Walter W. Wenzel

14.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
156 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Walter W. Wenzel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter W. Wenzel has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Plant Science, 66 papers in Pollution and 34 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Walter W. Wenzel's work include Heavy metals in environment (60 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (27 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers). Walter W. Wenzel is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (60 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (27 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers). Walter W. Wenzel collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Walter W. Wenzel's co-authors include Walter J. Fitz, Markus Puschenreiter, Enzo Lombi, Thomas Prohaska, Gerhard Stingeder, D. C. Adriano, Eva Oburger, Jakob Santner, G. R. Gobran and Angela Sessitsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Walter W. Wenzel

150 papers receiving 10.3k 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 fractionation in soils using an improved sequential extraction procedure

2001 1.2k citations Walter W. Wenzel, Enzo Lombi et al. Analytica Chimica Acta profile →
Trace elements in the soil-plant interface: Phytoavailability, translocation, and phytoremediation–A review

2017 649 citations Walter W. Wenzel et al. profile →
Arsenic transformations in the soil–rhizosphere–plant system: fundamentals and potential application to phytoremediation

2002 598 citations Walter J. Fitz, Walter W. Wenzel profile →
The role of plant-associated bacteria in the mobilization and phytoextraction of trace elements in contaminated soils

2013 480 citations Walter W. Wenzel, Markus Puschenreiter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter W. Wenzel Austria	49	5.3k	4.3k	3.0k	1.5k	1.4k	156	10.8k
Michel Mench France	51	5.1k 1.0×	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	158	8.7k
Jean‐Louis Morel France	65	5.9k 1.1×	4.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	279	12.2k
Rufus L. Chaney United States	68	8.2k 1.5×	7.3k 1.7×	1.6k 0.5×	2.5k 1.7×	1.4k 1.1×	228	15.1k
Peter M. Kopittke Australia	54	3.3k 0.6×	4.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	242	10.8k
Filip Tack Belgium	70	8.8k 1.7×	3.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	3.0k 2.0×	1.9k 1.4×	309	15.6k
B. J. Alloway United Kingdom	40	7.4k 1.4×	2.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	87	11.3k
Alina Kabata‐Pendias Poland	14	9.1k 1.7×	3.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 1.6×	2.0k 1.5×	52	14.4k
Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme Brazil	48	2.8k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	330	8.6k
Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad India	59	5.9k 1.1×	8.8k 2.0×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	202	15.5k
D. C. Adriano United States	45	8.2k 1.5×	2.4k 0.5×	3.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.7×	2.9k 2.1×	153	13.6k

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Puschenreiter, Markus, et al.. (2025). Silicon solubilisation from soil minerals and soil by root exudate compounds. Geoderma. 459. 117375–117375. 1 indexed citations

Wenzel, Walter W., et al.. (2024). SOC: clay ratio: A mechanistically-sound, universal soil health indicator across ecological zones and land use categories?. Geoderma. 452. 117080–117080. 4 indexed citations

Wenzel, Walter W., et al.. (2023). Carbon sequestration potential and fractionation in soils after conversion of cultivated land to hedgerows. Geoderma. 435. 116501–116501. 13 indexed citations

Doolette, Casey L., Daryl L. Howard, Cameron M. Kewish, et al.. (2022). Tandem Probe Analysis Mode for Synchrotron XFM: Doubling Throughput Capacity. Analytical Chemistry. 94(11). 4584–4593. 7 indexed citations

Oburger, Eva, et al.. (2022). A quick and simple spectrophotometric method to determine total carbon concentrations in root exudate samples of grass species. Plant and Soil. 478(1-2). 273–281. 13 indexed citations

Tiefenbacher, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). Optimizing Carbon Sequestration in Croplands: A Synthesis. Agronomy. 11(5). 882–882. 90 indexed citations

Puschenreiter, Markus, et al.. (2021). Phosphorus depletion controls Cu and Zn biogeochemistry in canola and corn rhizosphere on a calcareous soil. Plant Soil and Environment. 67(8). 443–452. 2 indexed citations

Santner, Jakob, et al.. (2021). Diffusive gradients in thin films predicts crop response better than calcium-acetate-lactate extraction. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 121(2-3). 227–240. 6 indexed citations

Tiefenbacher, Alexandra, Gabriele Weigelhofer, Andreas Klik, et al.. (2020). Short-term effects of fertilization on dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soil leachate. 7 indexed citations

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Tiefenbacher, Alexandra, Gabriele Weigelhofer, Andreas Klik, et al.. (2020). Short-Term Effects of Fertilization on Dissolved Organic Matter in Soil Leachate. Water. 12(6). 1617–1617. 20 indexed citations

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Duboc, Olivier, et al.. (2019). Functional Recycling of Biobased, Borate-Stabilized Insulation Materials As B Fertilizer. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(24). 14620–14629. 12 indexed citations

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Kreuzeder, Andreas, et al.. (2018). In situ observation of localized, sub-mm scale changes of phosphorus biogeochemistry in the rhizosphere. Plant and Soil. 424(1-2). 573–589. 69 indexed citations

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Wenzel, Walter W.. (2017). Der Ortsname Libzi und seine Verwandten. 615–627.

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Duboc, Olivier, et al.. (2017). Predicting phosphorus availability from chemically diverse conventional and recycling fertilizers. The Science of The Total Environment. 599-600. 1160–1170. 35 indexed citations

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Santner, Jakob, et al.. (2016). Integrating chemical imaging of cationic trace metal solutes and pH into a single hydrogel layer. Analytica Chimica Acta. 950. 88–97. 38 indexed citations

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Wenzel, Walter W.. (2014). Die Stammesnamen ‚Milzane‘ und ‚Besunzane‘. 49(4). 451–460.

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Puschenreiter, Markus, et al.. (2014). Aided phytostabilization using Miscanthus sinensis×giganteus on heavy metal-contaminated soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 479-480. 125–131. 80 indexed citations

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Белимов, А. А., Walter W. Wenzel, M. Andrews, & M. Andrews. (2009). The role of rhizosphere microorganisms in heavy metal tolerance of higher plants.. Aspects of applied biology. 81–90. 4 indexed citations

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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

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Zgorelec, Željka, et al.. (2008). ARSENIC AND NICKEL ENRICHMENT COEFFICIENTS FOR CROPS GROWING ON COAL ASH. University of Debrecen Electronic Archive (University of Debrecen). 36. 1219–1222. 3 indexed citations

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