Steffen Seitz

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Steffen Seitz is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Seitz has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Soil Science, 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Steffen Seitz's work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (21 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (13 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers). Steffen Seitz is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (21 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (13 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers). Steffen Seitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Chile. Steffen Seitz's co-authors include Thomas Scholten, Philipp Goebes, Peter Kühn, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Johan Six, Raphaël Wittwer, Karsten Schmidt, Helge Bruelheide, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira and Martin Nebel and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Seitz

45 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Organic and conservation agriculture promote ecosystem multifunctionality

2021 204 citations Raphaël Wittwer, S. Franz Bender et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steffen Seitz Germany	20	610	359	240	235	230	46	1.2k
Gema Guzmán Spain	21	934 1.5×	491 1.4×	266 1.1×	497 2.1×	212 0.9×	51	1.7k
Xiai Zhu China	19	545 0.9×	236 0.7×	98 0.4×	260 1.1×	313 1.4×	49	1.2k
Feng Jiao China	15	707 1.2×	453 1.3×	117 0.5×	194 0.8×	334 1.5×	50	1.3k
Junen Wu China	17	573 0.9×	238 0.7×	114 0.5×	285 1.2×	340 1.5×	47	1.2k
Luis Merino‐Martín Spain	19	549 0.9×	343 1.0×	105 0.4×	221 0.9×	203 0.9×	31	955
Xueyong Zhao China	20	339 0.6×	278 0.8×	203 0.8×	333 1.4×	343 1.5×	83	1.1k
Halin Zhao China	20	723 1.2×	449 1.3×	203 0.8×	282 1.2×	334 1.5×	65	1.5k
Tongqing Song China	22	574 0.9×	450 1.3×	117 0.5×	309 1.3×	315 1.4×	75	1.3k
Marta Ruiz‐Colmenero Spain	10	549 0.9×	381 1.1×	98 0.4×	273 1.2×	211 0.9×	18	1.0k
Guangyu Zhu China	18	883 1.4×	491 1.4×	112 0.5×	244 1.0×	179 0.8×	29	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Seitz

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Nebel, Martin, et al.. (2026). Linking moss structural and functional traits to soil water fluxes and soil erosion. AoB Plants. 18(2). plag011–plag011. 1 indexed citations

Nebel, Martin, et al.. (2024). The effect of mosses on the relocation of SOC and total N due to soil erosion and percolation in a disturbed temperate forest. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 7. 2 indexed citations

Nebel, Martin, et al.. (2024). Water’s path from moss to soil Vol. 2: how soil-moss combinations affect soil water fluxes and soil loss in a temperate forest. Biologia. 80(5). 1101–1113. 7 indexed citations

Katayama, Ayumi, et al.. (2023). Short communication: Concentrated impacts by tree canopy drips – hotspots of soil erosion in forests. Earth Surface Dynamics. 11(6). 1275–1282. 10 indexed citations

Bremer, Ulisses Franz, et al.. (2023). Biological soil crusts as a major ecosystem component in sandization areas of the Brazilian Pampa. Geoderma Regional. 34. e00682–e00682. 7 indexed citations

Lang, Verena, et al.. (2023). Spotting ethylene in forest soils—What influences the occurrence of the phytohormone?. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 59(8). 953–972. 3 indexed citations

Seitz, Steffen, Kristina Witzgall, Peter Kühn, et al.. (2022). Biocrust-linked changes in soil aggregate stability along a climatic gradient in the Chilean Coastal Range. SOIL. 8(2). 717–731. 22 indexed citations

Beugnon, Rémy, Wensheng Bu, Helge Bruelheide, et al.. (2022). Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration. Ecological Monographs. 93(2). 24 indexed citations

Nebel, Martin, et al.. (2022). Pioneer biocrust communities prevent soil erosion in temperate forests after disturbances. Biogeosciences. 19(13). 3225–3245. 28 indexed citations

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Wittwer, Raphaël, S. Franz Bender, Kyle Hartman, et al.. (2021). Organic and conservation agriculture promote ecosystem multifunctionality. Science Advances. 7(34). 204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fassnacht, Fabian Ewald, et al.. (2020). A new concept for estimating the influence of vegetation on throughfall kinetic energy using aerial laser scanning. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(7). 1487–1498. 9 indexed citations

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Bruelheide, Helge, Werner Härdtle, Goddert von Oheimb, et al.. (2019). A tale of scale: Plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(2). 299–308. 21 indexed citations

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Nebel, Martin, et al.. (2019). On the Influence of Biological Soil Crusts on Soil Erosion under Forest. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8883. 2 indexed citations

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Wittwer, Raphaël, Florian Walder, Klaus Schlaeppi, et al.. (2018). Impact of conventional, organic and conservation agriculture on soil functions and multifunctionality. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 17002. 2 indexed citations

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Seitz, Steffen, Martin Nebel, Philipp Goebes, et al.. (2017). Bryophyte-dominated biological soil crusts mitigate soil erosion in an early successional Chinese subtropical forest. Biogeosciences. 14(24). 5775–5788. 51 indexed citations

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Goebes, Philipp, Karsten Schmidt, Steffen Seitz, Felix Stumpf, & Thomas Scholten. (2016). Rule-based analysis of throughfall kinetic energy to evaluate biotic and abiotic factor thresholds to mitigate erosive power:. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 40(3). 431–449. 5 indexed citations

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Seitz, Steffen, et al.. (2016). Effects of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Seitz, Steffen, Philipp Goebes, Zhenfei Song, et al.. (2016). Tree species and functional traits but not species richness affect interrill erosion processes in young subtropical forests. SOIL. 2(1). 49–61. 39 indexed citations

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Seitz, Steffen, Philipp Goebes, Peter Kühn, & Thomas Scholten. (2014). Biological soil crusts in subtropical China and their influence on initial soil erosion. 3391. 1 indexed citations

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Goebes, Philipp, Steffen Seitz, Peter Kühn, & Thomas Scholten. (2013). How does litter cover, litter diversity and fauna affect sediment discharge and runoff?. 565–565. 1 indexed citations

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