Johannes Lehmann

Professor
SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS

Johannes Lehmann serves as Professor in SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section at Cornell University.

1,206 publications
97,453 citations
123 h-index
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Rising Papers (7)
2025-02-03 · Earth system science data · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
An organic matter database (OMD): consolidating global residue data from agriculture, fisheries, forestry and related industries
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
56 citations · 102.2x expected for field
2025-05-19 · Nature Climate Change · Soil Science
Managing for climate and production goals on crop-lands
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
22 citations · 11.4x expected for field
2025-02-25 · Journal of Cleaner Production · Biomedical Engineering
Can batch lab-scale studies of slow pyrolysis describe biochar yields and properties upon upscaling to a continuous auger kiln?
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Jillian L. GoldfarbProf Assoc, Chemical and Biomolecular Engr DEPT · EN
18 citations · 4.5x expected for field
2025-11-09 · GCB Bioenergy · Soil Science
Biochar Permanence—A Policy Commentary
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
16 citations · 8.3x expected for field
2025-07-29 · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · Soil Science
Functional molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter explained by predicted genome size of soil microbial communities
Daniel H. BuckleyProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
13 citations · 6.7x expected for field
2025-09-22 · Nature Food · Soil Science
Deep soil as an input-constrained output-controlled reactor for climate-smart agriculture
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
12 citations · 6.4x expected for field
2025-08-11 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Waste Management and Disposal
Biochar in the circular bionutrient economy
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Rebecca NelsonProfessor, SIPS - Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Bio Section · CALS
12 citations · 8.6x expected for field
Top Papers (14)
2006-02-23 · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · History
Amazonian Dark Earths as Carbon Stores and Sinks
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
351.2x expected for field · 161 citations
2011-10-01 · Nature · Soil Science
Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
313.6x expected for field · 6,044 citations
2006-02-23 · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · History
Soil Fertility and Production Potential
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
313.4x expected for field · 171 citations
2015-11-23 · Nature · Soil Science
The contentious nature of soil organic matter
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
237.9x expected for field · 4,547 citations
2011-05-22 · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · Soil Science
Biochar effects on soil biota – A review
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Janice E. ThiesProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
202.4x expected for field · 5,044 citations
2022-06-17 · Nature Communications · History
Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
180.2x expected for field · 50 citations
2016-04-01 · Nature · Soil Science
Climate-smart soils
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
172.7x expected for field · 2,172 citations
2023-05-24 · Nature · Soil Science
Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
134.4x expected for field · 939 citations
2010-08-10 · Nature Communications · Soil Science
Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
103.6x expected for field · 2,668 citations
2025-02-03 · Earth system science data · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
An organic matter database (OMD): consolidating global residue data from agriculture, fisheries, forestry and related industries
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
102.2x expected for field · 56 citations
2021-10-29 · The Innovation · Mechanical Engineering
Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
94.7x expected for field · 1,331 citations
2012-11-22 · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · Soil Science
The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
81.0x expected for field · 1,726 citations
2019-07-31 · Global Change Biology · Soil Science
Quantitative assessment of microbial necromass contribution to soil organic matter
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
78.2x expected for field · 1,866 citations
2007-05-01 · Nature · Soil Science
A handful of carbon
Johannes C. LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
74.3x expected for field · 2,438 citations
Recent Papers (19)
2026-09-29 · Advanced Science · Soil Science
Rhizodeposition Drives One Third of Belowground Carbon Input in Agroecosystems
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-09-17 · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment · Waste Management and Disposal
Towards global nutrient justice via a circular bionutrient economy
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
Rebecca NelsonProfessor, SIPS - Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Bio Section · CALS
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-09-14 · Communications Sustainability · Global and Planetary Change
Carbon finance as climate adaptation depends on smallholder livelihood contexts in Uganda
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Kathryn FiorellaProf Assoc, Public and Ecosystem Health DEPT · CVM
Kurt B. WaldmanProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-08-02 · New Phytologist · Global and Planetary Change
Operationalizing soil persistence in soil and ecosystem ecology
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-06-18 · Geoderma · Soil Science
The roles of litter quality and microbial processing in shaping leachate chemodiversity during early decomposition
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-06-16 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Soil Science
Bacterial metabolism rather than necromass dominates input to soil organic carbon
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-05-01 · Global Change Biology · Soil Science
Resolving the Trade‐Offs by Conservation Deep Tillage
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-04-15 · Nature Sustainability · Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Realizing an equitable circular bionutrient economy in the United States
Rebecca NelsonProfessor, SIPS - Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Bio Section · CALS
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-03-14 · Environmental Engineering
The impact of enhanced rock weathering on soil organic carbon
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-03-01 · The White Horse Press eBooks · Geography, Planning and Development
Grasping Soil
Amiel BizeProf Asst, Anthropology · CAS
2026-03-01 · The White Horse Press eBooks · Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Ithaca, New York
2026-03-01 · The White Horse Press eBooks · Atmospheric Science
Unit 1: Soil as Substrate
2026-01-27 · The Science of The Total Environment · Soil Science
Elevated organic carbon in African Dark Earths is not exclusively attributable to pyrogenic organic matter
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Dawit SolomonProfessor Associate Adjunct, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2026-01-01 · SSRN Electronic Journal · Soil Science
The roles of litter quality and microbial processing in shaping leachate chemodiversity during early decomposition
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2025-12-24 · Global Food Security · Ecology
Synergistic pathways to a circular bionutrient economy
Rebecca A. NelsonProfessor, SIPS - Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Bio Section · CALS
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2025-12-10 · Nature Communications
Decomposition causes short-term increases in functional molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter
Daniel H. BuckleyProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2025-11-27
Solid phase molecular diversity enhances soil organic matter persistence
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2025-11-09 · GCB Bioenergy · Environmental Engineering
Biochar Permanence—A Policy Commentary
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2025-11-02 · Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy · Waste Management and Disposal
Phosphate adsorption by poultry manure biochar impregnated with different sources of magnesium
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS