Thomas Reitz

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Reitz is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Plant Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Reitz has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Materials Chemistry, 28 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Reitz's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (21 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (15 papers). Thomas Reitz is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (21 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (15 papers). Thomas Reitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Thomas Reitz's co-authors include François Buscot, Elke Schulz, Davide Francioli, Guillaume Lentendu, Tesfaye Wubet, L. Jay Deiner, Mika Tarkka, Harold H. Kung, Claudia Breitkreuz and Martin Schädler and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Reitz

93 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

  1. Mineral vs. Organic Amendments: Microbial Community Structure, Activity and Abundance of Agriculturally Relevant Microbes Are Driven by Long-Term Fertilization Strategies
    2016 552 citations Elke Schulz, François Buscot et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Reitz 818 813 730 543 323 98 2.8k
Baozhen Li 386 0.5× 391 0.5× 320 0.4× 393 0.7× 157 0.5× 95 2.2k
Yafeng Zhang 254 0.3× 500 0.6× 642 0.9× 310 0.6× 478 1.5× 126 3.2k
Hu Zhou 656 0.8× 1.9k 2.4× 317 0.4× 325 0.6× 99 0.3× 111 4.1k
Zhiying Guo 428 0.5× 610 0.8× 259 0.4× 764 1.4× 138 0.4× 83 1.8k
Chen Tu 660 0.8× 267 0.3× 1.1k 1.5× 498 0.9× 355 1.1× 160 7.7k
Huimin Wang 417 0.5× 640 0.8× 2.2k 3.0× 316 0.6× 1.0k 3.2× 177 4.8k
Xiaoqing Cui 436 0.5× 582 0.7× 354 0.5× 534 1.0× 415 1.3× 90 3.3k
Jingyan Wang 474 0.6× 594 0.7× 355 0.5× 162 0.3× 106 0.3× 95 1.6k
Nishant K. Sinha 468 0.6× 641 0.8× 351 0.5× 107 0.2× 81 0.3× 98 1.9k
Xu Liu 1.6k 2.0× 2.0k 2.4× 431 0.6× 600 1.1× 706 2.2× 86 5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Reitz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Reitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Reitz

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

All Works

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Sünnemann, Marie, Martin Schädler, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, et al.. (2025). Soil depth shapes the microbial response to land use and climate change in agroecosystems. Applied Soil Ecology. 209. 106025–106025. 4 indexed citations
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Yim, Bunlong, Marie‐Lara Bouffaud, Doris Vetterlein, et al.. (2025). Responses of maize roots, rhizosphere enzyme kinetics and prokaryote diversity to alternating precipitation: insights from a three-year field study. Annals of Botany. 136(5-6). 1081–1099. 1 indexed citations
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Schlüter, Steffen, Maxime Phalempin, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, et al.. (2025). Divergence in physical, chemical, and biological soil properties caused by different long-term bare fallow management and natural succession. Geoderma. 459. 117361–117361.
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Reitz, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Decoupling of heat and CO2 release during decomposition of cellulose and its building blocks in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 206. 109801–109801. 1 indexed citations
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Reitz, Thomas, Fabiano Sillo, Vincenzo Montesano, et al.. (2024). Interactions between an arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum and the root-associated microbiome in shaping the response of Capsicum annuum “Locale di Senise” to different irrigation levels. Plant and Soil. 508(1-2). 361–383. 1 indexed citations
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Rasul, Maria, Mahreen Yahya, Muhammad Suleman, et al.. (2024). Diversity and functional traits based indigenous rhizosphere associated phosphate solubilizing bacteria for sustainable production of rice. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1470019–1470019. 1 indexed citations
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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
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Eisenhauer, Nico, et al.. (2024). Grasslands support more diverse and resilient earthworm communities to climate change than croplands in Central Europe. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 377. 109259–109259. 4 indexed citations
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Sünnemann, Marie, Andrew D. Barnes, Marcel Ciobanu, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Land Use Strengthens Microbial and Herbivore Controls in Soil Food Webs in Current and Future Climates. Global Change Biology. 30(11). e17554–e17554. 4 indexed citations
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Sünnemann, Marie, Rémy Beugnon, Claudia Breitkreuz, et al.. (2023). Climate change and cropland management compromise soil integrity and multifunctionality. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 37 indexed citations
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König, Sara, Ulrich Weller, Bibiana Betancur‐Corredor, et al.. (2023). BODIUM —A systemic approach to model the dynamics of soil functions. European Journal of Soil Science. 74(5). 6 indexed citations
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Aliasgharzad, Nasser, Ezatollah Esfandiari, Mohammad Bagher Hassanpouraghdam, et al.. (2022). Biofilm forming rhizobacteria affect the physiological and biochemical responses of wheat to drought. AMB Express. 12(1). 93–93. 17 indexed citations
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Siles, José A., Marta Díaz‐López, Alfonso Vera, et al.. (2022). Priming effects in soils across Europe. Global Change Biology. 28(6). 2146–2157. 39 indexed citations
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Breitkreuz, Claudia, Thomas Reitz, Elke Schulz, & Mika Tarkka. (2021). Drought and Plant Community Composition Affect the Metabolic and Genotypic Diversity of Pseudomonas Strains in Grassland Soils. Microorganisms. 9(8). 1677–1677. 8 indexed citations
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Sünnemann, Marie, Alfred Lochner, Thomas Reitz, et al.. (2021). Low‐intensity land‐use enhances soil microbial activity, biomass and fungal‐to‐bacterial ratio in current and future climates. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(11). 2614–2625. 28 indexed citations
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Goldmann, Kezia, Anna Heintz‐Buschart, Thomas Reitz, et al.. (2020). Fungal guilds and soil functionality respond to tree community traits rather than to tree diversity in European forests. Molecular Ecology. 30(2). 572–591. 38 indexed citations

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