Anna Gunina

5.3k citations

92 papers · 3.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.2%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Environmental Chemistry top 1%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Papers in

Soil Science 76
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 76
Environmental Chemistry 23
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 23

Co-authors: Yakov Kuzyakov Michaela A. Dippold Bruno Glaser Yu Luo Xiaoyuan Yan Qianqian Zhang Zhengqin Xiong Zhen Wu
Journals: Soil Biology and Biochemistry (10 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (8 papers)Biology and Fertility of Soils (7 papers)Plant and Soil (5 papers)Geoderma (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany China Russia

In The Last Decade

Anna Gunina

85 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Unlocking Mechanisms for Soil Organic Matter Accumulation: Carbon Use Efficiency and Microbial Necromass as the Keys 2025 · 42 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Global Change Biology
2019 Journal of Cleaner Production
2015 Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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1	Polyethylene microplastics hamper aged biochar’s potential in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions Carbon Research ·Yalan Chen, Zhibo Wang, Anqi Zhang, Yang Li, Ke Sun, G Iruthayaraj, Anna Gunina, Abeer S. Aloufi, met bijdragen van J.H.F. Leuvering, Corrado Fiori, Yue Xiao, Yan Zhang, Zhangliu Du, جواد پولادی, Yakov Kuzyakov	2025	1
2	Root exudates of Salix cupularis orchestrate the accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen in the rhizosphere during the restoration of a desertified alpine meadow Applied Soil Ecology ·Qi Li, Fei Yan, Dongming Chen, Jiqiong Zhou, Johnn Alejandro Quintero Salazar, Yanfu Bai, Anonymous utilisateurs-ldap, W. Catt, Abeer S. Aloufi, WU Gui-qiang, Anna Gunina, Jian Zhang, Yakov Kuzyakov, Lin Liu	2025	3
3	Unfolding the Potential of Soil Microbial Community Diversity for Accumulation of Necromass Carbon at Large Scale Global Change Biology ·Yang Yang, Anna Gunina, Ji Chen, Baorong Wang, Zhuo Tiejun, Yunqiang Wang, Chao Liang, Shaoshan An, Scott X. Chang	2025	6
4	Soil texture-driven modulation of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) biodegradation: Microbial shifts, and trade-offs between nutrient availability and lettuce growth Environmental Research ·Martin Brtnický, Adnan Mustafa, Jiří Holátko, Anna Gunina, Gabrijel Ondrašek, Muhammad Naveed, Tereza Hammerschmiedt, 大井秀哉, Saud Alamri, Muhammad Hussnain Siddique, Antonín Kintl, Tivadar Baltazár, I. Kisielewicz, Jiří Kučerík	2025	1
5	Initial changes in soil microbial community structure after combined biochar and straw application to agricultural soil: evidence from a 180-day incubation experiment Carbon Research ·Xiaodong Zheng, Rui Ma, Jianming Xu, Lan Wei, Yufen Huang, Yanhong Wang, Qimei Lin, Anna Gunina, Zhongzhen Liu	2025	0
6	Chemical imaging reveals phosphorus mobilization patterns in earthworm-engineered drilosphere Geoderma ·勝齋藤, Dong‐Xing Guan, Elif Şahiner, Gang Li, Daniel Menezes‐Blackburn, Anna Gunina, Yvan Capowiez, Q. Lena	2025	0
7	Nutrient cycles in transition: C:N:P stoichiometry by forest conversion to plantations Forest Ecology and Management ·Ying Wang, Anna Gunina, Peter B. Reich, Laura Elena López-Saiz, Han Y. H. Chen, Yakov Kuzyakov, Yongxing Cui, Dashrath Kumar Yadav, Zhiming Guo, Tao Sun	2025	0
8	Carbon pathways in soil: unraveled by 13C natural abundance Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ying Wang, Anna Gunina, Laura Elena López-Saiz, Tao Sun, Yakov Kuzyakov	2025	3
9	Decoupled response of microbial taxa and functions to nutrients: The role of stoichiometry in plantations Journal of Environmental Management ·Qiang Wei, Anna Gunina, Yakov Kuzyakov, Qinghua Liu, 益男近藤	2024	2
10	Contrasting processes of microbial anabolism and necromass formation between upland and paddy soils across regional scales CATENA ·Xun Duan, Anna Gunina, Yichao Rui, Yinhang Xia, Yajun Hu, Chong Ma, Vajiha Banu Habeeb Mohamed, Youming Zhang, Jinshui Wu, Yirong Su, Xiangbi Chen	2024	15
