Gerd Gleixner

27.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
243 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Gerd Gleixner is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerd Gleixner has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Ecology, 81 papers in Soil Science and 79 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Gerd Gleixner's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (80 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (68 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (67 papers). Gerd Gleixner is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (80 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (68 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (67 papers). Gerd Gleixner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Switzerland. Gerd Gleixner's co-authors include Sibylle Steinbeiss, Dirk Sachse, C. Kramer, Jens Radke, Markus Antonietti, Markus Lange, Susan Trumbore, Ashish A. Malik, Nico Eisenhauer and Hanns‐Ludwig Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gerd Gleixner

239 papers receiving 17.8k 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.

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

2015 1.2k citations Markus Lange, Nico Eisenhauer et al. Nature Communications profile →
Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity

2009 734 citations Sibylle Steinbeiss, Gerd Gleixner et al. profile →
Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon

2002 662 citations Gerd Gleixner et al. profile →
Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

2018 630 citations Ashish A. Malik, Jérémy Puissant et al. Nature Communications profile →
How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils?

2008 576 citations Gerd Gleixner, Klaus Kaiser et al. profile →
Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

2010 413 citations Nico Eisenhauer, Christof Engels et al. profile →
Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

2019 351 citations Vanessa-Nina Roth, Markus Lange et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Soil Fungal:Bacterial Ratios Are Linked to Altered Carbon Cycling

2016 304 citations Ashish A. Malik, Somak Chowdhury et al. profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerd Gleixner

