Katharina Waha

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Katharina Waha is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Katharina Waha has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Katharina Waha's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (19 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (9 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (9 papers). Katharina Waha is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (19 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (9 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (9 papers). Katharina Waha collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and Netherlands. Katharina Waha's co-authors include Mario Herrero, Christoph Müller, Alberte Bondeau, Jens Heinke, Zia Mehrabi, Loren H. Rieseberg, Larissa Jarvis, Claire Kremen, Navin Ramankutty and Philip K. Thornton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Global Change Biology and Annual Review of Plant Biology.

In The Last Decade

Katharina Waha

37 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security

2018 627 citations Navin Ramankutty, Zia Mehrabi et al. Annual Review of Plant Biology profile →
Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis

2017 278 citations Mario Herrero, Philip K. Thornton et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →
Multiple cropping systems of the world and the potential for increasing cropping intensity

2020 165 citations Katharina Waha, Jan Philipp Dietrich et al. Global Environmental Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katharina Waha Australia	23	968	932	773	678	544	39	3.2k
Kathleen Neumann Netherlands	13	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	884 1.1×	751 1.1×	513 0.9×	15	3.1k
Walter Baethgen United States	33	958 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	919 1.2×	574 0.8×	670 1.2×	99	3.5k
Michael Dunlop Australia	24	1.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	669 0.9×	636 0.9×	406 0.7×	48	3.3k
Polly Ericksen Kenya	22	1.2k 1.2×	902 1.0×	922 1.2×	893 1.3×	595 1.1×	53	3.8k
Jules Bayala Burkina Faso	32	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	788 1.0×	365 0.5×	668 1.2×	109	3.7k
Stanley Wood United States	19	852 0.9×	631 0.7×	661 0.9×	612 0.9×	580 1.1×	37	2.7k
Meha Jain United States	32	961 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	609 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	458 0.8×	69	3.3k
Juraj Balkovič Austria	28	927 1.0×	709 0.8×	838 1.1×	509 0.8×	648 1.2×	62	2.6k
Todd S. Rosenstock Kenya	34	1.1k 1.1×	722 0.8×	792 1.0×	846 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	104	3.8k
Susanne Rolinski Germany	32	611 0.6×	865 0.9×	627 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	545 1.0×	69	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Katharina Waha

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katharina Waha

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Rufin, Philippe, Patrick Meyfroidt, Felicia O. Akinyemi, et al.. (2025). To enhance sustainable development goal research, open up commercial satellite image archives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(7). e2410246122–e2410246122. 4 indexed citations

Waha, Katharina, Christian Folberth, Hester Biemans, et al.. (2025). Land use modelling needs to better account for multiple cropping to inform pathways for sustainable agriculture. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Waha, Katharina, et al.. (2024). Too much, too soon? Early-maturing maize varieties as drought escape strategy in Malawi. Food Policy. 129. 102766–102766. 1 indexed citations

Waha, Katharina, et al.. (2023). Correction: Drivers and constraints of on-farm diversity. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 43(1). 1 indexed citations

Godde, Cécile, et al.. (2023). Agricultural diversification for crop yield stability: a smallholder adaptation strategy to climate variability in Ethiopia. Regional Environmental Change. 23(1). 3 indexed citations

Falconnier, Gatien N., Louise Leroux, Damien Beillouin, et al.. (2022). Increased mineral fertilizer use on maize can improve both household food security and regional food production in East Africa. Agricultural Systems. 205. 103588–103588. 24 indexed citations

Waha, Katharina. (2020). Feed-based dairy system intensification scenario development and national-level biophysical impact assessment. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research).

Waha, Katharina, Jan Philipp Dietrich, F. T. Portmann, et al.. (2020). Multiple cropping systems of the world and the potential for increasing cropping intensity. Global Environmental Change. 64. 102131–102131. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

Godde, Cécile, Randall B. Boone, Andrew Ash, et al.. (2020). Global rangeland production systems and livelihoods at threat under climate change and variability. Environmental Research Letters. 15(4). 44021–44021. 102 indexed citations

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Bloh, Werner von, Sibyll Schaphoff, Christoph Müller, et al.. (2018). Implementing the nitrogen cycle into the dynamic global vegetation, hydrology, and crop growth model LPJmL (version 5.0). Geoscientific model development. 11(7). 2789–2812. 75 indexed citations

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Schaphoff, Sibyll, Werner von Bloh, Anja Rammig, et al.. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 1: Model description. Geoscientific model development. 11(4). 1343–1375. 182 indexed citations

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Schaphoff, Sibyll, Matthias Forkel, Christoph Müller, et al.. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 2: Model evaluation. Geoscientific model development. 11(4). 1377–1403. 66 indexed citations

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Waha, Katharina, Mark T. van Wijk, Steffen Fritz, et al.. (2018). Agricultural diversification as an important strategy for achieving food security in Africa. Global Change Biology. 24(8). 3390–3400. 176 indexed citations

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Schaphoff, Sibyll, Werner von Bloh, Kirsten Thonicke, et al.. (2018). LPJmL4 Model Code. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 7 indexed citations

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Ramankutty, Navin, Zia Mehrabi, Katharina Waha, et al.. (2018). Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 69(1). 789–815. 627 indexed citations breakdown →

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Waha, Katharina, Linda Krummenauer, Sophie Adams, et al.. (2017). Climate change impacts in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region and their implications for vulnerable population groups. Regional Environmental Change. 17(6). 1623–1638. 203 indexed citations

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Herrero, Mario, Philip K. Thornton, Brendan Power, et al.. (2017). Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health. 1(1). e33–e42. 278 indexed citations breakdown →

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Karp, Daniel S., Heather Tallis, René Sachse, et al.. (2015). National indicators for observing ecosystem service change. Global Environmental Change. 35. 12–21. 29 indexed citations

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Müller, Christoph, Katharina Waha, Alberte Bondeau, & Jens Heinke. (2014). Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development. Global Change Biology. 20(8). 2505–2517. 79 indexed citations

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Lindeskog, Mats, Almut Arneth, Alberte Bondeau, et al.. (2013). Implications of accounting for land use in simulations of ecosystem carbon cycling in Africa. Earth System Dynamics. 4(2). 385–407. 112 indexed citations

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