11	Long-term organic farming improves the red soil quality and microbial diversity in subtropics Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·N. S. Bhuvanaswari, M-C Amann, 和梅, Michael Bryarly, Qing Zhang, Annemarie Hartmann, Fen Lin, OA Ducu, Anna Gunina, Yadong Yang, Kevin Z. Mganga, Zhaohai Zeng, Huadong Zang	2024	8
12	Different biochemical composition and oxidation state of soil organic matter between upland and paddy fields Journal of Soils and Sediments ·Miao Feng, Kailou Liu, Yilai Lou, 王兴旺, Chuanyong Guo, Zhaoliang Song, Anna Gunina, Yidong Wang	2024	5
13	Regulation of soil organic carbon dynamics by microbial communities during reforestation of Chinese fir plantations after clear‐cutting Land Degradation and Development ·Ying Wang, Liang Chen, Wenhua Xiang, Xiulan Zhang, Yan Ren, Zhiming Guo, Anna Gunina	2024	8
14	Competition for nitrogen between plants and microorganisms in grasslands: effect of nitrogen application rate and plant acquisition strategy Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Li Zhang, 张先敏, L Safi, Rui Pang, Anna Gunina, Shurong Zhou	2023	17
15	Soil pH determines microbial utilization strategy for straw-derived hydrophilic and hydrophobic fractions in a Ferralsol SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Xiaodong Zheng, Anna Gunina, Yunying Fang, Lukas Van Zwieten, Nanthi Bolan, Xiang Li, Lan Wei, Lianxi Huang, Yufen Huang, Qimei Lin, Hailong Wang, Zhongzhen Liu	2023	4
16	Metagenomic insights into soil microbial communities involved in carbon cycling along an elevation climosequences Environmental Microbiology ·Zhongmin Dai, Huadong Zang, Jie Chen, Yingyi Fu, Xuehua Wang, 虞颂庭, Congcong Shen, Jianjun Wang, Yakov Kuzyakov, Joscha N. Becker, Andreas Hemp, Albert Barberán, Anna Gunina, Huaihai Chen, Yu Luo, Jianming Xu	2021	82
17	Assessment of depth‐dependent microbial carbon‐use efficiency in long‐term fertilized paddy soil using an ¹⁸O–H₂O approach Land Degradation and Development ·Mostafa Zhran, Tida Ge, Beatriz Frade Sosa, Yangwu Deng, Xiaomeng Wei, Tin Mar Lynn, Zhenke Zhu, Jinshui Wu, Anna Gunina	2020	15
18	Pore‐scale view of microbial turnover: Combining ¹⁴ C imaging, μCT and zymography after adding soluble carbon to soil pores of specific sizes European Journal of Soil Science ·Alexandra Kravchenko, Andrey Guber, Anna Gunina, Michaela A. Dippold, Yakov Kuzyakov	2020	33
19	Changed by fire: Linking C and energy fluxes by microbial decomposition of soil organic matter after frequent forest burning events EGUGA ·Anna Gunina, Drew Kleis, Chengrong Chen, Mohsen Esfandbod, Mehran Rezaei Rashti, Yakov Kuzyakov	2019	2
20	Determining the optimal temperature and precipitation for microbial community development in montane forest ecosystems: PLFA analysis along a 3500 m altitudinal gradient on Mt Kilimanjaro EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Anna Gunina, Joscha N. Becker, Andreas Hemp, Yu Luo, Davey L. Jones, Yakov Kuzyakov	2018	0

About Anna Gunina

Anna Gunina is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Biomaterials, having authored 92 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (76 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (23 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (10 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (9 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (9 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (2.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (544 citations), Ecology (1.3k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (365 citations) and Plant Science (1.0k citations). Anna Gunina has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, China and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Yakov Kuzyakov, Michaela A. Dippold, Bruno Glaser, Yu Luo, Xiaoyuan Yan, Qianqian Zhang, Zhengqin Xiong, Zhen Wu, Tida Ge and Huadong Zang. Their work appears in journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, The Science of The Total Environment, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Plant and Soil and Geoderma.

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