Steffen A. Schweizer

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Steffen A. Schweizer is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen A. Schweizer has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Soil Science, 13 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Steffen A. Schweizer's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (7 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (6 papers). Steffen A. Schweizer is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (7 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (6 papers). Steffen A. Schweizer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Steffen A. Schweizer's co-authors include Carsten W. Mueller, Carmen Höschen, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Claire Chenu, Franz Buegger, Alix Vidal, Kristina Witzgall, Valérie Pouteau, Franziska B. Bucka and Johannes Lehmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Steffen A. Schweizer

37 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon

2021 476 citations Kristina Witzgall, Alix Vidal et al. Nature Communications profile →
Calcium promotes persistent soil organic matter by altering microbial transformation of plant litter

2023 107 citations Itamar Shabtai, Roland C. Wilhelm et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steffen A. Schweizer Germany	17	982	478	236	201	185	42	1.5k
Cordula Vogel Germany	19	941 1.0×	501 1.0×	270 1.1×	184 0.9×	161 0.9×	38	1.5k
Valérie Pouteau France	14	1.1k 1.1×	671 1.4×	254 1.1×	244 1.2×	159 0.9×	20	1.4k
Aimeric Blaud United Kingdom	14	830 0.8×	521 1.1×	196 0.8×	263 1.3×	138 0.7×	18	1.3k
Gayoung Yoo South Korea	22	813 0.8×	251 0.5×	287 1.2×	233 1.2×	243 1.3×	69	1.4k
Thomas Z. Lerch France	22	828 0.8×	549 1.1×	218 0.9×	251 1.2×	120 0.6×	52	1.5k
Rongzhong Ye United States	22	931 0.9×	671 1.4×	414 1.8×	423 2.1×	158 0.9×	48	1.8k
Shiwei Zhao China	19	1.0k 1.1×	348 0.7×	144 0.6×	208 1.0×	394 2.1×	62	1.5k
Mirjam Helfrich Germany	23	1.4k 1.5×	646 1.4×	512 2.2×	246 1.2×	203 1.1×	45	2.0k
Yasuhito Shirato Japan	23	1.2k 1.2×	560 1.2×	379 1.6×	240 1.2×	255 1.4×	55	1.9k
Livia Urbanski Germany	6	1.1k 1.1×	460 1.0×	245 1.0×	106 0.5×	140 0.8×	6	1.4k

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Georgiou, Katerina, Denis A. Angers, M. Francesca Cotrufo, et al.. (2025). Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know?. Global Change Biology. 31(5). e70197–e70197. 14 indexed citations

Dalal, Ram C., et al.. (2025). The influence of fine fraction content on storage and retention of soil organic carbon in Vertisols of subtropical Australia. Geoderma. 456. 117269–117269.

Schweizer, Steffen A., Axel Don, Carmen Höschen, et al.. (2025). Increased Retention of Litter‐Derived Organic Carbon With Increasing Initial Carbon Content in Temperate Agricultural Soils. Global Change Biology. 31(12). e70646–e70646.

Bauke, Sara L., Ye Wang, Steffen A. Schweizer, et al.. (2025). Phosphorus supply and spatial distribution determine the microbial response to carbon and nitrogen addition. Geoderma. 461. 117493–117493.

Schweizer, Steffen A., Milene Corso Mitsuyuki, P. P. A. Oliveira, et al.. (2025). Moderate pasture intensification enhances soil organic carbon stocks in a degraded Brazilian Ferralsol. Soil and Tillage Research. 251. 106534–106534.

Shabtai, Itamar, Benjamin Häfner, Steffen A. Schweizer, et al.. (2024). Root exudates simultaneously form and disrupt soil organo-mineral associations. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 14 indexed citations

Dalal, Ram C., et al.. (2024). Physicochemical protection is more important than chemical functional composition in controlling soil organic carbon retention following long-term land-use change. Geoderma. 452. 117098–117098. 8 indexed citations

Weng, Zhe, Peter M. Kopittke, Steffen A. Schweizer, et al.. (2024). Shining a Light on How Soil Organic Carbon Behaves at Fine Scales under Long-Term Elevated CO₂: An 8 Year Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Study. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(20). 8724–8735. 7 indexed citations

Schweizer, Steffen A., et al.. (2024). Preferential Zn and Cd Hotspots in Soil Microarchitecture. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 12(3). 313–319. 2 indexed citations

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Schweizer, Steffen A., et al.. (2024). Impact of bare fallow management on soil carbon storage and aggregates across a rock fragment gradient. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 187(1). 118–129. 7 indexed citations

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Hu, Yahan, et al.. (2024). Automated identification of soil functional components based on NanoSIMS data. Ecological Informatics. 84. 102891–102891.

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Höschen, Carmen, et al.. (2023). Retention of dissolved organic matter during podzolisation: Testing processes in laboratory experiments and at the submicron scale. Geoderma Regional. 32. e00606–e00606. 3 indexed citations

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Schiedung, Marcus, et al.. (2023). Enhanced loss but limited mobility of pyrogenic and organic matter in continuous permafrost-affected forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 178. 108959–108959. 10 indexed citations

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Shabtai, Itamar, Roland C. Wilhelm, Steffen A. Schweizer, et al.. (2023). Calcium promotes persistent soil organic matter by altering microbial transformation of plant litter. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6609–6609. 107 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schweizer, Steffen A., et al.. (2022). Explicit spatial modeling at the pore scale unravels the interplay of soil organic carbon storage and structure dynamics. Global Change Biology. 28(15). 4589–4604. 23 indexed citations

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Wilhelm, Roland C., Laurel Lynch, Tara M. Webster, et al.. (2022). Susceptibility of new soil organic carbon to mineralization during dry-wet cycling in soils from contrasting ends of a precipitation gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 169. 108681–108681. 32 indexed citations

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Witzgall, Kristina, Alix Vidal, Carmen Höschen, et al.. (2021). Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4115–4115. 476 indexed citations breakdown →

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Felde, Vincent J.M.N.L., Steffen A. Schweizer, Daniel Uteau, et al.. (2020). Wet sieving versus dry crushing: Soil microaggregates reveal different physical structure, bacterial diversity and organic matter composition in a clay gradient. European Journal of Soil Science. 72(2). 810–828. 48 indexed citations

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Thieme, Nils, et al.. (2017). Comparing the physiochemical parameters of three celluloses reveals new insights into substrate suitability for fungal enzyme production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 10–10. 7 indexed citations

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Schweizer, Steffen A., et al.. (2016). Der Fischlift am Gadmerwasser im Berner Oberland, Schweiz. WASSERWIRTSCHAFT. 106(2-3). 42–48. 1 indexed citations

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