John Koestel

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

John Koestel is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Koestel has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 29 papers in Environmental Engineering and 20 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in John Koestel's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (46 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (26 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (16 papers). John Koestel is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (46 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (26 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (16 papers). John Koestel collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. John Koestel's co-authors include Nicholas Jarvis, Mats Larsbo, Julien Moeys, Harry Vereecken, Mathieu Javaux, Steffen Schlüter, Andrey Guber, Alexandra Kravchenko, Andreas Kemna and Andrew Binley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

John Koestel

64 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Pedotransfer Functions in Earth System Science: Challenges and Perspectives

2017 377 citations John Koestel et al. profile →
Microbial spatial footprint as a driver of soil carbon stabilization

2019 227 citations Alexandra Kravchenko, Andrey Guber et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Koestel

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effects of tillage on winter wheat productivity and soil fertility: Results from 13 years of no-till in western Switzerland 2025 ·European Journal of Agronomy ·Luca Bragazza, Mario Fontana, Alice Johannes, John Koestel, Raphaël Charles, Lucie Büchi, (unknown), Thomas Guillaume	1
2	A long road to soil health restoration: earthworms and soil structure show partial recovery in 18-year-old forest skid trails 2025 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), John Koestel, Bart Muys, Karin Wriessnig, (unknown), Matthias Schlögl, Klaus Katzensteiner	2
3	Air-filled porosity, its connectivity and relation to particulate organic matter in intact soil cores controls carbon emissions near saturation 2025 ·Soil and Tillage Research ·Elsa Coucheney, (unknown), Nicholas Jarvis, John Koestel	0
4	Root traits of different wheat cultivars influence soil structure: an X-ray computed tomography and root morphology study 2025 ·Geoderma ·(unknown), Adne Abbud Righi, Matteo Bettuzzi, John Koestel, Maria Pia Morigi, Rosa Brancaccio, Silvio Salvi, Maria C. Hernandez‐Soriano, Marco Bittelli	2
5	Minimal vertical transport of microplastics in soil over two years with little impact of plastics on soil macropore networks 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown), John Koestel, Denise M. Mitrano	11
6	Links between soil pore structure, water flow and solute transport in the topsoil of an arable field: Does soil organic carbon matter? 2024 ·Geoderma ·(unknown), Nicholas Jarvis, John Koestel, Mats Larsbo	8
7	Perspectives on the misconception of levitating soil aggregates 2024 ·SOIL ·Gina Garland, John Koestel, Alice Johannes, (unknown), Sebastian Döetterl, Dani Or, Thomas Keller	11
8	Holes in the tundra: Invasive earthworms alter soil structure and moisture in tundra soils 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Jonatan Klaminder, Eveline J. Krab, Mats Larsbo, (unknown), (unknown), John Koestel	6
9	Soil structure recovery following compaction: Short‐term evolution of soil physical properties in a loamy soil 2021 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Thomas Keller, Tino Colombi, Siul Ruiz, Stanislaus J. Schymanski, Peter Weisskopf, John Koestel, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Breitenstein, Norbert Kirchgeßner, Achim Walter, Dani Or	41
10	Dynamic upscaling of decomposition kinetics for carbon cycling models 2020 ·Geoscientific model development ·Arjun Chakrawal, Anke M. Herrmann, John Koestel, Jerker Jarsjö, Naoise Nunan, Thomas Kätterer, Stefano Manzoni	36
11	The Impact of Capillary Trapping of Air on Satiated Hydraulic Conductivity of Sands Interpreted by X-ray Microtomography 2020 ·Water ·(unknown), (unknown), John Koestel, Michal Sněhota	7
12	Effects of tillage and liming on macropore networks derived from X‐ray tomography images of a silty clay soil 2018 ·Soil Use and Management ·(unknown), John Koestel, Barbro Ulén, Mats Larsbo	23
13	X‐ray computed tomography to predict soil N₂O production via bacterial denitrification and N₂O emission in contrasting bioenergy cropping systems 2018 ·GCB Bioenergy ·Alexandra Kravchenko, Andrey Guber, Michelle Quigley, John Koestel, Hasand Gandhi, Nathaniel E. Ostrom	30
14	Impacts of off-road traffic on soil physical properties of forest clear-cuts: X-ray and laboratory analysis 2017 ·Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research ·(unknown), John Koestel, Eva Ring, Annemieke I. Gärdenäs	22
15	Quantitative imaging of the 3-D distribution of cation adsorption sites in undisturbed soil 2017 ·SOIL ·(unknown), Bjarne W. Strobel, Jon Petter Gustafsson, John Koestel	5
16	Controls of macropore network characteristics on preferential solute transport 2014 ·Mats Larsbo, John Koestel, Nicholas Jarvis	2
17	Relations between macropore network characteristics and the degree of preferential solute transport 2014 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Mats Larsbo, John Koestel, Nicholas Jarvis	119
18	Influence of soil, land use and climatic factors on the hydraulic conductivity of soil 2013 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Nicholas Jarvis, John Koestel, Ingmar Messing, Julien Moeys, Anna Lindahl	181
19	Meta-analysis of the effects of soil properties, site factors and experimental conditions on solute transport 2012 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·John Koestel, Julien Moeys, Nicholas Jarvis	84
20	Meta-analysis of the effects of soil properties, site factors and experimental conditions on preferential solute transport 2011 ·John Koestel, Julien Moeys, Nicholas Jarvis	6

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