Karolien Denef

13.7k citations

43 papers · 10.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.02%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
Environmental Chemistry top 0.2%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Papers in

Soil Science 34
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 34
Environmental Chemistry 13
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 13

Co-authors: Johan Six H. Bossuyt Claudia M. Boot M. Francesca Cotrufo Eldor A. Paul Matthew D. Wallenstein Keith Paustian Roel Merckx
Journals: Soil Biology and Biochemistry (9 papers)European Journal of Soil Science (3 papers)Biology and Fertility of Soils (3 papers)Plant and Soil (3 papers)Soil Science Society of America Journal (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Belgium Spain

In The Last Decade

Karolien Denef

43 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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The M icrobial E fficiency‐ M atrix S tabilization ( MEMS ) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter? 2012 · 2.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Global Change Biology
2004 Soil and Tillage Research
2002 Agronomie
2001 Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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1	Belowground biota responses to maize biochar addition to the soil of a Mediterranean vineyard The Science of The Total Environment ·Pilar Andrés, Antoni Rosell‐Melé, Barry May, Karolien Denef, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Miquel Riba, Josep M. Alcañiz	2019	43
2	Cheatgrass-associated AMF community negatively affects sagebrush root production but not C transfer to the soil Plant and Soil ·Аркадий Робертович Геворгян, Karolien Denef, Linda T. A. van Diepen, Marie‐Anne de Graaff	2019	11
3	Structural determinants in a glucose-containing lipopolysaccharide from Mycobacterium tuberculosis critical for inducing a subset of protective T cells Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Prithwiraj De, Michael McNeil, Mei Xia, Claudia M. Boot, 佐々木忠昭, Karolien Denef, Christopher D. Rithner, Intan Rahmadina Putri Harahap, Karen M. Dobos, Daniel F. Hoft, Delphi Chatterjee	2018	8
4	Invasion by the Alien Tree Prunus serotina Alters Ecosystem Functions in a Temperate Deciduous Forest Frontiers in Plant Science ·Raf Aerts, Michael Ewald, Manuel Nicolas, A. Yu. Yushkov, Sandra Skowronek, Jonathan Lenoir, Tarek Hattab, Carol X. Garzón‐López, Hannes Feilhauer, Sebastian Schmidtlein, Duccio Rocchini, Guillaume Decocq, Ben Somers, Ruben Van De Kerchove, Karolien Denef, Olivier Honnay	2017	82
5	Switchgrass ecotypes alter microbial contribution to deep-soil C SOIL ·陽平岡部, Catherine E. Stewart, Karolien Denef, R. F. Follett, Elizabeth Pruessner, Louise H. Comas, Gary E. Varvel, Aaron J. Saathoff, Nathan A. Palmer, Gautam Sarath, Virginia L. Jin, Marty R. Schmer, M. Soundararajan	2016	14
6	Fire affects root decomposition, soil food web structure, and carbon flow in tallgrass prairie SOIL ·E. Ashley Shaw, Karolien Denef, Cecilia Milano de Tomasel, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Diana H. Wall	2016	23
7	Soil food web stability in response to grazing in a semi-arid prairie: The importance of soil textural heterogeneity Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Pilar Andrés, John C. Moore, Rodney T. Simpson, Marcelo Ferreira Ely, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Karolien Denef, Michelle L. Haddix, E. Ashley Shaw, Cecilia Milano de Tomasel, Roberto Molowny‐Horas, Diana H. Wall	2016	42
8	Long-term reactive nitrogen loading alters soil carbon and microbial community properties in a subalpine forest ecosystem Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Claudia M. Boot, Ed K. Hall, Karolien Denef, Jill S. Baron	2015	80
9	Burning management in the tallgrass prairie affects root decomposition, soil food web structure and carbon flow E. Ashley Shaw, Karolien Denef, Cecilia Milano de Tomasel, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Diana H. Wall	2015	1
10	Assessment of Soil C and N Stocks and Fractions across 11 European Soils under Varying Land Uses Open Journal of Soil Science ·Karolien Denef, Ilaria Del Galdo, Daisuke KOZUMA, M. Francesca Cotrufo	2013	25
11	AggModel: A soil organic matter model with measurable pools for use in incubation studies Ecological Modelling ·Michal Segoli, Steven De Gryze, Fugen Dou, Juhwan Lee, W. M. Post, Karolien Denef, Johan Six	2013	66
12	The M icrobial E fficiency‐ M atrix S tabilization ( MEMS ) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter? Global Change Biology ·M. Francesca Cotrufo, Matthew D. Wallenstein, Claudia M. Boot, Karolien Denef, Eldor A. Paul Hit paper breakdown →	2012	2353
13	Critical assessment of the applicability of gas chromatography‐combustion‐isotope ratio mass spectrometry to determine amino sugar dynamics in soil Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry ·Charlotte Decock, Karolien Denef, Samuel Bodé, Johan Six, Pascal Boeckx	2009	26
14	Development and evaluation of a high‐performance liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry methodology for δ ¹³ C analyses of amino sugars in soil Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry ·Samuel Bodé, Karolien Denef, Pascal Boeckx	2009	36
15	Soil Aggregation and Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization: Effects of Management in Semiarid Mediterranean Agroecosystems Soil Science Society of America Journal ·(unknown), Carlos Cantero‐Martínez, M.V. López, Keith Paustian, Karolien Denef, Catherine E. Stewart, José Luis Arrúe	2009	92
16	Vegetation composition and soil microbial community structural changes along a wetland hydrological gradient Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Miki Fukunari, Karolien Denef, Jan Peters, Niko E. C. Verhoest, Pascal Boeckx	2008	42
17	Community shifts and carbon translocation within metabolically-active rhizosphere microorganisms in grasslands under elevated CO ₂ Biogeosciences ·Karolien Denef, 郑丹平, Katharina Lenhart, J. Vermeulen, Oswald Van Cleemput, Pascal Boeckx, Christoph Müller	2007	151
18	Vegetation composition and soil microbial community structural changes along a wetland hydrological gradient Miki Fukunari, Karolien Denef, (unknown), Niko E. C. Verhoest, Pascal Boeckx	2007	3
19	Influence of dry–wet cycles on the interrelationship between aggregate, particulate organic matter, and microbial community dynamics Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Karolien Denef, Johan Six, H. Bossuyt, Serita D. Frey, Edward T. Elliott, Roel Merckx, Keith Paustian Hit paper breakdown →	2001	578
20	Influence of microbial populations and residue quality on aggregate stability Applied Soil Ecology ·H. Bossuyt, Karolien Denef, Johan Six, Serita D. Frey, Roel Merckx, Keith Paustian	2001	381

About Karolien Denef

Karolien Denef is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Civil and Structural Engineering, having authored 43 papers that have together received 10.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (34 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (13 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (8 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (5 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (8.6k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.2k citations), Ecology (3.3k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (1.0k citations) and Civil and Structural Engineering (1.8k citations). Karolien Denef has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Johan Six, H. Bossuyt, Claudia M. Boot, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Eldor A. Paul, Matthew D. Wallenstein, Keith Paustian, Roel Merckx, Stephen M. Ogle and Christian Feller. Their work appears in journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, European Journal of Soil Science, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Plant and Soil and Soil Science Society of America Journal.

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