Steffen Schlüter

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
114 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Steffen Schlüter is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Soil Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Schlüter has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 46 papers in Soil Science and 34 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steffen Schlüter's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (52 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (42 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (19 papers). Steffen Schlüter is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (52 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (42 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (19 papers). Steffen Schlüter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Steffen Schlüter's co-authors include Hans J. Vogel, Éva Rabot, Martin Wiesmeier, D. Wildenschild, Ulrich Weller, Doris Vetterlein, Adrian Sheppard, K. Brown, Steffen Berg and Ryan T. Armstrong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Schlüter

111 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Soil structure as an indicator of soil functions: A review

2017 874 citations Steffen Schlüter, Hans J. Vogel et al. profile →
Image processing of multiphase images obtained via X‐ray microtomography: A review

2014 527 citations Steffen Schlüter, D. Wildenschild et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Microscale carbon distribution around pores and particulate organic matter varies with soil moisture regime

2022 114 citations Steffen Schlüter, Frederic Leuther et al. profile →
From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota

2024 52 citations Carsten W. Mueller, Steffen Schlüter et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steffen Schlüter Germany	41	2.1k	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	1.0k	114	5.8k
Markus Tuller United States	38	1.2k 0.6×	3.0k 1.7×	3.1k 2.3×	753 0.6×	374 0.4×	150	6.5k
Guanhua Huang China	48	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	760 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	217	6.6k
Edmund Perfect United States	30	952 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	746 0.6×	331 0.3×	109	3.7k
Nima Shokri United Kingdom	43	375 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	412 0.4×	119	5.6k
W. R. Whalley United Kingdom	48	2.9k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	315 0.3×	3.4k 3.3×	157	7.3k
Per Møldrup Denmark	57	3.2k 1.5×	5.7k 3.3×	4.9k 3.6×	483 0.4×	662 0.6×	349	11.4k
Peter Lehmann Switzerland	40	745 0.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	514 0.4×	245 0.2×	118	5.2k
Shmulik P. Friedman Israel	31	640 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	547 0.5×	94	4.4k
Horst H. Gerke Germany	41	2.1k 1.0×	3.7k 2.1×	3.0k 2.2×	241 0.2×	472 0.5×	184	6.9k
Jörg Bachmann Germany	35	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	706 0.5×	266 0.2×	399 0.4×	128	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Schlüter

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Reitz, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Microhabitat properties explain variations in soil nematode communities across climate conditions in cropland, but not in grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 201. 109657–109657. 2 indexed citations

Schlüter, Steffen, Maik Lucas, Balázs Grosz, et al.. (2024). The anaerobic soil volume as a controlling factor of denitrification: a review. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(3). 343–365. 28 indexed citations

Prifling, Benedikt, Matthias Weber, Nadja Ray, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the Impact of 3D Pore Space Morphology on Soil Gas Diffusion in Loam and Sand. Transport in Porous Media. 149(2). 501–527. 10 indexed citations

Leuther, Frederic, et al.. (2022). Response of subsoil organic matter contents and physical properties to long‐term, high‐rate farmyard manure application. European Journal of Soil Science. 73(2). 21 indexed citations

Nitzbon, Jan, et al.. (2022). Brief communication: Unravelling the composition and microstructure of a permafrost core using X-ray computed tomography. The cryosphere. 16(9). 3507–3515. 7 indexed citations

Weller, Ulrich, et al.. (2022). An open Soil Structure Library based on X-ray CT data. SOIL. 8(2). 507–515. 15 indexed citations

Schlüter, Steffen, et al.. (2022). Land use impact on carbon mineralization in well aerated soils is mainly explained by variations of particulate organic matter rather than of soil structure. SOIL. 8(1). 253–267. 19 indexed citations

Phalempin, Maxime, Eva Lippold, Doris Vetterlein, & Steffen Schlüter. (2021). An improved method for the segmentation of roots from X-ray computed tomography 3D images: Rootine v.2. Plant Methods. 17(1). 39–39. 30 indexed citations

Leuther, Frederic & Steffen Schlüter. (2021). Impact of freeze–thaw cycles on soil structure and soil hydraulic properties. SOIL. 7(1). 179–191. 82 indexed citations

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Rohe, Lena, et al.. (2021). Denitrification in soil as a function of oxygen availability at the microscale. Biogeosciences. 18(3). 1185–1201. 69 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Steffen, et al.. (2021). Land use impact on carbon mineralization is mainly caused by variation of particulate organic matter content rather than of soil structure. 5 indexed citations

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Weller, Ulrich, et al.. (2021). An Open Soil Structure Library based on X-ray CT data. 3 indexed citations

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Soltan, Ayman, et al.. (2020). Optimization of microstructure of basalt-based fibers intended for improved thermal and acoustic insulations. Journal of Building Engineering. 34. 101904–101904. 16 indexed citations

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Rohe, Lena, et al.. (2020). Denitrification in soil as a function of oxygen supply and demand atthe microscale. 4 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Steffen, et al.. (2019). Physical constraints for respiration in microbial hotspots in soil and their importance for denitrification. Biogeosciences. 16(18). 3665–3678. 35 indexed citations

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Baveye, Philippe C., Wilfred Otten, Alexandra Kravchenko, et al.. (2018). Emergent Properties of Microbial Activity in Heterogeneous Soil Microenvironments: Different Research Approaches Are Slowly Converging, Yet Major Challenges Remain. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1929–1929. 177 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Steffen, et al.. (2018). Long-term effects of conventional and conservation tillage on soil structure and hydraulic properties. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 14129. 1 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Steffen, Steffen Berg, Maja Rücker, et al.. (2016). Pore‐scale displacement mechanisms as a source of hysteresis for two‐phase flow in porous media. Water Resources Research. 52(3). 2194–2205. 172 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Steffen, Frederic Leuther, Steffen Vogler, & Hans J. Vogel. (2016). X-ray microtomography analysis of soil structure deformation caused by centrifugation. Solid Earth. 7(1). 129–140. 45 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Steffen, Frederic Leuther, Steffen Vogler, & Hans J. Vogel. (2015). X-ray microtomography analysis of soil structure deformation caused by centrifugation. 4 indexed citations

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