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Groundwater microbiomes balance resilience and vulnerability to hydroclimatic extremes 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown), Martina Herrmann, (unknown), Christian Zerfaß, Robert Lehmann, Katharina Lehmann, (unknown), Georg Pohnert, Gerd Gleixner, Susan Trumbore, Kai Uwe Totsche, Kirsten Küsel	0
2	Hydroclimatic extremes threaten groundwater quality and stability 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Katharina Lehmann, Robert Lehmann, Narendrakumar M. Chaudhari, Kirsten Küsel, (unknown), Anke Hildebrandt, Kai Uwe Totsche, Susan Trumbore, Gerd Gleixner	12
3	Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling 2024 ·ISME Communications ·L. J. Cole, Tim Goodall, Nico Jehmlich, Robert I. Griffiths, Gerd Gleixner, Cécile Gubry‐Rangin, Ashish A. Malik	4
4	Nitrogen nutrition effects on δ¹³C of plant respired CO₂ are mostly caused by concurrent changes in organic acid utilisation and remobilisation 2024 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Franz‐W. Badeck, Cyril Girardin, Camille Bathellier, Gerd Gleixner, Roland A. Werner, Shiva Ghiasi, (unknown), (unknown), Chantal Fresneau, Guillaume Tcherkez, Jaleh Ghashghaie	0
5	Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity 2023 ·Nature Geoscience ·Yuanyuan Huang, Gideon Stein, Olaf Kolle, (unknown), Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Hui Dong, David Eichenberg, Gerd Gleixner, Anke Hildebrandt, Markus Lange, Christiane Roscher, Holger Schielzeth, Bernhard Schmid, Alexandra Weigelt, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Maha Shadaydeh, Joachim Denzler, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer	31
6	Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·Markus Lange, Vanessa-Nina Roth, Nico Eisenhauer, Christiane Roscher, Thorsten Dittmar, Christine Fischer, (unknown), Anke Hildebrandt, Alexandru Milcu, Liesje Mommer, Natalie J. Oram, Janneke Ravenek, Stefan Scheu, Bernhard Schmid, Tanja Strecker, Cameron Wagg, Alexandra Weigelt, Gerd Gleixner	39
7	¹⁴C‐Free Carbon Is a Major Contributor to Cellular Biomass in Geochemically Distinct Groundwater of Shallow Sedimentary Bedrock Aquifers 2019 ·Water Resources Research ·Valérie F. Schwab, (unknown), Clayton D. Elder, Susan Trumbore, Xiaomei Xu, Gerd Gleixner, Robert Lehmann, Georg Pohnert, Jan Muhr, Kirsten Küsel, Kai Uwe Totsche	19
8	Isolation of Individual Saturated Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Derived From Groundwater Phospholipids by Preparative High‐Pressure Liquid Chromatography for Compound‐Specific Radiocarbon Analyses 2019 ·Water Resources Research ·Valérie F. Schwab, (unknown), Susan Trumbore, Xiaomei Xu, Gerd Gleixner, Jan Muhr, Kirsten Küsel, Kai Uwe Totsche	6
9	Lignin Dimers as Potential Markers for 14C-young Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter in the Critical Zone 2019 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·(unknown), Yan Li, Vanessa-Nina Roth, Gerd Gleixner	1
10	The Early Holocene Humid Period in N Arabia - proxy evidence from a unique varved lake record 2018 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Ina Neugebauer, (unknown), Birgit Plessen, Nadine Dräger, Achim Brauer, Peter Frenzel, Gerd Gleixner, Philipp Hoelzmann, (unknown), Anna Pint, Valérie F. Schwab, Anja Schwarz, Rik Tjallingii, Max Engel	1
11	Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Ashish A. Malik, Jérémy Puissant, Kate M. Buckeridge, Tim Goodall, Nico Jehmlich, Somak Chowdhury, Hyun S. Gweon, Jodey Peyton, Kelly E. Mason, Maaike van Agtmaal, Aimeric Blaud, Ian M. Clark, Jeanette Whitaker, Richard F. Pywell, Nick Ostle, Gerd Gleixner, Robert I. Griffiths	630
12	ORCHIDEE-SOM: modeling soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics along vertical soil profiles in Europe 2018 ·Geoscientific model development ·Marta Camino‐Serrano, Bertrand Guenet, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Philippe Ciais, Vladislav Bastrikov, Bruno De Vos, Bert Gielen, Gerd Gleixner, Albert Jornet‐Puig, Klaus Kaiser, Dolly N. Kothawala, Ronny Lauerwald, Josep Peñuelas, Marion Schrumpf, Sara Vicca, Nicolas Vuichard, David Walmsley, Ivan A. Janssens	60
13	Functional diversity of microbial communities in pristine aquifers inferred by PLFA- and sequencing-based approaches 2017 ·Biogeosciences ·Valérie F. Schwab, Martina Herrmann, Vanessa-Nina Roth, Gerd Gleixner, Robert Lehmann, Georg Pohnert, Susan Trumbore, Kirsten Küsel, Kai Uwe Totsche	52
14	Barnacles Tell no Lies - Bioclastic deposits and in-situ balanid colonies delineate shorelines of the Holocene palaeolake at Tayma (NW Saudi Arabia) 2016 ·Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences) ·Max Engel, Peter Frenzel, Anna Pint, (unknown), Gerd Gleixner, Philipp Hoelzmann, Ina Neugebauer, Birgit Plessen, Helmut Brückner	1
15	An optimal defense strategy for phenolic glycoside production in Populus trichocarpa – isotope labeling demonstrates secondary metabolite production in growing leaves 2014 ·New Phytologist ·Tara Joy Massad, Susan Trumbore, (unknown), Michael Reichelt, Sybille B. Unsicker, (unknown), Gerd Gleixner, Jonathan Gershenzon, (unknown)	36
16	Input related microbial carbon dynamic of soil organic matter in particle size fractions 2012 ·Max Planck Digital Library ·(unknown), Ellen Kandeler, Gerd Gleixner	3
17	A Multi-Proxy Approach to Reconstruct the Hydrological Changes and Holocene Climate Development of Nam Co, Central Tibet 2007 ·AGUFM ·Gerd Gleixner, (unknown), (unknown), Gerhard Daut, Antje Schwalb, (unknown), Tang Yao, Bochao Xu, Liping Zhu, Yi Chen	1
18	Plant Biodiversity Positively Affects Short-term Soil Carbon Storage in Experimental Grasslands 2007 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Sibylle Steinbeiss, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Vicky M. Temperton, Nina Buchmann, Christiane Roscher, Yvonne Kreutziger, Jussi Baade, Maike Habekost, Gerd Gleixner	4
19	Isotopic evidence for the origin and formation of refractory organic substances 2002 ·Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics ·Gerd Gleixner, Oliver Kracht, H.‐L. Schmidt, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze	2
20	Molecular turnover rates of soil organic matter 2001 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Gerd Gleixner, Natacha Poirier	2

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