René Dechow

1.7k total citations
28 papers, 874 citations indexed

About

René Dechow is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, René Dechow has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 874 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Soil Science, 16 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in René Dechow's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (16 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (10 papers). René Dechow is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (16 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (10 papers). René Dechow collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and China. René Dechow's co-authors include Axel Don, Christopher Poeplau, Annette Freibauer, Martin Wiesmeier, Adrian Leip, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Philippe Ciais, Heinrich Höper, Cathleen Frühauf and Pete Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Global Change Biology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

René Dechow

27 papers receiving 859 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
René Dechow Germany 16 551 382 235 197 138 28 874
Jianfei Sun China 19 521 0.9× 284 0.7× 201 0.9× 143 0.7× 76 0.6× 29 830
Rico Hübner Germany 13 655 1.2× 294 0.8× 165 0.7× 116 0.6× 150 1.1× 18 945
Andreas Gensior Germany 7 603 1.1× 301 0.8× 171 0.7× 224 1.1× 125 0.9× 9 832
Rebecca Ryals United States 8 546 1.0× 296 0.8× 197 0.8× 145 0.7× 92 0.7× 9 793
David Kraus Germany 19 472 0.9× 267 0.7× 240 1.0× 220 1.1× 91 0.7× 42 939
Shai Sela United States 14 399 0.7× 180 0.5× 180 0.8× 167 0.8× 161 1.2× 28 767
Gabriel Y.K. Moinet Netherlands 15 528 1.0× 263 0.7× 134 0.6× 136 0.7× 103 0.7× 35 716
Stephen Williams United States 18 479 0.9× 181 0.5× 120 0.5× 160 0.8× 142 1.0× 37 784
Jiangxin Gu China 13 689 1.3× 201 0.5× 377 1.6× 145 0.7× 111 0.8× 21 872
Zhengxi Tan United States 18 750 1.4× 364 1.0× 234 1.0× 269 1.4× 133 1.0× 33 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René Dechow

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dechow, René, Mirjam Helfrich, Ana Meijide, et al.. (2025). Evaluating N 2 O emissions and carbon sequestration in temperate croplands with cover crops: insights from field trials. SOIL. 11(2). 489–506. 1 indexed citations
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Dechow, René, et al.. (2025). Improved Broad‐Scale Modelling of Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics Following Land‐Use Changes. European Journal of Soil Science. 76(4).
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Schlüter, Steffen, Maik Lucas, Balázs Grosz, et al.. (2024). The anaerobic soil volume as a controlling factor of denitrification: a review. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(3). 343–365. 28 indexed citations
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Nendel, Claas, et al.. (2024). Evaluation and optimisation of the soil carbon turnover routine in the MONICA model (version 3.3.1). Geoscientific model development. 17(3). 1349–1385. 2 indexed citations
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Poeplau, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Towards an ecosystem capacity to stabilise organic carbon in soils. Global Change Biology. 30(8). e17453–e17453. 19 indexed citations
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Helfrich, Mirjam, René Dechow, Roland Fuß, et al.. (2024). Winter cover crops decreased soil mineral N contents and increased soil organic C stocks and N2O emission. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 367. 108985–108985. 4 indexed citations
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Poeplau, Christopher & René Dechow. (2023). The legacy of one hundred years of climate change for organic carbon stocks in global agricultural topsoils. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16 indexed citations
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Poeplau, Christopher, et al.. (2021). How much carbon input is required to preserve or increase projected soil organic carbon stocks in German croplands under climate change?. Plant and Soil. 460(1-2). 417–433. 62 indexed citations
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Grosz, Balázs, Reinhard Well, René Dechow, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of denitrification and decomposition from three biogeochemical models using laboratory measurements of N 2 , N 2 O and CO 2. Biogeosciences. 18(20). 5681–5697. 8 indexed citations
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Dechow, René, et al.. (2021). Inventory and assessment of pH in cropland and grassland soils in Germany#. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 185(1). 145–158. 21 indexed citations
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Helfrich, Mirjam, Reinhard Well, René Dechow, et al.. (2020). Effect of chemical and mechanical grassland conversion to cropland on soil mineral N dynamics and N2O emission. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 298. 106975–106975. 15 indexed citations
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Dechow, René, et al.. (2019). Spatial distribution and effects on soil pH of agricultural land in Germany. EGUGA. 13773. 1 indexed citations
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Poeplau, Christopher, et al.. (2019). Multi-model ensemble improved the prediction of trends in soil organic carbon stocks in German croplands. Geoderma. 345. 17–30. 49 indexed citations
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Poeplau, Christopher, Mirjam Helfrich, René Dechow, et al.. (2018). Increased microbial anabolism contributes to soil carbon sequestration by mineral fertilization in temperate grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 130. 167–176. 89 indexed citations
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Dechow, René, Annette Freibauer, Annalea Lohila, et al.. (2014). Nitrous oxide emission hotspots from organic soils in Europe. 6 indexed citations
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Dechow, René, Annette Freibauer, Annalea Lohila, et al.. (2014). Nitrous oxide emission budgets and land-use-driven hotspots for organic soils in Europe. Biogeosciences. 11(23). 6595–6612. 70 indexed citations
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Wiesmeier, Martin, Rico Hübner, René Dechow, et al.. (2014). Estimation of past and recent carbon input by crops into agricultural soils of southeast Germany. European Journal of Agronomy. 61. 10–23. 44 indexed citations
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Haaren, Christina von, et al.. (2012). Farm-level assessment of CO2 and N2O emissions in Lower Saxony and comparison of implementation potentials for mitigation measures in Germany and England. Regional Environmental Change. 13(4). 825–841. 8 indexed citations
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Ciais, Philippe, M. Wattenbach, Nicolas Vuichard, et al.. (2009). The European carbon balance. Part 2: croplands. Global Change Biology. 16(5). 1409–1428. 182 indexed citations

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