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Jan Siemens 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 Jan Siemens sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 113 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Siemens 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 Jan Siemens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan Siemens is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany and focuses primarily on environmental science. Their research encompasses a variety of topics within this field, reflecting a particular emphasis on environmental chemistry and pollution.

The main areas of study for Siemens include:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Soil Science

Siemens' research also extensively covers several key topics such as:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with soil science, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and environmental microbiology. Notable papers include:

  • Formation of mineral-associated organic matter in temperate soils is primarily controlled by mineral type and modified by land use and management intensity (2023, Global Change Biology)
  • Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 1: Fluxes and budgets of carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gases from ecosystem monitoring and modelling (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • Biosolids for safe land application: does wastewater treatment plant size matters when considering antibiotics, pollutants, microbiome, mobile genetic elements and associated resistance genes? (2022, Environmental Microbiology)
  • Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 2: Untangling climatic, edaphic, management and nitrogen deposition effects on carbon sequestration potentials (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • Water dispersible colloids and related nutrient availability in Amazonian Terra Preta soils (2021, Geoderma)

Frequent co-authors in Siemens' work include Ines Mulder, Alexander Konrad, Benjamin Justus Heyde, Friederike Lang, and Klaus Kaiser, indicating collaborative efforts across several studies.

Siemens has published in a variety of scientific venues, with multiple contributions to the SSRN Electronic Journal and Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Other common publication outlets include:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in surface waters, sediments, soils and wastewater - A review on concentrations and distribution coefficients.

    P. Zareitalabad;J. Siemens;M. Hamer;W. Amelung;W. Amelung

  • Fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics in soil

    Sven Jechalke;Holger Heuer;Jan Siemens;Wulf Amelung

  • Dissolved carbon leaching from soil is a crucial component of the net ecosystem carbon balance

    Reimo Kindler;Reimo Kindler;Jan Siemens;Jan Siemens;Klaus Kaiser;David Christopher Walmsley

  • In Situ Soil Water Extraction: A Review

    L. Weihermüller;J. Siemens;M. Deurer;S. Knoblauch

  • Concentrations and mobility of human pharmaceuticals in the world's largest wastewater irrigation system, Mexico City-Mezquital Valley.

    J. Siemens;G. Huschek;C. Siebe;M. Kaupenjohann

  • Application of biochars to sandy and silty soil failed to increase maize yield under common agricultural practice

    Nils Borchard;Nils Borchard;Jan Siemens;Brenton Ladd;Brenton Ladd;Brenton Ladd;Andreas Möller

  • Biochar affected by composting with farmyard manure.

    Katharina Prost;Nils Borchard;Nils Borchard;Jan Siemens;Timo Kautz

  • Increased abundance and transferability of resistance genes after field application of manure from sulfadiazine-treated pigs.

    Sven Jechalke;Christoph Kopmann;Ingrid Rosendahl;Joost Groeneweg

  • Small ponds with major impact: The relevance of ponds and lakes in permafrost landscapes to carbon dioxide emissions

    A. Abnizova;J. Siemens;Moritz Langer;J. Boike

  • Accumulation of Pharmaceuticals, Enterococcus, and Resistance Genes in Soils Irrigated with Wastewater for Zero to 100 Years in Central Mexico

    Philipp Dalkmann;Melanie Broszat;Christina Siebe;Elisha Willaschek

  • Nitrogen processes in aquatic ecosystems

    P Durand;L Breuer;Penny J. Johnes;G Billen

  • Dissolved and colloidal phosphorus fluxes in forest ecosystems-an almost blind spot in ecosystem research

    Roland Bol;Dorit Julich;Dominik Brödlin;Jan Siemens

  • Carbon, nitrogen and Greenhouse gases budgets over a four years crop rotation in northern France

    Benjamin Loubet;Patricia Laville;Simon Lehuger;Eric Larmanou

  • Linking variability in soil solution dissolved organic carbon to climate, soil type, and vegetation type

    Marta Camino-Serrano;Bert Gielen;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Philippe Ciais

  • Quaternary ammonium compounds in soil: implications for antibiotic resistance development

    Ines Mulder;Jan Siemens;Valerie Sentek;Wulf Amelung

  • Contribution of dissolved organic nitrogen to N leaching from four German agricultural soils

    Jan Siemens;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of reactive nitrogen and greenhouse gases at the NitroEurope core flux measurement sites: measurement strategy and first data sets

    U. Skiba;J. Drewer;Y.S. Tang;N. Van Dijk

  • Dissolved organic matter induced denitrification in subsoils and aquifers

    Jan Siemens;Martti Haas;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Persistence of the fluoroquinolone antibiotic difloxacin in soil and lacking effects on nitrogen turnover.

    Ingrid Rosendahl;Jan Siemens;Reimo Kindler;Joost Groeneweg

  • Dissipation and sequestration of the veterinary antibiotic sulfadiazine and its metabolites under field conditions.

    Ingrid Rosendahl;Jan Siemens;Joost Groeneweg;Elisabeth Linzbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn
Martin Kaupenjohann
Martin Kaupenjohann Technical University of Berlin
Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Wolfgang Wilcke
Wolfgang Wilcke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Erwin Klumpp
Erwin Klumpp Forschungszentrum Jülich
Moritz Langer
Moritz Langer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Julia Boike
Julia Boike Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Beate Michalzik
Beate Michalzik Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Klaus Kaiser
Klaus Kaiser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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