2026 Cornelia Rumpel: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	81	913	868	28	28	313	28742
Biology and Biochemistry	80	4023	3707	103	96	297	28336

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Cornelia Rumpel is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a considerable focus on Soil Science, Ecology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics of Cornelia Rumpel's work emphasize Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques, Phosphorus and nutrient management, and Bioenergy crop production and management.

They have contributed extensively to several peer-reviewed publication venues. The most frequent among these include:

Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Geoderma
Agronomy
Applied Soil Ecology
Communications Earth & Environment

Notable recent papers authored by Cornelia Rumpel include:

Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy, 2020, Nature Communications
Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils, 2022, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives, 2021, Air Soil and Water Research
Microplastics from lagooning sludge to composts as revealed by fluorescent staining- image analysis, Raman spectroscopy and pyrolysis-GC/MS, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
Management of grasslands by mowing versus grazing - impacts on soil organic matter quality and microbial functioning, 2020, Applied Soil Ecology

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Nicolas Bottinelli, Abad Chabbi, Marie-France Dignac, Pascal Jouquet, and María de la Luz Mora. These partnerships have contributed to a significant number of publications over the years.

Best Publications

Stability of organic carbon in deep soil layers controlled by fresh carbon supply

Sébastien Fontaine;Sébastien Barot;Pierre Barré;Nadia Bdioui

2583
Citations
Is soil carbon mostly root carbon? Mechanisms for a specific stabilisation

Daniel P. Rasse;Cornelia Rumpel;Marie-France Dignac

2101
Citations
Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

Cornelia Rumpel;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

1851
Citations
Global change pressures on soils from land use and management.

Pete Smith;Joanna Isobel House;Mercedes Bustamante;Jaroslava Sobocká

1048
Citations
Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere

Karen Hammes;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Ronald J. Smernik;Lloyd A. Currie

830
Citations
Fate of lignins in soils: A review

Mathieu Thevenot;Marie-France Dignac;Cornelia Rumpel

824
Citations
Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

W Amelung;W Amelung;D Bossio;W de Vries;I Kögel-Knabner

710
Citations
Stabilisation of soil organic matter by interactions with minerals as revealed by mineral dissolution and oxidative degradation

Karin Eusterhues;Cornelia Rumpel;Markus Kleber;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

525
Citations
Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils

P. Smith;M. F. Cotrufo;C. Rumpel;K. Paustian

518
Citations
Vertical distribution, age, and chemical composition of organic carbon in two forest soils of different pedogenesis

C Rumpel;I Kögel-Knabner;F Bruhn

443
Citations
Impact of compost, vermicompost and biochar on soil fertility, maize yield and soil erosion in Northern Vietnam: A three year mesocosm experiment

Thuy Thu Doan;Thierry Henry-des-Tureaux;Cornelia Rumpel;Jean-Louis Janeau

399
Citations
The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy

Cornelia Rumpel;Farshad Amiraslani;Claire Chenu;Magaly García Cardenas

377
Citations
Organo-mineral associations in sandy acid forest soils: importance of specific surface area, iron oxides and micropores

Karin Eusterhues;Cornelia Rumpel;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

354
Citations
Aligning agriculture and climate policy

Abad Chabbi;J. Lehmann;Philippe Ciais;Henry William Loescher;Henry William Loescher

340
Citations
Stabilised carbon in subsoil horizons is located in spatially distinct parts of the soil profile

Abad Chabbi;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Cornelia Rumpel

301
Citations
Stabilization of organic matter by soil minerals — investigations of density and particle‐size fractions from two acid forest soils

Klaus Kaiser;Karin Eusterhues;Cornelia Rumpel;Georg Guggenberger

299
Citations
Chemical evaluation of chars produced by thermochemical conversion (gasification, pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization) of agro-industrial biomass on a commercial scale.

Katja Wiedner;Cornelia Rumpel;Christoph Steiner;Alessandro Pozzi

297
Citations
Drought effects on microbial biomass and enzyme activities in the rhizosphere of grasses depend on plant community composition

Muhammad Sanaullah;Muhammad Sanaullah;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Abad Chabbi;Abad Chabbi;Cornelia Rumpel

280
Citations
Smart Fertilizers as a Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture

Marcela Calabi-Floody;Jorge Medina;Cornelia Rumpel;Leo M. Condron

270
Citations
Carbon-13 natural abundance as a tool to study the dynamics of lignin monomers in soil : an appraisal at the Closeaux experimental field (France)

Marie-France Dignac;Haithem Bahri;Cornelia Rumpel;D.P. Rasse

266
Citations
Evaluation of an ultrasonic dispersion procedure to isolate primary organomineral complexes from soils

M. W. I. Schmidt;C. Rumpel;I. Kögel-Knabner

266
Citations
Composting with additives to improve organic amendments. A review

Justine Barthod;Cornelia Rumpel;Marie-France Dignac

265
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich

María de la Luz Mora University of La Frontera

André Mariotti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Daniel P. Rasse Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Heike Knicker Spanish National Research Council

Pascal Jouquet Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Vincent Chaplot University of KwaZulu-Natal

Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia

Sylvie Derenne Université Paris Cité

Reinhard F. Hüttl Brandenburg University of Technology

External Links

Personal website of Cornelia Rumpel

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