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Researcher · Agroscope · Switzerland

Jens Leifeld

Jens Leifeld publishes mostly in Ecology, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0002-7245-9852 OpenAlex
World rank
#53,786
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#1,137
of 80,918
Works
296
Citations
18k
Citations per work
62.5
h-index
68
i10-index 145Top 0.8% in Ecology
Jens Leifeld

What does Jens Leifeld research?

Jens Leifeld's work is mostly in Environmental Science (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 144 works · 48.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 118 works · 40.0% of their workEcology: 81 works · 27.2% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 works · 6.9% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 works · 5.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 works · 8.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 25 works · 8.6% of their workEverything else: 80 works · 26.9% of their workLife Sciences: 73 works · 24.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 73 works · 24.5% of their workSoil Science: 60 works · 20.3% of their workPlant Science: 12 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKJens Leifeld296works
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences49%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science11840.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences258.6%
  2. Everything else8026.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7324.5%
  1. 1Ecology27% of their works
  2. 2Soil Science20% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science9% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Jens Leifeld's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Microbial Communities, Nitrogen Cycle, Hydrology, Methane Emissions, Carbon and Peatlands.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3756 topics
  2. Soil Carbon Sequestration1622 topics
  3. Microbial Communities1421 topic
  4. Nitrogen Cycle1421 topic
  5. Hydrology1302 topics
  6. Methane Emissions1302 topics
  7. Carbon1151 topic
  8. Peatlands1151 topic
  9. Coastal Protection441 topic
  10. Mangrove Forests441 topic
  11. Glacial Cycles411 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology411 topic
  13. Nutrient Cycling391 topic
  14. Water Quality391 topic
  15. Bioenergy Crops201 topic
  16. Switchgrass201 topic
  17. Conservation181 topic
  18. Vascular Plants181 topic
  19. Arctic151 topic
  20. Permafrost151 topic

Where does Jens Leifeld work?

Jens Leifeld's main affiliation in the publication record is Agroscope, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Jens Leifeld have?

OpenAlex counts 296 works and 18,486 citations for Jens Leifeld, an h-index of 68, ranking #53,786 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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