Mathias Mayer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 997 citations indexed

About

Mathias Mayer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Mathias Mayer has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 997 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 13 papers in Soil Science and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Mathias Mayer's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (6 papers). Mathias Mayer is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (6 papers). Mathias Mayer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Switzerland and Slovakia. Mathias Mayer's co-authors include Klaus Katzensteiner, Douglas L. Godbold, Hans Sandén, Bradley Matthews, Jason James, Boris Rewald, Robert Jandl, Lars Vesterdal, John A. Stanturf and David Paré and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, New Phytologist and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mathias Mayer

36 papers receiving 962 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.

Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis

2020 487 citations Mathias Mayer, Robert Jandl et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mathias Mayer Austria	16	436	407	316	245	237	47	997
Manuela Andrés Abellán Spain	21	542 1.2×	430 1.1×	421 1.3×	360 1.5×	119 0.5×	54	1.2k
Xi Fang China	20	476 1.1×	347 0.9×	428 1.4×	256 1.0×	91 0.4×	58	1.0k
Nam Jin Noh South Korea	18	513 1.2×	459 1.1×	289 0.9×	347 1.4×	165 0.7×	72	1.1k
Sara Marañón‐Jiménez Spain	16	542 1.2×	440 1.1×	216 0.7×	437 1.8×	141 0.6×	28	1.1k
Zuomin Shi China	17	409 0.9×	380 0.9×	271 0.9×	268 1.1×	79 0.3×	49	928
Yeming You China	20	746 1.7×	206 0.5×	285 0.9×	440 1.8×	136 0.6×	43	1.1k
Simeon J. Smaill New Zealand	15	279 0.6×	224 0.6×	193 0.6×	246 1.0×	122 0.5×	55	757
Guangshui Chen China	14	863 2.0×	379 0.9×	290 0.9×	382 1.6×	99 0.4×	27	1.1k
Jianfen Guo China	20	1.0k 2.3×	498 1.2×	385 1.2×	428 1.7×	128 0.5×	34	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mathias Mayer

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Mayer, Mathias, Michael Grabner, Michael Tatzber, et al.. (2025). Substantial Deep‐Soil Carbon Losses Outweigh Topsoil Gains in European Beech Forests Since the 1980s. Global Change Biology. 31(9). e70446–e70446.

Mayer, Mathias, Michael Grabner, Michael Tatzber, et al.. (2025). Ranked growth response to drought for 14 tree species in a temperate forested landscape in Austria. Forest Ecology and Management. 593. 122860–122860. 1 indexed citations

Schindlbacher, Andreas, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Jakob Heinzle, et al.. (2025). Increased Belowground Carbon Allocation Reduces Soil Carbon Losses Under Long‐Term Warming. Global Change Biology. 31(10). e70561–e70561.

Mayer, Mathias, et al.. (2025). Meta-analysis shows global water availability thresholds for the contents of soil organic carbon and its fractions are only partly affected by nitrogen addition. CATENA. 256. 109130–109130. 1 indexed citations

Moiseev, Pavel, Emmanuel Frossard, Klaus Kaiser, et al.. (2024). Plant–soil interactions alter nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in an advancing subarctic treeline. Global Change Biology. 30(3). e17200–e17200. 20 indexed citations

Mayer, Mathias, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen addition reduces litter decomposition but does not affect litter production and chemistry in an alpine shrubland. Plant and Soil. 509(1-2). 795–807. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Lu, et al.. (2024). A global meta-analysis of forest harvesting effects on soil respiration, its components, and temperature sensitivity. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 358. 110259–110259. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Dong, Mathias Neumann, Mathias Mayer, et al.. (2024). Variability in fine root decomposition after forest thinning: effects of harvest intensity and root size. European Journal of Forest Research. 143(6). 1805–1818. 3 indexed citations

Mayer, Mathias, Bradley Matthews, Hans Sandén, et al.. (2023). Soil fertility determines whether ectomycorrhizal fungi accelerate or decelerate decomposition in a temperate forest. New Phytologist. 239(1). 325–339. 29 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias, Markus Didion, Andri Baltensweiler, et al.. (2022). Elevation dependent response of soil organic carbon stocks to forest windthrow. The Science of The Total Environment. 857(Pt 3). 159694–159694. 16 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias. (2021). Factors Affecting the Soil Fertility. Annals of biological research. 1 indexed citations

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Sandén, Hans, Mathias Mayer, Sari Stark, et al.. (2019). Moth Outbreaks Reduce Decomposition in Subarctic Forest Soils. Ecosystems. 23(1). 151–163. 19 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias, et al.. (2017). Soil CO ₂ efflux from two mountain forests in the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan: components and controls. Biogeosciences. 14(1). 99–110. 14 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias, Bradley Matthews, Andreas Schindlbacher, & Klaus Katzensteiner. (2014). Soil CO ₂ efflux from mountainous windthrow areas: dynamics over 12 years post-disturbance. Biogeosciences. 11(21). 6081–6093. 23 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias. (2009). Natur und Reflexion. Studien zu Goethes Lyrik. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias. (2002). Werke von Ingeborg Bachmann. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1 indexed citations

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Baker, Chris, et al.. (2000). International potential of NZ direct drilling technologies for grassland experimentation.. Aspects of applied biology. 269–278. 1 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias, et al.. (2000). Der Brief des Lord Chandos : Schriften zur Literatur, Kultur und Geschichte. Reclam eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias. (1997). Dialektik der Blindheit und Poetik des Todes : über literarische Strategien der Erkenntnis. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1 indexed citations

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Mayer, Mathias. (1989). Selbstbewußte Illusion : Selbstreflexion und Legitimation der Dichtung im "Wilhelm Meister". OPUS (Augsburg University). 2 indexed citations

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