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D-Index
99
Citations
36923
World Ranking
168
National Ranking
20

Ellen Kandeler 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 Ellen Kandeler sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 354 publications — 96th percentile

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

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

Ellen Kandeler 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 Ellen Kandeler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 98th percentile

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

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

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

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

    E. Kandeler;H. Gerber

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

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

  • Methods in soil biology.

    Franz Schinner;Richard Öhlinger;Ellen Kandeler;Rosa Margesin

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

    Petra Marschner;Ellen Kandeler;Bernd Marschner

  • Enzyme Activities and Microbiological and Biochemical Processes in Soil

    Paolo Nannipieri;Ellen Kandeler;Pacifico Ruggiero

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    E. Kandeler;D. Tscherko;H. Spiegel

  • 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

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

    Ellen Kandeler;Michael Stemmer;Eva-Maria Klimanek

  • 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

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

    Oliver Koch;Dagmar Tscherko;Ellen Kandeler

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

    Michael Stemmer;Martin H. Gerzabek;Ellen Kandeler

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

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

  • Impacts of Soil Faunal Community Composition on Model Grassland Ecosystems

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

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

    Moritz Hallama;Carola Pekrun;Hans Lambers;Ellen Kandeler

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

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

  • Impacts of Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Model Terrestrial Ecosystems

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

  • Global soil biodiversity atlas

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

  • 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

  • Methods in Soil Biology.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Marhan
Sven Marhan University of Hohenheim
Christian Poll
Christian Poll University of Hohenheim
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich
Liliane Ruess
Liliane Ruess Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Rainer Horn
Rainer Horn Kiel University
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
Laurent Philippot
Laurent Philippot INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Michael Bonkowski
Michael Bonkowski University of Cologne
Thilo Streck
Thilo Streck University of Hohenheim

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