Frank Verheijen

8.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
47 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Frank Verheijen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Verheijen has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Soil Science, 15 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Frank Verheijen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Aeolian processes and effects (8 papers). Frank Verheijen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Aeolian processes and effects (8 papers). Frank Verheijen collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and Italy. Frank Verheijen's co-authors include Simon Jeffery, Marijn van der Velde, Ana Catarina Bastos, Diego Ábalos, Robert Jones, R. J. Rickson, Chris Smith, Ellen R. Gräber, Nele Ameloot and Stefaan De Neve and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Global Change Biology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Frank Verheijen

45 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis

2011 1.8k citations Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
Biochar Application to Soils - A Critical Scientific Review of Effects on Soil Properties, Processes and Functions

2010 658 citations Frank Verheijen, Simon Jeffery et al. profile →
Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields

2017 542 citations Simon Jeffery, Diego Ábalos et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Tolerable versus actual soil erosion rates in Europe

2009 526 citations Frank Verheijen, Robert Jones et al. profile →
Interactions between biochar stability and soil organisms: review and research needs

2013 447 citations Frank Verheijen et al. profile →
Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: A meta-analysis

2016 305 citations Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
The influence of biochar particle size and concentration on bulk density and maximum water holding capacity of sandy vs sandy loam soil in a column experiment

2019 205 citations Frank Verheijen, A. Amaro et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Verheijen Portugal	24	3.7k	994	987	877	803	47	5.7k
Simon Jeffery United Kingdom	23	4.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	690 0.9×	39	6.6k
Marco Antonio Rondón Colombia	9	3.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	838 1.0×	513 0.6×	12	5.6k
Jinwei Zheng China	35	3.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	865 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	69	5.7k
Afeng Zhang China	27	2.9k 0.8×	992 1.0×	971 1.0×	877 1.0×	630 0.8×	51	4.7k
Jufeng Zheng China	41	3.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	800 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	112	6.0k
Zhengqin Xiong China	50	4.9k 1.3×	751 0.8×	1.9k 1.9×	1.0k 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	133	7.3k
Qaiser Hussain Pakistan	37	2.5k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	743 0.8×	591 0.7×	108	5.3k
Marta Camps Arbestain New Zealand	32	2.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	861 0.9×	786 0.9×	581 0.7×	100	5.7k
Akio Enders United States	26	2.4k 0.6×	901 0.9×	812 0.8×	524 0.6×	523 0.7×	34	4.9k
Franz Zehetner Austria	35	2.2k 0.6×	761 0.8×	716 0.7×	514 0.6×	906 1.1×	122	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Verheijen

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Verheijen, Frank, et al.. (2025). Biochar and Mulch: Hydrologic, Erosive, and Phytotoxic Responses Across Different Application Strategies and Agricultural Soils. Agronomy. 15(4). 926–926. 2 indexed citations

Ferreira, Carla, et al.. (2025). Soil conservation benefits of biochar in Mediterranean vineyards: enhancing the soil sponge function and mitigating water erosion. Biochar. 7(1).

González‐Pelayo, Óscar, Isabel Campos, Martinho Martins, et al.. (2025). The impact of biochar application on sponge function, water erosion, and vegetation cover in a Mediterranean vineyard soil. Journal of Environmental Management. 388. 125916–125916. 3 indexed citations

Bilias, Fotis, Divine Damertey Sewu, Seung Han Woo, et al.. (2024). Glossary of terms used in biochar research (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure and Applied Chemistry. 96(11). 1541–1572. 4 indexed citations

Verheijen, Frank, Martinho Martins, Sérgio Prats, & Jan Jacob Keizer. (2024). A new approach to pedestal differentiation for soil loss estimation—a case study from a burnt area in north-central Portugal. Journal of Forestry Research. 35(1).

Verheijen, Frank & Ana Catarina Bastos. (2023). Discussion: Avoid severe (future) soil erosion from agrivoltaics. The Science of The Total Environment. 873. 162249–162249. 9 indexed citations

Jeffery, Simon, Óscar González‐Pelayo, Sérgio Prats, et al.. (2023). Biochar impacts on runoff and soil erosion by water: A systematic global scale meta-analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 161860–161860. 47 indexed citations

Bastos, Ana Catarina, Frank Verheijen, A. Amaro, et al.. (2022). Screening the habitat function of biochar-amended vineyard soils at field plot-scale, based on invertebrate avoidance behaviour. Applied Soil Ecology. 177. 104526–104526. 1 indexed citations

Jiménez‐González, Marco A., et al.. (2021). Spatial distribution of pyrogenic carbon in Iberian topsoils estimated by chemometric analysis of infrared spectra. The Science of The Total Environment. 790. 148170–148170. 8 indexed citations

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Martins, Martinho, Frank Verheijen, Maruxa Malvar, et al.. (2020). Do wildfire and slope aspect affect soil water repellency in eucalypt plantations? – A two-year high resolution temporal dataset. CATENA. 189. 104471–104471. 19 indexed citations

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Prats, Sérgio, Agustı́n Merino, José Antonío González‐Pérez, Frank Verheijen, & José M. de la Rosa Arranz. (2020). Can straw-biochar mulching mitigate erosion of wildfire-degraded soils under extreme rainfall?. The Science of The Total Environment. 761. 143219–143219. 28 indexed citations

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Prodana, Marija, Ana Catarina Bastos, A. Amaro, et al.. (2019). Biomonitoring tools for biochar and biochar-compost amended soil under viticulture: Looking at exposure and effects. Applied Soil Ecology. 137. 120–128. 19 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Carla, Frank Verheijen, João Puga, Jan Jacob Keizer, & António Ferreira. (2017). Biochar in vineyards: impact on soil quality and crop yield four years after the application. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1600. 5 indexed citations

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Verheijen, Frank, Utra Mankasingh, Vít Penížek, et al.. (2017). REPRESENTATIVENESS OF EUROPEAN BIOCHAR RESEARCH: PART I – FIELD EXPERIMENTS. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management. 25(2). 140–151. 15 indexed citations

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Stolte, Jannes, et al.. (2016). Soil threats in Europe: status, methods, drivers and effects on ecosystem services. 32 indexed citations

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Jeffery, Simon, Frank Verheijen, Claudia Kammann, & Diego Ábalos. (2016). Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: A meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 101. 251–258. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

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Verheijen, Frank, Simon Jeffery, Marijn van der Velde, et al.. (2013). Reductions in soil surface albedo as a function of biochar application rate: implications for global radiative forcing. Environmental Research Letters. 8(4). 44008–44008. 35 indexed citations

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Verheijen, Frank, et al.. (2013). Soil Water Repellency Dynamics in Pine and Eucalypt Plantations in Portugal – A High‐resolution Time Series. Land Degradation and Development. 27(5). 1334–1343. 55 indexed citations

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Jeffery, Simon, Frank Verheijen, Marijn van der Velde, & Ana Catarina Bastos. (2011). A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 144(1). 175–187. 1788 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saby, Nicolas, P. Bellamy, Xavier Morvan, et al.. (2008). Will European soil‐monitoring networks be able to detect changes in topsoil organic carbon content?. Global Change Biology. 14(10). 2432–2442. 140 indexed citations

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