Thomas Kätterer

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
186 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kätterer is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kätterer has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Soil Science, 80 papers in Ecology and 68 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kätterer's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (144 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (66 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (61 papers). Thomas Kätterer is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (144 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (66 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (61 papers). Thomas Kätterer collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, France and Denmark. Thomas Kätterer's co-authors include Olof Andrén, Holger Kirchmann, Martin A. Bolinder, Gunnar Börjesson, Lorenzo Menichetti, Christopher Poeplau, Markus Reichstein, Neal Haddaway, Bent T. Christensen and Emanuele Lugato and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kätterer

183 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Roots contribute more to refractory soil organic matter than above-ground crop residues, as revealed by a long-term field experiment

2011 453 citations Thomas Kätterer, Martin A. Bolinder et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
How does tillage intensity affect soil organic carbon? A systematic review

2017 270 citations Thomas Kätterer et al. profile →
Carbon sequestration in soils and climate change mitigation—Definitions and pitfalls

2023 91 citations Jens Leifeld, Thomas Kätterer et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Crop Rotation With Ley and Nitrogen Fertilisation Reduced Soil Carbon Loss in Three Swedish Long‐Term Field Experiments 2025 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Rong Lang, Martin A. Bolinder, Gunnar Börjesson, Thomas Kätterer	1
2	Carbon sequestration in the subsoil and the time required to stabilize carbon for climate change mitigation 2024 ·Global Change Biology ·Carlos A. Sierra, Bernhard Ahrens, Martin A. Bolinder, Maarten C. Braakhekke, Sophie F. von Fromm, Thomas Kätterer, Zhongkui Luo, (unknown), Guocheng Wang	29
3	Response of maize yield to changes in soil organic matter in a Swedish long‐term experiment 2024 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Thomas Kätterer, Martin A. Bolinder	4
4	Maize grain yield responses to realistic biochar application rates on smallholder farms in Kenya 2022 ·Agronomy for Sustainable Development ·Thomas Kätterer, Dries Roobroeck, (unknown), Erik Karltun, Gert Nyberg, Cecilia Sundberg, Kristina Röing de Nowina	18
5	Opportunities for Mitigating Soil Compaction in Europe—Case Studies from the SoilCare Project Using Soil-Improving Cropping Systems 2022 ·Land ·Ilaria Piccoli, (unknown), Jennifer Bussell, (unknown), Irina Calciu, Antonio Berti, Gunnar Börjesson, Holger Kirchmann, Thomas Kätterer, (unknown), Chris Stoate, Felicity Crotty, Ioanna Panagea, Abdallah Alaoui, Martin A. Bolinder	19
6	Achievable agricultural soil carbon sequestration across Europe from country‐specific estimates 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·Leonor Rodrigues, Brieuc Hardy, (unknown), (unknown), Dario Fornara, Gabriela Barančíková, Téresa G. Bárcena, (unknown), Claudia Di Bene, Dalia Feizienė, Thomas Kätterer, (unknown), Lilian O’Sullivan, (unknown), Jens Leifeld	45
7	Dynamic upscaling of decomposition kinetics for carbon cycling models 2020 ·Geoscientific model development ·Arjun Chakrawal, Anke M. Herrmann, John Koestel, Jerker Jarsjö, Naoise Nunan, Thomas Kätterer, Stefano Manzoni	36
8	Biochar from cookstoves reduces greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder farms in Africa 2020 ·Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change ·Cecilia Sundberg, Erik Karltun, (unknown), Thomas Kätterer, (unknown), (unknown), Mary Njenga, Gert Nyberg, Kristina Röing de Nowina, Dries Roobroeck, (unknown)	34
9	DRIFTS band areas as measured pool size proxy to reduce parameter uncertainty in soil organic matter models 2020 ·Biogeosciences ·Moritz Laub, Michael Scott Demyan, (unknown), Sergey Blagodatsky, Thomas Kätterer, Hans‐Peter Piepho, Georg Cadisch	23
10	Soil properties currently limiting crop yields in Swedish agriculture – An analysis of 90 yield survey districts and 10 long-term field experiments 2020 ·European Journal of Agronomy ·Holger Kirchmann, Gunnar Börjesson, Martin A. Bolinder, Thomas Kätterer, Faruk Djodjic	21
11	Correction to: Soil fertility effects of repeated application of sewage sludge in two 30-year-old field experiments 2019 ·Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Gunnar Börjesson, Thomas Kätterer	3
12	Evolution of soil organic carbon in a carbonaceous glacial till as an effect of crop and fertility management over 50 years in a field experiment 2019 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Karin Kauer, Alar Astover, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Kätterer	11
13	Biochar production and application in small-scale farming in Kenya : Yield increases and local perceptions 2019 ·Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·(unknown), (unknown), Erik Karltun, Thomas Kätterer, (unknown), Mary Njenga, Gert Nyberg, Kristina Röing de Nowina, (unknown), Cecilia Sundberg	0
14	A model based on Rock-Eval thermal analysis to quantify the size of the centennially persistent organic carbon pool in temperate soils 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Lauric Cécillon, François Baudin, Claire Chenu, Sabine Houot, Romain Jolivet, Thomas Kätterer, Suzanne Lutfalla, A. J. Macdonald, Folkert van Oort, Alain F. Plante, (unknown), Laure Soucémarianadin, Pierre Barré	47
15	Sensitivity of soil carbon fractions and their specific stabilization mechanisms to extreme soil warming in a subarctic grassland 2016 ·Global Change Biology ·Christopher Poeplau, Thomas Kätterer, Niki I. W. Leblans, Bjarni D. Sigurðsson	85
16	Phosphorus fertilisation under nitrogen limitation can deplete soil carbon stocks: evidence from Swedish meta-replicated long-term field experiments 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Christopher Poeplau, Martin A. Bolinder, Holger Kirchmann, Thomas Kätterer	59
17	Positive trends in organic carbon storage in Swedish agricultural soils due to unexpected socio-economic drivers 2015 ·Biogeosciences ·Christopher Poeplau, Martin A. Bolinder, Jan Eriksson, Mattias Lundblad, Thomas Kätterer	38
18	Effect of perennial ryegrass cover crop on soil organic carbon stocks in southern Sweden 2015 ·Geoderma Regional ·Christopher Poeplau, Helena Aronsson, Åsa Myrbeck, Thomas Kätterer	58
19	2011 ·OpenAgrar ·Bas van Wesemael, Keith Paustian, Olof Andrén, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri, Mike Dodd, Jorge D. Etchevers, Esther Goidts, Peter Grace, Thomas Kätterer, B.G. McConkey, Stephen M. Ogle, Genxing Pan, (unknown)	50
20	Efeitos da gestão de residuos de abate no crescimento inicial de Eucalyptus globulus Labill.: resultados de um estudo lisimétrico 2009 ·University of Lisbon Repository (University of Lisbon) ·(unknown), (unknown), M. Madeira, Antônio Carlos de Azevedo, Thomas Kätterer, (unknown), (unknown)	1

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