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 →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Kiese

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatiotemporal variability of CO ₂ , N ₂ O and CH ₄ fluxes from a semi-deciduous tropical forest soil in the Congo Basin 2025 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Marijn Bauters, Matti Barthel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Johan Six, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Benjamin Wolf, Ralf Kiese, Pascal Boeckx	0
2	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 ⁻ 2025 ·Biogeosciences ·Fawad Khan, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Dannenmann, Rainer Gasché, Clemens Scheer, Andreas Gattinger, Wiebke Niether, (unknown), (unknown), Ralf Kiese, Benjamin Wolf	0
3	The vulnerability of European agricultural areas to anthesis heat stress increases with climate change 2025 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Andrew Smerald, Ralf Kiese, (unknown), Patrick Ludwig, (unknown), Helge Goessling, Clemens Scheer	0
4	Establishing the global isoscape of leaf carbon in C3 plants through the integrations of remote sensing, carbon, geographic, and physiological information 2024 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Xiang Wang, Guo Chen, Joseph L. Awange, Yongze Song, Qi Wu, Xiaowei Li, Edmund C. February, Gustavo Saiz, Ralf Kiese, Xing Li, Jingfeng Xiao, (unknown), (unknown)	6
5	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 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Tobias Houska, David Kraus, (unknown), (unknown), Gretchen M. Gettel, Lutz Breuer, Per Ambus, Ralf Kiese, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl	2
6	Intercropping Legumes Improves Long Term Productivity and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in Sub‐Saharan Africa 2024 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Kathrin Fuchs, David Kraus, Tobias Houska, (unknown), Edwin Haas, Ralf Kiese, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Clemens Scheer	5
7	Interactive effects of catchment mean water residence time and agricultural area on water physico-chemical variables and GHG saturations in headwater streams 2023 ·Frontiers in Water ·(unknown), Gretchen M. Gettel, (unknown), Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Ralf Kiese	8
8	A redistribution of nitrogen fertiliser across global croplands can help achieve food security within environmental boundaries 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Andrew Smerald, David Kraus, Jaber Rahimi, Kathrin Fuchs, Ralf Kiese, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Clemens Scheer	29
9	Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Food ·Longlong Xia, Liang Cao, Yi Yang, Chaopu Ti, Yize Liu, Pete Smith, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Johannes Lehmann, Rattan Lal, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Ralf Kiese, Minghao Zhuang, Xi Lu, Xiaoyuan Yan	131
10	Number of Chamber Measurement Locations for Accurate Quantification of Landscape‐Scale Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Importance of Land Use, Seasonality, and Greenhouse Gas Type 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), (unknown), David Kraus, Christian Werner, Gretchen M. Gettel, Ralf Kiese, Lutz Breuer, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Tobias Houska	14
11	Options to correct local turbulent flux measurements for large-scale fluxes using an approach based on large-eddy simulation 2021 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Matthias Mauder, Andreas Ibrom, (unknown), Frederik De Roo, Peter Brugger, Ralf Kiese, Kim Pilegaard	10
12	Elevated CO2 negates O3 impacts on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycles 2021 ·One Earth ·Longlong Xia, Shu Kee Lam, Ralf Kiese, Deli Chen, Yiqi Luo, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Ji Chen, Shuwei Liu, Lei Ma, (unknown), Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl	56
13	Options to correct local turbulent flux measurements for large-scale fluxes using a LES-based approach 2021 ·Matthias Mauder, Andreas Ibrom, (unknown), Frederik De Roo, Peter Brugger, Ralf Kiese, Kim Pilegaard	3
14	Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Gretchen M. Gettel, Ralf Kiese, Kathrin Fuchs, Christian Werner, Jaber Rahimi, Matti Barthel, Lutz Merbold	38
15	Evaluation of energy balance closure adjustment methods by independent evapotranspiration estimates from lysimeters and hydrological simulations 2017 ·Hydrological Processes ·Matthias Mauder, (unknown), Jin Fu, Ralf Kiese, Mohsen Soltani, R. Steinbrecher, Matthias Zeeman, Tirtha Banerjee, Frederik De Roo, Harald Kunstmann	62
16	Soil as a Sustainable Resource for the Bioeconomy - BonaRes 2017 ·EGUGA ·Ute Wollschläger, Wulf Amelung, Nicolas Brüggemann, Joachim Brunotte, Robin Gebbers, Rita Grosch, Uwe Heinrich, Katharina Helming, Ralf Kiese, Peter Leinweber, Barbara Reinhold‐Hurek, Edzo Veldkamp, Hans J. Vogel, Traud Winkelmann	1
17	TERENO-SOILCan: a lysimeter-network in Germany observing soil processes and plant diversity influenced by climate change 2016 ·Environmental Earth Sciences ·Thomas Pütz, Ralf Kiese, Ute Wollschläger, Jannis Groh, Holger Rupp, Steffen Zacharias, Eckart Priesack, Horst H. Gerke, Rainer Gasché, Oliver Bens, Erik Borg, (unknown), Knut Kaiser, (unknown), J. C. Munch, Michael Sommer, Hans J. Vogel, Jan Vanderborght, Harry Vereecken	79
18	A modeling study on mitigation of N2O emissions and NO3 leaching at different agricultural sites across Europe using LandscapeDNDC 2016 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Edwin Haas, Steffen Klatt, David Kraus, Jürgen Augustin, Vincenzo Magliulo, (unknown), Éric Ceschia, Christof Ammann, Benjamin Loubet, Ute Skiba, Stephanie Jones, Christian Brümmer, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Ralf Kiese	55
19	Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming Potential of Traditional and Diversified Tropical Rice Rotation Systems including Impacts of Upland Crop Management Practices i.e. Mulching and Inter-crop Cultivation 2016 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Baldur Janz, Sebastian Weller, David Kraus, Reiner Waßmann, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Ralf Kiese	0
20	Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·David Cameron, Marcel van Oijen, Christian Werner, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Rüdiger Grote, Edwin Haas, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Ralf Kiese, J. Kros, Matthias Kuhnert, Adrian Leip, G.J. Reinds, H.I. Reuter, Mart‐Jan Schelhaas, W. de Vries, Jagadeesh Yeluripati	23

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