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Plant Science and Agronomy
Switzerland
2022

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
68
Citations
25726
World Ranking
768
National Ranking
22

Paul Mäder 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 Paul Mäder sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 316 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Paul Mäder 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 Paul Mäder sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy
  • Ecology

Paul Mäder mainly focuses on Agronomy, Organic farming, Soil biology, Crop rotation and Soil quality. His study looks at the relationship between Agronomy and topics such as Glomus, which overlap with Mycorrhiza. The concepts of his Organic farming study are interwoven with issues in Fertilizer, Soil water, Soil fertility, Intensive farming and Nitrous oxide.

His Intensive farming research includes themes of Soil biodiversity and Agroforestry. His Soil biology study combines topics in areas such as Organic matter and Tillage. His Crop rotation research includes elements of Biomass and Soil pH.

His most cited work include:

  • Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming (1986 citations)
  • Impact of land use intensity on the species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystems of Central Europe (584 citations)
  • Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming. (526 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Organic farming, Soil quality, Soil water and Tillage. Paul Mäder has included themes like Soil biology, Nutrient and Soil fertility in his Agronomy study. His studies in Organic farming integrate themes in fields like Agroforestry, Cultivar, Crop yield and Intensive farming.

Paul Mäder combines subjects such as Organic matter, Soil carbon, Soil functions, Topsoil and Soil management with his study of Soil quality. His Soil water study deals with Greenhouse gas intersecting with Nitrous oxide. His Tillage research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in No-till farming, Weed control and Plough.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (57.79%)
  • Organic farming (33.91%)
  • Soil quality (25.95%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Soil quality (25.95%)
  • Agronomy (57.79%)
  • Agriculture (16.96%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Paul Mäder mostly deals with Soil quality, Agronomy, Agriculture, Soil water and Tillage. His work carried out in the field of Soil quality brings together such families of science as Organic matter, Crop, Soil functions, Nutrient cycle and Soil management. His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Cropping and Topsoil.

His study in Organic farming and Arable land is done as part of Agriculture. In his research on the topic of Organic farming, Loam, Soil retrogression and degradation and Soil fertility is strongly related with Plough. His work in the fields of Soil water, such as Soil organic matter and Mineralization, intersects with other areas such as Glomalin.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Sensitivity of labile carbon fractions to tillage and organic matter management and their potential as comprehensive soil quality indicators across pedoclimatic conditions in Europe (65 citations)
  • The impact of long-term organic farming on soil-derived greenhouse gas emissions (23 citations)
  • Long-term organic matter application reduces cadmium but not zinc concentrations in wheat (19 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

Soil quality, Agronomy, Tillage, Soil water and Organic farming are his primary areas of study. His Soil quality study incorporates themes from Compost, Crop, Soil functions, Soil structure and Soil management. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Soil carbon and Rhizobacteria.

His biological study deals with issues like Topsoil, which deal with fields such as Plough. Paul Mäder works mostly in the field of Soil water, limiting it down to topics relating to Biomass and, in certain cases, Lactuca, Archaea, Human fertilization and Rhizosphere, as a part of the same area of interest. His Organic farming study contributes to a more complete understanding of Agriculture.

Best Publications

  • Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming

    Paul Mäder;Andreas Fliessbach;David Dubois;Lucie Gunst

  • Soil quality – A critical review

    Else K. Bünemann;Giulia Bongiorno;Giulia Bongiorno;Zhanguo Bai;Rachel E. Creamer

  • Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

    Martin Hartmann;Beat Frey;Jochen Mayer;Paul Mäder

  • Impact of land use intensity on the species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystems of Central Europe

    Fritz Oehl;Ewald Sieverding;Kurt Ineichen;Paul Mäder

  • Soil organic matter and biological soil quality indicators after 21 years of organic and conventional farming

    Andreas Fließbach;Hans-Rudolf Oberholzer;Lucie Gunst;Paul Mäder

  • Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming

    Andreas Gattinger;Adrian Müller;Matthias Haeni;Matthias Haeni;Collin Skinner

  • Impact of long-term conventional and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Fritz Oehl;Ewald Sieverding;Paul Mäder;David Dubois

  • Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

    Klaus Birkhofer;T. Martijn Bezemer;Jaap Bloem;Michael Bonkowski

  • Organic farming enhances soil microbial abundance and activity-A meta-analysis and meta-regression

    Martina Lori;Martina Lori;Sarah Symnaczik;Paul Mäder;Gerlinde De Deyn

  • Sensitivity of labile carbon fractions to tillage and organic matter management and their potential as comprehensive soil quality indicators across pedoclimatic conditions in Europe

    Giulia Bongiorno;Giulia Bongiorno;Else K. Bünemann;Chidinma U. Oguejiofor;Jennifer Meier

  • Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China

    Zhanguo Bai;Thomas Caspari;Maria Ruiperez Gonzalez;Niels H. Batjes

  • Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in arable soils are not necessarily low in diversity

    Isabelle Hijri;Zuzana Sýkorová;Fritz Oehl;Kurt Ineichen

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizae in a long-term field trial comparing low-input (organic, biological) and high-input (conventional) farming systems in a crop rotation

    Paul Mäder;Stephan Edenhofer;Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken

  • Improving Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency via Biofertilization-A Global Meta-analysis.

    Lukas Schütz;Andreas Gattinger;Matthias Meier;Adrian Müller;Adrian Müller

  • Microbial biomass and size-density fractions differ between soils of organic and conventional agricultural systems.

    Andreas Fließbach;Paul Mäder

  • Crop yield and soil fertility response to reduced tillage under organic management

    A. Berner;I. Hildermann;A. Fließbach;L. Pfiffner

  • Impact of conservation tillage and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Verena Säle;Paula Aguilera;Endre Laczko;Paul Mäder

  • Inoculation of root microorganisms for sustainable wheat-rice and wheat-black gram rotations in India

    Paul Mäder;Franziska Kaiser;Alok Adholeya;Reena Singh

  • Wheat quality in organic and conventional farming: results of a 21 year field experiment

    Paul Mäder;Diana Hahn;Diana Hahn;David Dubois;Lucie Gunst

  • Greenhouse gas fluxes from agricultural soils under organic and non-organic management--a global meta-analysis.

    Colin Skinner;Andreas Gattinger;Adrian Muller;Paul Mäder

  • Response of soil microbial biomass and community structures to conventional and organic farming systems under identical crop rotations

    Jürgen Esperschütz;Andreas Gattinger;Paul Mäder;Michael Schloter

  • Does organic agriculture reduce soil erodibility? The results of a long-term field study on loess in Switzerland

    S Siegrist;D Schaub;L Pfiffner;P Mäder

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Gattinger
Andreas Gattinger University of Giessen
Astrid Oberson
Astrid Oberson ETH Zurich
Else K. Bünemann
Else K. Bünemann Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Thomas Boller
Thomas Boller University of Basel
Lijbert Brussaard
Lijbert Brussaard Wageningen University & Research
Andres Wiemken
Andres Wiemken University of Basel
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Fritz Oehl
Fritz Oehl University of Basel
Paolo Bàrberi
Paolo Bàrberi Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

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