Katrin N. Leppert

620 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 387 citations indexed

About

Katrin N. Leppert is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Katrin N. Leppert has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 387 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 4 papers in Soil Science and 2 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Katrin N. Leppert's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers) and Forest ecology and management (2 papers). Katrin N. Leppert is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers) and Forest ecology and management (2 papers). Katrin N. Leppert collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and China. Katrin N. Leppert's co-authors include Pascal A. Niklaus, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Helge Bruelheide, Jin He, Stefan Trogisch, Chao Wang, Michael Staab, Christian Wirth, Bernhard Schmid and Zhiyao Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Katrin N. Leppert

6 papers receiving 380 citations

Hit Papers

Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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. Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests
    2018 242 citations Xiaojuan Liu, Stefan Trogisch et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katrin N. Leppert Switzerland 6 234 175 109 93 59 6 387
Zhongsheng He China 11 195 0.8× 108 0.6× 120 1.1× 103 1.1× 94 1.6× 49 392
Mariana Durigan Brazil 7 153 0.7× 270 1.5× 68 0.6× 94 1.0× 62 1.1× 10 479
Francesc Montané Spain 8 168 0.7× 113 0.6× 133 1.2× 119 1.3× 54 0.9× 10 325
Aurélie Dourdain French Guiana 7 190 0.8× 149 0.9× 70 0.6× 40 0.4× 42 0.7× 8 297
Toktam Sajedi Canada 4 138 0.6× 122 0.7× 57 0.5× 135 1.5× 54 0.9× 6 343
S. Catovsky United States 9 256 1.1× 215 1.2× 80 0.7× 89 1.0× 138 2.3× 10 423
Leda Lorenzo Montero Brazil 5 289 1.2× 196 1.1× 40 0.4× 70 0.8× 40 0.7× 5 359
Monika Rawat India 11 173 0.7× 144 0.8× 85 0.8× 65 0.7× 67 1.1× 24 312
Carlos A. Quesada Brazil 9 109 0.5× 119 0.7× 78 0.7× 64 0.7× 74 1.3× 17 292
Ricardo G. César Brazil 12 201 0.9× 305 1.7× 45 0.4× 86 0.9× 28 0.5× 18 450

Countries citing papers authored by Katrin N. Leppert

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katrin N. Leppert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katrin N. Leppert

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All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Ristok, Christian, Katrin N. Leppert, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Pascal A. Niklaus, & Helge Bruelheide. (2019). Soil macrofauna and leaf functional traits drive the decomposition of secondary metabolites in leaf litter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 135. 429–437. 31 indexed citations
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Forrester, David I., Josephine Haase, Werner Härdtle, et al.. (2019). Tree-species interactions increase light absorption and growth in Chinese subtropical mixed-species plantations. Oecologia. 191(2). 421–432. 29 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaojuan, Stefan Trogisch, Jin He, et al.. (2018). Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1885). 20181240–20181240. 242 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leppert, Katrin N., Pascal A. Niklaus, & Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen. (2017). Does species richness of subtropical tree leaf litter affect decomposition, nutrient release, transfer and subsequent uptake by plants?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 115. 44–53. 26 indexed citations
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Leppert, Katrin N., David Eichenberg, Helge Bruelheide, et al.. (2017). Leaf litter diversity alters microbial activity, microbial abundances, and nutrient cycling in a subtropical forest ecosystem. Biogeochemistry. 134(1-2). 163–181. 42 indexed citations
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Ristok, Christian, Katrin N. Leppert, Katrin Franke, et al.. (2017). Leaf litter diversity positively affects the decomposition of plant polyphenols. Plant and Soil. 419(1-2). 305–317. 17 indexed citations

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