Alexandra Kravchenko

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
157 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Alexandra Kravchenko is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Kravchenko has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Soil Science, 43 papers in Environmental Engineering and 40 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Kravchenko's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (76 papers), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (37 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (33 papers). Alexandra Kravchenko is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (76 papers), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (37 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (33 papers). Alexandra Kravchenko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. Alexandra Kravchenko's co-authors include D. G. Bullock, G. Philip Robertson, Andrey Guber, Mark L. Rivers, A. J. M. Smucker, Wakene Negassa, Kurt D. Thelen, Yakov Kuzyakov, C. W. Boast and Sieglinde S. Snapp and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Kravchenko

150 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial spatial footprint as a driver of soil carbon st... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2024 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Microbial spatial footprint as a driver of soil carbon stabilization
    2019 227 citations Alexandra Kravchenko, Andrey Guber et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Composition and metabolism of microbial communities in soil pores
    2024 46 citations Alexandra Kravchenko, Alison M. Cupples et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Alexandra Kravchenko
Kenneth A. Sudduth United States
B.C. Ball United Kingdom
Stephan Peth Germany
Stephen H. Anderson United States
Dominique Arrouays France
Tyson E. Ochsner United States
Rafael Muñoz‐Carpena United States
W. E. Larson United States
Sacha J. Mooney United Kingdom
Nicolas Saby France
Kenneth A. Sudduth United States
Alexandra Kravchenko
Citations per year, relative to Alexandra Kravchenko Alexandra Kravchenko (= 1×) peers Kenneth A. Sudduth

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandra Kravchenko

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandra Kravchenko

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra Kravchenko

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexandra Kravchenko. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexandra Kravchenko based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexandra Kravchenko. Alexandra Kravchenko is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lucas, Maik, et al.. (2025). Soil carbon accrual and biopore formation across a plant diversity gradient. SOIL. 11(2). 1029–1040.
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Robertson, G. Philip, et al.. (2025). Agricultural Management Legacy Effects on Switchgrass Growth and Soil Carbon Gains. GCB Bioenergy. 17(7). 1 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, Andrey Guber, & Alexandra Kravchenko. (2025). Root‐Pore Interactions, the Underestimated Driver for Rhizosphere Structure and Rhizosheath Development. Plant Cell & Environment. 49(1). 295–308.
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Grünzweig, José M., et al.. (2024). Invasion of Prosopis trees into arid ecosystem alters soil carbon and nitrogen processes and soil trace gases emissions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 198. 109558–109558.
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Lee, Jin Ho, et al.. (2024). Very fine roots differ among switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) cultivars and differentially affect soil pores and carbon processes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 199. 109610–109610. 7 indexed citations
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Kravchenko, Alexandra, Alison M. Cupples, Andrey Guber, et al.. (2024). Composition and metabolism of microbial communities in soil pores. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3578–3578. 46 indexed citations breakdown →
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Córdova, S. Carolina, Alexandra Kravchenko, Jessica Miesel, & G. Philip Robertson. (2024). Soil carbon change in intensive agriculture after 25 years of conservation management. Geoderma. 453. 117133–117133. 12 indexed citations
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Schlüter, Steffen, Maik Lucas, Balázs Grosz, et al.. (2024). The anaerobic soil volume as a controlling factor of denitrification: a review. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(3). 343–365. 28 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maik, et al.. (2023). Changes in soil pore structure generated by the root systems of maize, sorghum and switchgrass affect in situ N2O emissions and bacterial denitrification. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(3). 367–383. 15 indexed citations
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Lee, Jin Ho, Maik Lucas, Andrey Guber, Xiufen Li, & Alexandra Kravchenko. (2023). Interactions among soil texture, pore structure, and labile carbon influence soil carbon gains. Geoderma. 439. 116675–116675. 15 indexed citations
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Kaestner, Anders, et al.. (2023). Microscale spatiotemporal patterns of water, soil organic carbon, and enzymes in plant litter detritusphere. Geoderma. 438. 116625–116625. 9 indexed citations
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Guber, Andrey, et al.. (2022). Soil oxidoreductase zymography: Visualizing spatial distributions of peroxidase and phenol oxidase activities at the root-soil interface. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 167. 108610–108610. 23 indexed citations
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Kravchenko, Alexandra, et al.. (2022). Distribution of Mn Oxidation States in Grassland Soils and Their Relationships with Soil Pores. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(22). 16462–16472. 12 indexed citations
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Kravchenko, Alexandra, Hongbing Zheng, Yakov Kuzyakov, G. Philip Robertson, & Andrey Guber. (2021). Belowground interplant carbon transfer promotes soil carbon gains in diverse plant communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 159. 108297–108297. 14 indexed citations
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Kravchenko, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). The unexplored role of preferential flow in soil carbon dynamics. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 161. 108398–108398. 45 indexed citations
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Guber, Andrey, et al.. (2021). Time-lapse approach to correct deficiencies of 2D soil zymography. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 157. 108225–108225. 24 indexed citations
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Zheng, Hongbing, et al.. (2020). Testing Os Staining Approach for Visualizing Soil Organic Matter Patterns in Intact Samples via X-ray Dual-Energy Tomography Scanning. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(14). 8980–8989. 12 indexed citations
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Guber, Andrey, et al.. (2020). Mass‐balance approach to quantify water distribution in soils based on X ‐ray computed tomography images. European Journal of Soil Science. 72(2). 578–592. 4 indexed citations
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Kravchenko, Alexandra, Andrey Guber, Michelle Quigley, et al.. (2018). X‐ray computed tomography to predict soil N2O production via bacterial denitrification and N2O emission in contrasting bioenergy cropping systems. GCB Bioenergy. 10(11). 894–909. 30 indexed citations

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