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Andreas Buerkert

Andreas Buerkert

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
56
Citations
10743
World Ranking
1533
National Ranking
104

Andreas Buerkert publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Buerkert sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 299 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Andreas Buerkert D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Buerkert sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andreas Buerkert is affiliated with the University of Kassel in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science, and Ecology.

Their work covers various topics, focusing on Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Selected recent papers by Andreas Buerkert include:

  • Effects of land abandonment on nature contributions to people and good quality of life components in the Mediterranean region: A review (2022, Land Use Policy)
  • Landscape transformation processes in two large and two small cities in Egypt and Jordan over the last five decades using remote sensing data (2020, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Urban Wetlands in an Indian Megacity over the Past 50 Years (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Rurbanity: a concept for the interdisciplinary study of rural-urban transformation (2023, Sustainability Science)
  • Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Algae and Macrophyte Cover in Urban Lakes: A Remote Sensing Analysis of Bellandur and Varthur Wetlands in Bengaluru, India (2020, Remote Sensing)

Frequent co-authors include Eva Schlecht, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Ellen Hoffmann, Martin Wiehle, and Mariko Ingold.

The scientist has published work in several academic venues, with the most frequent being Scientific Reports, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, PLoS ONE, Remote Sensing, and Land.

Andreas Buerkert has contributed to academic literature including a book titled The Rural-Urban Interface, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Implications of agricultural transitions and urbanization for ecosystem services

    Graeme S. Cumming;Andreas Buerkert;Ellen M. Hoffmann;Eva Schlecht

  • Soil organic carbon management for sustainable land use in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa

    A. Bationo;A. Buerkert

  • Cereal/legume rotation effects on cereal growth in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa: soil mineral nitrogen, mycorrhizae and nematodes.

    M. Bagayoko;A. Buerkert;G. Lung;A. Bationo

  • Cereal/legume rotation effects on rhizosphere bacterial community structure in west african soils

    S. Alvey;C.-H. Yang;A. Buerkert;D. E. Crowley

  • Mechanisms of residue mulch-induced cereal growth increases in West Africa.

    Andreas Buerkert;Andre´ Bationo;Komlan Dossa

  • Use of a tri-axial accelerometer for automated recording and classification of goats' grazing behaviour

    Maëg Moreau;Stefan Siebert;Andreas Buerkert;Eva Schlecht

  • Effects of post-harvest treatments on the carbohydrate composition of yacon roots in the Peruvian Andes

    S Graefe;M Hermann;I Manrique;S Golombek

  • Effects of mycorrhizae and phosphorus on growth and nutrient uptake of millet, cowpea and sorghum on a West African soil

    M. Bagayoko;E. George;V. Römheld;A. Buerkert

  • Efficient phosphorus application strategies for increased crop production in sub-Saharan West Africa

    Andreas Buerkert;André Bationo;Hans-Peter Piepho

  • Plant species richness and diversity in urban and peri-urban gardens of Niamey, Niger

    Hannah Bernholt;Katja Kehlenbeck;Jens Gebauer;Andreas Buerkert

  • Cereal/legume rotations affect chemical properties and biological activities in two West African soils

    S. Alvey;M. Bagayoko;G. Neumann;A. Buerkert

  • A critical analysis of challenges and opportunities for soil fertility restoration in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa

    E. Schlecht;A. Buerkert;E. Tielkes;A. Bationo

  • Nutrients in the West African Sudano-Sahelian zone: Losses, transfers and role of external inputs

    Andreas Buerkert;Pierre H.Y. Hiernaux

  • Decomposition of and nutrient release from ruminant manure on acid sandy soils in the Sahelian zone of Niger, West Africa

    P.C. Esse;Andreas Buerkert;Pierre H.Y. Hiernaux;A. Assa

  • Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Willd.: a multipurpose fruit tree

    Amina Sirag Saied;Jens Gebauer;Karl Hammer;Andreas Buerkert

  • Phenalenone-type phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis

    Dirk Hölscher;Suganthagunthalam Dhakshinamoorthy;Theodore Alexandrov;Michael Becker

  • Use of Digital Camera to Assess Nitrogen Status of Winter Wheat in the Northern China Plain

    Liangliang Jia;Xinping Chen;Fusuo Zhang;Andreas Buerkert

  • Root-induced increases in soil pH and nutrient availability to field-grown cereals and legumes on acid sandy soils of Sudano-Sahelian West Africa.

    M. Bagayoko;S. Alvey;G. Neumann;A. Buerkert

  • Vertical distribution of heavy metals in wastewater-irrigated vegetable garden soils of three West African cities

    Nafiu Abdu;Nafiu Abdu;Aisha Abdulkadir;John O. Agbenin;Andreas Buerkert

  • Filling the voids in the SRTM elevation model — A TIN-based delta surface approach

    Eike Luedeling;Stefan Siebert;Andreas Buerkert

  • Climate change effects on winter chill for tree crops with chilling requirements on the Arabian Peninsula

    Eike Luedeling;Eike Luedeling;Jens Gebauer;Andreas Buerkert

  • Vegetation patterns and diversity along an altitudinal and a grazing gradient in the Jabal al Akhdar mountain range of northern Oman

    Katja Brinkmann;Annette Patzelt;Uta Dickhoefer;Eva Schlecht

  • Opportunities and Challenges of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Niamey, Niger:

    Sophie Graefe;Eva Schlecht;Andreas Buerkert

  • Phosphorus application affects the nutritional quality of millet grain in the Sahel

    A Buerkert;C Haake;M Ruckwied;H Marschner

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Schlecht
Eva Schlecht University of Göttingen
Rainer Georg Joergensen
Rainer Georg Joergensen University of Kassel
Bernd Marschner
Bernd Marschner Ruhr University Bochum
Eike Luedeling
Eike Luedeling University of Bonn
Horst Marschner
Horst Marschner University of Hohenheim
Bruno Gérard
Bruno Gérard Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Pay Drechsel
Pay Drechsel International Water Management Institute
Stefan Siebert
Stefan Siebert University of Göttingen
Bram Govaerts
Bram Govaerts International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Nele Verhulst
Nele Verhulst International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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