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Katharina Helming 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 Katharina Helming sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Katharina Helming 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 Katharina Helming sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Katharina Helming is affiliated with the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research in Germany. Their research focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change, soil science, ecology, general agricultural and biological sciences, and environmental chemistry.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
  • Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Katharina Helming include:

  • Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation? (2023), Journal of Environmental Management
  • Future agricultural systems and the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability goals. A review (2022), Agronomy for Sustainable Development
  • Shared Socio-economic Pathways for European agriculture and food systems: The Eur-Agri-SSPs (2020), Global Environmental Change
  • Sustainability Considerations in Water-Energy-Food Nexus Research in Irrigated Agriculture (2020), Sustainability
  • Systems knowledge for sustainable soil and land management (2022), The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Katharina Helming are:

  • Paul Carsten
  • Joseph MacPherson
  • Cenk Dönmez
  • Veronika Strauss
  • Ahmad Hamidov

They have published multiple papers in the following venues:

  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Agronomy for Sustainable Development
  • Agricultural Systems
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Best Publications

  • Soil erosion under different rainfall intensities, surface roughness, and soil water regimes

    M.J.M Römkens;K Helming;S.N Prasad

  • Indicators for multifunctional land use—Linking socio-economic requirements with landscape potentials

    Hubert Wiggering;Claus Dalchow;Michael Glemnitz;Katharina Helming

  • Does research applying the DPSIR framework support decision making

    Karen Tscherning;Katharina Helming;Bernd Krippner;Stefan Sieber

  • Soil roughness and overland flow

    Gerard Govers;Ingrid Takken;Katharina Helming

  • Sustainability Impact Assessment of land use policies

    Katharina Helming;Marta Pérez-Soba;Paul Tabbush

  • Assessing the productivity function of soils. A review

    Lothar Mueller;Uwe Schindler;Wilfried Mirschel;T. Graham Shepherd

  • Surface Roughness Related Processes of Runoff and Soil Loss: A Flume Study

    K. Helming;M. J. M. Römkens;S. N. Prasad

  • Impact of agricultural land use in Central Asia: a review

    Ahmad Hamidov;Katharina Helming;Dagmar Balla

  • Land use functions — a multifunctionality approach to assess the impact of land use changes on land use sustainability

    Marta Pérez-Soba;Sandrine Petit;Laurence Jones;Nathalie Bertrand

  • Multifunctional land use: meeting future demands for landscape goods and services

    Ülo Mander;Katharina Helming;Hubert Wiggering

  • Ex ante impact assessment of land use changes in European regions — the SENSOR approach

    Katharina Helming;Karen Tscherning;Bettina König;Stefan Sieber

  • Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?

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  • Agricultural land use changes – a scenario-based sustainability impact assessment for Brandenburg, Germany

    C. Gutzler;K. Helming;D. Balla;R. Dannowski

  • A framework for structuring interdisciplinary research management

    Bettina König;Katharina Diehl;Karen Tscherning;Katharina Helming

  • Ex ante impact assessment of policies affecting land use, Part B: application of the analytical framework

    Katharina Helming;Katharina Diehl;Tom Kuhlman;Torbjörn Jansson

  • A systemic approach for modeling soil functions

    Hans-Jörg Vogel;Hans-Jörg Vogel;Stephan Bartke;Katrin Daedlow;Katharina Helming

  • The Concept of Multifunctionality in Sustainable Land Development

    Hubert Wiggering;Klaus Müller;Armin Werner;Katharina Helming

  • Rebound effects in agricultural land and soil management: Review and analytical framework

    Carsten Paul;Anja-Kristina Techen;James Scott Robinson;Katharina Helming

  • Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case‐studies

    Ahmad Hamidov;Katharina Helming;Gianni Bellocchi;Waldemar Bojar

  • Do Current European Policies Prevent Soil Threats and Support Soil Functions

    Nadia Glæsner;Katharina Helming;Wim de Vries

  • Ex Ante Impact Assessment of Policies Affecting Land Use, Part A: Analytical Framework

    Katharina Helming;Katharina Diehl;Hanne Bach;Oliver Dilly

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Jörg Vogel
Hans-Jörg Vogel Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Martin Wiesmeier
Martin Wiesmeier Technical University of Munich
Bruce C. Ball
Bruce C. Ball Scotland's Rural College
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich
M.K. van Ittersum
M.K. van Ittersum Wageningen University & Research
Ian P. Holman
Ian P. Holman Cranfield University
Alexey Voinov
Alexey Voinov University of Twente
Peter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Adrian Leip
Adrian Leip Max Planck Society

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