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Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

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D-Index
108
Citations
54981
World Ranking
963
National Ranking
40

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
113
Citations
60813
World Ranking
171
National Ranking
12

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner 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 Ingrid Kögel-Knabner sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 506 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner 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 Ingrid Kögel-Knabner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 98th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2001 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences

Overview

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner is a researcher affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany, with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily spans Soil Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions, and Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport.

Significant publication venues for Ingrid Kögel-Knabner include:

  • Geoderma
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Recent papers authored by Ingrid Kögel-Knabner are:

  • Soil organic matter in major pedogenic soil groups, 2020, Geoderma

Their research has also intersected with other highly cited studies in the field, including work by Johannes Lehmann and Wulf Amelung, addressing key issues in soil health, carbon persistence, and climate mitigation strategies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ingrid Kögel-Knabner include:

  • Martin Wiesmeier
  • Franziska B. Bucka
  • Wulf Amelung
  • Steffen A. Schweizer
  • Carsten W. Mueller

Throughout their career, Ingrid Kögel-Knabner has been recognized by several scientific bodies. Honors include membership of the Academia Europaea awarded in 2020 and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2001 for contributions to Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

    Michael W. I. Schmidt;Margaret S. Torn;Margaret S. Torn;Samuel Abiven;Thorsten Dittmar;Thorsten Dittmar

  • Stabilization of organic matter in temperate soils: mechanisms and their relevance under different soil conditions – a review

    Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Klemens Ekschmitt;Egbert Matzner

  • Scheffer/Schachtschabel Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde

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

  • The macromolecular organic composition of plant and microbial residues as inputs to soil organic matter

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

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

    Cornelia Rumpel;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils - A review of drivers and indicators at various scales

    Martin Wiesmeier;Livia Urbanski;Eleanor Hobley;Birgit Lang

  • SOM fractionation methods: Relevance to functional pools and to stabilization mechanisms

    Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Klemens Ekschmitt;Heinz Flessa

  • The concept and future prospects of soil health.

    Johannes Lehmann;Deborah A. Bossio;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Matthias C. Rillig

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

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

  • Biogeochemistry of paddy soils

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Wulf Amelung;Zhihong Cao;Sabine Fiedler

  • Microaggregates in soils

    Kai Uwe Totsche;Wulf Amelung;Martin H. Gerzabek;Georg Guggenberger

  • The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments

    JI Hedges;G Eglinton;PG Hatcher;DL Kirchman

  • Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity

    Johannes Lehmann;Johannes Lehmann;Colleen M. Hansel;Christina Kaiser;Markus Kleber

  • Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

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

  • Grazing effects on soil chemical and physical properties in a semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia (P.R. China)

    Markus Steffens;Angelika Kölbl;Kai Uwe Totsche;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition—what do we know?

    Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • Stabilization mechanisms of organic matter in four temperate soils: Development and application of a conceptual model

    Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner;Bernard Ludwig;Egbert Matzner

  • 13C and 15N NMR spectroscopy as a tool in soil organic matter studies

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • 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

  • Analytical approaches for characterizing soil organic matter

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike Knicker
Heike Knicker Spanish National Research Council
Cornelia Rumpel
Cornelia Rumpel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Martin Wiesmeier
Martin Wiesmeier Technical University of Munich
Carsten W. Mueller
Carsten W. Mueller University of Copenhagen
Kai Uwe Totsche
Kai Uwe Totsche Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ellen Kandeler
Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim
Rainer Horn
Rainer Horn Kiel University
Michael Dannenmann
Michael Dannenmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jörg Prietzel
Jörg Prietzel Technical University of Munich

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