Sophia Leimer

2.3k total citations
19 papers, 557 citations indexed

About

Sophia Leimer is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophia Leimer has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 557 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Soil Science, 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sophia Leimer's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (7 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers). Sophia Leimer is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (7 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers). Sophia Leimer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Ecuador. Sophia Leimer's co-authors include Wolfgang Wilcke, Yvonne Oelmann, Nico Eisenhauer, Andre Velescu, Alexandra Weigelt, Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe, Christiane Roscher, Anke Hildebrandt, Christian Wirth and Carlos Valarezo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sophia Leimer

19 papers receiving 553 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophia Leimer Germany 13 176 171 158 137 113 19 557
Aiko Iwasaki Japan 5 110 0.6× 182 1.1× 226 1.4× 118 0.9× 175 1.5× 7 640
Apolline Auclerc France 13 135 0.8× 195 1.1× 126 0.8× 160 1.2× 58 0.5× 24 573
Samuel M. Simkin United States 10 191 1.1× 153 0.9× 190 1.2× 176 1.3× 162 1.4× 15 595
Hideshige Toda Japan 17 156 0.9× 248 1.5× 333 2.1× 113 0.8× 156 1.4× 39 710
C. Fissore United States 11 124 0.7× 352 2.1× 284 1.8× 191 1.4× 81 0.7× 21 738
Orpheus M. Butler Australia 11 88 0.5× 240 1.4× 226 1.4× 228 1.7× 89 0.8× 26 521
Maria Schmitt Switzerland 13 155 0.9× 97 0.6× 134 0.8× 237 1.7× 150 1.3× 24 505
Bas J. J. Dingemans Netherlands 4 106 0.6× 175 1.0× 262 1.7× 103 0.8× 98 0.9× 4 516
Wenfa Xiao China 16 82 0.5× 181 1.1× 264 1.7× 408 3.0× 133 1.2× 33 854
Runa S. Boeddinghaus Germany 15 108 0.6× 349 2.0× 382 2.4× 85 0.6× 201 1.8× 25 760

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophia Leimer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophia Leimer

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

All Works

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Leimer, Sophia, et al.. (2022). Does biochar improve nutrient availability in Ultisols of tree plantations in the Ecuadorian Amazonia?. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 86(4). 1072–1085. 4 indexed citations
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Leimer, Sophia, Doreen Berner, Klaus Birkhofer, et al.. (2021). Land‐use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany. Ecohydrology. 14(6). 12 indexed citations
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Bandowe, Benjamin A. Musa, Носир Шукуров, Sophia Leimer, et al.. (2021). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 43(11). 4847–4861. 43 indexed citations
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Velescu, Andre, Sophia Leimer, Alexandra Weigelt, et al.. (2020). Plant diversity influenced gross nitrogen mineralization, microbial ammonium consumption and gross inorganic N immobilization in a grassland experiment. Oecologia. 193(3). 731–748. 24 indexed citations
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Wilcke, Wolfgang, et al.. (2020). Total organic carbon concentrations in ecosystem solutions of a remote tropical montane forest respond to global environmental change. Global Change Biology. 26(12). 6989–7005. 14 indexed citations
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Wilcke, Wolfgang, Andre Velescu, Sophia Leimer, et al.. (2019). Temporal Trends of Phosphorus Cycling in a Tropical Montane Forest in Ecuador During 14 Years. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(5). 1370–1386. 21 indexed citations
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Leimer, Sophia, Sebastian Bischoff, Steffen Boch, et al.. (2018). Does plant diversity affect the water balance of established grassland systems?. Ecohydrology. 11(4). 7 indexed citations
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Bandowe, Benjamin A. Musa, Marian Asantewah Nkansah, Sophia Leimer, et al.. (2018). Chemical (C, N, S, black carbon, soot and char) and stable carbon isotope composition of street dusts from a major West African metropolis: Implications for source apportionment and exposure. The Science of The Total Environment. 655. 1468–1478. 18 indexed citations
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Fischer, Christine, Sophia Leimer, Christiane Roscher, et al.. (2018). Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade‐long grassland experiment. Journal of Ecology. 107(1). 127–141. 88 indexed citations
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Bandowe, Benjamin A. Musa, Sophia Leimer, Hannah Meusel, et al.. (2018). Plant diversity enhances the natural attenuation of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs and oxygenated PAHs) in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 129. 60–70. 48 indexed citations
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Wilcke, Wolfgang, Andre Velescu, Sophia Leimer, et al.. (2017). Biological versus geochemical control and environmental change drivers of the base metal budgets of a tropical montane forest in Ecuador during 15 years. Biogeochemistry. 136(2). 167–189. 22 indexed citations
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Leimer, Sophia, Yvonne Oelmann, Nico Eisenhauer, et al.. (2016). Mechanisms behind plant diversity effects on inorganic and organic N leaching from temperate grassland. Biogeochemistry. 131(3). 339–353. 27 indexed citations
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Wright, Alexandra J., Anne Ebeling, Hans de Kroon, et al.. (2015). Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6092–6092. 115 indexed citations
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Leimer, Sophia, Yvonne Oelmann, Christian Wirth, & Wolfgang Wilcke. (2015). Time matters for plant diversity effects on nitrate leaching from temperate grassland. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 211. 155–163. 23 indexed citations
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Leimer, Sophia, Yvonne Kreutziger, Holger Beßler, et al.. (2013). Plant diversity effects on the water balance of an experimental grassland. Ecohydrology. 7(5). 1378–1391. 31 indexed citations
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Wilcke, Wolfgang, Sophia Leimer, Thorsten Peters, et al.. (2013). The nitrogen cycle of tropical montane forest in Ecuador turns inorganic under environmental change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 27(4). 1194–1204. 38 indexed citations
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Leimer, Sophia, Christian Wirth, Yvonne Oelmann, & Wolfgang Wilcke. (2013). Biodiversity effects on nitrate concentrations in soil solution: a Bayesian model. Biogeochemistry. 118(1-3). 141–157. 10 indexed citations
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Leimer, Sophia, Thorsten Pohlert, Stephan Pfahl, & Wolfgang Wilcke. (2011). Towards a new generation of high-resolution meteorological input data for small-scale hydrologic modeling. Journal of Hydrology. 402(3-4). 317–332. 11 indexed citations

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