Ina C. Meier

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ina C. Meier is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ina C. Meier has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 20 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ina C. Meier's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (18 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). Ina C. Meier is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (18 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). Ina C. Meier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Ina C. Meier's co-authors include Christoph Leuschner, Richard P. Phillips, Adrien C. Finzi, Rebecca Liese, C. Leuschner, Dietrich Hertel, Michael McCormack, Florian Knutzen, Emily S. Bernhardt and A. Stuart Grandy and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, New Phytologist and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ina C. Meier

40 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

2020 564 citations Joana Bergmann, Alexandra Weigelt et al. Science Advances profile →
Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions

2020 229 citations Cindy E. Prescott, S. J. Grayston et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ina C. Meier Germany	27	1.8k	1.4k	1.2k	1.0k	614	42	3.3k
Ivika Ostonen Estonia	33	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	742 1.2×	86	3.8k
Seth G. Pritchard United States	26	2.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	792 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	616 1.0×	41	3.9k
Krista Lõhmus Estonia	35	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	870 1.4×	86	3.9k
Oskar Franklin Austria	25	969 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	747 0.6×	893 0.9×	834 1.4×	46	2.7k
Christophe Jourdan France	35	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	555 0.9×	120	4.1k
Elena Vanguelova United Kingdom	23	783 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	872 0.7×	899 0.9×	704 1.1×	59	2.9k
Alexandru Milcu France	30	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	784 0.8×	875 1.4×	58	3.1k
Jean‐Pierre Bouillet France	39	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	597 1.0×	111	4.1k
Hooshang Majdi Sweden	25	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	527 0.9×	43	2.8k
Yolima Carrillo Australia	26	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	601 0.5×	893 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	73	3.5k

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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2025). Targeting the untargeted: Uncovering the chemical complexity of root exudates. Plant and Soil. 516(1). 17–32. 1 indexed citations

Brunn, Melanie, Carsten W. Mueller, Ina C. Meier, et al.. (2025). Tree carbon allocation to root exudates: implications for carbon budgets, soil sequestration and drought response. Tree Physiology. 45(4). 4 indexed citations

Mohamed, Awaz, Fabrice DeClerck, Peter H. Verburg, et al.. (2024). Securing Nature’s Contributions to People requires at least 20%–25% (semi-)natural habitat in human-modified landscapes. One Earth. 7(1). 59–71. 25 indexed citations

Lugli, Laynara F., Michelle Y. Wong, Richard J. Norby, et al.. (2024). Tropical root responses to global changes: A synthesis. Global Change Biology. 30(7). e17420–e17420. 9 indexed citations

Leuschner, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Temperature effects on root exudation in mature beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests along an elevational gradient. Plant and Soil. 481(1-2). 147–163. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Nan, et al.. (2021). Drought Deteriorates the N Stoichiometry of Biomass Production in European Beech Saplings Under Global Change. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 4.

Bergmann, Joana, Alexandra Weigelt, Fons van der Plas, et al.. (2020). The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. Science Advances. 6(27). 564 indexed citations breakdown →

Prescott, Cindy E., S. J. Grayston, Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari, et al.. (2020). Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(12). 1110–1118. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

Rachmilevitch, Shimon, et al.. (2019). The Phosphorus Economy of Mediterranean Oak Saplings Under Global Change. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 405–405. 11 indexed citations

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Meier, Ina C., Julian Heitkötter, Karolin Müller, et al.. (2019). Root exudation of mature beech forests across a nutrient availability gradient: the role of root morphology and fungal activity. New Phytologist. 226(2). 583–594. 115 indexed citations

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Baumert, Vera, Ina C. Meier, Stefanie Schulz, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, & Carsten W. Mueller. (2018). Artificial rhizospheres: Exudate effects on soil organic carbon content, aggregation and microbial community composition in topsoil vs. subsoil. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8612. 1 indexed citations

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Ferlian, Olga, Arjen Biere, Paola Bonfante, et al.. (2018). Growing Research Networks on Mycorrhizae for Mutual Benefits. Trends in Plant Science. 23(11). 975–984. 42 indexed citations

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Knutzen, Florian, Ina C. Meier, & Christoph Leuschner. (2015). Does reduced precipitation trigger physiological and morphological drought adaptations in European beech (Fagus sylvaticaL.)? Comparing provenances across a precipitation gradient. Tree Physiology. 35(9). 949–963. 56 indexed citations

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Meier, Ina C., et al.. (2015). Species-specific effects of temperate trees on greenhouse gas exchange of forest soil are diminished by drought. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 95. 122–134. 13 indexed citations

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Meier, Ina C., et al.. (2015). Relationship between species diversity, biomass and light transmittance in temperate semi‐natural grasslands: is productivity enhanced by complementary light capture?. Journal of Vegetation Science. 27(1). 144–155. 19 indexed citations

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Knutzen, Florian, Ina C. Meier, Markus Müller, et al.. (2014). Intra-specific variations in expression of stress-related genes in beech progenies are stronger than drought-induced responses. Tree Physiology. 34(12). 1348–1361. 42 indexed citations

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Meier, Ina C. & Christoph Leuschner. (2013). Nutrient dynamics along a precipitation gradient in European beech forests. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 1 indexed citations

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Meier, Ina C., Alon Angert, Omer Falik, Oren Shelef, & Shimon Rachmilevitch. (2013). Increased root oxygen uptake in pea plants responding to non-self neighbors. Planta. 238(3). 577–586. 30 indexed citations

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Phillips, Richard P., Ina C. Meier, Emily S. Bernhardt, et al.. (2012). Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO ₂. Ecology Letters. 15(9). 1042–1049. 248 indexed citations

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Meier, Ina C. & C. Leuschner. (2008). Genotypic variation and phenotypic plasticity in the drought response of fine roots of European beech. Tree Physiology. 28(2). 297–309. 133 indexed citations

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