Petra Marschner

23.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
282 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Petra Marschner is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Petra Marschner has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Soil Science, 90 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 87 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Petra Marschner's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (168 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (63 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (57 papers). Petra Marschner is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (168 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (63 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (57 papers). Petra Marschner collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and China. Petra Marschner's co-authors include Horst Marschner, David E. Crowley, Zed Rengel, Jeff Baldock, Raj Setia, R. Lieberei, Karen Baumann, Nan Yan, Ann McNeill and Zdenko Rengel and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Petra Marschner

279 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants 2001 2026 2009 2017 2012 2003 2001 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants
    2012 3.3k citations Petra Marschner et al. Elsevier eBooks profile →
  2. Structure and function of the soil microbial community in a long-term fertilizer experiment
    2003 769 citations Petra Marschner Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  3. Soil and plant specific effects on bacterial community composition in the rhizosphere
    2001 597 citations Petra Marschner, R. Lieberei et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  4. Influence of salinity and water content on soil microorganisms
    2015 472 citations Petra Marschner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Petra Marschner Australia 65 9.0k 8.0k 3.6k 2.4k 1.8k 282 17.6k
Caixian Tang Australia 65 8.3k 0.9× 6.1k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 357 16.6k
Rainer Georg Joergensen Germany 60 5.3k 0.6× 13.2k 1.6× 6.0k 1.7× 3.6k 1.5× 2.0k 1.1× 289 18.0k
P. Nannipieri Italy 62 5.7k 0.6× 9.9k 1.2× 5.7k 1.6× 2.8k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 190 18.4k
Roel Merckx Belgium 74 4.9k 0.5× 10.2k 1.3× 3.9k 1.1× 3.9k 1.6× 2.2k 1.3× 350 18.8k
Jinshui Wu China 69 3.8k 0.4× 8.7k 1.1× 4.9k 1.4× 3.3k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 430 15.1k
Jordi Sardans Spain 78 7.7k 0.9× 9.1k 1.1× 6.6k 1.9× 3.5k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 499 23.4k
Tida Ge China 64 3.8k 0.4× 7.4k 0.9× 3.8k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 300 11.8k
Ellen Kandeler Germany 77 7.0k 0.8× 12.2k 1.5× 7.3k 2.0× 3.7k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 302 22.1k
Еvgenia Blagodatskaya Germany 56 4.1k 0.5× 9.5k 1.2× 5.3k 1.5× 2.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 179 13.3k
Zucong Cai China 50 4.8k 0.5× 7.0k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 3.9k 1.6× 915 0.5× 246 13.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Petra Marschner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Petra Marschner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kamran, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). A review of compost and manure effects on soil health, and wheat growth under drought stress. Elsevier eBooks. 433–490.
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Marschner, Petra, et al.. (2024). Immediate and prolonged effects of snow coverage alteration on soil carbon dynamics and microbial activity: A meta-analysis. Geoderma. 449. 117029–117029. 3 indexed citations
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Mosley, Luke M., et al.. (2024). Combining lime and organic amendments based on titratable alkalinity for efficient amelioration of acidic soils. SOIL. 10(1). 33–47. 10 indexed citations
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Dalziell, Emma L., et al.. (2024). Variable seed quality hampers the use of Themeda triandra (Poaceae) for seed production, agriculture, research and restoration: a review. Australian Journal of Botany. 72(6). 2 indexed citations
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Marschner, Petra, et al.. (2024). Severe wildfire increased variability in the response of gross primary production to climate in an Eucalyptus dominated semi-arid woodland in South Australia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 355. 110142–110142. 2 indexed citations
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Marschner, Petra, et al.. (2023). Measurement of lime movement and dissolution in acidic soils using mid-infrared spectroscopy. Soil and Tillage Research. 233. 105807–105807. 7 indexed citations
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Robertson, Karen, Marc Escribà‐Gelonch, Petra Marschner, et al.. (2023). Microflow synthesis of a formulation of phosphorus fertiliser to enhance the P content in soil and P uptake in wheat. Green Chemistry. 25(22). 9422–9437. 4 indexed citations
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Marschner, Petra, et al.. (2018). Organic matter decomposition during remediation of acid sulfate soils. EGUGA. 2794. 1 indexed citations
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Dang, Tan, Luke M. Mosley, R. W. Fitzpatrick, & Petra Marschner. (2016). Organic materials retain high proportion of protons, iron and aluminium from acid sulphate soil drainage water with little subsequent release. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(23). 23582–23592. 2 indexed citations
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Schilling, Rhiannon K., Petra Marschner, Yuri Shavrukov, et al.. (2013). Expression of the Arabidopsis vacuolar H+‐pyrophosphatase gene (AVP1) improves the shoot biomass of transgenic barley and increases grain yield in a saline field. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 12(3). 378–386. 115 indexed citations
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Setia, Raj, Pia Gottschalk, Pete Smith, et al.. (2012). Soil salinity decreases global soil organic carbon stocks. The Science of The Total Environment. 465. 267–272. 217 indexed citations
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Acuña, Jacquelinne J., Milko A. Jorquera, Óscar Martínez, et al.. (2011). Indole acetic acid and phytase activity produced by rhizosphere bacilli as affected by pH and metals. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 11(3). 1–12. 67 indexed citations
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Jorquera, Milko A., David E. Crowley, Petra Marschner, et al.. (2010). Identification of β-propeller phytase-encoding genes in culturable Paenibacillus and Bacillus spp. from the rhizosphere of pasture plants on volcanic soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 75(1). 163–172. 87 indexed citations
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Chen, Meimei, Baodong Chen, & Petra Marschner. (2008). Plant growth and soil microbial community structure of legumes and grasses grown in monoculture or mixture. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 20(10). 1231–1237. 41 indexed citations
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Dewar, A. M., José M. Facelli, Petra Marschner, et al.. (2006). Gorse and broom in the Adelaide Hills: effect of invasive species on soil microbial biomass and nutrients.. 203–206. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongmei, Petra Marschner, Zakaria M. Solaiman, & Zed Rengel. (2006). Growth, P uptake and rhizosphere properties of intercropped wheat and chickpea in soil amended with iron phosphate or phytate. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39(1). 249–256. 60 indexed citations
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Wakelin, Steven A., Matthew J. Colloff, Paul R. Harvey, et al.. (2006). The effects of stubble retention and nitrogen application on soil microbial community structure and functional gene abundance under irrigated maize. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 59(3). 661–670. 118 indexed citations
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Marschner, Petra, et al.. (2005). Organic acid exudation and pH changes by Gordonia sp. and Pseudomonas fluorescens grown with P adsorbed to goethite. Microbiological Research. 160(2). 177–187. 46 indexed citations
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Marschner, Petra, et al.. (2002). Seasonal effects on microorganisms in the rhizosphere of two tropical plants in a polyculture agroforestry system in Central Amazonia, Brazil. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 35(1). 68–71. 32 indexed citations

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