W. Zech

9.5k total citations
148 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

W. Zech is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Zech has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Soil Science, 31 papers in Ecology and 28 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. Zech's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (68 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (25 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (25 papers). W. Zech is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (68 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (25 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (25 papers). W. Zech collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. W. Zech's co-authors include Georg Guggenberger, Ludwig Haumaier, Klaus Kaiser, Wulf Amelung, Bent T. Christensen, Bruno Glaser, Dawit Solomon, Klaus W. Flach, Johannes Lehmann and Jürgen Lehmann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

W. Zech

146 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Zech Germany 45 3.9k 1.8k 1.7k 1.0k 1.0k 148 7.3k
Karl Stahr Germany 44 4.7k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 895 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 200 8.8k
J. O. Skjemstad Australia 37 4.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 61 8.8k
Ludwig Haumaier Germany 37 2.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 798 0.8× 994 1.0× 64 6.1k
Phillip Sollins United States 43 4.8k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 3.1k 1.7× 840 0.8× 538 0.5× 85 8.5k
Heinz Flessa Germany 38 5.8k 1.5× 2.6k 1.5× 2.8k 1.6× 680 0.7× 776 0.8× 96 8.4k
Evelyn S. Krull Australia 35 3.0k 0.8× 712 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 826 0.8× 65 6.4k
Margit von Lützow Germany 28 6.4k 1.6× 2.0k 1.1× 3.0k 1.7× 723 0.7× 496 0.5× 40 8.0k
Bernard Ludwig Germany 47 4.6k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 507 0.5× 558 0.6× 167 7.2k
Reinhold Jahn Germany 36 2.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 712 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 92 6.5k
P. Buurman Netherlands 45 2.5k 0.6× 739 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 786 0.8× 168 5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Zech

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Zech

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Zech

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zech, W., et al.. (2021). On frozen chernozem genesis and evolution at lacustrine plains in the southern Vitim plateau (Eastern Siberia, Russia). IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 908(1). 12033–12033. 1 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, et al.. (2014). Revisiting Mt. Kilimanjaro: Do n-alkane biomarkers in soils reflect the δ<sup>2</sup>H isotopic composition of precipitation?. EPub Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 3 indexed citations
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Prasse, Carsten, W. Zech, Fisseha Itanna, & Bruno Glaser. (2012). Contamination and source assessment of metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban soils from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry Reviews. 94(10). 1954–1979. 30 indexed citations
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Zech, Roland, Yongsong Huang, Michael Zech, Rafael Tarozo, & W. Zech. (2011). High carbon sequestration in Siberian permafrost loess-paleosols during glacials. Climate of the past. 7(2). 501–509. 33 indexed citations
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Zech, Roland, Yongsong Huang, Michael Zech, Rafael Tarozo, & W. Zech. (2010). A permafrost glacial hypothesis to explain atmospheric CO 2 and the ice ages during the Pleistocene. 5 indexed citations
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Fiedler, Sabine, et al.. (2006). Alkylphenols in sediments of the Atlantic Rainforest south-west of São Paulo, Brazil. Chemosphere. 66(2). 212–218. 24 indexed citations
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Goller, Rainer, Wolfgang Wilcke, Melanie J. Leng, et al.. (2004). Tracing water paths through small catchments under a tropical montane rain forest in south Ecuador by an oxygen isotope approach. Journal of Hydrology. 308(1-4). 67–80. 98 indexed citations
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Schroth, G., et al.. (2001). Nutrient fluxes in rainfall, throughfall and stemflow in tree-based land use systems and spontaneous tree vegetation of central Amazonia. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 87(1). 37–49. 74 indexed citations
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Laabs, Volker, et al.. (2000). Leaching and degradation of corn and soybean pesticides in an Oxisol of the Brazilian Cerrados. Chemosphere. 41(9). 1441–1449. 105 indexed citations
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Miltner, Anja & W. Zech. (1999). Microbial degradation and resynthesis of proteins during incubation of beech leaf litter in the presence of mineral phases. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 30(1-2). 48–51. 20 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Johannes, M. da S. Cravo, & W. Zech. (1998). Determination of ecologically relevant pools for soil organic matter stability in terra firme oxisols.. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 3 indexed citations
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Gehring, A. U., Georg Guggenberger, W. Zech, & Jörg Luster. (1997). Combined Magnetic, Spectroscopic, and Analytical‐Chemical Approach to Infer Genetic Information for a Vertisol. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 61(1). 78–85. 19 indexed citations
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Lindner, G., et al.. (1994). Seasonal and regional variations in the transfer of cesium radionuclides from soil to roe deer and plants in a prealpine forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 157. 189–196. 18 indexed citations
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Zech, W., Frank Ziegler, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, & Ludwig Haumaier. (1992). Humic substances distribution and transformation in forest soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 117-118. 155–174. 93 indexed citations
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Zech, W., et al.. (1991). Mineral deficiencies of forest trees in Yucatan (Mexico) and consequences for land-use.. Turrialba. 41(2). 230–236. 5 indexed citations
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Zech, W.. (1990). Mineral deficiencies in forest plantations of North-Luzon, Philippines.. Tropical Ecology. 31(1). 22–31. 5 indexed citations
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Drechsel, Pay, et al.. (1990). Relationships between growth, mineral nutrition, and soils in young teak plantations in Benin and Liberia. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 54(4). 651–656. 1 indexed citations
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Zech, W., et al.. (1989). Caractérisation, par spectrométrie RMN du 31P, de constituants phosphatés extraits de sols de rizières malgaches. 25(3). 243–251. 4 indexed citations
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Zech, W., et al.. (1982). Forestry as a possible solution to the environmental and energy difficulties facing semi-arid Africa. The case of Upper Volta.. 20. 70–87. 1 indexed citations

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