Markus Steffens

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Markus Steffens is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Steffens has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Soil Science, 22 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Markus Steffens's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (40 papers), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (17 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers). Markus Steffens is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (40 papers), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (17 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers). Markus Steffens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Markus Steffens's co-authors include Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Angelika Kölbl, Kai Uwe Totsche, Henning Buddenbaum, Martin Wiesmeier, Carsten W. Mueller, Jens Leifeld, Carsten Hoffmann, Stephan Peth and Rainer Horn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Markus Steffens

72 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?

2023 113 citations Paul Carsten, Bartosz Bartkowski et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Steffens Germany	33	1.9k	1.2k	508	427	409	74	3.3k
Shaoshan An China	39	3.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.5×	399 0.8×	334 0.8×	873 2.1×	106	4.5k
Klaus Lorenz United States	26	1.9k 1.0×	852 0.7×	218 0.4×	427 1.0×	496 1.2×	49	3.5k
Xingchang Zhang China	38	3.6k 1.9×	1.7k 1.4×	405 0.8×	574 1.3×	1.1k 2.6×	131	5.3k
Guohua Liu China	30	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	376 0.7×	229 0.5×	392 1.0×	127	3.8k
Éva Rabot France	10	1.7k 0.9×	606 0.5×	201 0.4×	488 1.1×	272 0.7×	17	2.5k
Yirong Su China	35	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	325 0.6×	221 0.5×	1.1k 2.6×	128	3.6k
Lauric Cécillon France	30	1.8k 1.0×	944 0.8×	115 0.2×	468 1.1×	609 1.5×	59	3.6k
Miriam Muñoz‐Rojas Australia	32	1.2k 0.7×	839 0.7×	306 0.6×	305 0.7×	527 1.3×	98	3.0k
Haihua Shen China	35	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	347 0.7×	390 0.9×	774 1.9×	96	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Steffens

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Steffens, Markus & Else K. Bünemann. (2025). Quality of bio‐based fertilizers is decisive for improving soil quality in Europe—A meta‐analysis. Soil Use and Management. 41(1). 2 indexed citations

Steffens, Markus, et al.. (2024). Best performances of visible–near-infrared models in soils with little carbonate – a field study in Switzerland. SOIL. 10(1). 231–249. 5 indexed citations

Jarosch, Klaus, et al.. (2024). Cover cropping in organic reduced tillage systems: Maximizing soil cover or plant above ground biomass input?. European Journal of Soil Science. 75(6).

Bünemann, Else K. & Markus Steffens. (2023). A soil carbon sequestration bible. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 127(1). 171–172. 1 indexed citations

Carsten, Paul, Bartosz Bartkowski, Cenk Dönmez, et al.. (2023). Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?. Journal of Environmental Management. 330. 117142–117142. 113 indexed citations breakdown →

Mayer, Marius, Jens Leifeld, Sönke Szidat, et al.. (2023). Dynamic stability of mineral-associated organic matter: enhanced stability and turnover through organic fertilization in a temperate agricultural topsoil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 184. 109095–109095. 22 indexed citations

Steffens, Markus, et al.. (2021). Quantitative mapping and spectroscopic characterization of particulate organic matter fractions in soil profiles with imaging VisNIR spectroscopy. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 16725–16725. 10 indexed citations

Vidal, Alix, Julien Guigue, Gerrit Angst, et al.. (2021). Visualizing the transfer of organic matter from decaying plant residues to soil mineral surfaces controlled by microorganisms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 160. 108347–108347. 96 indexed citations

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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Hobley, Eleanor, Markus Steffens, Sara L. Bauke, & Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner. (2018). Hotspots of soil organic carbon storage revealed by laboratory hyperspectral imaging. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13900–13900. 55 indexed citations

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Hirmas, Daniel R., Markus Steffens, Pamela C. Sullivan, Chi Zhang, & Daniel Giménez. (2016). Coupling multistripe laser triangulation with hyperspectral imaging VisNIR spectroscopy to elucidate the feedbacks between soil structure, hydrology, and organic matter. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Fischer, Sina, Andreas Bergmann, Peter Oertel, et al.. (2016). Effects of biological and methodological factors on volatile organic compound patterns during cultural growth of Mycobacterium avium ssp . paratuberculosis. Journal of Breath Research. 10(3). 37103–37103. 24 indexed citations

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Fischer, Sina, Phillip Trefz, Andreas Bergmann, et al.. (2015). Physiological variability in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath and released from faeces due to nutrition and somatic growth in a standardized caprine animal model. Journal of Breath Research. 9(2). 27108–27108. 34 indexed citations

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Fischer, Sina, Andreas Bergmann, Markus Steffens, et al.. (2015). Impact of food intake onin vivoVOC concentrations in exhaled breath assessed in a caprine animal model. Journal of Breath Research. 9(4). 47113–47113. 24 indexed citations

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Bergmann, Andreas, Phillip Trefz, Sina Fischer, et al.. (2015). In Vivo Volatile Organic Compound Signatures of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123980–e0123980. 45 indexed citations

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Prietzel, Jörg, et al.. (2015). Long-term development of soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks after shelterwood- and clear-cutting in a mountain forest in the Bavarian Limestone Alps. European Journal of Forest Research. 134(4). 623–640. 24 indexed citations

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Buddenbaum, Henning, et al.. (2014). Imaging Vis-NIR spectroscopy - mapping SOM quality and quantity in undisturbed soil profiles of semiarid steppe in Inner Mongolia. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13506. 2 indexed citations

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Giese, Marcus, Holger Brueck, Yingzhi Gao, et al.. (2013). N balance and cycling of Inner Mongolia typical steppe: a comprehensive case study of grazing effects. Ecological Monographs. 83(2). 195–219. 119 indexed citations

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Buddenbaum, Henning & Markus Steffens. (2012). The Effects of Spectral Pretreatments on Chemometric Analyses of Soil Profiles Using Laboratory Imaging Spectroscopy. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2012. 1–12. 77 indexed citations

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Steffens, Markus. (2009). Soils of a semiarid shortgrass steppe in Inner Mongolia: Organic matter composition and distribution as affected by sheep grazing. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 3 indexed citations

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