Andrew Kulmatiski

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
67 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Andrew Kulmatiski is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Kulmatiski has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 27 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Andrew Kulmatiski's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). Andrew Kulmatiski is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). Andrew Kulmatiski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Andrew Kulmatiski's co-authors include Karen H. Beard, John R. Stevens, Stephanie M. Cobbold, Paul Kardol, Т. Martijn Bezemer, Wim H. van der Putten, Tadashi Fukami, Katharine N. Suding, John N. Klironomos and James D. Bever and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Kulmatiski

66 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

2013 1.3k citations Wim H. van der Putten, Richard D. Bardgett et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Plant–soil feedbacks: a meta‐analytical review

2008 783 citations Andrew Kulmatiski, Karen H. Beard et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition

2018 313 citations Peter B. Adler, Karen H. Beard et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew Kulmatiski United States	30	2.6k	2.4k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	67	4.9k
Guozhen Du China	45	2.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	178	5.5k
Jordi Cortina Spain	41	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	87	5.2k
Grégoire T. Freschet France	36	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	2.5k 2.2×	1.4k 1.2×	62	6.3k
Christine V. Hawkes United States	40	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	92	6.0k
José M. Facelli Australia	33	2.5k 1.0×	3.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	657 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	104	5.5k
Michael D. Cramer South Africa	43	3.9k 1.5×	2.0k 0.8×	988 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	155	7.2k
Jasmin Joshi Germany	30	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	616 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	74	4.1k
Cristina Armas Spain	35	2.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.5×	2.2k 1.9×	831 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	72	5.9k
Pablo García‐Palacios Spain	37	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	989 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	1.8k 1.6×	78	5.1k
Nona R. Chiariello United States	28	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	986 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	41	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Kulmatiski

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Tobin, Brian, et al.. (2025). Topographic patterns of soil traits and macro fauna in oriental beech forests in Iran. Applied Soil Ecology. 211. 106132–106132.

Kulmatiski, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Root distributions predict shrub–steppe responses to precipitation intensity. Biogeosciences. 21(1). 131–143. 4 indexed citations

Kulmatiski, Andrew, et al.. (2021). Improving Inferences from Hydrological Isotope Techniques. Trends in Plant Science. 26(3). 206–209. 10 indexed citations

Kulmatiski, Andrew, Karen H. Beard, Martin C. Holdrege, & Edmund C. February. (2020). Small differences in root distributions allow resource niche partitioning. Ecology and Evolution. 10(18). 9776–9787. 24 indexed citations

Kulmatiski, Andrew, Kailiang Yu, D. S. Mackay, et al.. (2019). Forecasting semi‐arid biome shifts in the Anthropocene. New Phytologist. 226(2). 351–361. 6 indexed citations

Kulmatiski, Andrew & Karen H. Beard. (2019). Chronosequence and direct observation approaches reveal complementary community dynamics in a novel ecosystem. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0207047–e0207047. 5 indexed citations

Adler, Peter B., Karen H. Beard, Ryan T. Choi, et al.. (2018). Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition. Ecology Letters. 21(9). 1319–1329. 313 indexed citations breakdown →

Kulmatiski, Andrew. (2018). Community‐level plant–soil feedbacks explain landscape distribution of native and non‐native plants. Ecology and Evolution. 8(4). 2041–2049. 22 indexed citations

Kulmatiski, Andrew, et al.. (2017). A savanna response to precipitation intensity. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175402–e0175402. 40 indexed citations

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Kulmatiski, Andrew. (2016). Factorial and ‘self vs. other’ plant soil feedback experiments produce similar predictions of plant growth in communities. Plant and Soil. 408(1-2). 485–492. 11 indexed citations

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Kulmatiski, Andrew, et al.. (2015). Modelling Water Uptake Provides a New Perspective on Grass and Tree Coexistence. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144300–e0144300. 42 indexed citations

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Kulmatiski, Andrew, et al.. (2014). Activated carbon decreases invasive plant growth by mediating plant–microbe interactions. AoB Plants. 7. 17 indexed citations

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Putten, Wim H. van der, Richard D. Bardgett, James D. Bever, et al.. (2013). Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges. Journal of Ecology. 101(2). 265–276. 1250 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beard, Karen H. & Andrew Kulmatiski. (2012). Introduction, Establishment, and Spread: 50 Years of Invasion Ecology Since Elton. Ecology. 2(93). 437–438. 1 indexed citations

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Kulmatiski, Andrew, et al.. (2011). Testing predictions of a three‐species plant–soil feedback model. Journal of Ecology. 99(2). 542–550. 47 indexed citations

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Kulmatiski, Andrew, Karen H. Beard, Richard J. T. Verweij, & Edmund C. February. (2010). A depth‐controlled tracer technique measures vertical, horizontal and temporal patterns of water use by trees and grasses in a subtropical savanna. New Phytologist. 188(1). 199–209. 117 indexed citations

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Kulmatiski, Andrew, Karen H. Beard, & John M. Stark. (2006). Exotic Communities Shift Water-Use Timing. Plant and Soil. 2(288). 271–284. 2 indexed citations

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Beard, Karen H., Kristina Vogt, & Andrew Kulmatiski. (2002). Top-Down Effects of a Terrestrial Frog on Nutrient Concentrations in a Subtropical Forest. Oecologia. 583. 1 indexed citations

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Beard, Karen H., Kristiina A. Vogt, & Andrew Kulmatiski. (2002). Top-Down Effects of a Terrestrial Frog on Nutrient Dynamics. Oecologia. 133(4). 8 indexed citations

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Beard, Karen H., Kristiina A. Vogt, & Andrew Kulmatiski. (2002). Top-down effects of a terrestrial frog on forest nutrient dynamics. Oecologia. 133(4). 583–593. 86 indexed citations

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