Hakl, Katharina Keiblinger, Abad Chabbi, Marjetka Suhadolc, (unknown), Erich Inselsbacher, Heike Knicker, (unknown), Anke M. Herrmann	1
6	Liming effects on microbial carbon use efficiency and its potential consequences for soil organic carbon stocks 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Claudia Dămătîrcă, Tobias Bölscher, Claire Chenu, Lars Elsgaard, Christoph C. Tebbe, (unknown), Christopher Poeplau	25
7	Response to: “The robust concept of mineral‐associated organic matter saturation: A letter to Begill et al. (2023)” 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Christopher Poeplau, (unknown), Axel Don	8
8	Importance of sample pre-treatments for the DNA-based characterization of microbiomes in cropland and forest soils 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Damien Finn, (unknown), Md Sainur Samad, Christopher Poeplau, Christoph C. Tebbe	9
9	Deforestation for agriculture leads to soil warming and enhanced litter decomposition in subarctic soils 2023 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Christopher Poeplau, E. G. Gregorich, (unknown)	5
10	Subarctic soil carbon losses after deforestation for agriculture depend on permafrost abundance 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), E. G. Gregorich, Christopher Poeplau	11
11	Deforestation for agriculture increases microbial carbon use efficiency in subarctic soils 2022 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·(unknown), (unknown), Frank Pennekamp, E. G. Gregorich, Christoph C. Tebbe, Christopher Poeplau	20
12	Unexpected microbial metabolic responses to elevated temperatures and nitrogen addition in subarctic soils under different land uses 2022 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), E. G. Gregorich, Christoph C. Tebbe, Christopher Poeplau	10
13	Long‐term geothermal warming reduced stocks of carbon but not nitrogen in a subarctic forest soil 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), E. G. Gregorich, Christopher Poeplau	24
14	Impact of common sample pre-treatments on key soil microbial properties 2021 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Mirjam Helfrich, Christoph C. Tebbe, Christopher Poeplau	45
15	Partitioning soil organic carbon into its centennially stable and active fractions with machine-learning models based on Rock-Eval® thermal analysis (PARTY _SOC v2.0 and PARTY _SOC v2.0 _EU ) 2021 ·Geoscientific model development ·Lauric Cécillon, François Baudin, Claire Chenu, Bent T. Christensen, Uwe Franko, Sabine Houot, (unknown), Thomas Kätterer, Ines Merbach, Folkert van Oort, Christopher Poeplau, (unknown), (unknown), Laure Soucémarianadin, Pierre Barré	21
16	Sensitivity of soil carbon fractions and their specific stabilization mechanisms to extreme soil warming in a subarctic grassland 2016 ·Global Change Biology ·Christopher Poeplau, Thomas Kätterer, Niki I. W. Leblans, Bjarni D. Sigurðsson	85
17	Phosphorus fertilisation under nitrogen limitation can deplete soil carbon stocks: evidence from Swedish meta-replicated long-term field experiments 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Christopher Poeplau, Martin A. Bolinder, Holger Kirchmann, Thomas Kätterer	59
18	Effect of grassland cutting frequency on soil carbon storage – a case study on public lawns in three Swedish cities 2016 ·SOIL ·Christopher Poeplau, Håkan Marstorp, (unknown), Thomas Kätterer	37
19	Positive trends in organic carbon storage in Swedish agricultural soils due to unexpected socio-economic drivers 2015 ·Biogeosciences ·Christopher Poeplau, Martin A. Bolinder, Jan Eriksson, Mattias Lundblad, Thomas Kätterer	38
20	Effect of perennial ryegrass cover crop on soil organic carbon stocks in southern Sweden 2015 ·Geoderma Regional ·Christopher Poeplau, Helena Aronsson, Åsa Myrbeck, Thomas Kätterer	58

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