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Thomas Kätterer 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 Thomas Kätterer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 238 publications — 85th percentile

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Thomas Kätterer 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 Thomas Kätterer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas Kätterer is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research concentrates on soil carbon dynamics and nutrient cycling within agroecosystems, addressing critical aspects of soil organic carbon changes and environmental interactions.

The main fields of study that Kätterer has contributed to are Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these domains, they focus particularly on subfields such as Soil Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Plant Science.

The scientific topics that Kätterer frequently explores include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Bioenergy Crop Production and Management
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism

Kätterer's research has been published in various scientific journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Biogeosciences
  • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Kätterer include:

  • The effect of crop residues, cover crops, manures and nitrogen fertilization on soil organic carbon changes in agroecosystems: a synthesis of reviews (2020), Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
  • Carbon sequestration in soils and climate change mitigation-Definitions and pitfalls (2023), Global Change Biology
  • Relations between soil organic carbon content and the pore size distribution for an arable topsoil with large variations in soil properties (2022), European Journal of Soil Science
  • Modelling dynamic interactions between soil structure and the storage and turnover of soil organic matter (2020), Biogeosciences
  • The simple AMG model accurately simulates organic carbon storage in soils after repeated application of exogenous organic matter (2020), Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Kätterer has collaborated frequently with a select group of co-authors, including:

  • Martin A. Bolinder
  • Katharina Meurer
  • Holger Kirchmann
  • Bertrand Guenet
  • Manuel Martín

Best Publications

  • Roots contribute more to refractory soil organic matter than above-ground crop residues, as revealed by a long-term field experiment

    Thomas Kätterer;Martin Anders Bolinder;Olof Andrén;Holger Kirchmann

  • Temperature dependence of organic matter decomposition: a critical review using literature data analyzed with different models

    Thomas Kätterer;Markus Reichstein;Olof Andrén;Anja Lomander

  • ICBM: THE INTRODUCTORY CARBON BALANCE MODEL FOR EXPLORATION OF SOIL CARBON BALANCES

    Olof Andrén;Thomas Kätterer

  • How does tillage intensity affect soil organic carbon? A systematic review

    Neal R. Haddaway;Katarina Hedlund;Louise E. Jackson;Thomas Kätterer

  • The moisture response of soil heterotrophic respiration: interaction with soil properties

    F. E. Moyano;N. Vasilyeva;L. Bouckaert;F. Cook

  • Knowledge gaps in soil carbon and nitrogen interactions – From molecular to global scale

    Annemieke I. Gärdenäs;Göran I. Ågren;Jeffrey A. Bird;Marianne Clarholm

  • Biochar addition persistently increased soil fertility and yields in maize-soybean rotations over 10 years in sub-humid regions of Kenya

    Thomas Kätterer;Dries Roobroeck;Olof Andrén;Geoffrey Kimutai

  • Temperature dependence of carbon mineralisation: conclusions from a long-term incubation of subalpine soil samples

    Markus Reichstein;Markus Reichstein;Frank Bednorz;Gabriele Broll;Thomas Kätterer

  • From agricultural use of sewage sludge to nutrient extraction: A soil science outlook

    Holger Kirchmann;Gunnar Börjesson;Thomas Kätterer;Yariv Cohen

  • The effect of crop residues, cover crops, manures and nitrogen fertilization on soil organic carbon changes in agroecosystems: a synthesis of reviews

    Martin A. Bolinder;Felicity Crotty;Annemie Elsen;Magdalena Frac

  • Low stabilization of aboveground crop residue carbon in sandy soils of Swedish long-term experiments

    Christopher Poeplau;Thomas Kätterer;Martin A. Bolinder;Gunnar Börjesson

  • Higher temperature sensitivity for stable than for labile soil organic carbon--evidence from incubations of long-term bare fallow soils.

    Romain Lefèvre;Pierre Barré;Fernando E. Moyano;Bent T. Christensen

  • The energetic and chemical signatures of persistent soil organic matter

    Pierre Barré;Alain F. Plante;Lauric Cécillon;Suzanne Lutfalla;Suzanne Lutfalla

  • Carbon sequestration in soils and climate change mitigation-Definitions and pitfalls.

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  • Tillage intensity affects total SOC stocks in boreo-temperate regions only in the topsoil—A systematic review using an ESM approach

    Katharina H.E. Meurer;Neal R. Haddaway;Martin A. Bolinder;Thomas Kätterer

  • Quantifying and isolating stable soil organic carbon using long-term bare fallow experiments

    Pierre Barré;Pierre Barré;Thomas Eglin;B. T. Christensen;Philippe Ciais

  • Temperature sensitivity of decomposition in relation to soil organic matter pools: critique and outlook

    Markus Reichstein;T. Kätterer;O. Andrén;P. Ciais

  • ICBM regional model for estimations of dynamics of agricultural soil carbon pools

    Olof Andrén;T. Kätterer;T. Karlsson

  • Carbon dioxide evolution from top- and subsoil as affected by moisture and constant and fluctuating temperature

    Anja Lomander;Thomas Kätterer;Olof Andrén

  • Long-term agricultural field experiments in Northern Europe: analysis of the influence of management on soil carbon stocks using the ICBM model

    Thomas Kätterer;Olof Andrén

  • Soil microbial community structure affected by 53 years of nitrogen fertilisation and different organic amendments

    Gunnar Börjesson;Lorenzo Menichetti;Holger Kirchmann;Thomas Kätterer

  • RothC simulation of carbon accumulation in soil after repeated application of widely different organic amendments

    Clément Peltre;Bent T. Christensen;Sophie Dragon;Christian Icard

Frequent Co-Authors

Olof Andrén
Olof Andrén Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Holger Kirchmann
Holger Kirchmann Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bent T. Christensen
Bent T. Christensen Aarhus University
Sabine Houot
Sabine Houot University of Paris-Saclay
Alain F. Plante
Alain F. Plante University of Pennsylvania
Claire Chenu
Claire Chenu University of Paris-Saclay
François Baudin
François Baudin Sorbonne University
Lars Bergström
Lars Bergström Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ingrid K. Thomsen
Ingrid K. Thomsen Aarhus University
Katarina Hedlund
Katarina Hedlund Lund University

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