Maik Lucas

900 total citations
28 papers, 586 citations indexed

About

Maik Lucas is a scholar working on Soil Science, Civil and Structural Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maik Lucas has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 586 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Soil Science, 11 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Maik Lucas's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (11 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (5 papers). Maik Lucas is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (11 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (5 papers). Maik Lucas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Maik Lucas's co-authors include Doris Vetterlein, Steffen Schlüter, Hans J. Vogel, Alexandra Kravchenko, Andrey Guber, Kornelia Smalla, Linh T. T. Nguyen, Markus Steffens, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner and Jinyi Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Maik Lucas

22 papers receiving 564 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maik Lucas Germany 12 327 221 176 87 59 28 586
Eleno Torres Brazil 11 512 1.6× 264 1.2× 103 0.6× 69 0.8× 144 2.4× 13 750
Virginijus Feiza Lithuania 15 266 0.8× 184 0.8× 83 0.5× 75 0.9× 24 0.4× 49 462
Debbie S. Feeney United Kingdom 10 380 1.2× 331 1.5× 194 1.1× 146 1.7× 84 1.4× 11 901
Brian S. Atkinson United Kingdom 14 206 0.6× 387 1.8× 86 0.5× 39 0.4× 41 0.7× 24 607
Wanjun Zhang China 14 300 0.9× 113 0.5× 119 0.7× 107 1.2× 59 1.0× 33 613
W. R. DeTar United States 14 425 1.3× 286 1.3× 229 1.3× 127 1.5× 101 1.7× 38 752
Ömer Kara Türkiye 14 368 1.1× 105 0.5× 63 0.4× 203 2.3× 38 0.6× 48 581
Ahmed Abed Gatea Al-Shammary Iraq 9 215 0.7× 125 0.6× 113 0.6× 70 0.8× 86 1.5× 22 529
Wenjuan Zhang China 12 335 1.0× 221 1.0× 83 0.5× 89 1.0× 67 1.1× 27 671
Diego Cosentino Argentina 12 543 1.7× 133 0.6× 229 1.3× 110 1.3× 49 0.8× 26 721

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maik Lucas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maik Lucas

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All Works

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Lucas, Maik, et al.. (2025). Soil carbon accrual and biopore formation across a plant diversity gradient. SOIL. 11(2). 1029–1040.
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Phalempin, Maxime, et al.. (2025). Deep learning segmentation of soil constituents in 3D X-ray CT images. Geoderma. 458. 117321–117321. 2 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, Andrey Guber, & Alexandra Kravchenko. (2025). Root‐Pore Interactions, the Underestimated Driver for Rhizosphere Structure and Rhizosheath Development. Plant Cell & Environment. 49(1). 295–308.
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Lucas, Maik, Martin Leue, Steffen Schlüter, & Michael Sommer. (2025). Long-term improvement of subsoil pore structure in sandy soils by meliorative fractional deep tillage. Geoderma. 463. 117556–117556.
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Lucas, Maik, Lena Rohe, Claus Florian Stange, et al.. (2024). The distribution of particulate organic matter in the heterogeneous soil matrix - Balancing between aerobic respiration and denitrification. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175383–175383. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Jin Ho, et al.. (2024). Very fine roots differ among switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) cultivars and differentially affect soil pores and carbon processes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 199. 109610–109610. 7 indexed citations
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Schlüter, Steffen, Maik Lucas, Balázs Grosz, et al.. (2024). The anaerobic soil volume as a controlling factor of denitrification: a review. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(3). 343–365. 28 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, et al.. (2024). Moderate effects of distance to air-filled macropores on denitrification potentials in soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(3). 385–399. 1 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, et al.. (2023). Changes in soil pore structure generated by the root systems of maize, sorghum and switchgrass affect in situ N2O emissions and bacterial denitrification. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(3). 367–383. 15 indexed citations
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Vogel, Hans J., Bibiana Betancur‐Corredor, Leonard Franke, et al.. (2023). The soil knowledge library (KLIB) – a structured literature database on soil process research. SOIL. 9(2). 533–543.
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Lee, Jin Ho, Maik Lucas, Andrey Guber, Xiufen Li, & Alexandra Kravchenko. (2023). Interactions among soil texture, pore structure, and labile carbon influence soil carbon gains. Geoderma. 439. 116675–116675. 15 indexed citations
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Kaestner, Anders, et al.. (2023). Microscale spatiotemporal patterns of water, soil organic carbon, and enzymes in plant litter detritusphere. Geoderma. 438. 116625–116625. 9 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, James P. Santiago, Jinyi Chen, Andrey Guber, & Alexandra Kravchenko. (2023). The soil pore structure encountered by roots affects plant‐derived carbon inputs and fate. New Phytologist. 240(2). 515–528. 31 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, Linh T. T. Nguyen, Andrey Guber, & Alexandra Kravchenko. (2022). Cover crop influence on pore size distribution and biopore dynamics: Enumerating root and soil faunal effects. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 928569–928569. 43 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, Steffen Schlüter, Hans J. Vogel, & Doris Vetterlein. (2019). Roots change the pore structure only if they have to - development of biopores and compaction around roots.. EGUGA. 7201. 1 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, et al.. (2019). Initial soil formation in an agriculturally reclaimed open-cast mining area - the role of management and loess parent material. Soil and Tillage Research. 191. 224–237. 41 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, Steffen Schlüter, Hans J. Vogel, & Doris Vetterlein. (2019). Roots compact the surrounding soil depending on the structures they encounter. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16236–16236. 99 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, Steffen Schlüter, Hans J. Vogel, & Doris Vetterlein. (2019). Soil structure formation along an agricultural chronosequence. Geoderma. 350. 61–72. 119 indexed citations

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