Stefan Hempel

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Stefan Hempel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Hempel has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Insect Science and 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Stefan Hempel's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (43 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (21 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers). Stefan Hempel is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (43 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (21 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers). Stefan Hempel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Australia. Stefan Hempel's co-authors include Matthias C. Rillig, Werner Kloas, Christiane Zarfl, Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, François Buscot, Carsten Renker, Kriszta Vályi, Tancredi Caruso, Sebastian Horn and Stavros D. Veresoglou and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Hempel

54 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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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.

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

2017 1.6k citations Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Werner Kloas et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

2017 650 citations Matthias C. Rillig, Stefan Hempel et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Hempel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Hempel

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The impact of abandonment and intensification on the biodiversity of agriculturally marginal grasslands – a systematic review 2025 ·Basic and Applied Ecology ·Stefan Hempel, Félix Herzog, Péter Batáry, Erik Öckinger, Eva Knop	0
2	Soil depth and fertilizer shape fungal community composition in a long-term fertilizer agricultural field 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·(unknown), Julien Guigue, Sara L. Bauke, Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig	3
3	How widespread use of generative AI for images and video can affect the environment and the science of ecology 2024 ·Ecology Letters ·Matthias C. Rillig, India Mansour, Stefan Hempel, Mohan Bi, Birgitta König‐Ries, Atoosa Kasirzadeh	7
4	Soil microbial communities shift along an urban gradient in Berlin, Germany 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·James Whitehead, Julien Roy, Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig	12
5	Plant and soil biodiversity have non‐substitutable stabilising effects on biomass production 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Gaowen Yang, Masahiro Ryo, Julien Roy, Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig	66
6	Disentangling the relative importance of spatio-temporal parameters and host specificity in shaping arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus communities in a temperate forest 2021 ·Mycorrhiza ·(unknown), (unknown), Monika Wulf, Stefan Hempel, Stavros D. Veresoglou	16
7	Succession of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along a 52-years agricultural recultivation chronosequence 2017 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Julien Roy, Rüdiger Reichel, Nicolas Brüggemann, Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig	31
8	Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms breakdown → 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Matthias C. Rillig, (unknown), Stefan Hempel	650
9	Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems breakdown → 2017 ·Global Change Biology ·Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Werner Kloas, Christiane Zarfl, Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig	1634
10	Widely distributed native and alien plant species differ in arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and related functional trait interactions 2017 ·Ecography ·(unknown), Stefan Hempel, John Davison, Mari Moora, Petr Pyšek, Matthias C. Rillig, Martin Zobel, Ingolf Kühn	9
11	Distribution patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plant species in Germany 2016 ·Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics ·(unknown), Stefan Hempel, Ameur M. Manceur, Lars Götzenberger, Mari Moora, Matthias C. Rillig, Martin Zobel, Ingolf Kühn	27
12	Mycorrhizal status helps explain invasion success of alien plant species 2016 ·Ecology ·(unknown), Stefan Hempel, Stefan Klotz, Mari Moora, Petr Pyšek, Matthias C. Rillig, Martin Zobel, Ingolf Kühn	72
13	Resilience of Fungal Communities to Elevated CO2 2016 ·Microbial Ecology ·Stavros D. Veresoglou, Ian C. Anderson, (unknown), Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig	10
14	Spatial and niche-based ecological processes drive the distribution of endophytic Sebacinales in soil and root of grassland communities 2016 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Álvaro López‐García, Sebastian Horn, Matthias C. Rillig, Stefan Hempel	4
15	Mycorrhizas in the Central European flora: relationships with plant life history traits and ecology 2013 ·Ecology ·Stefan Hempel, Lars Götzenberger, Ingolf Kühn, Stefan G. Michalski, Matthias C. Rillig, Martin Zobel, Mari Moora	144
16	Specific bottom–up effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a plant–herbivore–parasitoid system 2009 ·Oecologia ·Stefan Hempel, Cláudia Stein, Sybille B. Unsicker, Carsten Renker, Harald Auge, Wolfgang W. Weisser, François Buscot	82
17	The Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Direct and Indirect Defense Metabolites of Plantago lanceolata L. 2009 ·Journal of Chemical Ecology ·Anna Fontana, Michael Reichelt, Stefan Hempel, Jonathan Gershenzon, Sybille B. Unsicker	130
18	Community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated to Veronica rechingeri at the Anguran zinc and lead mining region 2008 ·Environmental Pollution ·Mehdi Zarei, Stephan König, Stefan Hempel, Mojtaba Khayam Nekouei, G. Savaghebi, François Buscot	87
19	Interactive effects of mycorrhizae and a root hemiparasite on plant community productivity and diversity 2008 ·Oecologia ·Cláudia Stein, (unknown), Stefan Hempel, Carsten Renker, François Buscot, Daniel Prati, Harald Auge	29
20	Differences in the species composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in spore, root and soil communities in a grassland ecosystem 2007 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Stefan Hempel, Carsten Renker, François Buscot	217

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