K.E. Giller

48.8k citations

561 papers · 33.4k indexed · 23 hit papers · h-index 90

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.01%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences top 0.01%
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Papers in

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 155
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices 138
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development 39
Soil Science 159
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 102

Co-authors: Pablo Tittonell S. P. McGrath Ernst Witter Bernard Vanlauwe Marc Corbeels Mark T. van Wijk Georg Cadisch J. Nyamangara
Journals: Field Crops Research (42 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (36 papers)Agricultural Systems (34 papers)Plant and Soil (30 papers)Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (28 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Kenya United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

K.E. Giller

546 papers receiving 30.9k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon 2023 · 120 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2023 Global Change Biology
2021 Food Security
2021 Food Security
2021 Outlook on Agriculture
2018 AMBIO
2017 European Journal of Agronomy
2015 Frontiers in Plant Science
2015 SOIL
2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 Field Crops Research
2012 Field Crops Research
2012 Field Crops Research
2012 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 Agronomy for Sustainable Development
2010 Outlook on Agriculture
2009 Field Crops Research
2009 Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2008 Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide)
2005 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
2001 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
2000 BioScience
1998 Soil Biology and Biochemistry
1997 Applied Soil Ecology

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Fields of papers citing papers by K.E. Giller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside K.E. Giller, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Resilient and inclusive rural transformation: Exploring pathways for sustainable development Global Food Security ·Benjamín Davis, Romina Cavatassi, Leslie Lipper, K.E. Giller	2025	0
2	Enhancing the resilience of intercropping systems to changing moisture conditions in Africa through the integration of grain legumes: A meta-analysis Field Crops Research ·Bryan Baysinger, K.E. Giller, Léonard Rusinamhodzi, Frank Rasche, 広洋小関, Carsten Marohn, Georg Cadisch	2024	1
3	People, Palms, and Productivity: Testing Better Management Practices in Indonesian Smallholder Oil Palm Plantations Agriculture ·Lotte S. Woittiez, M.A. Slingerland, Meine van Noordwijk, Abner J. Silalahi, Joost van Heerwaarden, K.E. Giller	2024	1
4	Navigating seasonality in cotton-based farming systems in southern Mali Climate Risk Management ·Y. Kuruhara, M.A. Slingerland, K.E. Giller, Katrien Descheemaeker	2024	0
5	Science losing its way: examples from the realm of microbial N2-fixation in cereals and other non-legumes Plant and Soil ·K.E. Giller, Euan K. James, Julie Ardley, M. Unkovich	2024	14
6	The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa Outlook on Agriculture ·Gatien N. Falconnier, Rémi Cardinael, Marc Corbeels, Frédéric Baudron, Pauline Chivenge, Antoine Couëdel, Aude Ripoche, François Affholder, Krishna Naudin, Jacky Tyrie, Léonard Rusinamhodzi, Louise Leroux, Bernard Vanlauwe, K.E. Giller	2023	46
7	Seasonality and nutrition-sensitive farming in rural Northern Ghana Food Security ·Parisa Adibzadeh, G.W.J. van de Ven, K.E. Giller, Inge D. Brouwer	2022	3
8	Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options? Food Security ·K.E. Giller, Thomas Delaune, ‪João Vasco Silva, Mark T. van Wijk, James Hammond, Katrien Descheemaeker, G.W.J. van de Ven, A.G.T. Schut, G. Taulya, Régis Chikowo, Jens Andersson Hit paper breakdown →	2021	169
9	Farmers’ Perceptions as a Driver of Agricultural Practices: Understanding Soil Fertility Management Practices in Cocoa Agroforestry Systems in Cameroon Human Ecology ·Dasong Zhu, M.A. Slingerland, Syndhia Mathé, Wouter Vanhove, Guillermina Pappier, Alvira G. Ramirez, K.E. Giller, Lotte S. Woittiez, Cees Leeuwis	2020	31
10	Current and potential role of grain legumes on protein and micronutrient adequacy of the diet of rural Ghanaian infants and young children: using linear programming Nutrition Journal ·Parisa Adibzadeh, Karin J. Borgonjen‐van den Berg, K.E. Giller, Inge D. Brouwer	2019	34
11	Conservation agriculture with trees amplifies negative effects of reduced tillage on maize performance in East Africa Field Crops Research ·Alain Ndoli, Frédéric Baudron, Tesfaye Shiferaw Sida, A.G.T. Schut, Joost van Heerwaarden, K.E. Giller	2018	15
12	Understanding farm trajectories for better targeting of agricultural technologies Agritrop (Cirad) ·Gatien N. Falconnier, Ousmane Sanogo, T.A. van Mourik, Katrien Descheemaeker, K.E. Giller	2013	1
13	Residual soil phosphorus as the missing piece in the global phosphorus crisis puzzle Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sheida Z. Sattari, Lex Bouwman, K.E. Giller, M.K. van Ittersum Hit paper breakdown →	2012	513
14	Feeding the world: a contribution to the debate Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·K. W. T. Goulding, Anthony Trewavas, K.E. Giller	2011	6
15	Do Mixed‐Species Legume Fallows Provide Long‐Term Maize Yield Benefit Compared with Monoculture Legume Fallows? Agronomy Journal ·J. K. Ndufa, Stanley M. Gathumbi, A. Knetsch, K.E. Giller, Georg Cadisch	2009	10
16	Exploring the Boundaries of N2-Fixation in Cereals and Grasses: A Hypothetical and Experimental Framework Symbiosis ·K.E. Giller, Roel Merckx	2003	22
17	Translating science into action for agricultural development in the tropics: an example from decomposition studies Applied Soil Ecology ·K.E. Giller	2000	17
18	Dinitrogen Fixation by Pigeonpea of Different Maturity Types on Granitic Sandy Soils in Zimbabwe Symbiosis ·Paul Mapfumo, K.E. Giller, S. Mpepereki, Paramu Mafongoya	1999	27
19	Long term effects on Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Trifolii of heavy metal contamination of land from the application of sewage sludge Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·Andy Turner, K.E. Giller, S. P. McGrath	1995	6
20	Long-term effects of land application of sewage sludge in soils, microorganisms and plants Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·S. P. McGrath, A. M. Chaudri, K.E. Giller	1994	2

About K.E. Giller

K.E. Giller is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Horticulture and Forestry, having authored 561 papers that have together received 33.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (138 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (127 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (126 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (102 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (51 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (50 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (39 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (11.3k citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6.9k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (8.0k citations), Forestry (1.8k citations) and Plant Science (12.9k citations). K.E. Giller has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Kenya and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Pablo Tittonell, S. P. McGrath, Ernst Witter, Bernard Vanlauwe, Marc Corbeels, Mark T. van Wijk, Georg Cadisch, J. Nyamangara, Robert J. Delve and Shamie Zingore. Their work appears in journals such as Field Crops Research, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Agricultural Systems, Plant and Soil and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

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