Stephan Peth

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
135 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Stephan Peth is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Soil Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Peth has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 60 papers in Soil Science and 23 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephan Peth's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (68 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (38 papers) and Soil Management and Crop Yield (25 papers). Stephan Peth is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (68 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (38 papers) and Soil Management and Crop Yield (25 papers). Stephan Peth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Stephan Peth's co-authors include Rainer Horn, Daniel Uteau, Ying Zhao, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Julia Krümmelbein, Wulf Amelung, Claudia Knief, Sunday E. Obalum, Robert Mikutta and Nadja Ray and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Peth

131 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Microaggregates in soils

2017 753 citations Wulf Amelung, Stephan Peth et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science profile →
From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota

2024 52 citations Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Stephan Peth et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Stephan Peth	3.2k	2.1k	959	934	888	135	6.1k
Wim Cornelis	4.1k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.9×	1.0k 1.1×	281	7.2k
Stephen H. Anderson	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	694 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	578 0.7×	175	5.5k
Ying Zhao	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	951 1.1×	230	6.5k
W. D. Reynolds	4.0k 1.2×	3.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	2.2k 2.4×	752 0.8×	146	7.2k
B.C. Ball	4.9k 1.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	998 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	121	7.2k
D. Gabriëls	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	726 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	220	5.6k
Jerzy Lipiec	3.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	675 0.7×	492 0.6×	138	5.4k
Per Schjønning	5.0k 1.6×	4.7k 2.2×	842 0.9×	2.2k 2.3×	943 1.1×	179	8.6k
Steffen Schlüter	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	647 0.7×	114	5.8k
Lis Wollesen de Jonge	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	596 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	514 0.6×	165	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Peth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Peth

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Görres, Carolyn‐Monika, et al.. (2025). Modeling active layer thickness in permafrost rock walls based on an analytical solution of the heat transport equation, Kitzsteinhorn, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria. Earth Surface Dynamics. 13(3). 473–493. 1 indexed citations

Burkert, Andreas, et al.. (2025). Assessing canopy temperature responses to nitrogen fertilization in South Indian crops using UAV -based thermal sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 46(6). 2389–2417. 2 indexed citations

Holthusen, Dörthe, et al.. (2024). Long-term organic fertilization with high carbon input improves pore geometry and functionality of no-till sandy soil. Soil and Tillage Research. 244. 106256–106256. 6 indexed citations

Sepehrnia, Nasrollah, et al.. (2024). Modeling bacterial transport and fate: Insight into the cascading consequences of soil water repellency and contrasting hydraulic conditions. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176196–176196.

Uteau, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Modeling N fertilization impact on water cycle and water use efficiency of maize, finger‐millet, and lablab crops in South India. Vadose Zone Journal. 23(3). 1 indexed citations

Uteau, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Impact of Ten Years Conservation Tillage in Organic Farming on Soil Physical Properties in a Loess Soil—Northern Hesse, Germany. Agriculture. 13(1). 133–133. 11 indexed citations

Felde, Vincent J.M.N.L., et al.. (2023). Exploring the mechanisms of diverging mechanical and water stability in macro‐ and microaggregates. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 187(1). 104–117. 3 indexed citations

Phalempin, Maxime, et al.. (2023). Can we use X-ray CT to generate 3D penetration resistance data?. Geoderma. 439. 116700–116700. 3 indexed citations

Shafea, Leila, Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde, Susanne K. Woche, Jörg Bachmann, & Stephan Peth. (2023). Microplastics effects on wettability, pore sizes and saturated hydraulic conductivity of a loess topsoil. Geoderma. 437. 116566–116566. 45 indexed citations

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Bucka, Franziska B., Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde, Stephan Peth, & Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner. (2023). Complementary effects of sorption and biochemical processing of dissolved organic matter for emerging structure formation controlled by soil texture. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 187(1). 51–62. 3 indexed citations

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Shafea, Leila, Nicolas Bériot, Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde, et al.. (2022). Microplastics in agroecosystems: A review of effects on soil biota and key soil functions. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 186(1). 5–22. 53 indexed citations

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Bucka, Franziska B., et al.. (2021). Disentangling the effects of OM quality and soil texture on microbially mediated structure formation in artificial model soils. Geoderma. 403. 115213–115213. 51 indexed citations

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Uteau, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Effects of mucilage concentration at different water contents on mechanical stability and elasticity in a loamy and a sandy soil. European Journal of Soil Science. 73(1). 15 indexed citations

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Obalum, Sunday E., Daniel Uteau, & Stephan Peth. (2019). Reduced tillage and compost effects on soil aggregate stability of a silt-loam Luvisol using different aggregate stability tests. Soil and Tillage Research. 189. 217–228. 40 indexed citations

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Brinkmann, Katja, et al.. (2018). Ethnopedological knowledge and soil classification in SW Madagascar. Geoderma Regional. 14. e00179–e00179. 10 indexed citations

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Mugnai, Gianmarco, Federico Rossi, Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde, et al.. (2018). The potential of the cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya ohadii as inoculum for stabilizing bare sandy substrates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 127. 318–328. 68 indexed citations

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Ajayi, Ayodele Ebenezer, Rainer Horn, Jens Rostek, Daniel Uteau, & Stephan Peth. (2018). Evaluation of temporal changes in hydrostructural properties of regenerating permanent grassland soils based on shrinkage properties and μCT analysis. Soil and Tillage Research. 185. 102–112. 22 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, Andreas, Wulf Amelung, Henner Hollert, et al.. (2016). The impact of chemical pollution on the resilience of soils under multiple stresses: A conceptual framework for future research. The Science of The Total Environment. 568. 1076–1085. 31 indexed citations

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Peth, Stephan, Olivier Monga, Patricia Garnier, et al.. (2015). Three-dimensional distribution of water and air in soil pores: Comparison of two-phase two-relaxation-times lattice-Boltzmann and morphological model outputs with synchrotron X-ray computed tomography data. Advances in Water Resources. 84. 87–102. 55 indexed citations

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Peth, Stephan, Claire Chenu, Anneka Mordhorst, et al.. (2014). Localization of soil organic matter in soil aggregates using synchrotron-based X-ray microtomography. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 78. 189–194. 77 indexed citations

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