2026 Ellen Kandeler: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	99	168	160	20	19	354	36923

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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36923

Plant Science and Agronomy

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36923

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168

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Overview

Ellen Kandeler is affiliated with the University of Hohenheim in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields such as Soil Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Pollution, and Environmental Chemistry.

The central topics in Kandeler's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts.

Notable recent publications authored or coauthored by Kandeler include:

Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
Microplastics Effects on Reproduction and Body Length of the Soil-Dwelling Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
Soil texture affects the coupling of litter decomposition and soil organic matter formation, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands, 2021, Nature Communications

Kandeler frequently publishes in journals including Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, Plant and Soil, and Frontiers in Environmental Science.

Their frequent coauthors include:

Sven Marhan
Christian Poll
Runa S. Boeddinghaus
Ingo Schöning
Marion Schrumpf

Best Publications

Scheffer/Schachtschabel Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde

Wulf Amelung;Hans-Peter Blume;Heinrich Fleige;Rainer Horn

2430
Citations
Short-term assay of soil urease activity using colorimetric determination of ammonium

E. Kandeler;H. Gerber

2341
Citations
Organo-mineral associations in temperate soils: Integrating biology, mineralogy, and organic matter chemistry

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Georg Guggenberger;Markus Kleber;Ellen Kandeler

1378
Citations
Methods in soil biology.

Franz Schinner;Richard Öhlinger;Ellen Kandeler;Rosa Margesin

1326
Citations
Structure and function of the soil microbial community in a long-term fertilizer experiment

Petra Marschner;Ellen Kandeler;Bernd Marschner

1215
Citations
Enzyme Activities and Microbiological and Biochemical Processes in Soil

Paolo Nannipieri;Ellen Kandeler;Paciﬁco Ruggiero

898
Citations
Microbial Population Structures in Soil Particle Size Fractions of a Long-Term Fertilizer Field Experiment

Angela Sessitsch;Alexandra Weilharter;Martin H. Gerzabek;Holger Kirchmann

893
Citations
Abundance of narG, nirS, nirK, and nosZ genes of denitrifying bacteria during primary successions of a glacier foreland

Ellen Kandeler;Kathrin Deiglmayr;Dagmar Tscherko;David Bru

719
Citations
An inter-laboratory comparison of ten different ways of measuring soil microbial biomass C

T. Beck;R.G. Joergensen;E. Kandeler;F. Makeschin

697
Citations
Long-term monitoring of microbial biomass, N mineralisation and enzyme activities of a Chernozem under different tillage management

E. Kandeler;D. Tscherko;H. Spiegel

562
Citations
Structure and function of the soil microbial community in microhabitats of a heavy metal polluted soil.

Ellen Kandeler;D. Tscherko;K. D. Bruce;M. Stemmer

515
Citations
Response of soil microbial biomass, urease and xylanase within particle size fractions to long-term soil management

Ellen Kandeler;Michael Stemmer;Eva-Maria Klimanek

463
Citations
Application of fresh and composted organic wastes modifies structure, size and activity of soil microbial community under semiarid climate

F. Bastida;E. Kandeler;J.L. Moreno;M. Ros

435
Citations
Temperature sensitivity of microbial respiration, nitrogen mineralization, and potential soil enzyme activities in organic alpine soils

Oliver Koch;Dagmar Tscherko;Ellen Kandeler

417
Citations
Organic matter and enzyme activity in particle-size fractions of soils obtained after low-energy sonication

Michael Stemmer;Martin H. Gerzabek;Ellen Kandeler

385
Citations
Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services.

María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Markus Fischer

384
Citations
Impacts of Soil Faunal Community Composition on Model Grassland Ecosystems

M. A. Bradford;T. H. Jones;Richard D. Bardgett;Helaina I. J. Black

382
Citations
Hidden miners – the roles of cover crops and soil microorganisms in phosphorus cycling through agroecosystems

Moritz Hallama;Carola Pekrun;Hans Lambers;Ellen Kandeler

338
Citations
Exploring the enzymatic landscape: distribution and kinetics of hydrolytic enzymes in soil particle-size fractions

M. C. Marx;E. Kandeler;M. Wood;N. Wermbter

329
Citations
Impacts of Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Model Terrestrial Ecosystems

T. H. Jones;L. J. Thompson;J. H. Lawton;T. M. Bezemer

320
Citations
Global soil biodiversity atlas

A. Orgiazzi;R.D. Bardgett;E. Barrios;V. Behan-Pelletier

277
Citations
Response of microbial activity and microbial community composition in soils to long-term arsenic and cadmium exposure

Nicola Lorenz;Therese Hintemann;Tanja Kramarewa;Arata Katayama

271
Citations
Methods in Soil Biology.

Clare Robinson;F. Schinner;R. Ohlinger;E. Kandeler

12
Citations