Stephan Partsch

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stephan Partsch is a scholar working on Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Partsch has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Soil Science, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Stephan Partsch's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers) and Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (2 papers). Stephan Partsch is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers) and Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (2 papers). Stephan Partsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Canada. Stephan Partsch's co-authors include Stefan Scheu, Alexandru Milcu, Nico Eisenhauer, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Christoph Scherber, D. Parkinson, Alexander C.W. Sabais, Alexandra Weigelt, Christof Engels and Holger Bessler and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Partsch

8 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

2010 413 citations Nico Eisenhauer, Holger Bessler et al. Ecology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Partsch Germany	8	674	488	440	396	378	8	1.2k
Alexander C.W. Sabais Germany	13	582 0.9×	432 0.9×	351 0.8×	328 0.8×	403 1.1×	13	1.1k
Jörn Alphei Germany	12	554 0.8×	346 0.7×	407 0.9×	420 1.1×	495 1.3×	13	1.2k
Benjamin G. Jackson Sweden	12	600 0.9×	561 1.1×	495 1.1×	324 0.8×	695 1.8×	13	1.6k
Kenneth J. Elgersma United States	12	364 0.5×	569 1.2×	393 0.9×	266 0.7×	561 1.5×	26	1.2k
Kathryn A. Harrison United Kingdom	8	671 1.0×	361 0.7×	519 1.2×	165 0.4×	555 1.5×	13	1.2k
Saori Fujii Japan	19	397 0.6×	448 0.9×	407 0.9×	295 0.7×	261 0.7×	45	1.1k
Jonathan R. De Long Netherlands	20	611 0.9×	576 1.2×	546 1.2×	392 1.0×	948 2.5×	41	1.7k
Sarah M. Buckland United Kingdom	10	374 0.6×	368 0.8×	321 0.7×	268 0.7×	482 1.3×	10	1.0k
Cynthia M. Hale United States	4	585 0.9×	572 1.2×	433 1.0×	278 0.7×	251 0.7×	5	1.2k
Katja Steinauer Germany	15	708 1.1×	406 0.8×	496 1.1×	198 0.5×	799 2.1×	29	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Partsch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Partsch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Partsch

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Eisenhauer, Nico, Alexandru Milcu, Alexander C.W. Sabais, et al.. (2011). Plant Diversity Surpasses Plant Functional Groups and Plant Productivity as Driver of Soil Biota in the Long Term. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16055–e16055. 168 indexed citations

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Eisenhauer, Nico, Holger Bessler, Christof Engels, et al.. (2010). Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis. Ecology. 91(2). 485–496. 413 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eisenhauer, Nico, Stephan Partsch, Alexander C.W. Sabais, et al.. (2009). No interactive effects of pesticides and plant diversity on soil microbial biomass and respiration. Applied Soil Ecology. 42(1). 31–36. 45 indexed citations

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Milcu, Alexandru, Stephan Partsch, Christoph Scherber, Wolfgang W. Weisser, & Stefan Scheu. (2008). EARTHWORMS AND LEGUMES CONTROL LITTER DECOMPOSITION IN A PLANT DIVERSITY GRADIENT. Ecology. 89(7). 1872–1882. 133 indexed citations

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Eisenhauer, Nico, Stephan Partsch, D. Parkinson, & Stefan Scheu. (2007). Invasion of a deciduous forest by earthworms: Changes in soil chemistry, microflora, microarthropods and vegetation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39(5). 1099–1110. 223 indexed citations

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Scherber, Christoph, Alexandru Milcu, Stephan Partsch, Stefan Scheu, & Wolfgang W. Weisser. (2006). The effects of plant diversity and insect herbivory on performance of individual plant species in experimental grassland. Journal of Ecology. 94(5). 922–931. 43 indexed citations

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Partsch, Stephan, Alexandru Milcu, & Stefan Scheu. (2006). DECOMPOSERS (LUMBRICIDAE, COLLEMBOLA) AFFECT PLANT PERFORMANCE IN MODEL GRASSLANDS OF DIFFERENT DIVERSITY. Ecology. 87(10). 2548–2558. 78 indexed citations

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Milcu, Alexandru, et al.. (2006). The response of decomposers (earthworms, springtails and microorganisms) to variations in species and functional group diversity of plants. Oikos. 112(3). 513–524. 107 indexed citations

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