Mariet M. Hefting

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Mariet M. Hefting is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mariet M. Hefting has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 17 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Mariet M. Hefting's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (23 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (22 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (18 papers). Mariet M. Hefting is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (23 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (22 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (18 papers). Mariet M. Hefting collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and France. Mariet M. Hefting's co-authors include Jos T. A. Verhoeven, Berit Arheimer, Chengjie Yin, Joost A. Keuskamp, Roland Bobbink, Bas J. J. Dingemans, Mike S. M. Jetten, Gilles Pinay, Judith M. Sarneel and R.N. van den Heuvel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Mariet M. Hefting

76 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Regional and global concerns over wetlands and water quality

2005 594 citations Jos T. A. Verhoeven, Berit Arheimer et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Tea Bag Index: a novel approach to collect uniform decomposition data across ecosystems

2013 405 citations Joost A. Keuskamp, Judith M. Sarneel et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mariet M. Hefting Netherlands	37	2.6k	1.9k	1.3k	1.1k	846	79	5.2k
Jana E. Compton United States	36	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	886 0.8×	324 0.4×	98	5.2k
Keisuke Koba Japan	44	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	448 0.4×	764 0.9×	142	5.6k
B. Reynolds United Kingdom	40	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	330 0.4×	122	5.6k
Curtis J. Richardson United States	54	4.8k 1.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	836 0.8×	743 0.9×	163	8.7k
Matthew J. Helmers United States	49	1.0k 0.4×	2.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.9×	2.2k 2.0×	811 1.0×	228	6.2k
Arthur J. Gold United States	37	2.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	2.1k 2.0×	1.0k 1.2×	112	6.0k
Xiaoli Cheng China	42	3.2k 1.3×	900 0.5×	2.6k 2.0×	506 0.5×	440 0.5×	154	6.0k
Jianlin Shen China	35	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	3.0k 2.3×	440 0.4×	529 0.6×	115	6.6k
Leon P. M. Lamers Netherlands	49	5.7k 2.2×	2.1k 1.1×	744 0.6×	529 0.5×	599 0.7×	192	8.6k
David G. Tilman United States	4	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	706 0.7×	332 0.4×	5	5.0k

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Weedon, James T., et al.. (2025). Altered litter quality drives changes in litter decomposition following implementation of a regenerative measure in Dutch peat meadows. Journal of Environmental Management. 378. 124725–124725.

Laanbroek, Hendrikus J., Joost A. Keuskamp, Késia Silva Lourenço, Ohana Y. A. Costa, & Mariet M. Hefting. (2025). Changing communities of ammonia-oxidizing Betaproteobacteria and Thaumarchaea at discrete vegetation zones along a hill slope grassland gradient. Applied Soil Ecology. 214. 106393–106393.

Harpenslager, Sarah F., et al.. (2024). Rewetting drained peatlands through subsoil infiltration stabilises redox-dependent soil carbon and nutrient dynamics. Geoderma. 442. 116787–116787. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Pengfei, Elizabeth T. Borer, Eric W. Seabloom, et al.. (2023). Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance‐ and functional‐based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics. Oikos. 2023(4). 3 indexed citations

Zuo, Juan, Bart Muys, Matty P. Berg, et al.. (2023). Earthworms are not just “earth” worms: Multiple drivers to large diversity in deadwood. Forest Ecology and Management. 530. 120746–120746. 9 indexed citations

Sarneel, Judith M., Mariet M. Hefting, Eric J. W. Visser, et al.. (2022). Species traits interact with stress level to determine intraspecific facilitation and competition. Journal of Vegetation Science. 33(5). 1 indexed citations

Berg, Matty P., Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Juan Zuo, et al.. (2022). Reciprocal bark exchange helps to disentangle tree species‐dependent bark and wood trait effects on invertebrate diversity. Journal of Ecology. 111(1). 125–138. 3 indexed citations

Hefting, Mariet M., et al.. (2022). Cutting peatland CO ₂ emissions with water management practices. Biogeosciences. 19(24). 5707–5727. 23 indexed citations

Song, Yao‐Bin, Yikang Li, Leo Goudzwaard, et al.. (2022). Considering inner and outer bark as distinctive tissues helps to disentangle the effects of bark traits on decomposition. Journal of Ecology. 110(10). 2359–2373. 3 indexed citations

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Hefting, Mariet M., et al.. (2021). Cutting peatland CO ₂ emissions with rewetting measures. 1 indexed citations

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Logtestijn, Richard S. P. van, Leo Goudzwaard, Jurgen van Hal, et al.. (2020). Methodology matters for comparing coarse wood and bark decay rates across tree species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(7). 828–838. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfei, Mariet M. Hefting, Merel B. Soons, et al.. (2020). Fast and furious: Early differences in growth rate drive short‐term plant dominance and exclusion under eutrophication. Ecology and Evolution. 10(18). 10116–10129. 10 indexed citations

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Sarneel, Judith M., Mariet M. Hefting, George A. Kowalchuk, et al.. (2019). Alternative transient states and slow plant community responses after changed flooding regimes. Global Change Biology. 25(4). 1358–1367. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfei, George A. Kowalchuk, Merel B. Soons, et al.. (2019). SRU_D: A simple non‐destructive method for accurate quantification of plant diversity dynamics. Journal of Ecology. 107(5). 2155–2166. 6 indexed citations

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Zuo, Juan, Mariet M. Hefting, Matty P. Berg, et al.. (2018). Is there a tree economics spectrum of decomposability?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 119. 135–142. 29 indexed citations

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Zhu, Guibing, Shanyun Wang, Yu Wang, et al.. (2015). Ubiquitous anaerobic ammonium oxidation in inland waters of China: an overlooked nitrous oxide mitigation process. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17306–17306. 58 indexed citations

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Bouwman, Lex, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Jasper Griffioen, et al.. (2013). Nutrient dynamics, transfer and retention along the aquatic continuum from land to ocean: towards integration of ecological and biogeochemical models. Biogeosciences. 10(1). 1–22. 205 indexed citations

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Zhu, Guibing, Shanyun Wang, Weidong Wang, et al.. (2013). Hotspots of anaerobic ammonium oxidation at land–freshwater interfaces. Nature Geoscience. 6(2). 103–107. 285 indexed citations

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Heuvel, R.N. van den, Saskia E. Bakker, Mike S. M. Jetten, & Mariet M. Hefting. (2011). Decreased N₂O reduction by low soil pH causes high N₂O emissions in a riparian ecosystem. Geobiology. 9(3). 294–300. 117 indexed citations

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Verhoeven, Jos T. A., Berit Arheimer, Chengjie Yin, & Mariet M. Hefting. (2005). Regional and global concerns over wetlands and water quality. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21(2). 96–103. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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