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57
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3500
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Thomas Keller 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 Thomas Keller sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 183 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Keller 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 Thomas Keller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas Keller is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Engineering.

The scientist's work emphasizes soil science and related subfields, including civil and structural engineering, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and mechanics of materials.

Key research topics in Thomas Keller's portfolio include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil Management and Crop Yield
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Forest Biomass Utilization and Management

The scientist has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • A framework for modelling soil structure dynamics induced by biological activity, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Natural and managed soil structure: On the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning, 2020, Soil and Tillage Research
  • Farm vehicles approaching weights of sauropods exceed safe mechanical limits for soil functioning, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Modelling dynamic interactions between soil structure and the storage and turnover of soil organic matter, 2020, Biogeosciences

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Dani Or
  • Tino Colombi
  • Mats Larsbo
  • Alejandro Romero-Ruiz
  • Niklas Linde

Thomas Keller has published extensively in certain scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geoderma
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

They have also authored books published by Springer International Publishing and Wallstein Verlag eBooks. These include:

  • Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation, 2021
  • Anthropologien des Sakralen, 2023

Best Publications

  • Agricultural intensification reduces microbial network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in roots

    Samiran Banerjee;Florian Walder;Lucie Büchi;Marcel Meyer

  • Historical increase in agricultural machinery weights enhanced soil stress levels and adversely affected soil functioning

    Thomas Keller;Thomas Keller;Maria Sandin;Tino Colombi;Rainer Horn

  • Estimation of reference bulk density from soil particle size distribution and soil organic matter content

    Thomas Keller;Inge Håkansson

  • Persistent effects of subsoil compaction on pore size distribution and gas transport in a loamy soil

    F.E. Berisso;P. Schjønning;T. Keller;M. Lamandé

  • Feedbacks between soil penetration resistance, root architecture and water uptake limit water accessibility and crop growth – A vicious circle

    Tino Colombi;Tino Colombi;Lorena Chagas Torres;Achim Walter;Thomas Keller

  • SoilFlex: A model for prediction of soil stresses and soil compaction due to agricultural field traffic including a synthesis of analytical approaches

    Thomas Keller;Pauline Défossez;Peter Weisskopf;Johan Arvidsson

  • Soil stress as affected by wheel load and tyre inflation pressure

    Johan Arvidsson;Thomas Keller

  • A Model for the Prediction of the Contact Area and the Distribution of Vertical Stress below Agricultural Tyres from Readily Available Tyre Parameters

    Thomas Keller

  • Specific draught for mouldboard plough, chisel plough and disc harrow at different water contents

    Johan Arvidsson;Thomas Keller;Karin Gustafsson

  • Artificial macropores attract crop roots and enhance plant productivity on compacted soils.

    Tino Colombi;Serge Braun;Thomas Keller;Achim Walter

  • A Review of Geophysical Methods for Soil Structure Characterization

    Alejandro Romero-Ruiz;Niklas Linde;Thomas Keller;Dani Or

  • Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) analysis and risk assessment for soil compaction-A European perspective

    Per Schjønning;Jan J.H. van den Akker;Thomas Keller;Mogens H. Greve

  • Technical solutions to reduce the risk of subsoil compaction: effects of dual wheels, tandem wheels and tyre inflation pressure on stress propagation in soil

    T. Keller;J. Arvidsson

  • Soil precompression stress - I. A survey of Swedish arable soils

    J Arvidsson;T Keller

  • Developing strategies to recover crop productivity after soil compaction — a plant eco-physiological perspective

    Tino Colombi;Thomas Keller

  • Modelling effects of tyre inflation pressure on the stress distribution near the soil-tyre interface

    Per Schjønning;Mathieu Lamandé;Frede A. Tøgersen;Johan Arvidsson

  • Soil structures produced by tillage as affected by soil water content and the physical quality of soil

    Thomas Keller;Johan Arvidsson;Anthony R. Dexter

  • Predicting soil particle density from clay and soil organic matter contents

    P. Schjønning;R.A. McBride;T. Keller;P.B. Obour

  • The influence of soil management on soil health: An on-farm study in southern Sweden

    Hanna Williams;Tino Colombi;Thomas Keller

  • Impact of a conversion from cropland to grassland on C and N storage and related soil properties: Analysis of a 60-year chronosequence

    L. Breuer;J. A. Huisman;T. Keller;H.-G. Frede

  • A framework for modelling soil structure dynamics induced by biological activity

    Katharina Meurer;Jennie Barron;Claire Chenu;Elsa Coucheney

  • Plastic limits of agricultural soils as functions of soil texture and organic matter content

    Thomas Keller;Anthony R. Dexter

  • Analysis of soil compression curves from uniaxial confined compression tests

    Thomas Keller;Mathieu Lamandé;Per Schjønning;Anthony R. Dexter

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Arvidsson
Johan Arvidsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Per Schjønning
Per Schjønning Aarhus University
Dani Or
Dani Or University of Nevada Reno
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Lars J. Munkholm
Lars J. Munkholm Aarhus University
Achim Walter
Achim Walter ETH Zurich
Johan Six
Johan Six ETH Zurich
Niklas Linde
Niklas Linde University of Lausanne
Nicholas Jarvis
Nicholas Jarvis Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Cássio Antonio Tormena
Cássio Antonio Tormena State University of Maringa

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