Ralf Aben

1.1k total citations
20 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Ralf Aben is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Aben has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ralf Aben's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (9 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (8 papers). Ralf Aben is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (9 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (8 papers). Ralf Aben collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Brazil. Ralf Aben's co-authors include Sarian Kosten, Mandy Velthuis, Ellen van Donk, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Thijs Frenken, Garabet Kazanjian, Sabine Hilt, Leon P. M. Lamers and Susanne Stephan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Aben

19 papers receiving 635 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Aben Netherlands 12 293 287 262 257 76 20 649
Mandy Velthuis Netherlands 13 310 1.1× 324 1.1× 204 0.8× 308 1.2× 87 1.1× 21 698
Garabet Kazanjian Germany 10 200 0.7× 213 0.7× 176 0.7× 217 0.8× 78 1.0× 14 458
Maciej Bartosiewicz Switzerland 15 248 0.8× 312 1.1× 142 0.5× 327 1.3× 103 1.4× 27 630
Lucas J. Beversdorf United States 13 425 1.5× 609 2.1× 241 0.9× 775 3.0× 29 0.4× 15 1.1k
Jorge Hoyos‐Santillan United Kingdom 12 417 1.4× 110 0.4× 336 1.3× 131 0.5× 44 0.6× 18 637
Greg M. Silsbe United States 15 365 1.2× 479 1.7× 116 0.4× 253 1.0× 85 1.1× 27 741
Mina Bižić Germany 13 547 1.9× 432 1.5× 262 1.0× 403 1.6× 19 0.3× 30 974
María Laura Sánchez Argentina 15 213 0.7× 174 0.6× 67 0.3× 231 0.9× 87 1.1× 37 492
Edélti Faria Albertoni Brazil 15 378 1.3× 128 0.4× 177 0.7× 239 0.9× 141 1.9× 54 647
Taylor H. Leach United States 12 203 0.7× 425 1.5× 117 0.4× 377 1.5× 178 2.3× 20 657

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Aben

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralf Aben. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralf Aben 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 Ralf Aben. Ralf Aben is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meurs, Joris, Ralf Aben, José R. Paranaíba, et al.. (2025). Ultra-broadband coherent open-path spectroscopy for multi-gas monitoring in wastewater treatment. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 25. 100554–100554.
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Harpenslager, Sarah F., Ralf Aben, Gijs van Dijk, et al.. (2025). Disproportionately High Contribution of Ditches to Landscape Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Drained Peatlands. Ecosystems. 28(5). 1 indexed citations
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Aben, Ralf, et al.. (2024). Shallow drainage of agricultural peatlands without land-use change: have your peat and eat it too. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Boonman, Coline C. F., et al.. (2024). Drainage effects on carbon budgets of degraded peatlands in the north of the Netherlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 935. 172882–172882. 7 indexed citations
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Aben, Ralf, et al.. (2024). CO 2 emissions of drained coastal peatlands in the Netherlands and potential emission reduction by water infiltration systems. Biogeosciences. 21(18). 4099–4118. 7 indexed citations
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Fritz, Christian, et al.. (2023). Drainage ditches are year‐round greenhouse gas hotlines in temperate peat landscapes. Freshwater Biology. 69(1). 143–156. 13 indexed citations
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Quadra, Gabrielle Rabelo, Coline C. F. Boonman, Renske Vroom, et al.. (2023). Removing 10 cm of degraded peat mitigates unwanted effects of peatland rewetting: a mesocosm study. Biogeochemistry. 163(1). 65–84. 11 indexed citations
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Aben, Ralf, Mandy Velthuis, Garabet Kazanjian, et al.. (2022). Temperature response of aquatic greenhouse gas emissions differs between dominant plant types. Water Research. 226. 119251–119251. 29 indexed citations
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Fritz, Christian, et al.. (2022). Annual CO2 Budget Estimation From Chamber-Based Flux Measurements on Intensively Drained Peat Meadows: Effect of Gap-Filling Strategies. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. 8 indexed citations
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Aben, Ralf, et al.. (2022). Impact of plant species and intense nutrient loading on CH4 and N2O fluxes from small inland waters: An experimental approach. Aquatic Botany. 180. 103527–103527. 22 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Ernandes Sobreira, Ralf Aben, Claumir César Muniz, et al.. (2020). Water Hyacinth’s Effect on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: A Field Study in a Wide Variety of Tropical Water Bodies. Ecosystems. 24(4). 988–1004. 24 indexed citations
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Frenken, Thijs, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Mandy Velthuis, et al.. (2020). Warming advances virus population dynamics in a temperate freshwater plankton community. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 5(4). 295–304. 12 indexed citations
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Barros, Nathan, Raquel Mendonça, Ralf Aben, et al.. (2019). Seasonal and diel variation in greenhouse gas emissions from an urban pond and its major drivers. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(5). 2129–2139. 100 indexed citations
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Velthuis, Mandy, Sarian Kosten, Ralf Aben, et al.. (2018). Warming enhances sedimentation and decomposition of organic carbon in shallow macrophyte‐dominated systems with zero net effect on carbon burial. Global Change Biology. 24(11). 5231–5242. 48 indexed citations
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Kazanjian, Garabet, Mandy Velthuis, Ralf Aben, et al.. (2018). Impacts of warming on top-down and bottom-up controls of periphyton production. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9901–9901. 24 indexed citations
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Aben, Ralf, Nathan Barros, Ellen van Donk, et al.. (2017). Cross continental increase in methane ebullition under climate change. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1682–1682. 179 indexed citations
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Grutters, Bart M. C., Ralf Aben, Sarian Kosten, & Elisabeth S. Bakker. (2017). Impact of native and non-native aquatic plants on methane emission and phytoplankton growth. Aquatic Invasions. 12(3). 371–383. 5 indexed citations
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Velthuis, Mandy, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Thijs Frenken, et al.. (2017). Warming advances top‐down control and reduces producer biomass in a freshwater plankton community. Ecosphere. 8(1). 85 indexed citations
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Frenken, Thijs, Mandy Velthuis, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, et al.. (2015). Warming accelerates termination of a phytoplankton spring bloom by fungal parasites. Global Change Biology. 22(1). 299–309. 62 indexed citations
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Maarseveen, Jan H. van, et al.. (1995). An approach to canthine derivatives using the intramolecular Pictet-Spengler condensation. Tetrahedron. 51(16). 4841–4852. 11 indexed citations

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