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Christoph Leuschner

Christoph Leuschner

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 96 200 187 22 20 439 32131
Ecology and Evolution 97 322 302 21 20 452 32459

Christoph Leuschner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Christoph Leuschner between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Christoph Leuschner published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 12.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 49 publications in 2017. 45 of the 521 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 49. Peak 49 publications in 2017. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 32 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 38 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 28 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 49 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 31 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 27 publications 2025: 18 publications
1984 2025

521 publications in total across all disciplines

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Christoph Leuschner: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 2
1990 0
1991 0
1992 2
1993 4
1994 3
1995 0
1996 1
1997 2
1998 4
1999 1
2000 3
2001 4
2002 6
2003 6
2004 8
2005 5
2006 12
2007 12
2008 14
2009 32
2010 27
2011 22
2012 18
2013 38
2014 21
2015 28
2016 21
2017 49
2018 18
2019 24
2020 23
2021 31
2022 22
2023 12
2024 27
2025 18
Total 521
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Christoph Leuschner 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 Christoph Leuschner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 436–440 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 439 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5 439
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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Christoph Leuschner 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 Christoph Leuschner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 96 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9 96
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Overview

Christoph Leuschner is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's work addresses topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Management, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Christoph Leuschner has contributed to the academic literature through various recent papers, including:

  • Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Drought response of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)-A review, 2020, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Robert Weigel
  • Dietrich Hertel
  • Bernhard Schuldt
  • Helge Walentowski
  • Martyna M. Kotowska

Publication venues where Christoph Leuschner's work frequently appears include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Forests
  • Trees
  • Tree Physiology

Additionally, they have contributed to book publications with Springer Nature, including "Progress in Botany Vol. 81" (2020) and "Progress in Botany Vol. 83" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen

    H. H. Ellenberg;C. Leuschner

  • Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes

    Ingo Grass;Ingo Grass;Christoph Kubitza;Christoph Kubitza;Vijesh V. Krishna;Marife D. Corre

  • Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification

    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Michael Kessler;Jan Barkmann;Merijn M. Bos

  • BIODIVERSITY INDICATOR GROUPS OF TROPICAL LAND‐USE SYSTEMS: COMPARING PLANTS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS

    Christian H. Schulze;Matthias Waltert;Paul J. A. Kessler;Ramadhanil Pitopang

  • The impact of agricultural intensification and land-use change on the European arable flora

    J. Storkey;S. Meyer;K. S. Still;C. Leuschner

  • Tree Diversity, Forest Structure and Productivity along Altitudinal and Topographical Gradients in a Species‐Rich Ecuadorian Montane Rain Forest

    Juergen Homeier;Siegmar-Walter Breckle;Sven Günter;Ruetger T. Rollenbeck

  • Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion

    Jochen Drescher;Katja Rembold;Kara Allen;Philip Beckschäfer

  • Ecology of Central European Forests

    Christoph Leuschner;Heinz Ellenberg

  • Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests

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  • The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia pastures of Tibet

    Georg Miehe;Per Marten Schleuss;Elke Seeber;Wolfgang Babel

  • Fifty years of change in Central European grassland vegetation: Large losses in species richness and animal-pollinated plants

    Karsten Wesche;Benjamin Krause;Heike Culmsee;Christoph Leuschner

  • Root competition between beech and oak: a hypothesis

    Christoph Leuschner;Dietrich Hertel;Heinz Coners;Volker Büttner

  • Soil organic carbon stocks in topsoil and subsoil controlled by parent material, carbon input in the rhizosphere, and microbial-derived compounds

    Gerrit Angst;Gerrit Angst;Johanna Messinger;Maria Greiner;Werner Häusler

  • Drought responses at leaf, stem and fine root levels of competitive Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. trees in dry and wet years

    Ch Leuschner;K Backes;D Hertel;F Schipka

  • Large altitudinal increase in tree root/shoot ratio in tropical mountain forests of Ecuador

    Christoph Leuschner;Gerald Moser;Christian Bertsch;Marina Röderstein

  • Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes.

    Yann Clough;Yann Clough;Vijesh V. Krishna;Marife D. Corre;Kevin Darras

  • Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s - Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity

    María Fernanda Tapia-Armijos;María Fernanda Tapia-Armijos;Jürgen Homeier;Carlos Iván Espinosa;Christoph Leuschner

  • Stand fine root biomass and fine root morphology in old-growth beech forests as a function of precipitation and soil fertility

    Christoph Leuschner;Dietrich Hertel;Iris Schmid;Oliver Koch

  • Belowground drought response of European beech: fine root biomass and carbon partitioning in 14 mature stands across a precipitation gradient

    Ina C. Meier;Christoph Leuschner

  • Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

    Laura M. E. Sutcliffe;Peter Batary;Urs Kormann;Andras Baldi

  • How adaptable is the hydraulic system of European beech in the face of climate change‐related precipitation reduction?

    Bernhard Schuldt;Florian Knutzen;Sylvain Delzon;Steven Jansen

  • Variability in radial sap flux density patterns and sapwood area among seven co-occurring temperate broad-leaved tree species.

    Tobias Gebauer;Viviana Horna;Christoph Leuschner

  • Quantifying above- and belowground biomass carbon loss with forest conversion in tropical lowlands of Sumatra (Indonesia).

    Martyna M. Kotowska;Christoph Leuschner;Triadiati Triadiati;Selis Meriem

  • Altitudinal Change in LAI and Stand Leaf Biomass in Tropical Montane Forests: a Transect Study in Ecuador and a Pan-Tropical Meta-Analysis

    Gerald Moser;Dietrich Hertel;Christoph Leuschner

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietrich Hertel
Dietrich Hertel University of Göttingen
Markus Hauck
Markus Hauck University of Freiburg
Choimaa Dulamsuren
Choimaa Dulamsuren University of Göttingen
Jürgen Homeier
Jürgen Homeier University of Göttingen
Dirk Hölscher
Dirk Hölscher University of Göttingen
Ina C. Meier
Ina C. Meier Universität Hamburg
Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Edzo Veldkamp
Edzo Veldkamp University of Göttingen

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