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Moritz F. Lehmann

Moritz F. Lehmann

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
10626
World Ranking
4245
National Ranking
111

Moritz F. Lehmann 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 Moritz F. Lehmann sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 207 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Moritz F. Lehmann 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 Moritz F. Lehmann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Moritz F. Lehmann is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a range of specialized subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers several main topics such as:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Lehmann has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Jakob Zopfi, Claudia Frey, Guangyi Su, Helge Niemann, and Paul Magyar.

The scientist has published work in notable venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Recent papers include:

  • "Puzzling Haze Events in China During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Shutdown" (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "What can we learn from N 2 O isotope data? - Analytics, processes and modelling" (2020), published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • "Reduced methane seepage from Arctic sediments during cold bottom-water conditions" (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Distinct growth stages controlled by the interplay of deterministic and stochastic processes in functional anammox biofilms" (2021), published in Water Research
  • "Distributions and sources of isoprenoidal GDGTs in Lake Lugano and other central European (peri-)alpine lakes: Lessons for their use as paleotemperature proxies" (2021), published in Quaternary Science Reviews

This body of work reflects a focus on environmental phenomena related to microbial ecology, biogeochemical cycling, isotope analysis, and the dynamics of gases in ecological and geological contexts.

Best Publications

  • Preservation of organic matter and alteration of its carbon and nitrogen isotope composition during simulated and in situ early sedimentary diagenesis

    Moritz F Lehmann;Stefano M Bernasconi;Alberto Barbieri;Judith A McKenzie

  • Nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during dissimilatory nitrate reduction by denitrifying bacteria

    Julie Granger;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;Moritz F. Lehmann;Philippe D. Tortell

  • Mycorrhizal Networks: Common Goods of Plants Shared under Unequal Terms of Trade

    Florian Walder;Helge Niemann;Mathimaran Natarajan;Moritz F. Lehmann

  • A review of nitrogen isotopic alteration in marine sediments

    Rebecca S. Robinson;Markus Kienast;Ana Luiza Albuquerque;Mark Altabet

  • The contamination of commercial 15N2 gas stocks with 15N-labeled nitrate and ammonium and consequences for nitrogen fixation measurements.

    Richard Dabundo;Moritz F. Lehmann;Lija Treibergs;Craig R. Tobias

  • Variation in the isotopic composition of zinc in the natural environment and the use of zinc isotopes in biogeosciences: a review

    Christophe Cloquet;Christophe Cloquet;Jean Carignan;Moritz F. Lehmann;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Seasonal variation of the δC and δN of particulate and dissolved carbon and nitrogen in Lake Lugano: Constraints on biogeochemical cycling in a eutrophic lake

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Judith A. McKenzie;Alberto Barbieri

  • Modelling nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during denitrification in a lacustrine redox-transition zone

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Peter Reichert;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Alberto Barbieri

  • The dual isotopes of deep nitrate as a constraint on the cycle and budget of oceanic fixed nitrogen

    Daniel M. Sigman;Peter J. DiFiore;Mathis P. Hain;Curtis Deutsch

  • Nitrogen isotope effects induced by anammox bacteria

    Benjamin Brunner;Sergio Contreras;Moritz F. Lehmann;Olga Matantseva

  • Simulating the global distribution of nitrogen isotopes in the ocean

    Christopher J. Somes;Andreas Schmittner;Eric D. Galbraith;Moritz F. Lehmann

  • Puzzling haze events in China during the coronavirus (COVID-19) shutdown.

    Yunhua Chang;Ru-Jin Huang;Xinlei Ge;Xiangpeng Huang

  • Coupling the 15N/14N and 18O/16O of nitrate as a constraint on benthic nitrogen cycling

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;William M. Berelson

  • Nutrient regime shift in the western North Atlantic indicated by compound-specific δ15N of deep-sea gorgonian corals

    Owen A. Sherwood;Moritz F. Lehmann;Carsten J. Schubert;David B. Scott

  • Redox-dependent niche differentiation provides evidence for multiple bacterial sources of glycerol tetraether lipids in lakes

    Yuki Weber;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Jakob Zopfi;Cindy De Jonge

  • Isotope Signatures of N2O in a Mixed Microbial Population System: Constraints on N2O Producing Pathways in Wastewater Treatment

    Pascal Wunderlin;Moritz F. Lehmann;Hansruedi Siegrist;Béla Tuzson

  • Micro-aerobic bacterial methane oxidation in the chemocline and anoxic water column of deep south-Alpine Lake Lugano (Switzerland)

    Jan Blees;Helge Niemann;Christine B. Wenk;Jakob Zopfi

  • The distribution of nitrate 15N/14N in marine sediments and the impact of benthic nitrogen loss on the isotopic composition of oceanic nitrate

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;Daniel C. McCorkle;Julie Granger

  • Identification and carbon isotope composition of a novel branched GDGT isomer in lake sediments: Evidence for lacustrine branched GDGT production

    Yuki Weber;Cindy De Jonge;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans

  • Water column methanotrophy controlled by a rapid oceanographic switch

    Lea Steinle;Lea Steinle;Carolyn C.A. Graves;Tina Treude;Tina Treude;Bénédicte Ferré

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Niemann
Helge Niemann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Jakob Zopfi
Jakob Zopfi University of Basel
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Carsten J. Schubert
Carsten J. Schubert Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Daniel M. Sigman
Daniel M. Sigman Princeton University
Adrian Gilli
Adrian Gilli ETH Zurich
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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