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Peter Leinweber

Peter Leinweber

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
16081
World Ranking
2454
National Ranking
166

Peter Leinweber 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 Peter Leinweber sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 267 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Leinweber 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 Peter Leinweber sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Leinweber is affiliated with the University of Rostock in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant number of publications in these fields. The scientist's work extensively covers various subfields, including ecology, soil science, environmental chemistry, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as plant science.

The main topics of Leinweber's research involve soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, phosphorus and nutrient management, biocrusts and microbial ecology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and iron oxide chemistry and applications.

Leinweber frequently publishes in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Preprints.org
  • Soil Systems
  • Geoderma
  • Agronomy
  • Microorganisms

Their recent papers exhibit a focus on soil and microbial ecology with a broad environmental scope. Notable publications include:

  • "Biodiversity of Algae and Cyanobacteria in Biological Soil Crusts Collected Along a Climatic Gradient in Chile Using an Integrative Approach" (2020, Microorganisms)
  • "From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach" (2020, Soil Systems)
  • "Rice hull biochar enhances the mobilization and methylation of mercury in a soil under changing redox conditions: Implication for Hg risks management in paddy fields" (2022, Environment International)
  • "Contribution of biological soil crusts to soil organic matter composition and stability in temperate forests" (2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • "Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Heterotrophic Protists (Cercozoa and Endomyxa) from Biological Soil Crusts" (2021, Microorganisms)

Leinweber collaborates regularly with several other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kai-Uwe Eckhardt
  • Christel Baum
  • Karen Baumann
  • Ulf Karsten
  • Wakene Negassa

Best Publications

  • Organo-mineral associations in temperate soils: Integrating biology, mineralogy, and organic matter chemistry

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Georg Guggenberger;Markus Kleber;Ellen Kandeler

  • How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • Sorption of Sulfonamide Pharmaceutical Antibiotics on Whole Soils and Particle-Size Fractions

    S. Thiele-Bruhn;T. Seibicke;H.-R. Schulten;P. Leinweber

  • Changes in properties of soil-derived dissolved organic matter induced by biodegradation

    Karsten Kalbitz;David Schwesig;Juliane Schmerwitz;Klaus Kaiser

  • How does the Hedley sequential phosphorus fractionation reflect impacts of land use and management on soil phosphorus: A review

    Wakene Negassa;Peter Leinweber

  • New insights into organic-mineral particles: composition, properties and models of molecular structure

    H.-R. Schulten;P. Leinweber

  • Innovative methods in soil phosphorus research: A review

    Jens Kruse;Jens Kruse;Marion Abraham;Wulf Amelung;Wulf Amelung;Christel Baum

  • Nitrogen K-edge XANES - an overview of reference compounds used to identify unknown organic nitrogen in environmental samples.

    Peter Leinweber;Jens Kruse;Fran L Walley;Adam Gillespie

  • Distribution of sulfamethazine, chlortetracycline and tylosin in manure and soil of Canadian feedlots after subtherapeutic use in cattle.

    Marc-Oliver Aust;Frauke Godlinski;Frauke Godlinski;Greg R. Travis;Xiying Hao

  • Glomalin-related soil protein contains non-mycorrhizal-related heat-stable proteins, lipids and humic materials

    Adam W. Gillespie;Richard E. Farrell;Fran L. Walley;Andrew R.S. Ross

  • Advances in analytical pyrolysis of soil organic matter

    P Leinweber;H.-R Schulten

  • Microbial contribution to SOM quantity and quality in density fractions of temperate arable soils

    Marie Ludwig;Jan Achtenhagen;Anja Miltner;Kai-Uwe Eckhardt

  • Thermal stability and composition of mineral-bound organic matter in density fractions of soil

    H. ‐R. Schulten;P. Leinweber

  • Hot water extracted organic matter: chemical composition and temporal variations in a long-term field experiment

    P. Leinweber;H. R. Schulten;M. Körschens

  • Characterization of different decomposition stages of biowaste using FT-IR spectroscopy and pyrolysis-field ionization mass spectrometry

    Ena Smidt;Kai-uwe Eckhardt;Peter Lechner;Hans-rolf Schulten

  • Sequential extractions and 31P-NMR spectroscopy of phosphorus forms in animal manures, whole soils and particle-size separates from a densely populated livestock area in northwest Germany

    Peter Leinweber;Ludwig Haumaier;Wolfgang Zech

  • Management effects on forms of phosphorus in soil and leaching losses

    P. Leinweber;R. Meissner;K. U. Eckhardt;J. Seeger

  • Plaggen Soils: landscape history, properties, and classification

    Hans‐Peter Blume;Peter Leinweber

  • Effects of short rotation coppice with willows and poplar on soil ecology

    Christel Baum;Peter Leinweber;Martin Weih;Norbert Lamersdorf

  • Stability and composition of soil organic matter control respiration and soil enzyme activities

    Peter Leinweber;Gerald Jandl;Christel Baum;Kai-Uwe Eckhardt

  • Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: New insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile

    Nadine Bernhard;Lisa-Marie Moskwa;Karsten Schmidt;Ralf A. Oeser

  • Heavy‐metal mobilization and uptake by mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal willows (Salix × dasyclados)

    Christel Baum;Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz;Peter Leinweber;Ralph Meißner

Frequent Co-Authors

Christel Baum
Christel Baum University of Rostock
Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten University of Rostock
Sören Thiele-Bruhn
Sören Thiele-Bruhn University of Trier
Yongfeng Hu
Yongfeng Hu Canadian Light Source (Canada)
Sabry M. Shaheen
Sabry M. Shaheen Kafrelsheikh University
Peter Kühn
Peter Kühn University of Tübingen
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn
Burkhard Büdel
Burkhard Büdel Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Martin Weih
Martin Weih Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Karl Stahr
Karl Stahr University of Hohenheim

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