Walter J. Fitz

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Walter J. Fitz is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter J. Fitz has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Walter J. Fitz's work include Heavy metals in environment (12 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (6 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (6 papers). Walter J. Fitz is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (12 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (6 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (6 papers). Walter J. Fitz collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Walter J. Fitz's co-authors include Walter W. Wenzel, Enzo Lombi, Peter Schweiger, Markus Puschenreiter, Gangya Zhang, Hao Zhang, Fang‐Jie Zhao, S. P. McGrath, Bo Sun and I. Langer and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Pollution and Analytica Chimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Walter J. Fitz

23 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Arsenic transformations in the soil–rhizosphere–plant system: fundamentals and potential application to phytoremediation

2002 598 citations Walter J. Fitz, Walter W. Wenzel Journal of Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter J. Fitz Austria	18	1.2k	906	587	367	300	24	2.0k
Z.H. Ye China	30	1.6k 1.4×	702 0.8×	1.3k 2.2×	281 0.8×	430 1.4×	53	2.9k
Rebecca Hamon Australia	27	1.7k 1.5×	472 0.5×	813 1.4×	406 1.1×	249 0.8×	36	2.5k
C. W. Gray New Zealand	22	1.3k 1.2×	350 0.4×	533 0.9×	338 0.9×	261 0.9×	55	2.1k
Kenneth S. Sajwan United States	28	999 0.9×	695 0.8×	525 0.9×	1.1k 3.1×	377 1.3×	80	2.7k
N. Karimian Iran	31	926 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	833 1.4×	262 0.7×	351 1.2×	121	2.7k
G. Petruzzelli Italy	30	1.4k 1.2×	353 0.4×	941 1.6×	417 1.1×	247 0.8×	113	2.7k
Shibao Chen China	29	1.7k 1.4×	420 0.5×	742 1.3×	508 1.4×	331 1.1×	82	2.8k
Rosanna Ginocchio Chile	26	1000 0.9×	331 0.4×	811 1.4×	213 0.6×	263 0.9×	84	2.0k
Elvira Esteban Spain	27	1.2k 1.1×	560 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	428 1.2×	225 0.8×	52	2.3k
Pengjie Hu China	24	1.2k 1.0×	396 0.4×	803 1.4×	341 0.9×	202 0.7×	54	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter J. Fitz

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20 of 20 papers shown

Langer, I., et al.. (2012). Ectomycorrhizal impact on Zn accumulation of Populus tremula L. grown in metalliferous soil with increasing levels of Zn concentration. Plant and Soil. 355(1-2). 283–297. 26 indexed citations

Dellantonio, Alex, et al.. (2010). Disposal of Coal Combustion Residues in Terrestrial Systems: Contamination and Risk Management. Journal of Environmental Quality. 39(3). 761–775. 38 indexed citations

Miró, Manuel, et al.. (2010). In-situ sampling of soil pore water: evaluation of linear-type microdialysis probes and suction cups at varied moisture contents. Environmental Chemistry. 7(1). 123–131. 22 indexed citations

Kobler, Johannes, Walter J. Fitz, Thomas Dirnböck, & Michael Mirtl. (2009). Soil type affects migration pattern of airborne Pb and Cd under a spruce-beech forest of the UN-ECE integrated monitoring site Zöbelboden, Austria. Environmental Pollution. 158(3). 849–854. 9 indexed citations

Langer, I., et al.. (2009). Zinc accumulation potential and toxicity threshold determined for a metal-accumulating Populus canescens clone in a dose–response study. Environmental Pollution. 157(10). 2871–2877. 23 indexed citations

Dellantonio, Alex, Walter J. Fitz, Bernd Uwe Schneider, et al.. (2008). Environmental risks of farmed and barren alkaline coal ash landfills in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Environmental Pollution. 153(3). 677–686. 49 indexed citations

Peintner, Ursula, et al.. (2008). Ectomycorrhizal communities associated with Populus tremula growing on a heavy metal contaminated site. Mycological Research. 112(9). 1069–1079. 81 indexed citations

Fitz, Walter J., et al.. (2008). Bioconcentration of zinc and cadmium in ectomycorrhizal fungi and associated aspen trees as affected by level of pollution. Environmental Pollution. 157(1). 280–286. 23 indexed citations

Fitz, Walter J., et al.. (2006). Comparison of methods for measuring metal desorption from soils for parameterizing rhizosphere models. European Journal of Soil Science. 57(1). 38–46. 2 indexed citations

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Fedotov, Petr S., Walter J. Fitz, Rainer Wennrich, Peter Morgenstern, & Walter W. Wenzel. (2005). Fractionation of arsenic in soil and sludge samples: continuous-flow extraction using rotating coiled columns versus batch sequential extraction. Analytica Chimica Acta. 538(1-2). 93–98. 37 indexed citations

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Puschenreiter, Markus, Andrea Schnepf, Walter J. Fitz, et al.. (2005). Changes of Ni biogeochemistry in the rhizosphere of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi goesingense. Plant and Soil. 271(1-2). 205–218. 84 indexed citations

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Fitz, Walter J. & Walter W. Wenzel. (2003). Environmental Chemistry of Arsenic. Journal of Environmental Quality. 32(4). 1572–1573. 108 indexed citations

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Fitz, Walter J., Walter W. Wenzel, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2003). Rhizosphere characteristics of the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. and monitoring techniques for its use in phytoextraction.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 3 indexed citations

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Friedel, Jürgen K., et al.. (2003). Effects of different freezing methods on estimates of soil microbial biomass N by fumigation‐extraction. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 166(3). 326–327. 4 indexed citations

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Fitz, Walter J., et al.. (2003). Microtome sectioning causes artifacts in rhizobox experiments. Plant and Soil. 256(2). 455–462. 27 indexed citations

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Fitz, Walter J. & Walter W. Wenzel. (2003). Environmental Chemistry of Arsenic. Journal of Environmental Quality. 32(4). 1572–a. 239 indexed citations

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Lombi, Enzo, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Gangya Zhang, et al.. (2002). In situ fixation of metals in soils using bauxite residue: chemical assessment. Environmental Pollution. 118(3). 435–443. 283 indexed citations

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Fitz, Walter J. & Walter W. Wenzel. (2002). Arsenic transformations in the soil–rhizosphere–plant system: fundamentals and potential application to phytoremediation. Journal of Biotechnology. 99(3). 259–278. 598 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lombi, Enzo, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Gangya Zhang, et al.. (2002). In situ fixation of metals using bauxite residue: chemical assessment.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 4 indexed citations

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Koellensperger, Gunda, Johanna Nurmi, Stephan Hann, et al.. (2002). CE-ICP-SFMS and HPIC-ICP-SFMS for arsenic speciation in soil solution and soil water extracts. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 17(9). 1042–1047. 43 indexed citations

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