Kai Jensen

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
261 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Kai Jensen is a scholar working on Ecology, Organic Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Jensen has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Ecology, 71 papers in Organic Chemistry and 63 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kai Jensen's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (75 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (38 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (32 papers). Kai Jensen is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (75 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (38 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (32 papers). Kai Jensen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. Kai Jensen's co-authors include Peter Mueller, Franziska Rupprecht, Leonid Rasran, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Iris Möller, Tom Spencer, Maike Paul, Matthias Kudella, Guido Wolters and Kirstin Gutekunst and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Kai Jensen

254 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

  1. Wave attenuation over coastal salt marshes under storm surge conditions
    2014 674 citations Franziska Rupprecht, Kai Jensen et al. profile →
  2. Infrared Spectra of Thioamides and Selenoamides.
    1966 288 citations Kai Jensen et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kai Jensen 2.9k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.0k 261 6.5k
Marion H. O’Leary 2.4k 0.8× 393 0.3× 1.3k 1.0× 205 0.2× 210 0.2× 108 7.3k
Louis A. Kaplan 3.6k 1.3× 874 0.6× 203 0.2× 105 0.1× 1.3k 1.3× 147 10.3k
Richard Hamilton 2.4k 0.8× 349 0.2× 722 0.6× 253 0.2× 812 0.8× 163 7.3k
Martin H. Gerzabek 2.1k 0.7× 302 0.2× 1.3k 1.0× 105 0.1× 238 0.2× 217 10.0k
Richard J. Robins 1.3k 0.5× 407 0.3× 2.1k 1.6× 130 0.1× 112 0.1× 237 6.8k
Willi A. Brand 3.4k 1.2× 432 0.3× 630 0.5× 139 0.1× 447 0.4× 135 9.8k
H.‐R. Schulten 2.3k 0.8× 306 0.2× 967 0.7× 49 0.0× 126 0.1× 283 10.4k
David E. Hibbs 932 0.3× 2.9k 2.0× 466 0.4× 30 0.0× 1.4k 1.4× 351 8.5k
Jaap J. Boon 1.3k 0.5× 282 0.2× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 100 0.1× 255 9.8k
Norbert Hertkorn 3.6k 1.3× 256 0.2× 569 0.4× 167 0.1× 121 0.1× 144 10.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Jensen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Jensen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Jensen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eschenbach, Annette, et al.. (2025). Soil organic carbon stocks and stabilization mechanisms in tidal marshes along estuarine gradients. Geoderma. 456. 117274–117274. 1 indexed citations
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Eschenbach, Annette, et al.. (2025). Litter decomposition and prokaryotic decomposer communities along estuarine gradients. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 204. 109762–109762.
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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
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Lu, Meng, Jianqing Wu, Liding Chen, et al.. (2025). Global change pattern of sedimentary nitrogen isotope during the Anthropocene epoch. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Mueller, Peter, et al.. (2025). Hydrology mediates salt marsh belowground biomass response to warming. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(6). 1725–1739.
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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Urbanization affects plant species diversity of stormwater ponds in a large German city. Ecological Engineering. 200. 107166–107166. 1 indexed citations
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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2023). Warming experiment indicates that increasing global temperatures may not affect windows of opportunity for salt marsh seedlings. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(10). 2261–2273. 2 indexed citations
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Nolte, Stefanie, et al.. (2023). Warming accelerates belowground litter turnover in salt marshes – insights from a Tea Bag Index study. Biogeosciences. 20(10). 1925–1935. 13 indexed citations
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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2022). Biota‐mediated carbon cycling—A synthesis of biotic‐interaction controls on blue carbon. Ecology Letters. 25(2). 521–540. 35 indexed citations
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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2022). Droughts decrease and floods increase carbon sequestration rates of Quercus robur in hardwood floodplain forests. Trees Forests and People. 9. 100294–100294. 7 indexed citations
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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2022). Effects of small-scale patterns of vegetation structure on suspended sediment concentration and sediment deposition in a salt marsh. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 278. 108125–108125. 6 indexed citations
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Rasran, Leonid, et al.. (2021). Hydrochorous seed transport in a small river in Northern Germany as trait‐dependent filter of plant dispersal and recruitment. International Review of Hydrobiology. 106(5-6). 277–286. 4 indexed citations
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Liebner, Susanne, et al.. (2021). Plant genotype controls wetland soil microbial functioning in response to sea-level rise. Biogeosciences. 18(23). 6133–6146. 7 indexed citations
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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2021). Livestock grazing reduces sediment deposition and accretion rates on a highly anthropogenically altered marsh island in the Wadden Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 251. 107191–107191. 4 indexed citations
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Jensen, Kai, et al.. (2019). Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.) seedlings recovery after fire: gas-exchange, growth and biomass partitioning assessment. Forests Trees and Livelihoods. 28(3). 214–220. 2 indexed citations
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Eller, Franziska, et al.. (2018). Elevated CO2 does not offset effects of competition and drought on growth of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) seedlings. Agroforestry Systems. 93(5). 1807–1819. 7 indexed citations
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Loydi, Alejandro, R. Lutz Eckstein, Tobias Gebauer, et al.. (2017). Opposite effects of litter and hemiparasites on a dominant grass under different water regimes and competition levels. Plant Ecology. 219(2). 133–144. 4 indexed citations
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Eller, Franziska, et al.. (2017). Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.) at the crossroads: current knowledge and research gaps. Agroforestry Systems. 92(5). 1353–1371. 22 indexed citations

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