Sonja Gockel

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 966 citations indexed

About

Sonja Gockel is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Gockel has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 966 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 3 papers in Insect Science and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Sonja Gockel's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Plant and animal studies (2 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (2 papers). Sonja Gockel is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Plant and animal studies (2 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (2 papers). Sonja Gockel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Sonja Gockel's co-authors include Andreas Hemp, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Daniel Prati, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Markus Fischer, Konstans Wells, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, K. Eduard Linsenmair, Ingo Schöning and François Buscot and has published in prestigious journals such as Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society and Animal Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Gockel

6 papers receiving 947 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

2010 614 citations Markus Fischer, Oliver Bossdorf et al. Basic and Applied Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonja Gockel Germany	6	449	375	342	290	286	6	966
Alexandra Erfmeier Germany	21	757 1.7×	489 1.3×	328 1.0×	266 0.9×	532 1.9×	51	1.3k
Sabine Both United Kingdom	19	592 1.3×	306 0.8×	292 0.9×	221 0.8×	321 1.1×	28	1.1k
Falk Hänsel Germany	7	265 0.6×	263 0.7×	244 0.7×	192 0.7×	206 0.7×	9	693
Michael E. Van Nuland United States	16	469 1.0×	298 0.8×	221 0.6×	305 1.1×	706 2.5×	28	1.1k
Annik Schnitzler France	19	455 1.0×	176 0.5×	401 1.2×	207 0.7×	420 1.5×	48	1.1k
Jutta Stadler Germany	18	484 1.1×	325 0.9×	331 1.0×	112 0.4×	361 1.3×	32	939
Christie A. Bahlai United States	21	246 0.5×	461 1.2×	294 0.9×	607 2.1×	413 1.4×	57	1.2k
Joanna T. Staley United Kingdom	20	280 0.6×	506 1.3×	280 0.8×	591 2.0×	564 2.0×	38	1.2k
Emily Grman United States	16	825 1.8×	460 1.2×	417 1.2×	159 0.5×	550 1.9×	29	1.2k
Stephen P. Bentivenga United States	17	491 1.1×	377 1.0×	248 0.7×	274 0.9×	942 3.3×	27	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Gockel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Gockel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Gockel

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

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Renner, Swen C., Marcela Suarez‐Rubio, Kerstin R. Wiesner, et al.. (2015). Using multiple landscape genetic approaches to test the validity of genetic clusters in a species characterized by an isolation-by-distance pattern. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 118(2). 292–303. 15 indexed citations

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Boch, Steffen, Daniel Prati, Jörg Müller, et al.. (2013). High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests. Basic and Applied Ecology. 14(6). 496–505. 115 indexed citations

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Socher, Stephanie A., Daniel Prati, Steffen Boch, et al.. (2013). Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions. Basic and Applied Ecology. 14(2). 126–136. 175 indexed citations

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Klaus, Valentin H., Till Kleinebecker, Daniel Prati, et al.. (2013). Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility?. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 177. 1–9. 39 indexed citations

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Wells, Konstans, Robert B. O’Hara, Stefan Böhm, et al.. (2012). Trait‐dependent occupancy dynamics of birds in temperate forest landscapes: fine‐scale observations in a hierarchical multi‐species framework. Animal Conservation. 15(6). 626–637. 8 indexed citations

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Fischer, Markus, Oliver Bossdorf, Sonja Gockel, et al.. (2010). Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories. Basic and Applied Ecology. 11(6). 473–485. 614 indexed citations breakdown →

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