Vegard Martinsen

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Vegard Martinsen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Vegard Martinsen has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Soil Science, 11 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Vegard Martinsen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (32 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (7 papers). Vegard Martinsen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (32 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (7 papers). Vegard Martinsen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and Uganda. Vegard Martinsen's co-authors include Jan Mulder, Gerard Cornelissen, Sarah E. Hale, Alfred Obia, Gijs D. Breedveld, Trond Børresen, Vanja Alling, Magnus Sparrevik, Gerard Cornelissen and Hans‐Peter Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vegard Martinsen

51 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

In situ effects of biochar on aggregation, water retention and porosity in light-textured tropical soils

2015 387 citations Alfred Obia, Jan Mulder et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vegard Martinsen Norway	27	1.7k	638	577	475	461	54	3.1k
Guitong Li China	29	1.7k 1.0×	769 1.2×	447 0.8×	363 0.8×	358 0.8×	83	2.9k
Atanu Mukherjee United States	15	1.6k 0.9×	469 0.7×	617 1.1×	493 1.0×	472 1.0×	25	3.0k
Thomas Nehls Germany	21	2.1k 1.2×	858 1.3×	790 1.4×	446 0.9×	503 1.1×	52	4.1k
Ana Catarina Bastos Portugal	18	1.8k 1.0×	735 1.2×	617 1.1×	322 0.7×	435 0.9×	30	3.1k
Julia W. Gaskin United States	19	1.8k 1.1×	583 0.9×	773 1.3×	486 1.0×	496 1.1×	47	3.2k
J. Rust Australia	9	1.7k 1.0×	492 0.8×	655 1.1×	307 0.6×	432 0.9×	9	2.4k
Brendan O’Neill United States	5	1.7k 1.0×	523 0.8×	672 1.2×	259 0.5×	424 0.9×	5	2.7k
Silvia Baronti Italy	29	1.7k 1.0×	877 1.4×	567 1.0×	240 0.5×	397 0.9×	66	3.2k
Qimei Lin China	30	1.3k 0.7×	495 0.8×	445 0.8×	378 0.8×	305 0.7×	96	2.7k
Gilbert C. Sigua United States	26	1.3k 0.8×	687 1.1×	369 0.6×	449 0.9×	294 0.6×	107	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vegard Martinsen

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Strand, Line Tau, Vegard Martinsen, Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, et al.. (2025). Soil characteristics at artificial salt licks and their potential impacts on occurrence of chronic wasting disease. Ecosphere. 16(3). 1 indexed citations

Mulder, Jan, et al.. (2025). Biological N2-fixation and grain yield of pigeon pea: The role of biochar and conservation agriculture in low-input systems. Field Crops Research. 328. 109923–109923.

Martinsen, Vegard, Andreas Botnen Smebye, Alfred Obia, et al.. (2025). Enhancing yields and climate resilience through conservation agriculture: multi-year regional on-farm trials in Zambia. Plant and Soil. 513(1). 489–505. 1 indexed citations

Martinsen, Vegard, et al.. (2024). Grain yield and nitrogen cycling under conservation agriculture and biochar amendment in agroecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa. A meta-analysis. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 376. 109243–109243. 11 indexed citations

Mulder, Jan, et al.. (2024). Phosphorus Availability and Uptake following a Maize-Pigeon Pea Rotation under Conservation Agriculture. Agronomy. 14(1). 169–169. 3 indexed citations

Obia, Alfred, Jan Mulder, Vegard Martinsen, et al.. (2024). Biochar dispersion in a tropical soil and its effects on native soil organic carbon. PLoS ONE. 19(4). e0300387–e0300387. 6 indexed citations

Cornelissen, Gerard, Clifton Makate, Jan Mulder, et al.. (2024). Emission Factors for Biochar Production from Various Biomass Types in Flame Curtain Kilns. Applied Sciences. 14(21). 9649–9649. 1 indexed citations

Nadeem, Shahid, Lars Molstad, Vegard Martinsen, et al.. (2023). Effect of calcareous and siliceous amendments on N ₂ O emissions of a grassland soil. Soil Use and Management. 39(3). 1082–1095. 5 indexed citations

Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (2021). Carbon stocks of above- and belowground tree biomass in Kibate Forest around Wonchi Crater Lake, Central Highland of Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0254231–e0254231. 13 indexed citations

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Dong, Lei, Vegard Martinsen, Ying Zheng, et al.. (2020). Effect of grazing exclusion and rotational grazing on labile soil organic carbon in north China. European Journal of Soil Science. 72(1). 372–384. 34 indexed citations

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Rasse, Daniel P., Téresa G. Bárcena, Hugh Riley, et al.. (2019). Muligheter og utfordringer for økt karbonbinding i jordbruksjord. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 1 indexed citations

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Munera-Echeverri, J. L., et al.. (2018). Cation exchange capacity of biochar: An urgent method modification. The Science of The Total Environment. 642. 190–197. 174 indexed citations

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Pandit, Naba Raj, Jan Mulder, Sarah E. Hale, et al.. (2018). Biochar improves maize growth by alleviation of nutrient stress in a moderately acidic low-input Nepalese soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 625. 1380–1389. 183 indexed citations

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Martinsen, Vegard, et al.. (2017). Cation Exchange Capacity of Biochar: An urgent method modification. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4588. 1 indexed citations

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Speed, James D. M., Vegard Martinsen, Alison J. Hester, et al.. (2015). Continuous and discontinuous variation in ecosystem carbon stocks with elevation across a treeline ecotone. Biogeosciences. 12(5). 1615–1627. 24 indexed citations

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Speed, James D. M., Vegard Martinsen, Atle Mysterud, et al.. (2014). Long-Term Increase in Aboveground Carbon Stocks Following Exclusion of Grazers and Forest Establishment in an Alpine Ecosystem. Ecosystems. 17(7). 1138–1150. 30 indexed citations

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Hale, Sarah E., Vanja Alling, Vegard Martinsen, et al.. (2013). The sorption and desorption of phosphate-P, ammonium-N and nitrate-N in cacao shell and corn cob biochars. Chemosphere. 91(11). 1612–1619. 397 indexed citations

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Martinsen, Vegard, Jan Mulder, Gunnar Austrheim, Dag O. Hessen, & Atle Mysterud. (2012). Effects of Sheep Grazing on Availability and Leaching of Soil Nitrogen in Low-Alpine Grasslands. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 44(1). 67–82. 15 indexed citations

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Sparrevik, Magnus, John Field, Vegard Martinsen, Gijs D. Breedveld, & Gerard Cornelissen. (2012). Life Cycle Assessment to Evaluate the Environmental Impact of Biochar Implementation in Conservation Agriculture in Zambia. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(3). 1206–1215. 72 indexed citations

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Mysterud, Atle, Dag O. Hessen, Ragnhild Mobæk, et al.. (2011). Plant quality, seasonality and sheep grazing in an alpine ecosystem. Basic and Applied Ecology. 12(3). 195–206. 36 indexed citations

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