H-Index
Rankings
Germany Scientists H-Index Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition Rankings in Germany 2025
AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
soil organic matter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
69
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
Soil science and Hydrology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
68
0.701
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
63
0.685
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
62
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
Natural Resources Management
Soil Science
Tropical Agriculture
climate Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
41
0.482
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
soil science
soil chemistry
biogeochemistry
environmental chemistry
ecosystem research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
50
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
soil
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
54
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
soil
minerals
organic matter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
51
0.708
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Environmental Mineralogy
Redox Chemistry
Actinides
Soil Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
45
0.662
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
Soil Science
Extreme Environments
Geomorphology
Geoecology
Soil Erosion
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
56
0.862
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
Hydrology
Soil Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
soil science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
36
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
Soil Science
Biogeochemistry
Carbon and Nutrient Cycling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
Hydrogeology
Soil Science
Secondary Minerals
Mineral-organic mixed phases
Groundwater quality and protection
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
35
0.686
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
soil physics - crop modelling - model development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
33
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Soil science
soil physics
biogeophysics
agricultural sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
34
0.708
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
39
0.886
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Soil biology
ecological modelling
carbon
nitrogen
soils
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
31
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Peat soils
Nutrient dynamic in agricultural landscapes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Soil ecology
environmental risk assessment
Collembola
ecotoxicology
nanoparticles
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Plant molecular biology
Plant signaling and regulation
Plant nutrition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Soil food webs
PLFA analysis
nematodes
biodiversity
global change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Soil Physics
Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interactions
Soil Biophysics
Rhizosphere
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
soil science
biogeochemistry
hydrology
wetlands
permafrost-affected landscapes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Soil Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
Ingrid Kögel Knabner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
69
0.645
Vereecken Harry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
68
0.701
Soil science and Hydrology
Ellen Kandeler
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
63
0.685
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
Georg Guggenberger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
62
0.674
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
Paul Vlek
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
41
0.482
Natural Resources Management
Soil Science
Tropical Agriculture
climate Change
Wolfgang Wilcke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
50
0.625
soil science
soil chemistry
biogeochemistry
environmental chemistry
ecosystem research
Roland Bol
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
54
0.692
Klaus Kaiser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
51
0.708
soil
minerals
organic matter
Andreas Scheinost
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
45
0.662
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Environmental Mineralogy
Redox Chemistry
Actinides
Soil Sciences
Thomas Scholten
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
56
0.862
Soil Science
Extreme Environments
Geomorphology
Geoecology
Soil Erosion
Hans-Jörg Vogel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
Hydrology
Soil Science
Michael Sommer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
36
0.667
Ingo Schöning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
Soil Science
Biogeochemistry
Carbon and Nutrient Cycling
Kai U. Totsche
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
35
0.686
Hydrogeology
Soil Science
Secondary Minerals
Mineral-organic mixed phases
Groundwater quality and protection
Eckart Priesack
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
33
0.673
soil physics - crop modelling - model development
Thilo Streck
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
34
0.708
Soil science
soil physics
biogeophysics
agricultural sciences
Steffen Schlüter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
39
0.886
Sergey Blagodatsky Сергей Благодатский|Сергей Благодатский, Sergey Blagodatskiy, Sergey Blagodatskii
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
31
0.721
Soil biology
ecological modelling
carbon
nitrogen
soils
Bernd Lennartz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
Peat soils
Nutrient dynamic in agricultural landscapes
Juliane Filser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
Soil ecology
environmental risk assessment
Collembola
ecotoxicology
nanoparticles
Petra Bauer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
Plant molecular biology
Plant signaling and regulation
Plant nutrition
Simone Cesarz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
Soil food webs
PLFA analysis
nematodes
biodiversity
global change
Mohsen Zare Zarebanadkouki|Mohsen Zare
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
Soil Physics
Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interactions
Soil Biophysics
Rhizosphere
Lars Kutzbach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
soil science
biogeochemistry
hydrology
wetlands
permafrost-affected landscapes
Gerhard Welp
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750