Helmut Elsenbeer

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Helmut Elsenbeer is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Soil Science and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Elsenbeer has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Water Science and Technology, 38 papers in Soil Science and 19 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Helmut Elsenbeer's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (36 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (32 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers). Helmut Elsenbeer is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (36 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (32 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers). Helmut Elsenbeer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Panama. Helmut Elsenbeer's co-authors include Beate Zimmermann, Michael Märker, Alex V. Krusche, Alexander Zimmermann, Sonja Germer, Thorsten Behrens, Jorge Marcos de Moraes, Christopher Neill, Robert A. Vertessy and Christopher Neill and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Resources Research and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Elsenbeer

71 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

  1. Soil organic carbon concentrations and stocks on Barro Colorado Island — Digital soil mapping using Random Forests analysis
    2008 545 citations Michael Märker, Helmut Elsenbeer et al. Geoderma profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helmut Elsenbeer Germany 40 2.0k 1.9k 1.7k 1.2k 1.1k 71 4.5k
Xiaoxu Jia China 43 1.2k 0.6× 2.7k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 155 6.1k
Ilja van Meerveld Switzerland 40 3.7k 1.8× 1.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 153 5.6k
Xianli Xu China 38 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 848 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 123 4.5k
Vincent Chaplot France 49 1.8k 0.9× 3.8k 2.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.8× 125 6.3k
Keith Loague United States 36 2.8k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.6× 782 0.7× 114 5.5k
K. E. Saxton United States 27 1.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 674 0.6× 65 5.5k
Anthony Richard Ladson Australia 19 1.8k 0.9× 919 0.5× 2.3k 1.4× 2.4k 2.0× 1.2k 1.1× 49 4.9k
T. Meixner United States 40 2.8k 1.4× 1.3k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 139 5.9k
Juan Vicente Giráldez Cervera Spain 31 928 0.5× 2.5k 1.3× 993 0.6× 809 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 175 4.4k
Allan Lilly United Kingdom 26 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 925 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 692 0.6× 93 3.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Elsenbeer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Muller, Robert A., Helmut Elsenbeer, & Benjamin L. Turner. (2024). Evidence for Soil Phosphorus Resource Partitioning in a Diverse Tropical Tree Community. Forests. 15(2). 361–361. 1 indexed citations
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Aich, Valentin, Alexander Zimmermann, & Helmut Elsenbeer. (2014). Quantification and interpretation of suspended-sediment discharge hysteresis patterns: How much data do we need?. CATENA. 122. 120–129. 77 indexed citations
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Elsenbeer, Helmut, et al.. (2012). Differences in throughfall and net precipitation between soybean and transitional tropical forest in the southern Amazon, Brazil. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 159. 19–28. 24 indexed citations
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Neill, Christopher, Joaquín Chaves, Trent Biggs, et al.. (2011). Runoff sources and land cover change in the Amazon: an end-member mixing analysis from small watersheds. Biogeochemistry. 105(1-3). 7–18. 35 indexed citations
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Dislich, Claudia, et al.. (2010). Modelling vegetation landslides. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10116. 1 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Alexander, Beate Zimmermann, & Helmut Elsenbeer. (2010). Comment on “Spatial throughfall heterogeneity in a montane rain forest in Ecuador: Extent, temporal stability and drivers” by Wullaert et al. [J. Hydrol. 377 (2009) 71–79]. Journal of Hydrology. 395(1-2). 133–136. 6 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Beate, Andreas Papritz, & Helmut Elsenbeer. (2010). Asymmetric response to disturbance and recovery: Changes of soil permeability under forest–pasture–forest transitions. Geoderma. 159(1-2). 209–215. 52 indexed citations
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Haßler, Sibylle K., Beate Zimmermann, Michiel van Breugel, Jefferson S. Hall, & Helmut Elsenbeer. (2010). Recovery of saturated hydraulic conductivity under secondary succession on former pasture in the humid tropics. Forest Ecology and Management. 261(10). 1634–1642. 114 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Beate, et al.. (2010). Soil carbon dynamics under young tropical secondary forests on former pastures—A case study from Panama. Forest Ecology and Management. 261(10). 1625–1633. 62 indexed citations
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Chaves, Joaquín, et al.. (2007). Land management impacts on runoff sources in small Amazon watersheds. Hydrological Processes. 22(12). 1766–1775. 106 indexed citations
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Germer, Sonja, et al.. (2007). Seasonal and within-event dynamics of rainfall and throughfall chemistry in an open tropical rainforest in Rondônia, Brazil. Biogeochemistry. 86(2). 155–174. 48 indexed citations
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Godsey, Sarah E., Helmut Elsenbeer, & Robert F. Stallard. (2004). Overland flow generation in two lithologically distinct rainforest catchments. Journal of Hydrology. 295(1-4). 276–290. 70 indexed citations
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Godsey, Sarah E. & Helmut Elsenbeer. (2002). The soil hydrologic response to forest regrowth: a case study from southwestern Amazonia. Hydrological Processes. 16(7). 1519–1522. 56 indexed citations
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Elsenbeer, Helmut, et al.. (2002). Spatial variability of soil hydraulic conductivity along a tropical rainforest catena. Geoderma. 108(1-2). 79–90. 76 indexed citations
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Robichaud, P. R. & Helmut Elsenbeer. (2001). Preface. Hydrological Processes. 15(15). 2865–2866. 4 indexed citations
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Elsenbeer, Helmut, et al.. (1997). Aluminium, iron and manganese in near-surface waters of a tropical rainforest ecosystem. The Science of The Total Environment. 205(1). 13–23. 12 indexed citations
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Elsenbeer, Helmut, et al.. (1996). Hydrological pathways and water chemistry in Amazonian rain forests.. 939–959. 15 indexed citations
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Elsenbeer, Helmut, et al.. (1996). Hydrometric and hydrochemicai evidence for fast flowpaths at La Cuenca, Western Amazonia. Journal of Hydrology. 180(1-4). 237–250. 82 indexed citations
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Elsenbeer, Helmut, et al.. (1995). Chemical fingerprints of hydrological compartments and flow paths at La Cuenca, Western Amazonia. Water Resources Research. 31(12). 3051–3058. 58 indexed citations
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Elsenbeer, Helmut, et al.. (1990). Surficial processes in the rainforest of western Amazonia.. IAHS-AISH publication. 289–297. 15 indexed citations

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