Holger Bessler

527 total citations · 1 hit paper
2 papers, 414 citations indexed

About

Holger Bessler is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Holger Bessler has authored 2 papers receiving a total of 414 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 1 paper in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 1 paper in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Holger Bessler's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (1 paper), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (1 paper) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (1 paper). Holger Bessler is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (1 paper), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (1 paper) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (1 paper). Holger Bessler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Kenya. Holger Bessler's co-authors include Stephan Partsch, Gerd Gleixner, Alexander C.W. Sabais, Nico Eisenhauer, Christoph Scherber, Maike Habekost, Stefan Scheu, Sibylle Steinbeiss, Wolfgang W. Weisser and Alexandra Weigelt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Holger Bessler

2 papers receiving 407 citations

Hit Papers

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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 effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

2010 413 citations Nico Eisenhauer, Holger Bessler et al. Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Holger Bessler Germany	2	258	168	162	158	67	2	414
Qingni Song China	10	199 0.8×	225 1.3×	116 0.7×	152 1.0×	52 0.8×	30	437
Buqing Yao China	14	156 0.6×	204 1.2×	182 1.1×	122 0.8×	72 1.1×	46	515
Sarah R. Bray United States	6	140 0.5×	159 0.9×	165 1.0×	142 0.9×	74 1.1×	8	394
Maxime Dumont France	5	290 1.1×	270 1.6×	169 1.0×	195 1.2×	86 1.3×	9	582
Xiaolong Zhou China	11	125 0.5×	211 1.3×	120 0.7×	162 1.0×	100 1.5×	33	454
Caitlin I. Looby United States	6	188 0.7×	163 1.0×	228 1.4×	66 0.4×	69 1.0×	6	448
Xinyu Xu China	9	109 0.4×	224 1.3×	86 0.5×	96 0.6×	65 1.0×	19	357
Nicole Scheunemann Germany	9	260 1.0×	169 1.0×	195 1.2×	42 0.3×	73 1.1×	10	390
Maria B. Postma-Blaauw Netherlands	5	282 1.1×	272 1.6×	187 1.2×	65 0.4×	154 2.3×	5	550
Liehua Tie China	10	254 1.0×	110 0.7×	120 0.7×	92 0.6×	38 0.6×	29	400

Countries citing papers authored by Holger Bessler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Holger Bessler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Holger Bessler

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

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2 of 2 papers shown

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Bessler, Holger, et al.. (2025). Influence of soil phosphorus fertilizer forms on phosphorus uptake, morphology, and growth of leafy vegetables. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

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Eisenhauer, Nico, Holger Bessler, Christof Engels, et al.. (2010). Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis. Ecology. 91(2). 485–496. 413 indexed citations breakdown →

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