Ellen Kandeler

31.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
302 papers, 22.1k citations indexed

About

Ellen Kandeler is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Kandeler has authored 302 papers receiving a total of 22.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Soil Science, 124 papers in Ecology and 99 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ellen Kandeler's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (198 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (66 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (57 papers). Ellen Kandeler is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (198 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (66 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (57 papers). Ellen Kandeler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Ellen Kandeler's co-authors include H. R. Gerber, Dagmar Tscherko, Sven Marhan, Christian Poll, Martin H. Gerzabek, Stefan Scheu, Christian Kampichler, Richard Öhlinger, Franz Schinner and Rosa Margesin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Kandeler

298 papers receiving 21.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Short-term assay of soil urease activity using colorimetric determination of ammonium

1988 1.7k citations Ellen Kandeler et al. Biology and Fertility of Soils profile →
Organo‐mineral associations in temperate soils: Integrating biology, mineralogy, and organic matter chemistry

2008 973 citations Ellen Kandeler et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science profile →
Methods in Soil Biology

1996 811 citations Ellen Kandeler et al. profile →
Microbial Population Structures in Soil Particle Size Fractions of a Long-Term Fertilizer Field Experiment

2001 544 citations Ellen Kandeler et al. profile →
Abundance of narG , nirS , nirK , and nosZ Genes of Denitrifying Bacteria during Primary Successions of a Glacier Foreland

2006 519 citations Ellen Kandeler, Dagmar Tscherko et al. profile →

Peers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Kandeler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ellen Kandeler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ellen Kandeler 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 Ellen Kandeler. Ellen Kandeler 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	Land use and mineral type determine stability of newly formed mineral-associated organic matter 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown), Ingo Schöning, (unknown), Christian Poll, Ellen Kandeler, (unknown), Robert Mikutta, Christian Mikutta, Whendee L. Silver, Kai Uwe Totsche, Klaus Kaiser, Marion Schrumpf	1
2	Microbial nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Benjamin L. Turner, Hans Lambers, Zhihui Wen, (unknown), Ellen Kandeler	7
3	Coupling energy balance and carbon flux during cellulose degradation in arable soils 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sergey Blagodatsky, (unknown), (unknown), Sven Marhan, Ellen Kandeler, Christian Poll	6
4	Trait-based modeling of microbial interactions and carbon turnover in the rhizosphere 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Thilo Streck, Andrea Schnepf, (unknown), (unknown), Ellen Kandeler, Christian Poll, Holger Pagel	1
5	Warming persistently stimulates respiration from an arable soil over a decade, regardless of reduced summer precipitation 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Christian Poll, (unknown), Ellen Kandeler, Sven Marhan	4
6	Temperature and soil moisture change microbial allocation of pesticide‐derived carbon 2023 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Franziska Ditterich, Holger Pagel, (unknown), Marie Uksa, Christian Zwiener, Ellen Kandeler, Christian Poll	12
7	Mineral type and land-use intensity control composition and functions of microorganisms colonizing pristine minerals in grassland soils 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Christian Poll, (unknown), Ingo Schöning, Marion Schrumpf, (unknown), Klaus Kaiser, Robert Mikutta, Christian Mikutta, Yvonne Oelmann, Alexander Konrad, Jan Siemens, Ellen Kandeler	10
8	Mineral type versus environmental filters: What shapes the composition and functions of fungal communities in the mineralosphere of forest soils? 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Christian Poll, Johannes Ballauff, Marion Schrumpf, (unknown), Ingo Schöning, (unknown), Klaus Kaiser, Robert Mikutta, Christian Mikutta, Andrea Polle, Ellen Kandeler	3
9	Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought 2022 ·Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·(unknown), Ingo Schöning, Beate Michalzik, Valentin H. Klaus, Runa S. Boeddinghaus, Ellen Kandeler, Sven Marhan, Ralph Bolliger, Markus Fischer, Daniel Prati, Falk Hänsel, Thomas Nauß, Norbert Hölzel, Till Kleinebecker, Marion Schrumpf	9
10	Agricultural management affects active carbon and nitrogen mineralisation potential in soils 2022 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·(unknown), Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, Ellen Kandeler, Taru Sandén, Eugenio Díaz‐Pinés, Jörg Schnecker, (unknown), (unknown), Heide Spiegel	7
11	Abandoned pastures and restored savannas have distinct patterns of plant–soil feedback and nutrient cycling compared with native Brazilian savannas 2022 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·(unknown), André L. Giles, Patrícia de Britto Costa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexandre Bonesso Sampaio, Isabel Belloni Schmidt, Lucy Rowland, Hans Lambers, Ellen Kandeler, Rafael S. Oliveira, Anna Abrahão	9
12	Heavy rainfall following a summer drought stimulates soil redox dynamics and facilitates rapid and deep translocation of glyphosate in floodplain soils 2022 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christian Poll, Holger Pagel, Ellen Kandeler, Carolin Hühn, Christian Griebler, Christine Stumpp, Stefan B. Haderlein	6
13	Land‐use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany 2021 ·Ecohydrology ·Sophia Leimer, Doreen Berner, Klaus Birkhofer, Runa S. Boeddinghaus, Markus Fischer, Ellen Kandeler, Katrin Kuka, Sven Marhan, Daniel Prati, Deborah Schäfer, Ingo Schöning, Emily F. Solly, Volkmar Wolters, Wolfgang Wilcke	12
14	The mineralosphere—interactive zone of microbial colonization and carbon use in grassland soils 2021 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Runa S. Boeddinghaus, Sven Marhan, (unknown), Heike Haslwimmer, Selma Vieira, Johannes Sikorski, Jörg Overmann, Margarida Soares, Johannes Rousk, Thilo Rennert, Ellen Kandeler	11
15	Bodenkunde und Standortlehre 2020 ·Karl Stahr, Ellen Kandeler, Ludger Herrmann, Thilo Streck	9
16	Spatial control of carbon dynamics in soil by microbial decomposer communities 2020 ·Holger Pagel, (unknown), Marie Uksa, Christian Poll, Ellen Kandeler, Volker Schmidt, Thilo Streck	1
17	Recovery of ecosystem functions after experimental disturbance in 73 grasslands differing in land‐use intensity, plant species richness and community composition 2019 ·Journal of Ecology ·Deborah Schäfer, Valentin H. Klaus, Till Kleinebecker, Runa S. Boeddinghaus, (unknown), Ellen Kandeler, Sven Marhan, Sascha Nowak, Ilja Sonnemann, Susanne Wurst, Markus Fischer, Norbert Hölzel, Ute Hamer, Daniel Prati	23
18	Indirect effects of soil moisture reverse soil C sequestration responses of a spring wheat agroecosystem to elevated CO ₂ 2009 ·Global Change Biology ·Sven Marhan, Ellen Kandeler, (unknown), Andreas Fangmeier, Pascal A. Niklaus	34
19	Biomass and Enzyme Activity of Two Soil Transects at King George Island, Maritime Antarctica 2003 ·Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Dagmar Tscherko, Manfred Bölter, L. Beyer, (unknown), Josef Elster, Ellen Kandeler, Dieter Kühn, (unknown)	42
20	Soil microbiological processes and aggregate stability of a 25-year permanent fallow plot under different mineral and organic fertilizer regimes. 1990 ·Ellen Kandeler, (unknown)	2

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