Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner

54.4k total citations · 16 hit papers
379 papers, 41.1k citations indexed

About

Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner has authored 379 papers receiving a total of 41.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 219 papers in Soil Science, 112 papers in Ecology and 87 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (214 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (64 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (63 papers). Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (214 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (64 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (63 papers). Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner's co-authors include Cornélia Rumpel, Georg Guggenberger, Margit von Lützow, Heike Knicker, Johannes Lehmann, Michael W. Schmidt, Angelika Kölbl, Egbert Matzner, Markus Kleber and Bernd Marschner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner

374 papers receiving 40.0k citations

Hit Papers

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2011 2006 2002 2010 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property
    2011 4.4k citations Georg Guggenberger, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner et al. profile →
  2. Stabilization of organic matter in temperate soils: mechanisms and their relevance under different soil conditions – a review
    2006 2.3k citations Margit von Lützow, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner et al. European Journal of Soil Science profile →
  3. The macromolecular organic composition of plant and microbial residues as inputs to soil organic matter
    2002 1.5k citations Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner profile →
  4. Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle
    2010 1.4k citations Cornélia Rumpel, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner profile →
  5. Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils - A review of drivers and indicators at various scales
    2018 1.3k citations Martin Wiesmeier, Birgit Lang et al. Geoderma profile →
  6. SOM fractionation methods: Relevance to functional pools and to stabilization mechanisms
    2007 1.2k citations Margit von Lützow, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner et al. profile →
  7. Biogeochemistry of paddy soils
    2010 993 citations Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Wulf Amelung et al. Geoderma profile →
  8. Organo‐mineral associations in temperate soils: Integrating biology, mineralogy, and organic matter chemistry
    2008 973 citations Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Georg Guggenberger et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science profile →
  9. The concept and future prospects of soil health
    2020 924 citations Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Matthias C. Rillig et al. profile →
  10. Microaggregates in soils
    2017 753 citations Kai Uwe Totsche, Wulf Amelung et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science profile →
  11. Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity
    2020 591 citations Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner et al. profile →
  12. The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments
    2000 560 citations Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner et al. profile →
  13. Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy
    2020 469 citations Wulf Amelung, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner et al. profile →
  14. Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition—what do we know?
    2009 428 citations Margit von Lützow, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner profile →
  15. Submicron structures provide preferential spots for carbon and nitrogen sequestration in soils
    2014 327 citations Carsten W. Mueller, Stefanie Schulz et al. profile →
  16. From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota
    2024 52 citations Carsten W. Mueller, Vera Baumert et al. profile →

