Ashish A. Malik

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
38 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ashish A. Malik is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashish A. Malik has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Soil Science and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ashish A. Malik's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (7 papers). Ashish A. Malik is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (7 papers). Ashish A. Malik collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Ashish A. Malik's co-authors include Gerd Gleixner, Robert I. Griffiths, Steven Allison, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Eoin Brodie, Adam C. Martiny, Kathleen K. Treseder, Bruce C. Thomson, Jérémy Puissant and Markus Lange and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Ashish A. Malik

35 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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 diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

2015 1.2k citations Markus Lange, Nico Eisenhauer et al. Nature Communications profile →
Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change

2019 708 citations Ashish A. Malik, Jennifer B. H. Martiny et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

2018 630 citations Ashish A. Malik, Jérémy Puissant et al. Nature Communications profile →
Soil Fungal:Bacterial Ratios Are Linked to Altered Carbon Cycling

2016 304 citations Ashish A. Malik, Somak Chowdhury et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ashish A. Malik

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Global Relationship Between Genome Size and Encoded Carbon Metabolic Strategies of Soil Bacteria 2025 ·Ecology Letters ·Xingjie Wu, Jingjing Peng, Ashish A. Malik, Ziheng Peng, Yu Luo, Fenliang Fan, (unknown), Gehong Wei, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Werner Liesack, Shuo Jiao	12
2	Evaluating and optimizing metals for kitchen equipment production 2025 ·Discover Materials ·Ashish A. Malik, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
3	Bacterial population-level trade-offs between drought tolerance and resource acquisition traits impact decomposition 2024 ·The ISME Journal ·Ashish A. Malik, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, (unknown), Paul O. Sheridan, Claudia Weihe, Eoin Brodie, Steven Allison	5
4	Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling 2024 ·ISME Communications ·L. J. Cole, Tim Goodall, Nico Jehmlich, Robert I. Griffiths, Gerd Gleixner, Cécile Gubry‐Rangin, Ashish A. Malik	4
5	Microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics: Effects of land use and climate change 2024 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Suvendu Das, Elise Pendall, Ashish A. Malik, P. Nannipieri, Pil Joo Kim	6
6	Soil organic and inorganic carbon interactions under tillage and cover cropping determine potential for carbon accumulation in temperate, calcareous soils 2024 ·Soil and Tillage Research ·(unknown), Yang Guo, Paul D. Hallett, Pete Smith, (unknown), Nathan Morris, Ashish A. Malik	6
7	Rethinking CSR theory to incorporate microbial metabolic diversity and foraging traits 2023 ·The ISME Journal ·Jennifer L. Wood, Ashish A. Malik, Chris Greening, (unknown), Mélodie A. McGeoch, Ashley E. Franks	18
8	Opportunities and challenges for microbiomics in ecosystem restoration 2023 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Jake M. Robinson, (unknown), Siegfried L. Krauss, Craig Liddicoat, Ashish A. Malik, Belinda C. Martin, Jakki J. Mohr, David Moreno‐Mateos, Miriam Muñoz‐Rojas, (unknown), Martin F. Breed	23
9	Drought impacts on microbial trait distribution and feedback to soil carbon cycling 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Ashish A. Malik, Nicholas Bouskill	73
10	Drought and plant litter chemistry alter microbial gene expression and metabolite production 2020 ·The ISME Journal ·Ashish A. Malik, Tami L. Swenson, Claudia Weihe, Eric W. Morrison, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Eoin Brodie, Trent R. Northen, Steven Allison	113
11	Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Ashish A. Malik, Jérémy Puissant, Kate M. Buckeridge, Tim Goodall, Nico Jehmlich, Somak Chowdhury, Hyun S. Gweon, Jodey Peyton, Kelly E. Mason, Maaike van Agtmaal, Aimeric Blaud, Ian M. Clark, Jeanette Whitaker, Richard F. Pywell, Nick Ostle, Gerd Gleixner, Robert I. Griffiths	630
12	Bacterial Physiological Adaptations to Contrasting Edaphic Conditions Identified Using Landscape Scale Metagenomics 2017 ·mBio ·Ashish A. Malik, Bruce C. Thomson, Andrew S. Whiteley, Mark Bailey, Robert I. Griffiths	60
13	Soil Fungal:Bacterial Ratios Are Linked to Altered Carbon Cycling breakdown → 2016 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Ashish A. Malik, Somak Chowdhury, (unknown), Anna Oliver, Jérémy Puissant, (unknown), Nico Jehmlich, Martin von Bergen�, Robert I. Griffiths, Gerd Gleixner	304
14	Linking molecular size, composition and carbon turnover of extractable soil microbial compounds 2016 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ashish A. Malik, (unknown), (unknown), Luc Tremblay, Thorsten Dittmar, Gerd Gleixner	41
15	An appraisal of biological responses and network of environmental interactions in non-mining and mining impacted coastal waters 2015 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), Ashish A. Malik, (unknown), Sheryl Oliveira Fernandes, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maria–Judith Gonsalves, Shanta Nair, P.A. LokaBharathi	0
16	Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage breakdown → 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Markus Lange, Nico Eisenhauer, Carlos A. Sierra, Holger Beßler, (unknown), Robert I. Griffiths, (unknown), Ashish A. Malik, Jacques Roy, Stefan Scheu, Sibylle Steinbeiss, Bruce C. Thomson, Susan Trumbore, Gerd Gleixner	1209
17	Rhizosphere bacterial carbon turnover is higher in nucleic acids than membrane lipids: implications for understanding soil carbon cycling 2015 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Ashish A. Malik, (unknown), Robert I. Griffiths, Bruce C. Thomson, Gerd Gleixner	45
18	Importance of microbial soil organic matter processing in dissolved organic carbon production 2013 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Ashish A. Malik, Gerd Gleixner	55
19	Utilization of biomass as engine fuel 2009 ·Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research ·Ashish A. Malik, Lakhwinder Pal Singh, (unknown)	11
20	Soil development on restored opencast coal sites with particular reference to organic matter and aggregate stability 1998 ·Soil Use and Management ·Ashish A. Malik, John Scullion	44

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