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D-Index
95
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42028
World Ranking
345
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26

Christoph Müller publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christoph Müller sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 312 publications — 92nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Christoph Müller D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christoph Müller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Christoph Müller is affiliated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, they have considerable work focusing on Soil Science, Plant Science, and Environmental Chemistry, as well as Ecology and Pollution as notable subfields.

The scientist's research topics include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Phosphorus and nutrient management, and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal.

Recent publications by Christoph Müller feature contributions to several journals, with papers addressing various aspects of nitrogen cycling and soil processes. Notable papers include:

  • Patterns and drivers of global gross nitrogen mineralization in soils (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Global gross nitrification rates are dominantly driven by soil carbon-to-nitrogen stoichiometry and total nitrogen (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Global Patterns and Drivers of Soil Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Expanding agroforestry can increase nitrate retention and mitigate the global impact of a leaky nitrogen cycle in croplands (2022, Nature Food)
  • What can we learn from N 2 O isotope data? - Analytics, processes and modelling (2020, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry)

Christoph Müller frequently publishes in journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, The Science of The Total Environment, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Geoderma, and Global Change Biology.

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Geoderma
  • Global Change Biology

They collaborate regularly with a group of co-authors including Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Lei Meng, Ahmed S. Elrys, and Xiaoqian Dan, with numerous joint publications.

  • Jinbo Zhang
  • Zucong Cai
  • Lei Meng
  • Ahmed S. Elrys
  • Xiaoqian Dan

Among the distinctions associated with Christoph Müller is the membership of Academia Europaea, awarded in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates

    Chuang Zhao;Bing Liu;Shilong Piao;Xuhui Wang

  • Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison

    Cynthia Rosenzweig;Joshua Elliott;Joshua Elliott;Delphine Deryng;Alex C. Ruane;Alex C. Ruane

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;P. Martre;P. Martre;R. P. Rötter

  • Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance

    Alberte Bondeau;Pascalle C. Smith;Sönke Zaehle;Sibyll Schaphoff

  • Uncertainty in Simulating Wheat Yields Under Climate Change

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;C. Rosenzweig;J. W. Jones

  • Constraints and potentials of future irrigation water availability on agricultural production under climate change

    Joshua Elliott;Delphine Deryng;Christoph Müller;Katja Frieler

  • Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elke Stehfest;David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Jonathan C. Doelman

  • Climate change effects on agriculture: Economic responses to biophysical shocks

    Gerald C. Nelson;Hugo Valin;Ronald D. Sands;Petr Havlík

  • Climate impacts on global agriculture emerge earlier in new generation of climate and crop models

    Jonas Jägermeyr;Jonas Jägermeyr;Jonas Jägermeyr;Christoph Müller;Alex C. Ruane;Joshua Elliott

  • How Do Various Maize Crop Models Vary in Their Responses to Climate Change Factors

    Simona Bassu;Nadine Brisson;Jean Louis Durand;Kenneth Boote

  • (Open Access) Supercapacitor and supercapattery as emerging electrochemical energy stores

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  • Fossil-fueled development (SSP5): An energy and resource intensive scenario for the 21st century

    Elmar Kriegler;Nico Bauer;Alexander Popp;Florian Humpenöder

  • The yield gap of global grain production: A spatial analysis

    Kathleen Neumann;Peter H. Verburg;Elke Stehfest;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Climate change risks for African agriculture

    Christoph Müller;Wolfgang Cramer;William L. Hare;Hermann Lotze-Campen

  • Reactive nitrogen requirements to feed the world in 2050 and potential to mitigate nitrogen pollution

    Benjamin Leon Bodirsky;Alexander Popp;Hermann Lotze-Campen;Jan Philipp Dietrich

  • Uncertainties in climate responses to past land cover change: First results from the LUCID intercomparison study

    A. J. Pitman;N. de Noblet-Ducoudré;F. T. Cruz;E. L. Davin;E. L. Davin

  • Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods

    Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Senthold Asseng;Christoph Müller;Frank Ewert

  • Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one

    Pierre Martre;Pierre Martre;Daniel Wallach;Senthold Asseng;Frank Ewert

  • Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply

    David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Harmen Sytze de Boer;Harmen Sytze de Boer;Vassilis Daioglou;Vassilis Daioglou;Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew

  • Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein

    Senthold Asseng;Pierre Martre;Andrea Maiorano;Reimund P Rötter

  • Consistent negative response of US crops to high temperatures in observations and crop models

    Bernhard Schauberger;Sotirios Archontoulis;Almut Arneth;Juraj Balkovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinbo Zhang
Jinbo Zhang Nanjing Normal University
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Katharina Waha
Katharina Waha Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Claudia Kammann
Claudia Kammann Hochschule Geisenheim University
Alex C. Ruane
Alex C. Ruane Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Hermann Lotze-Campen
Hermann Lotze-Campen Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Thomas A. M. Pugh
Thomas A. M. Pugh University of Birmingham
Christian Folberth
Christian Folberth International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Roberto C. Izaurralde
Roberto C. Izaurralde University of Maryland, College Park
Reimund P. Rötter
Reimund P. Rötter University of Göttingen

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