Ralf Conrad
Impact in
- Soil Science top 0.01%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Environmental Chemistry top 0.01%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Papers in
- Soil Science 231
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 231
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- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 129
- Co-authors
- W. Seiler (38 shared papers)Melanie Klose (29 shared papers)Zhongjun Jia (6 shared papers)Martin Bender (7 shared papers)Peter F. Frenzel (12 shared papers)Yahai Lu (18 shared papers)Kuk‐Jeong Chin (13 shared papers)Michael W. Friedrich (13 shared papers)
- Journals
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology (68 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (40 papers)Environmental Microbiology (35 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (34 papers)Biology and Fertility of Soils (23 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyChinaUnited States
In The Last Decade
Ralf Conrad
461 papers receiving 39.8k citations
Ralf Conrad's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 145
- Soil Science 16.3k
- Environmental Chemistry 7.3k
- Ecology 15.3k
- Building and Construction 6k
- Pollution 2.9k
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ralf Conrad, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soil microorganisms as controllers of atmospheric trace gases (H2, CO, CH4, OCS, N2O, and NO) Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 1448 |
| 2 | Methane fluxes show consistent temperature dependence across microbial to ecosystem scales Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 873 |
| 3 | Bacteria rather than Archaea dominate microbial ammonia oxidation in an agricultural soil Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 805 |
| 4 | The global methane cycle: recent advances in understanding the microbial processes involved Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 789 |
| 5 | Contribution of hydrogen to methane production and control of hydrogen concentrations in methanogenic soils and sediments Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 691 |
| 6 | Microbial Ecology of Methanogens and Methanotrophs Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 610 |
| 7 | A 3‐year continuous record on the influence of daytime, season, and fertilizer treatment on methane emission rates from an Italian rice paddy Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 549 |
| 8 | 2004 | 545 | |
| 9 | The capacity of hydrogenotrophic anaerobic bacteria to compete for traces of hydrogen depends on the redox potential of the terminal electron acceptor Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 471 |
| 10 | 1989 | 467 | |
| 11 | 1995 | 444 | |
| 12 | 2003 | 426 | |
| 13 | Methanogenic archaea are globally ubiquitous in aerated soils and become active under wet anoxic conditions Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 391 |
| 14 | 1986 | 358 | |
| 15 | 2011 | 348 | |
| 16 | 1998 | 341 | |
| 17 | 1983 | 302 | |
| 18 | 1992 | 297 | |
| 19 | 2003 | 297 | |
| 20 | 1999 | 286 |
About Ralf Conrad
Ralf Conrad is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Building and Construction and Environmental Engineering, having authored 464 papers that have together received 41.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (231 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (134 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (134 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (129 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (78 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (51 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (36 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (16.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (7.3k citations), Ecology (15.3k citations), Building and Construction (6k citations) and Pollution (2.9k citations). Ralf Conrad has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include W. Seiler, Melanie Klose, Zhongjun Jia, Martin Bender, Peter F. Frenzel, Yahai Lu, Kuk‐Jeong Chin, Michael W. Friedrich, Franz Rothfuß and Annette Holzapfel-Pschorn. Their work appears in journals such as FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Biology and Fertility of Soils.
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