Matthias Arend

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Matthias Arend is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Arend has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 29 papers in Plant Science and 26 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Matthias Arend's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (33 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (26 papers) and Forest ecology and management (12 papers). Matthias Arend is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (33 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (26 papers) and Forest ecology and management (12 papers). Matthias Arend collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Matthias Arend's co-authors include Jörg Fromm, Thomas Kuster, Christoph Sperisen, Claude Herzog, Melissa A. Dawes, Ivano Brunner, Madeleine S. Günthardt‐Goerg, Matthias Dobbertin, Marcus Schaub and Rolf Siegwolf and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Arend

52 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

How tree roots respond to drought 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. How tree roots respond to drought
    2015 593 citations Ivano Brunner, Claude Herzog et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthias Arend Switzerland 31 1.7k 1.6k 964 890 538 52 3.0k
Michael J. Clearwater New Zealand 30 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 800 0.8× 773 0.9× 273 0.5× 84 3.0k
K. Radoglou Greece 23 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 831 0.9× 490 0.6× 253 0.5× 122 2.8k
Thorsten E. E. Grams Germany 35 2.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 324 0.6× 110 3.5k
Martina Pollastrini Italy 29 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 961 1.0× 656 0.7× 263 0.5× 75 2.5k
Eustaquio Gil‐Pelegrín Spain 40 2.5k 1.5× 2.6k 1.6× 1.5k 1.6× 1.4k 1.5× 425 0.8× 121 4.6k
David Sánchez‐Gómez Spain 28 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.5k 1.5× 548 0.6× 323 0.6× 52 2.9k
Didier Le Thiec France 33 2.8k 1.7× 1.6k 1.0× 488 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 600 1.1× 65 3.7k
C. L. Beadle Australia 36 1.5k 0.9× 2.1k 1.3× 2.0k 2.1× 714 0.8× 265 0.5× 129 3.7k
Ismael Aranda Spain 39 2.0k 1.2× 2.5k 1.6× 2.1k 2.2× 1.2k 1.3× 485 0.9× 113 4.2k
Claire Damesin France 28 1.2k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 251 0.5× 48 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthias Arend

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthias Arend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Arend

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Peters, Richard L., Matthias Arend, Günter Hoch, et al.. (2025). Uniform regulation of stomatal closure across temperate tree species to sustain nocturnal turgor and growth. Nature Plants. 11(4). 725–730. 5 indexed citations
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Gao, Decai, Jörg Luster, Matthias Arend, et al.. (2024). Drought resistance and resilience of rhizosphere communities in forest soils from the cellular to ecosystem scale – insights from 13C pulse labeling. New Phytologist. 242(3). 960–974. 3 indexed citations
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Arend, Matthias, et al.. (2021). A candidate gene association analysis identifies SNPs potentially involved in drought tolerance in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 2386–2386. 19 indexed citations
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Joseph, Jobin, Christoph Külls, Matthias Arend, et al.. (2019). Application of a laser-based spectrometer for continuous in situ measurements of stable isotopes of soil CO 2 in calcareous and acidic soils. SOIL. 5(1). 49–62. 11 indexed citations
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Goldsmith, Gregory R., Marco M. Lehmann, Lucas A. Cernusak, Matthias Arend, & Rolf Siegwolf. (2017). Inferring foliar water uptake using stable isotopes of water. Oecologia. 184(4). 763–766. 46 indexed citations
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Siegwolf, Rolf, Nina Buchmann, Matthias Dobbertin, et al.. (2015). Growth cessation uncouples isotopic signals in leaves and tree rings of drought-exposed oak trees. Tree Physiology. 35(10). 1095–1105. 33 indexed citations
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Hu, Bin, Judy Simon, Madeleine S. Günthardt‐Goerg, et al.. (2015). Changes in the Dynamics of Foliar N Metabolites in Oak Saplings by Drought and Air Warming Depend on Species and Soil Type. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0126701–e0126701. 14 indexed citations
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Brunner, Ivano, Claude Herzog, Melissa A. Dawes, Matthias Arend, & Christoph Sperisen. (2015). How tree roots respond to drought. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 547–547. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuster, Thomas, Matthias Dobbertin, Madeleine S. Günthardt‐Goerg, Marcus Schaub, & Matthias Arend. (2014). A Phenological Timetable of Oak Growth under Experimental Drought and Air Warming. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89724–e89724. 57 indexed citations
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Kuster, Thomas, Matthias Arend, P. Bleuler, Madeleine S. Günthardt‐Goerg, & Rainer Schulin. (2012). Water regime and growth of young oak stands subjected to air‐warming and drought on two different forest soils in a model ecosystem experiment. Plant Biology. 15(s1). 138–147. 59 indexed citations
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Günthardt‐Goerg, Madeleine S., Thomas Kuster, Matthias Arend, & Pierre Vollenweider. (2012). Foliage response of young central European oaks to air warming, drought and soil type. Plant Biology. 15(s1). 185–197. 31 indexed citations
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Hu, Bin, Judy Simon, Thomas Kuster, et al.. (2012). Nitrogen partitioning in oak leaves depends on species, provenance, climate conditions and soil type. Plant Biology. 15(s1). 198–209. 35 indexed citations
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Li, Mai‐He, et al.. (2012). Responses of leaf nitrogen and mobile carbohydrates in different Quercus species/provenances to moderate climate changes. Plant Biology. 15(s1). 177–184. 58 indexed citations
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Arend, Matthias, et al.. (2012). Seasonal photosynthetic responses of European oaks to drought and elevated daytime temperature. Plant Biology. 15(s1). 169–176. 70 indexed citations
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Arend, Matthias, et al.. (2011). Provenance-specific growth responses to drought and air warming in three European oak species (Quercus robur, Q. petraea and Q. pubescens). Tree Physiology. 31(3). 287–297. 162 indexed citations
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Arend, Matthias, et al.. (2008). Unique occurrence of pectin‐like fibrillar cell wall deposits in xylem fibres of poplar. Plant Biology. 10(6). 763–770. 13 indexed citations
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Arend, Matthias. (2008). Immunolocalization of (1,4)- -galactan in tension wood fibers of poplar. Tree Physiology. 28(8). 1263–1267. 42 indexed citations
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Arend, Matthias, et al.. (2005). Polar-localised poplar K+ channel capable of controlling electrical properties of wood-forming cells. Planta. 223(1). 140–148. 21 indexed citations
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Ache, Peter, Dietmar Geiger, Matthias Arend, et al.. (2002). Poplar potassium transporters capable of controlling K+ homeostasis and K+‐dependent xylogenesis. The Plant Journal. 32(6). 997–1009. 81 indexed citations
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Arend, Matthias, et al.. (2002). Ultrastructural changes and immunocytochemical localization of the elicitin quercinin in Quercus robur L. roots infected with Phytophthora quercina. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 61(2). 109–120. 31 indexed citations

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