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Sonja Leitner

Sonja Leitner publishes mostly in Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

World rank
#1,528,063
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#739
of 810
Works
21
Citations
28
Citations per work
1.3

What does Sonja Leitner research?

Soil Science: 19.4%Global and Planetary Change: 16.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12.9%Ecology: 6.5%other fields: 45.1%19%top field
Soil Science19.4%Global and Planetary Change16.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics12.9%Ecology6.5%other fields45.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Soil Science19% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change16% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics13% of their works
  4. 4Ecology6% of their works
  5. 5Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis6% of their works
  6. 6Food Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sonja Leitner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Microbial Communities, Nitrogen Cycle, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture and Adaptation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change93 topics
  2. Soil Carbon Sequestration62 topics
  3. Microbial Communities51 topic
  4. Nitrogen Cycle51 topic
  5. Smallholder Farmers42 topics
  6. Sustainability32 topics
  7. Sustainable Agriculture32 topics
  8. Adaptation21 topic
  9. Agricultural Innovation21 topic
  10. Drought21 topic
  11. Emissions21 topic
  12. Livelihood Diversification21 topic
  13. Livestock Farming21 topic
  14. Methane21 topic
  15. Tree Mortality21 topic
  16. Bioenergy Crops11 topic
  17. Integrated Farming Systems11 topic
  18. Lichen11 topic
  19. Rice-Fish Farming11 topic
  20. Switchgrass11 topic
  21. Symbiosis11 topic

Where does Sonja Leitner work?

Sonja Leitner's main affiliation in the publication record is International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Sonja Leitner have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 28 citations for Sonja Leitner, ranking #1,528,063 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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