Peers

Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
Comparison fields: 5 of 175
  • Soil Science 26.2k
  • Ecology 13.7k
  • Environmental Chemistry 8.4k
  • Plant Science 5.1k
  • Pollution 4.4k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Structure–function co‐evolution during pedogenesis—Microaggregate development and turnover in soils
2024 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Kai Uwe Totsche, Nadja Ray, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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2
Impact of bare fallow management on soil carbon storage and aggregates across a rock fragment gradient
2024 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Steffen A. Schweizer, (unknown), Franziska B. Bucka, Kai Uwe Totsche, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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3
Rapid loss of organic carbon and soil structure in mountainous grassland topsoils induced by simulated climate change
2024 ·Geoderma ·Noelia García-Franco, Martin Wiesmeier, (unknown), Bernd J. Berauer, Max A. Schuchardt, Anke Jentsch, (unknown), Diana R. Andrade‐Linares, Benjamin Wolf, Ralf Kiese, Michael Dannenmann, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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Short-term effects of subsoil management by strip-wise loosening and incorporation of organic material
2023 ·Soil and Tillage Research ·Sara L. Bauke, Sabine J. Seidel, Miriam Athmann, Anne E. Berns, Melanie Braun, Martina Gocke, Julien Guigue, Timo Kautz, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, (unknown), Matthias C. Rillig, Michael Schloter, Oliver Schmittmann, Stefanie Schulz, David Uhlig, Andrea Schnepf, Wulf Amelung
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Organic matter type and soil texture shape prokaryotic communities during early‐stage soil structure formation
2023 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·(unknown), Franziska B. Bucka, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Claudia Knief
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Complementary effects of sorption and biochemical processing of dissolved organic matter for emerging structure formation controlled by soil texture
2023 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Franziska B. Bucka, Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde, Stephan Peth, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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Explicit spatial modeling at the pore scale unravels the interplay of soil organic carbon storage and structure dynamics
2022 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Steffen A. Schweizer, Franziska B. Bucka, Nadja Ray, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Alexander Prechtel
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Disentangling the effects of OM quality and soil texture on microbially mediated structure formation in artificial model soils
2021 ·Geoderma ·Franziska B. Bucka, (unknown), Stephan Peth, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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9
Wet sieving versus dry crushing: Soil microaggregates reveal different physical structure, bacterial diversity and organic matter composition in a clay gradient
2020 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde, Steffen A. Schweizer, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Uteau, Claudia Knief, (unknown), Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Stephan Peth
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10
Quantitative evaluation of soil functions
2019 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Ute Wollschläger, (unknown), (unknown), Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Sara König, Mareike Ließ, Birgit Lang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ulrich Weller, Martin Wiesmeier, Hans J. Vogel
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A simple method to quantify labile and stable carbon in temperate agricultural soils
2019 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Christopher R. Henke, Christopher Poeplau, Axel Don, Bas van Wesemael, Martin Wiesmeier, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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Artificial rhizospheres: Exudate effects on soil organic carbon content, aggregation and microbial community composition in topsoil vs. subsoil
2018 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Vera Baumert, Ina C. Meier, Stefanie Schulz, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Carsten W. Mueller
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Nachhaltige ressourceneffiziente Erhöhung der Flächenproduktivität: Zukunftsoptionen der deutschen Agrarökosystemforschung. Grundsatzpapier der DFG Senatskommission für Agrarökosystemforschung
2014 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Volkmar Wolters, J. Isselstein, Hartmut Stützel, Frank Ordon, Christina von Haaren, Eva Schlecht, Justus Wesseler, Regina Birner, Margit von Lützow, Nicolas Brüggemann, Bernd Diekkrüger, Andreas Fangmeier, Heinz Flessa, Henning Kage, Martin Kaupenjohann, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Reinhard Mosandl, Ralf Seppelt
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14
Storage and stability of organic carbon in soils as related to depth, occlusion within aggregates, and attachment to minerals
2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Marion Schrumpf, Klaus Kaiser, Georg Guggenberger, Tryggve Persson, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze
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Non-cellulosic neutral sugar contribution to mineral associated organic matter in top- and subsoil horizons of two acid forest soils
2010 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·Cornélia Rumpel, Karin Eusterhues, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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Sulfur speciation in well‐aerated and wetland soils in a forested catchment assessed by sulfur K‐edge X‐ray absorption near‐edge spectroscopy (XANES)
2009 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Jörg Prietzel, Jürgen Thieme, (unknown), David Paterson, Ian McNulty, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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The artificial catchment
2009 ·EGUGA ·Wolfgang Schaaf, Werner Gerwin, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, (unknown), Reinhard F. Hüttl
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Spectroscopic and Wet Chemical Characterization of Solid Waste Organic Matter of Different Age in Landfill Sites, Southern Germany
2008 ·Journal of Environmental Quality ·Rupert Bäumler, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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Patterns and processes of initial ecosystem development in an artificial catchment
2008 ·Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences) ·Wolfgang Schaaf, Werner Gerwin, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, J. C. Munch, Uwe Grünewald, Reinhard F. Hüttl
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Stability of Soil Carbon Fractions - Aggregation Versus Mineral Association
2007 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Carsten W. Mueller, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner
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