Ralf Kiese

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Ralf Kiese is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Kiese has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Soil Science, 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 57 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ralf Kiese's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (103 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (57 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (38 papers). Ralf Kiese is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (103 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (57 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (38 papers). Ralf Kiese collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Kenya and China. Ralf Kiese's co-authors include Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Michael Dannenmann, Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, Elizabeth M. Baggs, Benjamin Wolf, Christian Werner, Longlong Xia, David Kraus, Lutz Breuer and Edwin Haas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Kiese

157 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls?

2013 2.1k citations Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Michael Dannenmann et al. profile →
Trade‐offs between soil carbon sequestration and reactive nitrogen losses under straw return in global agroecosystems

2018 374 citations Longlong Xia, Shu Kee Lam et al. profile →
Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production

2023 131 citations Longlong Xia, Liang Cao et al. Nature Food profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ralf Kiese	5.6k	3.0k	3.0k	2.7k	1.4k	167	9.3k
Edzo Veldkamp	5.2k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	148	9.2k
Ute Skiba	4.2k 0.7×	3.4k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	192	10.5k
Zucong Cai	5.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	115	9.1k
Daniel P. Rasse	6.0k 1.1×	3.4k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	82	9.5k
Nicolas Brüggemann	3.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	198	8.5k
Philippe Rochette	6.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	152	9.1k
Xunhua Zheng	8.0k 1.4×	3.2k 1.1×	3.8k 1.3×	3.1k 1.2×	2.6k 1.8×	266	12.4k
Axel Don	6.8k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	141	10.1k
Samuel Abiven	5.7k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	92	9.2k
Elizabeth M. Baggs	6.5k 1.2×	3.6k 1.2×	3.6k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	110	10.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Kiese

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Bauters, Marijn, Matti Barthel, Johan Six, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal variability of CO ₂ , N ₂ O and CH ₄ fluxes from a semi-deciduous tropical forest soil in the Congo Basin. Biogeosciences. 22(6). 1529–1542.

Khan, Fawad, Michael Dannenmann, Rainer Gasché, et al.. (2025). Effect of preceding integrated and organic farming on ¹⁵ N recovery and the N balance, including emissions of NH ₃ , N ₂ O, and N ₂ and leaching of NO ₃ ⁻. Biogeosciences. 22(18). 5081–5102.

Smerald, Andrew, et al.. (2025). The vulnerability of European agricultural areas to anthesis heat stress increases with climate change. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 25002–25002.

Wang, Xiang, Guo Chen, Joseph L. Awange, et al.. (2024). Establishing the global isoscape of leaf carbon in C3 plants through the integrations of remote sensing, carbon, geographic, and physiological information. Remote Sensing of Environment. 302. 113987–113987. 6 indexed citations

Fuchs, Kathrin, David Kraus, Tobias Houska, et al.. (2024). Intercropping Legumes Improves Long Term Productivity and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 38(10). 5 indexed citations

Houska, Tobias, David Kraus, Gretchen M. Gettel, et al.. (2024). Spatial-temporal patterns of foliar and bulk soil 15N isotopic signatures across a heterogeneous landscape: Linkages to soil N status, nitrate leaching, and N2O fluxes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 199. 109609–109609. 2 indexed citations

Gettel, Gretchen M., et al.. (2023). Interactive effects of catchment mean water residence time and agricultural area on water physico-chemical variables and GHG saturations in headwater streams. Frontiers in Water. 5. 8 indexed citations

Xia, Longlong, Liang Cao, Yi Yang, et al.. (2023). Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production. Nature Food. 4(3). 236–246. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

Smerald, Andrew, David Kraus, Jaber Rahimi, et al.. (2023). A redistribution of nitrogen fertiliser across global croplands can help achieve food security within environmental boundaries. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 29 indexed citations

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Kraus, David, Christian Werner, Gretchen M. Gettel, et al.. (2022). Number of Chamber Measurement Locations for Accurate Quantification of Landscape‐Scale Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Importance of Land Use, Seasonality, and Greenhouse Gas Type. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(9). 14 indexed citations

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Mauder, Matthias, Andreas Ibrom, Frederik De Roo, et al.. (2021). Options to correct local turbulent flux measurements for large-scale fluxes using an approach based on large-eddy simulation. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(12). 7835–7850. 10 indexed citations

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Mauder, Matthias, Andreas Ibrom, Frederik De Roo, et al.. (2021). Options to correct local turbulent flux measurements for large-scale fluxes using a LES-based approach. 3 indexed citations

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Xia, Longlong, Shu Kee Lam, Ralf Kiese, et al.. (2021). Elevated CO2 negates O3 impacts on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycles. One Earth. 4(12). 1752–1763. 56 indexed citations

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Butterbach‐Bahl, Klaus, Gretchen M. Gettel, Ralf Kiese, et al.. (2020). Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4644–4644. 38 indexed citations

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Mauder, Matthias, Jin Fu, Ralf Kiese, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of energy balance closure adjustment methods by independent evapotranspiration estimates from lysimeters and hydrological simulations. Hydrological Processes. 32(1). 39–50. 62 indexed citations

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Klatt, Steffen, David Kraus, Philipp Kraft, et al.. (2017). Exploring impacts of vegetated buffer strips on nitrogen cycling using a spatially explicit hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach. Environmental Modelling & Software. 90. 55–67. 19 indexed citations

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Jones, Stephanie, Carole Helfter, Margaret Anderson, et al.. (2017). The nitrogen, carbon and greenhouse gas budget of a grazed, cut and fertilised temperate grassland. Biogeosciences. 14(8). 2069–2088. 57 indexed citations

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Pütz, Thomas, Ralf Kiese, Ute Wollschläger, et al.. (2016). TERENO-SOILCan: a lysimeter-network in Germany observing soil processes and plant diversity influenced by climate change. Environmental Earth Sciences. 75(18). 79 indexed citations

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Haas, Edwin, Steffen Klatt, David Kraus, et al.. (2016). A modeling study on mitigation of N2O emissions and NO3 leaching at different agricultural sites across Europe using LandscapeDNDC. The Science of The Total Environment. 553. 128–140. 55 indexed citations

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Cameron, David, Marcel van Oijen, Christian Werner, et al.. (2013). Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study. Biogeosciences. 10(3). 1751–1773. 23 indexed citations

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