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Thorsten Behrens

Thorsten Behrens

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 35 7452 6899 545 520 81 7792

Thorsten Behrens publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thorsten Behrens between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thorsten Behrens published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2010. 11 of the 108 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2010. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 8 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 2 publications
2002 2025

108 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thorsten Behrens: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 1
2004 0
2005 1
2006 2
2007 0
2008 3
2009 7
2010 14
2011 2
2012 8
2013 7
2014 5
2015 5
2016 6
2017 4
2018 6
2019 9
2020 7
2021 1
2022 8
2023 0
2024 9
2025 2
Total 108
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Thorsten Behrens publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thorsten Behrens sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 78–87 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 81 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278 81
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Thorsten Behrens D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thorsten Behrens sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372 35
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Thorsten Behrens is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and contributes primarily to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, Artificial Intelligence, Ecology, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The researcher's major topics encompass Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses.

Thorsten Behrens has published multiple papers across notable scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Improving the Spatial Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Two Contrasting Climatic Regions by Stacking Machine Learning Models and Rescanning Covariate Space, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Improving the spatial prediction of soil salinity in arid regions using wavelet transformation and support vector regression models, 2020, Geoderma
  • Multi-task convolutional neural networks outperformed random forest for mapping soil particle size fractions in central Iran, 2020, Geoderma
  • Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century, 2022, European Journal of Soil Science
  • Deep transfer learning of global spectra for local soil carbon monitoring, 2022, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Their frequent co-authors include Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel, Karsten Schmidt, Thomas Scholten, Leonardo Ramírez-López, and Ruhollah Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi.

Publications are predominantly found in these venues: Geoderma, Remote Sensing, European Journal of Soil Science, Scientific Reports, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Best Publications

  • Using data mining to model and interpret soil diffuse reflectance spectra.

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;T. Behrens

  • A global spectral library to characterize the world’s soil

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;T. Behrens;E. Ben-Dor;D.J. Brown

  • Soil organic carbon concentrations and stocks on Barro Colorado Island — Digital soil mapping using Random Forests analysis

    R. Grimm;T. Behrens;M. Marker;Helmut Elsenbeer;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment.

    Yuanyuan Huang;Yuxin Chen;Nadia Castro-Izaguirre;Martin Baruffol;Martin Baruffol

  • Multi-scale digital terrain analysis and feature selection for digital soil mapping

    Thorsten Behrens;A-Xing Zhu;A-Xing Zhu;Karsten Schmidt;Thomas Scholten

  • Digital soil mapping using artificial neural networks

    Thorsten Behrens;Helga Förster;Thomas Scholten;Ulrich Steinrücken

  • An approach to computing topographic wetness index based on maximum downslope gradient

    Cheng-Zhi Qin;A-Xing Zhu;Tao Pei;Bao-Lin Li

  • Improving the Spatial Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Two Contrasting Climatic Regions by Stacking Machine Learning Models and Rescanning Covariate Space

    Ruhollah Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi;Karsten Schmidt;Alireza Amirian-Chakan;Tobias Rentschler

  • Continental-scale soil carbon composition and vulnerability modulated by regional environmental controls

    R. A. Viscarra Rossel;R. A. Viscarra Rossel;J. Lee;J. Lee;T. Behrens;Z. Luo

  • Spatial modelling with Euclidean distance fields and machine learning

    T. Behrens;K. Schmidt;R. A. Viscarra Rossel;P. Gries

  • Digital soil mapping in Germany—a review

    Thorsten Behrens;Thomas Scholten

  • Assimilating satellite imagery and visible-near infrared spectroscopy to model and map soil loss by water erosion in Australia

    Hongfen Teng;Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel;Zhou Shi;Thorsten Behrens

  • Multi-scale digital soil mapping with deep learning.

    Thorsten Behrens;Karsten Schmidt;Robert A. MacMillan;Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel

  • Predictive soil mapping with limited sample data

    A. X. Zhu;J. Liu;F. Du;S. J. Zhang

  • Hyper-scale digital soil mapping and soil formation analysis

    Thorsten Behrens;Karsten Schmidt;Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;John Gallant

  • Sampling optimal calibration sets in soil infrared spectroscopy

    Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Karsten Schmidt;Thorsten Behrens;Bas van Wesemael

  • Improving the spatial prediction of soil salinity in arid regions using wavelet transformation and support vector regression models

    Ruhollah Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi;Karsten Schmidt;Norair Toomanian;Brandon Heung

  • Multi-task convolutional neural networks outperformed random forest for mapping soil particle size fractions in central Iran

    R. Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi;M. Mahdianpari;F. Mohammadimanesh;T. Behrens

  • Distance and similarity-search metrics for use with soil vis-NIR spectra

    L. Ramirez-Lopez;L. Ramirez-Lopez;T. Behrens;K. Schmidt;R.A. Viscarra Rossel

  • Assessing the USLE crop and management factor C for soil erosion modeling in a large mountainous watershed in Central China

    Sarah Schönbrodt;Patrick Saumer;Thorsten Behrens;Christoph Seeber

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Scholten
Thomas Scholten University of Tübingen
Karsten Schmidt
Karsten Schmidt University of Tübingen
Peter Dietrich
Peter Dietrich University of Tübingen
A-Xing Zhu
A-Xing Zhu University of Wisconsin–Madison
R. A. Viscarra Rossel
R. A. Viscarra Rossel Curtin University
Xuezheng Shi
Xuezheng Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
José Alexandre Melo Demattê
José Alexandre Melo Demattê Universidade de São Paulo
Bas van Wesemael
Bas van Wesemael Université Catholique de Louvain
Zhou Shi
Zhou Shi Zhejiang University
Peter Kühn
Peter Kühn University of Tübingen

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