Olaf Schmidt

Olaf Schmidt publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Olaf Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

Olaf Schmidt D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Olaf Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Ireland Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Ireland Leader Award

Best Publications

• Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

  Elly Morriën;S. Emilia Hannula;L. Basten Snoek;Nico R. Helmsing

  880
  Citations

• The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

  Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  660
  Citations

• Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

  Unknown

  450
  Citations

• Conventional tillage decreases the abundance and biomass of earthworms and alters their community structure in a global meta-analysis.

  María Jesús I. Briones;María Jesús I. Briones;Olaf Schmidt

  385
  Citations

• Inferring the origin and dietary history of beef from C, N and S stable isotope ratio analysis

  O. Schmidt;J.M. Quilter;B. Bahar;A.P. Moloney

  297
  Citations

• Gut wall bacteria of earthworms: a natural selection process

  Dwipendra Thakuria;Olaf Schmidt;Dillon Finan;Damian Egan

  256
  Citations

• Land-use and land-management change: relationships with earthworm and fungi communities and soil structural properties

  David J Spurgeon;Aidan M Keith;Olaf Schmidt;Dennis R Lammertsma

  196
  Citations

• A critical review of current methods in earthworm ecology: From individuals to populations

  Mark D. Bartlett;Maria J.I. Briones;Roy Neilson;Olaf Schmidt

  180
  Citations

• Why do cereal–legume intercrops support large earthworm populations?

  O Schmidt;R.O Clements;G Donaldson

  167
  Citations

• Intensive cultivation can drastically reduce earthworm populations in arable land

  James P. Curry;David Byrne;Olaf Schmidt

  163
  Citations

• Indoor wood-decay basidiomycetes: damage, causal fungi, physiology, identification and characterization, prevention and control

  Unknown

  160
  Citations

• Mapping earthworm communities in Europe

  Michiel Rutgers;Alberto Orgiazzi;Ciro Gardi;Jörg Römbke

  154
  Citations

• Alteration of the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of beef by substitution of grass silage with maize silage.

  Bojlul Bahar;Frank J. Monahan;Aidan P. Moloney;Padraig O'Kiely

  142
  Citations

• Relationships between earthworm populations and management intensity in cattle-grazed pastures in Ireland

  James P. Curry;Paul Doherty;Gordon Purvis;Olaf Schmidt

  141
  Citations

• Dual stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of soil invertebrates and their food sources

  Olaf Schmidt;James P Curry;Jens Dyckmans;Emilia Rota

  138
  Citations

• Selecting cost effective and policy-relevant biological indicators for European monitoring of soil biodiversity and ecosystem function

  B.s. Griffiths;J. Römbke;R.m. Schmelz;A. Scheffczyk

  136
  Citations

• Sulphur isotopes in animal hair track distance to sea

  A. Zazzo;F. J. Monahan;A. P. Moloney;S. Green

  136
  Citations

• Influence of mineral soil on the palatability of organic matter for lumbricid earthworms: a simple food preference study.

  Bernard M. Doube;Olaf Schmidt;Ken Killham;Ray Correll

  136
  Citations

• Natural abundance of 15N and 13C in earthworms from a wheat and a wheat-clover field

  O. Schmidt;C.M. Scrimgeour;L.L. Handley

  127
  Citations

• Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in body tissue and mucus of feeding and fasting earthworms ( Lumbricus festivus )

  Olaf Schmidt;Charles M. Scrimgeour;James P. Curry

  115
  Citations

• Importance of DNA quality in comparative soil microbial community structure analyses

  Dwipendra Thakuria;Olaf Schmidt;Máirtín Mac Siúrtáin;Damien Egan

  113
  Citations

• Biochar and Earthworm Effects on Soil Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

  Cara A. Augustenborg;Simone Hepp;Claudia Kammann;David Hagan

  99
  Citations

• Earthworm communities in conventional wheat monocropping and low-input wheat-clover intercropping systems

  O Schmidt;J P Curry;R A Hackett;G Purvis

  97
  Citations

• Distinct microbial and faunal communities and translocated carbon in Lumbricus terrestris drilospheres

  Mary E. Stromberger;Aidan M. Keith;Olaf Schmidt

  90
  Citations