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Gerhard Soja publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerhard Soja sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Gerhard Soja D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerhard Soja sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gerhard Soja is affiliated with the Austrian Institute of Technology in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on several related subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, biomedical engineering, soil science, and water science and technology.

Their scholarly contributions encompass a variety of core topics, such as adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, phosphorus and nutrient management, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, chemical synthesis and characterization, and radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Soja has published extensively in notable venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Agriculture
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials
  • Heliyon
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaboration is significant within Soja's work, having frequent co-authors such as Vladimír Frišták, Martin Pipíška, Libor Ďuriška, Miroslav Horník, and Christoph Pfeifer.

Recent publications highlight the scope and focus of Soja's research. These include:

  • Biochar surface functional groups as affected by biomass feedstock, biochar composition and pyrolysis temperature, 2021, Carbon Resources Conversion
  • Role of biochar, compost and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the management of tomato early blight disease, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • How do different feedstocks and pyrolysis conditions effectively change biochar modification scenarios? A critical analysis of engineered biochars under H2O2 oxidation, 2023, Energy Conversion and Management
  • Biochar from Wood Chips and Corn Cobs for Adsorption of Thioflavin T and Erythrosine B, 2022, Materials
  • Engineered biochar as a tool for nitrogen pollutants removal: preparation, characterization and sorption study, 2020, Desalination and Water Treatment

Best Publications

  • Characterization of slow pyrolysis biochars: effects of feedstocks and pyrolysis temperature on biochar properties.

    Stefanie Kloss;Franz Zehetner;Alex Dellantonio;Raad Hamid

  • Long-term effects of biochar on soil physical properties

    Leigh D. Burrell;Franz Zehetner;Nicola Rampazzo;Bernhard Wimmer

  • Biochar surface functional groups as affected by biomass feedstock, biochar composition and pyrolysis temperature

    Rainer Janu;Rainer Janu;Verena Mrlik;Verena Mrlik;Doris Ribitsch;Jakub Hofman

  • Biochar decelerates soil organic nitrogen cycling but stimulates soil nitrification in a temperate arable field trial.

    Judith Prommer;Wolfgang Wanek;Florian Hofhansl;Daniela Trojan

  • Complex interactive effects of drought and ozone stress on the antioxidant defence systems of two wheat cultivars

    Karin Herbinger;Michael Tausz;Astrid Wonisch;Gerhard Soja

  • Biochar application to temperate soils: Effects on soil fertility and crop growth under greenhouse conditions

    Stefanie Kloss;Stefanie Kloss;Franz Zehetner;Bernhard Wimmer;Jannis Buecker

  • The mechanisms of biochar interactions with microorganisms in soil

    Andrey V. Gorovtsov;Tatiana M. Minkina;Saglara S. Mandzhieva;Leonid V. Perelomov

  • Changes in biochar physical and chemical properties: Accelerated biochar aging in an acidic soil

    Maria V. Rechberger;Stefanie Kloss;Harald Rennhofer;Johannes Tintner

  • Pyrolysis treatment of sewage sludge: A promising way to produce phosphorus fertilizer

    Vladimír Frišták;Martin Pipíška;Gerhard Soja

  • Combined application of biochar, compost, and bacterial consortia with Italian ryegrass enhanced phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil

    Fida Hussain;Fida Hussain;Imran Hussain;Imran Hussain;Aqib Hassan Ali Khan;Yousaf Shad Muhammad

  • Production, characterization and adsorption studies of bamboo-based biochar/montmorillonite composite for nitrate removal

    Eva Viglašová;Eva Viglašová;Michal Galamboš;Zuzana Danková;Lukáš Krivosudský

  • Biochar application to temperate soils: effects on nutrient uptake and crop yield under field conditions

    Jasmin Karer;Bernhard Wimmer;Franz Zehetner;Stefanie Kloss

  • Iron-impregnated biochars as effective phosphate sorption materials

    Barbora Micháleková-Richveisová;Vladimír Frišták;Martin Pipíška;Libor Ďuriška

  • Compost and biochar alter mycorrhization, tomato root exudation, and development of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici.

    Adnan Akhter;Karin Hage-Ahmed;Gerhard Soja;Siegrid Steinkellner

  • Soil microbial communities responded to biochar application in temperate soils and slowly metabolized 13C-labelled biochar as revealed by 13C PLFA analyses: results from a short-term incubation and pot experiment

    A. Watzinger;S. Feichtmair;S. Feichtmair;B. Kitzler;F. Zehetner

  • The reduction of chromium (VI) phytotoxicity and phytoavailability to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using biochar and bacteria

    Maryem Arshad;Aqib Hassan Ali Khan;Imran Hussain;Imran Hussain;Badar-uz-Zaman

  • Toward the Standardization of Biochar Analysis: The COST Action TD1107 Interlaboratory Comparison

    Hans Jörg Bachmann;Thomas D. Bucheli;Alba Dieguez-Alonso Dieguez-Alonso;Daniele Fabbri

  • Biochar and compost amendments enhance copper immobilisation and support plant growth in contaminated soils

    Sarah Jones;R. Paul Bardos;Petra S. Kidd;Michel Mench

  • Role of biochar, compost and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the management of tomato early blight disease.

    Mujahid Rasool;Adnan Akhter;Gerhard Soja;Muhammad Saleem Haider

  • Enhanced Cu and Cd sorption after soil aging of woodchip-derived biochar: What were the driving factors?

    Maria V. Rechberger;Stefanie Kloss;Shan-Li Wang;Johannes Lehmann

  • Utilization of biochar sorbents for Cd2+, Zn2+, and Cu2+ ions separation from aqueous solutions: comparative study

    Vladimír Frišták;Martin Pipíška;Juraj Lesný;Gerhard Soja

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz Zehetner
Franz Zehetner BOKU University
Barbara Kitzler
Barbara Kitzler Austrian Research Centre for Forests
Markus Puschenreiter
Markus Puschenreiter BOKU University
Walter W. Wenzel
Walter W. Wenzel BOKU University
Martin H. Gerzabek
Martin H. Gerzabek BOKU University
Michael Tausz
Michael Tausz University of Melbourne
Christoph Pfeifer
Christoph Pfeifer BOKU University
Gina Mills
Gina Mills University of Gothenburg

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