Wolfgang Wanek

20.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
274 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Wanek is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Wanek has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Ecology, 117 papers in Soil Science and 71 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Wanek's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (115 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (47 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers). Wolfgang Wanek is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (115 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (47 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers). Wolfgang Wanek collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and China. Wolfgang Wanek's co-authors include Andreas Richter, Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, Maria Mooshammer, Katharina Keiblinger, Peter Hietz, Florian Hofhansl, Yuntao Hu, Christina Kaiser, Alberto Canarini and Marianne Popp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Wanek

259 papers receiving 14.5k citations

Hit Papers

The application of ecological stoichiometry to plant–micr... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2014 2019 2014 2019 250 500 750
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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. The application of ecological stoichiometry to plant–microbial–soil organic matter transformations
    2015 911 citations Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, Andreas Richter et al. profile →
  2. Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling
    2014 718 citations Wolfgang Wanek, Florian Hofhansl et al. profile →
  3. Root Exudation of Primary Metabolites: Mechanisms and Their Roles in Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli
    2019 712 citations Andreas Richter, Wolfgang Wanek et al. profile →
  4. Stoichiometric imbalances between terrestrial decomposer communities and their resources: mechanisms and implications of microbial adaptations to their resources
    2014 662 citations Wolfgang Wanek, Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern et al. profile →
  5. Increased microbial growth, biomass, and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity
    2019 384 citations Judith Prommer, Tom W. N. Walker et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  6. Microbial carbon use efficiency and biomass turnover times depending on soil depth – Implications for carbon cycling
    2016 380 citations Wolfgang Wanek, Andreas Richter et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  7. Soil multifunctionality is affected by the soil environment and by microbial community composition and diversity
    2019 348 citations Yuntao Hu, Andreas Richter et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers

Wolfgang Wanek
Nick Ostle United Kingdom
Serita D. Frey United States
Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern Austria
Matthew D. Wallenstein United States
A. Stuart Grandy United States
Gerd Gleixner Germany
Johannes Rousk Sweden
William R. Horwáth United States
Pascal Boeckx Belgium
Cornélia Rumpel France
Nick Ostle United Kingdom
Wolfgang Wanek
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Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Wanek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Wanek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Wanek

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Wanek. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Wanek 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 Wolfgang Wanek. Wolfgang Wanek 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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Wang, Tao, et al.. (2025). Large-scale patterns and drivers of soil organic nitrogen depolymerization. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 204. 109766–109766. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Haoran, Xiu Liu, Fan Liu, et al.. (2025). Meta-analysis of the accumulation and stabilisation of particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon by fertilization. Soil and Tillage Research. 255. 106770–106770. 2 indexed citations
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Mayer, Mathias, Michael Grabner, Michael Tatzber, et al.. (2025). Substantial Deep‐Soil Carbon Losses Outweigh Topsoil Gains in European Beech Forests Since the 1980s. Global Change Biology. 31(9). e70446–e70446.
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Chen, Song‐Can, Xiaomin Li, Guoqing Guan, et al.. (2025). Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation. Nature. 646(8086). 925–933. 5 indexed citations
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Mayer, Mathias, Michael Grabner, Michael Tatzber, et al.. (2025). Ranked growth response to drought for 14 tree species in a temperate forested landscape in Austria. Forest Ecology and Management. 593. 122860–122860. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Haoran, Hong Chen, Guopeng Liang, et al.. (2025). Fungal Necromass Carbon Dominates Global Soil Organic Carbon Storage. Global Change Biology. 31(8). e70413–e70413. 3 indexed citations
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Fortunel, Claire, Éric Marcon, Christopher Baraloto, et al.. (2025). Love Thy Neighbour? Tropical Tree Growth and Its Response to Climate Anomalies Is Mediated by Neighbourhood Hierarchy and Dissimilarity in Carbon‐ and Water‐Related Traits. Ecology Letters. 28(4). e70028–e70028. 2 indexed citations
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Balzano, Sergio, Nina Keul, Petra Heinz, et al.. (2025). Biosorption of heavy metals by microalgae: Hazardous side effects for marine organisms. Chemosphere. 372. 144080–144080. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Haoran, Hong Chen, Guopeng Liang, et al.. (2025). Global Synthesis of Fertilisation‐Induced Changes in the Microbial Entombing Effect. Global Change Biology. 31(6). e70276–e70276. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaofei, Ye Tian, Jakob Heinzle, et al.. (2024). Long‐term soil warming decreases soil microbial necromass carbon by adversely affecting its production and decomposition. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17379–e17379. 29 indexed citations
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Sun, Lifei, Daryl Moorhead, Yongxing Cui, et al.. (2023). Exogenous nitrogen input skews estimates of microbial nitrogen use efficiency by ecoenzymatic stoichiometry. Ecological Processes. 12(1). 7 indexed citations
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Tian, Ye, Andreas Schindlbacher, Jakob Heinzle, et al.. (2023). Long-term warming of a forest soil reduces microbial biomass and its carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 184. 109109–109109. 44 indexed citations
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Crittenden, P. D., Christopher J. Ellis, R. I. Smith, Wolfgang Wanek, & Barry Thornton. (2022). Loss of nitrogen fixing capacity in a montane lichen is linked to increased nitrogen deposition. Journal of Ecology. 111(2). 280–299. 6 indexed citations
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Reyes‐García, Casandra, Peter Hietz, Gerhard Zotz, et al.. (2022). New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks. Plants. 11(22). 3151–3151. 5 indexed citations
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Heinzle, Jakob, Barbara Kitzler, Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, et al.. (2022). Soil CH4 and N2O response diminishes during decadal soil warming in a temperate mountain forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 329. 109287–109287. 16 indexed citations
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Guerrero‐Ramírez, Nathaly R., Dylan Craven, Gustavo B. Paterno, et al.. (2022). Broad‐ and small‐scale environmental gradients drive variation in chemical, but not morphological, leaf traits of vascular epiphytes. Functional Ecology. 36(8). 1858–1872. 7 indexed citations
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Vries, Franciska T. de, Cécile Thion, Michael Bahn, et al.. (2021). Glacier forelands reveal fundamental plant and microbial controls on short‐term ecosystem nitrogen retention. Journal of Ecology. 109(10). 3710–3723. 13 indexed citations
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Prommer, Judith, Tom W. N. Walker, Wolfgang Wanek, et al.. (2019). Increased microbial growth, biomass, and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity. Global Change Biology. 26(2). 669–681. 384 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Xingliang, Wolfgang Wanek, Caiping Zhou, et al.. (2014). Nutrient limitation of alpine plants: Implications from leaf N : P stoichiometry and leaf δ15N. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 177(3). 378–387. 42 indexed citations
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Wanek, Wolfgang, et al.. (2009). Nitrogen fixation and yield of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), as affected by co-inoculation with Sinorhizobium meliloti and arbuscular mycorrhiza under dry organic farming conditions. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 6(2). 173–183. 2 indexed citations

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