Franz Ottner

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Franz Ottner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Ottner has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Geophysics and 14 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Franz Ottner's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers) and Marine and environmental studies (12 papers). Franz Ottner is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers) and Marine and environmental studies (12 papers). Franz Ottner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Croatia. Franz Ottner's co-authors include Franz Zehetner, Martin H. Gerzabek, Stefanie Kloss, Gerhard Soja, Manfred Schwanninger, Volker Liedtke, Raad Hamid, Alex Dellantonio, Goran Durn and Birgit Terhorst and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Franz Ottner

76 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Characterization of Slow Pyrolysis Biochars: Effects of Feedstocks and Pyrolysis Temperature on Biochar Properties

2012 806 citations Stefanie Kloss, Franz Zehetner et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franz Ottner Austria	21	401	387	383	348	342	79	2.1k
Joeri Kaal Spain	30	467 1.2×	329 0.9×	557 1.5×	284 0.8×	445 1.3×	109	2.7k
Ana Z. Miller Spain	33	165 0.4×	309 0.8×	286 0.7×	195 0.6×	180 0.5×	111	3.1k
José M. de la Rosa Arranz Spain	34	397 1.0×	539 1.4×	1.4k 3.6×	329 0.9×	462 1.4×	143	3.7k
Valeria D’Orazio Italy	27	275 0.7×	600 1.6×	664 1.7×	160 0.5×	173 0.5×	54	2.3k
J. M. Arocena Canada	35	252 0.6×	1.2k 3.1×	498 1.3×	298 0.9×	148 0.4×	130	3.6k
Claudio Colombo Italy	30	209 0.5×	624 1.6×	544 1.4×	356 1.0×	183 0.5×	71	2.8k
Elisa López‐Capél United Kingdom	23	245 0.6×	475 1.2×	1.5k 3.9×	664 1.9×	497 1.5×	46	3.7k
Marcondes Lima da Costa Brazil	28	417 1.0×	226 0.6×	96 0.3×	380 1.1×	122 0.4×	160	2.5k
Liovando Marciano da Costa Brazil	29	369 0.9×	480 1.2×	1.1k 2.8×	332 1.0×	116 0.3×	158	2.9k
Sonja Brodowski Germany	17	438 1.1×	434 1.1×	1.6k 4.2×	408 1.2×	206 0.6×	21	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Franz Ottner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franz Ottner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Ottner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franz Ottner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franz Ottner 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 Franz Ottner. Franz Ottner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Zehetner, Franz, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the pedogenetic development of forest soils in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. CATENA. 257. 109177–109177. 1 indexed citations

Wriessnig, Karin, et al.. (2025). Chemo-Mineralogical Changes in Six European Monumental Stones Caused by Cyclic Isothermal Treatment at 600 °C. Heritage. 8(3). 107–107. 1 indexed citations

Durn, Goran, et al.. (2023). A tropical soil (Lixisol) identified in the northernmost part of the Mediterranean (Istria, Croatia). CATENA. 228. 107144–107144. 7 indexed citations

Gerzabek, Martin H., et al.. (2023). The evolution of soil microstructure and micromineralogy along a soil age gradient on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Geoderma Regional. 32. e00609–e00609. 6 indexed citations

Tian, Ye, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Jakob Heinzle, et al.. (2023). Long-term soil warming decreases microbial phosphorus utilization by increasing abiotic phosphorus sorption and phosphorus losses. Nature Communications. 14(1). 864–864. 78 indexed citations

Rechberger, Maria V., Thilo Rennert, Harald Rennhofer, et al.. (2023). Glyphosate adsorption on synthetic allophanes and halloysite: Effects of pH and mineral properties. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 186(5). 568–579. 2 indexed citations

Ottner, Franz, et al.. (2023). The historical power of the natural science collection of Dominik Bilimek at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU). Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 78(3). 403–430.

Mergili, Martin, et al.. (2022). Geological characterization and failure analysis of a catastrophic landslide in volcaniclastic soils: the Banjarnegara–Jemblung Landslide (Indonesia). Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 56(1). 3 indexed citations

Ottner, Franz, et al.. (2022). The Impact of Clay Minerals on the Building Technology of Vernacular Earthen Architecture in Eastern Austria. Heritage. 5(1). 378–401. 3 indexed citations

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Schauppenlehner, Thomas, et al.. (2021). A Citizen Science Approach to Build a Knowledge Base and Cadastre on Earth Buildings in the Weinviertel Region, Austria. Heritage. 4(1). 125–139. 7 indexed citations

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Ottner, Franz, et al.. (2019). Atmospheric carbonation reduces bioaccessibility of PAHs in industrially contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 383. 121092–121092. 17 indexed citations

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Rechberger, Maria V., Stefanie Kloss, Shan‐Li Wang, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Cu and Cd sorption after soil aging of woodchip-derived biochar: What were the driving factors?. Chemosphere. 216. 463–471. 87 indexed citations

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Vekiru, E., I. Rodrigues, Franz Ottner, et al.. (2015). In vitro binding assessment andin vivo efficacy of several adsorbents against aflatoxin B1. World Mycotoxin Journal. 8(4). 477–488. 32 indexed citations

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Terhorst, Birgit, et al.. (2010). Natural and man-made alternation of the landscape at the northwestern Neusiedlersee during the Pleistocene and Holocene - a comprehensive analysis using field and laboratory methods. EGUGA. 5232. 1 indexed citations

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Mentler, Axel, et al.. (2009). Organophilic clays as a tracer to determine Erosion processes. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11. 13192–20. 2 indexed citations

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Vekiru, E., et al.. (2007). Investigation of various adsorbents for their ability to bind aflatoxin B1. Mycotoxin Research. 23(1). 27–33. 45 indexed citations

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Bojar, Ana‐Voica, Dan Grigorescu, Franz Ottner, & Zoltán Csiki‐Sava. (2005). Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of dinosaur- and mammal-bearing continental Maastrichtian deposits, Haţeg basin, Romania. Geological Quarterly. 49(2). 205–222. 46 indexed citations

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Ottner, Franz, et al.. (2005). Problems of Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation in Clayey Karst Soils. Geologia Croatica. 58(2). 195–203. 3 indexed citations

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Terhorst, Birgit, et al.. (2004). Val Sorda: An upper Pleistocene loess-paleosol sequence in northeastern Italy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Schwaighofer, B., et al.. (2001). Adsorption of mycotoxins. Mycotoxin Research. 17(S2). 219–223. 12 indexed citations

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