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 Rainer Horn sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 471 publications — 96th percentile
96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.
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 Rainer Horn sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 85 D-Index — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.
Rainer Horn is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has an extensive body of research primarily in the fields of Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work covers key subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Soil Science, Environmental Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Global and Planetary Change.
Horn's research topics focus on various soil-related processes and dynamics, encompassing Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Soil Management and Crop Yield, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Landslides and related hazards, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization, and Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics.
Recent papers authored or co-authored by Horn include:
Horn has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Heiner Fleige, José Dörner, Anneka Mordhorst, John Clunes, and Ole Wendroth, with the number of joint publications ranging from 10 to 23 per collaborator.
The scientist's research outputs have appeared in a variety of venues, notable ones being Soil and Tillage Research, Handbuch der Bodenkunde, SSRN Electronic Journal, Geoderma, and the Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.
In addition to articles, Horn has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing eBooks titled "Festschrift zum 75. Jubiläum der Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (1946-2021)" in 2021.
Among formal recognitions, Horn received the designation of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1975.
Wulf Amelung;Hans-Peter Blume;Heinrich Fleige;Rainer Horn
H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux
José Miguel Reichert;Luis Eduardo Akiyoshi Sanches Suzuki;Dalvan José Reinert;Rainer Horn
R. Horn;H. Domżżał;Anna Słowińska-Jurkiewicz;C. van Ouwerkerk
R. Horn;H. Taubner;M. Wuttke;T. Baumgartl
Karl Heinrich Hartge;Rainer Horn;Jörg Bachmann;Stephan Peth
Thomas Keller;Thomas Keller;Maria Sandin;Tino Colombi;Rainer Horn
M. Rogger;M. Agnoletti;A. Alaoui;J.C. Bathurst
R. Horn;A. Smucker
Timo Kautz;Wulf Amelung;Frank Ewert;Thomas Gaiser
S. Peth;R. Horn;F. Beckmann;T. Donath
R Horn;H Fleige
Liisa Pietola;Rainer Horn;Markku Yli-Halla
X. Peng;R. Horn
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Matthias Lebert;Rainer Horn
Ying Zhao;Ying Zhao;Stephan Peth;Julia Krümmelbein;Rainer Horn
Jerzy Lipiec;Rainer Horn;Jacek Pietrusiewicz;Anna Siczek
Jörg Bachmann;Georg Guggenberger;Thomas Baumgartl;Ruth H. Ellerbrock
Rainer Horn
R. Horn;J. Vossbrink;S. Becker
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