2026 Ingrid Kögel-Knabner: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	108	963	919	40	38	520	54981
Environmental Sciences	113	171	160	12	11	506	60813

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

6330
Citations
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

3227
Citations
Scheffer/Schachtschabel Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde

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

2430
Citations
The macromolecular organic composition of plant and microbial residues as inputs to soil organic matter

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

2200
Citations
Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

Cornelia Rumpel;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

1851
Citations
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

1766
Citations
SOM fractionation methods: Relevance to functional pools and to stabilization mechanisms

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

1741
Citations
The concept and future prospects of soil health.

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

1435
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
Biogeochemistry of paddy soils

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

1289
Citations
Microaggregates in soils

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

1056
Citations
The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments

JI Hedges;G Eglinton;PG Hatcher;DL Kirchman

882
Citations
Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity

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

846
Citations
Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

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

710
Citations
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

607
Citations
Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition—what do we know?

Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

603
Citations
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

591
Citations
13C and 15N NMR spectroscopy as a tool in soil organic matter studies

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

580
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
Analytical approaches for characterizing soil organic matter

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

523
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike Knicker Spanish National Research Council

Cornelia Rumpel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Martin Wiesmeier Technical University of Munich

Carsten W. Mueller University of Copenhagen

Kai Uwe Totsche Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim

Rainer Horn Kiel University

Ruben Kretzschmar ETH Zurich

Michael Dannenmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Jörg Prietzel Technical University of Munich

External Links

Personal website of Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

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