N. van Breemen

16.6k citations

159 papers · 12.0k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 53

Ecology top 0.2%
Soil Science top 0.1%
Plant Science top 0.5%
Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%

Co-authors: Jan Mulder Adrien C. Finzi Charles D. Canham Charles T. Driscoll Ulla S. Lundström Ellis Hoffland A.G. Jongmans D. C. Bain
Topics: Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (36 papers)Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers)Mine drainage and remediation techniques (24 papers)
Cited by: Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Geochemistry and Petrology
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Partner nations: Netherlands Sweden United States

In The Last Decade

N. van Breemen

158 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

How Sphagnum bogs down other plants

1995 599 citations N. van Breemen Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Soil acidification from atmospheric ammonium sulphate in forest canopy throughfall

1982 543 citations N. van Breemen et al. Nature profile →
CANOPY TREE–SOIL INTERACTIONS WITHIN TEMPERATE FORESTS: SPECIES EFFECTS ON SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN

1998 540 citations N. van Breemen et al. profile →
Linking plants to rocks: ectomycorrhizal fungi mobilize nutrients from minerals

2001 527 citations R. Landeweert, Ellis Hoffland et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Acidification and alkalinization of soils

1983 527 citations N. van Breemen et al. Plant and Soil profile →
Acidic deposition and internal proton sources in acidification of soils and waters

1984 438 citations N. van Breemen et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by N. van Breemen

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by N. van Breemen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by N. van Breemen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by N. van Breemen. The network helps show where N. van Breemen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. van Breemen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of N. van Breemen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of N. van Breemen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with N. van Breemen. N. van Breemen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Rock-eating mycorrhizas: their role in plant nutrition and biogeochemical cycles 2007 ·Plant and Soil ·L. van Schöll,Thomas W. Kuyper,Mark M. Smits,R. Landeweert,Ellis Hoffland,N. van Breemen	149
2	Nitrogen retention in rivers: model development and application to watersheds in the northeastern U.S.A. 2002 ·Biogeochemistry ·Sybil P. Seitzinger,(unknown),Elizabeth W. Boyer,Richard B. Alexander,Gilles Billen,Robert W. Howarth,Bernhard Mayer,N. van Breemen	410
3	(Further) links from rocks to plants [1] (multiple letters) 2001 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Ross M. Thompson,Colin R. Townsend,(unknown),Russell Frew,(unknown),Ellis Hoffland,(unknown),(unknown),N. van Breemen	2
4	Spatial and Temporal Performance of the MiniFACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) System on Bog Ecosystems in Northern and Central Europe 2001 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·F. Miglietta,Marcel R. Hoosbeek,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Monique Heijmans,Alessandro Peressotti,Timo Saarinen,N. van Breemen,Bo Wallén	84
5	Release of entrapped methane from wetland rice fields upon soil drying 1996 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Hugo Denier van der Gon,N. van Breemen,H. U. Neue,R. S. Lantin,J. B. Aduna,Ma. Carmelita Alberto,Reiner Waßmann	52
6	Spatial variability of soil salinity at different scales in the mangrove rice agro-ecosystem in West Africa 1995 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·(unknown),Alfred Stein,N. van Breemen,L.O. Fresco	42
7	How Sphagnum bogs down other plantsbreakdown → 1995 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·N. van Breemen	599
8	The CLIMEX project - Climate change experiment. 1993 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·A. Jenkins,Richard F. Wright,Frank Berendse,N. van Breemen,L. Brussaard,Ernst‐Detlef Schulze,F. I. Woodward	2
9	Soils as biotic constructs favouring net primary productivity 1993 ·Geoderma ·N. van Breemen	97
10	Soil acidification and nitrogen cycling: summary of research in the Dutch priority programme on acidification. 1990 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·N. van Breemen,J.M. Verstraten	9
11	Sulfur cycling in a dutch moorland pool under elevated atmospheric S-deposition 1989 ·Water Air & Soil Pollution ·(unknown),(unknown),Cornelis A. Hordijk,(unknown),N. van Breemen,Th. E. Cappenberg	19
12	Ecosystem effects of atmospheric deposition of nitrogen in The Netherlands 1988 ·Environmental Pollution ·N. van Breemen,H.F.G. van Dijk	241
13	Acidification and decline of Central European Forests 1985 ·Nature ·N. van Breemen	12
14	H+-budgets and nitrogen transformations in woodland soils in the Netherlands influenced by high inputs of atmospheric ammonium sulfate 1983 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·N. van Breemen,J.J.M. van Grinsven,(unknown)	2
15	Rice : soil, water, land 1978 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·F. R. Moormann,N. van Breemen	85
16	Weathering of Serpentinite in Matanzas Province, Cuba: Mass Transfer Calculations and Irreversible Reaction Pathways 1976 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·(unknown),(unknown),N. van Breemen	4
17	Translocation of Iron In Acid Sulfate Soils: II. Production and Diffusion of Dissolved Ferrous Iron 1975 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·K. Harmsen,N. van Breemen	10
18	A Model for the Simultaneous Production and Diffusion of Ferrous Iron in Submerged Soils 1975 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·K. Harmsen,N. van Breemen	2
19	Buffer Intensities and Equilibrium pH of Minerals and Soils: I. The Contribution of Minerals and Aqueous Carbonate to pH Buffering 1974 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·N. van Breemen,W.G. Wielemaker	32
20	Aspects of rice growing in Asia and the Americas 1970 ·N. van Breemen,Rupert Best	1

About N. van Breemen

N. van Breemen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, having authored 159 papers that have together received 12.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (36 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (3.6k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.3k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (1.5k citations). N. van Breemen has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Sweden and United States. Frequent co-authors include Jan Mulder, Adrien C. Finzi, Charles D. Canham, Charles T. Driscoll, Ulla S. Lundström, Ellis Hoffland, A.G. Jongmans, D. C. Bain, Roger D. Finlay and R. Landeweert. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

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