Sonja Leitner

1.6k total citations
46 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sonja Leitner is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Leitner has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Soil Science and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sonja Leitner's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (9 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (8 papers). Sonja Leitner is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (9 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (8 papers). Sonja Leitner collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Austria and Switzerland. Sonja Leitner's co-authors include Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, Katharina Keiblinger, Wolfgang Wanek, Andreas Richter, Lutz Merbold, Ieda Hämmerle, Birgit Wild, Florian Hofhansl, Alexander H. Frank and Jörg Schnecker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Leitner

45 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Leitner Kenya 18 652 449 242 205 164 46 1.1k
Decai Gao China 18 672 1.0× 472 1.1× 173 0.7× 264 1.3× 166 1.0× 35 1.1k
Xiaogang Tong China 17 815 1.3× 457 1.0× 170 0.7× 247 1.2× 95 0.6× 33 1.2k
T. Lehtinen Austria 10 560 0.9× 360 0.8× 159 0.7× 189 0.9× 123 0.8× 16 991
Brooke B. Osborne United States 16 574 0.9× 544 1.2× 176 0.7× 199 1.0× 177 1.1× 28 1.2k
Jiao Feng China 24 841 1.3× 558 1.2× 211 0.9× 302 1.5× 110 0.7× 70 1.4k
Guangyu Zhu China 18 883 1.4× 491 1.1× 144 0.6× 244 1.2× 179 1.1× 29 1.3k
Yoshitaka Uchida Japan 19 685 1.1× 412 0.9× 243 1.0× 371 1.8× 250 1.5× 60 1.3k
Judith Prommer Austria 14 809 1.2× 508 1.1× 194 0.8× 424 2.1× 110 0.7× 21 1.3k
Aimeric Blaud United Kingdom 14 830 1.3× 521 1.2× 196 0.8× 263 1.3× 95 0.6× 18 1.3k
Per‐Marten Schleuss Germany 13 747 1.1× 531 1.2× 199 0.8× 295 1.4× 126 0.8× 15 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Leitner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Leitner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Leitner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonja Leitner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonja Leitner 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 Leitner. Sonja Leitner 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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Wen, Jiaming, Giulia Tagliabue, Micol Rossini, et al.. (2025). Detection of fast-changing intra-seasonal vegetation dynamics of drylands using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF). Biogeosciences. 22(8). 2049–2067. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Andreas, Michael W. Graham, Sonja Leitner, et al.. (2024). Comparison of methodologies for estimating enteric methane emission factors from sheep in smallholder systems in Africa: A case study from Ethiopia. Small Ruminant Research. 240. 107362–107362. 1 indexed citations
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Graham, Michael W., Claudia Arndt, Lutz Merbold, et al.. (2024). Toward compatibility with national dairy production and climate goals through locally appropriate mitigation interventions in Kenya. Agricultural Systems. 220. 104098–104098. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Sonja, et al.. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from cattle enclosures in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: The case of a rangeland in South-Central Kenya. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 367. 108980–108980. 4 indexed citations
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Fang, Xiantao, Stephen J. Harris, Sonja Leitner, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms behind high N2O emissions from livestock enclosures in Kenya revealed by dual-isotope and functional gene analyses. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196. 109505–109505.
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Kolari, Pasi, Liisa Kulmala, Sonja Leitner, et al.. (2024). Drought effects on soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a boreal and a temperate forest. Biogeochemistry. 167(2). 155–175. 1 indexed citations
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Butterbach‐Bahl, Klaus, et al.. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from sheep excreta deposited onto tropical pastures in Kenya. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 359. 108724–108724. 8 indexed citations
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Merbold, Lutz, Timo Vesala, Janne Rinne, et al.. (2021). Soil greenhouse gas emissions from a sisal chronosequence in Kenya. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 307. 108465–108465. 16 indexed citations
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Leitner, Sonja, Daniel Korir, David E. Pelster, et al.. (2021). Effect of feeding practices and manure quality on CH4 and N2O emissions from uncovered cattle manure heaps in Kenya. Waste Management. 126. 209–220. 16 indexed citations
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Leitner, Sonja, et al.. (2021). Enteric methane emission estimates for Kenyan cattle in a nighttime enclosure using a backward Lagrangian Stochastic dispersion technique. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 147(3-4). 1091–1103. 6 indexed citations
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Butterbach‐Bahl, Klaus, et al.. (2021). Nitrous oxide emission factors for cattle dung and urine deposited onto tropical pastures: A review of field-based studies. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 322. 107637–107637. 14 indexed citations
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Leitner, Sonja, et al.. (2020). Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from cattle manure heaps in Kenya. 1 indexed citations
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Merbold, Lutz, Timo Vesala, Janne Rinne, et al.. (2020). Soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land-use types in savanna ecosystems of Kenya. Biogeosciences. 17(8). 2149–2167. 37 indexed citations
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Merbold, Lutz, Sonja Leitner, Benjamin Wolf, et al.. (2020). Interactive effects of dung deposited onto urine patches on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical pastures in Kenya. The Science of The Total Environment. 761. 143184–143184. 17 indexed citations
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Merbold, Lutz, Sonja Leitner, Longlong Xia, et al.. (2019). Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 140. 107636–107636. 39 indexed citations
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Merbold, Lutz, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Polly Ericksen, et al.. (2018). Improved greenhouse gas emission factors for smallholder livestock systems in East Africa. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 11785. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Sonja, et al.. (2015). Impact of repeated dry-wet cycles on soil CO2 efflux in a beech forest. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15130. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Sonja, et al.. (2014). Impact of repeated dry-wet cycles on soil greenhouse gas emissions, extracellular enzyme activity and nutrient cycling in a temperate forest. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12753. 1 indexed citations
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Keiblinger, Katharina, Thomas Schneider, Sonja Leitner, et al.. (2012). Metaproteome analysis of the microbial community during leaf litter decomposition - the impact of stoichiometry and temperature perturbations. EGUGA. 2700. 1 indexed citations
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Mooshammer, Maria, Wolfgang Wanek, Jörg Schnecker, et al.. (2011). Stoichiometric controls of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in decomposing beech leaf litter. Ecology. 93(4). 770–782. 236 indexed citations

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