Martin Kaonga

842 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 527 citations indexed

About

Martin Kaonga is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Kaonga has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 527 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in Martin Kaonga's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers), Forest ecology and management (5 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). Martin Kaonga is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers), Forest ecology and management (5 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). Martin Kaonga collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ivory Coast. Martin Kaonga's co-authors include Tim Bayliss‐Smith, K. Coleman, Lydie‐Stella Koutika, Claire Chenu, B. E. Madari, Pete Smith, Farshad Amiraslani, Yasuhito Shirato, Brahim Soudi and J. K. Ladha and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Forest Ecology and Management and Biogeochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Martin Kaonga

13 papers receiving 490 citations

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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.

The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy

2019 233 citations Cornélia Rumpel, Farshad Amiraslani et al. AMBIO profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Kaonga United Kingdom	9	253	167	123	96	80	13	527
Renato de Aragão Ribeiro Rodrigues Brazil	15	212 0.8×	108 0.6×	187 1.5×	117 1.2×	87 1.1×	53	602
J Corfield Australia	11	203 0.8×	122 0.7×	218 1.8×	97 1.0×	134 1.7×	24	586
Sougata Bardhan United States	13	189 0.7×	158 0.9×	97 0.8×	174 1.8×	89 1.1×	30	544
Francis Dubé Chile	10	154 0.6×	204 1.2×	99 0.8×	174 1.8×	45 0.6×	24	526
Kevin Z. Mganga Netherlands	13	335 1.3×	79 0.5×	157 1.3×	70 0.7×	98 1.2×	42	594
Vincent Blanfort France	8	228 0.9×	133 0.8×	269 2.2×	71 0.7×	113 1.4×	28	563
J. K. Ndufa Kenya	10	282 1.1×	82 0.5×	75 0.6×	80 0.8×	131 1.6×	17	482
Barry H. Dunn United States	13	114 0.5×	172 1.0×	206 1.7×	64 0.7×	158 2.0×	33	557
M. Khouma Senegal	13	238 0.9×	87 0.5×	73 0.6×	139 1.4×	141 1.8×	18	510
Rong Lang China	11	182 0.7×	201 1.2×	134 1.1×	31 0.3×	67 0.8×	15	531

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Kaonga

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13 of 13 papers shown

Koutika, Lydie‐Stella, Armand W. Koné, & Martin Kaonga. (2025). Enhancing soil organic carbon storage to meet the objectives of “4 per 1000 initiative” in Central and Western African ecosystems: A review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100043–100043. 2 indexed citations

Koutika, Lydie‐Stella, et al.. (2021). Nitrogen-fixing trees increase organic carbon sequestration in forest and agroforestry ecosystems in the Congo basin. Regional Environmental Change. 21(4). 17 indexed citations

Rumpel, Cornélia, Farshad Amiraslani, Claire Chenu, et al.. (2019). The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy. AMBIO. 49(1). 350–360. 233 indexed citations breakdown →

Kaonga, Martin, et al.. (2015). Tree diversity in the tropical dry forest of Bannerghatta National Park in Eastern Ghats, Southern India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 12–27. 23 indexed citations

Kaonga, Martin. (2012). Fractal analysis of canopy architectures of Acacia angustissima, Gliricidia sepium, and Leucaena collinsii for estimation of aboveground biomass in a short rotation forest in eastern Zambia. Journal of Forestry Research. 23(1). 1–12. 4 indexed citations

Kaonga, Martin. (2012). Agroforestry for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - Science and Practice. InTech eBooks. 55 indexed citations

Kaonga, Martin & Paramu Mafongoya. (2012). Litter- and soil carbohydrate-carbon stocks in 2-, 4- and 10-year-old improved fallows in eastern Zambia. Biogeochemistry. 112(1-3). 477–493. 2 indexed citations

Sluka, Robert D., et al.. (2011). Christians, biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation: a potential synergy?. Biodiversity. 12(2). 108–115. 4 indexed citations

Kaonga, Martin & Tim Bayliss‐Smith. (2011). Simulation of carbon pool changes in woodlots in eastern Zambia using the CO2FIX model. Agroforestry Systems. 86(2). 213–223. 10 indexed citations

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Kaonga, Martin & Tim Bayliss‐Smith. (2009). Allometric models for estimation of aboveground carbon stocks in improved fallows in eastern Zambia. Agroforestry Systems. 78(3). 217–232. 18 indexed citations

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Kaonga, Martin & Tim Bayliss‐Smith. (2008). Carbon pools in tree biomass and the soil in improved fallows in eastern Zambia. Agroforestry Systems. 76(1). 37–51. 36 indexed citations

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Kaonga, Martin & K. Coleman. (2008). Modelling soil organic carbon turnover in improved fallows in eastern Zambia using the RothC-26.3 model. Forest Ecology and Management. 256(5). 1160–1166. 43 indexed citations

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Sileshi, Gudeta W., et al.. (2007). Contributions of agroforestry to ecosystem services in the miombo eco-region of eastern and southern Africa. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 1(4). 68–80. 80 indexed citations

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