Benjamin A. Sikes

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Benjamin A. Sikes is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin A. Sikes has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Plant Science, 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Benjamin A. Sikes's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers). Benjamin A. Sikes is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers). Benjamin A. Sikes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Benjamin A. Sikes's co-authors include John N. Klironomos, Karl Cottenie, Matthias C. Rillig, Linda L. Kinkel, Kun Xiao, Egbert H. van Nes, Peter B. Reich, Ragan M. Callaway, Scott A. Mangan and Janneke HilleRisLambers and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin A. Sikes

36 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern

2010 456 citations Stefan A. Schnitzer, John N. Klironomos et al. Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin A. Sikes United States	18	936	484	328	270	257	39	1.4k
Inga Hiiesalu Estonia	21	685 0.7×	656 1.4×	412 1.3×	365 1.4×	268 1.0×	36	1.4k
Michael E. Van Nuland United States	16	706 0.8×	469 1.0×	298 0.9×	221 0.8×	305 1.2×	28	1.1k
Jonathan T. Bauer United States	22	977 1.0×	931 1.9×	528 1.6×	389 1.4×	233 0.9×	40	1.6k
Ülle Reier Estonia	11	989 1.1×	480 1.0×	335 1.0×	219 0.8×	513 2.0×	16	1.3k
Sarah M. Emery United States	20	781 0.8×	686 1.4×	580 1.8×	439 1.6×	194 0.8×	55	1.4k
Minna‐Maarit Kytöviita Finland	26	1.2k 1.2×	518 1.1×	769 2.3×	324 1.2×	225 0.9×	74	1.7k
Alicia Montesinos‐Navarro Spain	20	867 0.9×	577 1.2×	614 1.9×	387 1.4×	169 0.7×	44	1.6k
Jean‐Claude Pierrat France	12	542 0.6×	735 1.5×	312 1.0×	349 1.3×	235 0.9×	17	1.5k
Stephen P. Bentivenga United States	17	942 1.0×	491 1.0×	377 1.1×	248 0.9×	274 1.1×	27	1.4k
Jacqueline A. Wilson United States	8	815 0.9×	418 0.9×	202 0.6×	183 0.7×	269 1.0×	11	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin A. Sikes

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Semenova‐Nelsen, Tatiana A., et al.. (2025). Fuel accumulation shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry. The Science of The Total Environment. 961. 178386–178386.

Sarkar, Soumyadev, Nicholas Reese, Terrance D. Loecke, et al.. (2024). Metabolism diversification of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria under different precipitation gradients and land legacies. Applied Soil Ecology. 206. 105831–105831. 3 indexed citations

Koziol, Liz, Jared Crain, Timothy E. Crews, et al.. (2024). Selection for agronomic traits in intermediate wheatgrass increases responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Plants People Planet. 7(3). 861–870.

Sikes, Benjamin A., Shawn P. Brown, Cathy L. Cripps, et al.. (2022). Fire as a driver of fungal diversity — A synthesis of current knowledge. Mycologia. 114(2). 215–241. 62 indexed citations

Aslan, Clare E., Sam Veloz, Rebecca S. Epanchin‐Niell, Mark W. Brunson, & Benjamin A. Sikes. (2022). Integrating Social and Ecological Predictors to Understand Variation within Ecosystems: A Case Study of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park PACE. Natural Areas Journal. 42(4). 1 indexed citations

Huffman, Jean M., et al.. (2022). Pyrophilic Plants Respond to Postfire Soil Conditions in a Frequently Burned Longleaf Pine Savanna. The American Naturalist. 201(3). 389–403. 8 indexed citations

Huffman, Jean M., et al.. (2022). Pyrophilic plants respond to post-fire soil conditions in a frequently burned longleaf pine savanna. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Robertson, Kevin M., et al.. (2021). Pine savanna restoration on agricultural landscapes: The path back to native savanna ecosystem services. The Science of The Total Environment. 818. 151715–151715. 21 indexed citations

Aslan, Clare E., Mark W. Brunson, Benjamin A. Sikes, et al.. (2021). Coupled ecological and management connectivity across administrative boundaries in undeveloped landscapes. Ecosphere. 12(1). 17 indexed citations

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Crews, Timothy E., et al.. (2020). Community structure of soil fungi in a novel perennial crop monoculture, annual agriculture, and native prairie reconstruction. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0228202–e0228202. 25 indexed citations

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Huffman, Jean M., et al.. (2020). Frequent fire slows microbial decomposition of newly deposited fine fuels in a pyrophilic ecosystem. Oecologia. 193(3). 631–643. 23 indexed citations

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Koziol, Liz, et al.. (2020). Abiotic and biotic context dependency of perennial crop yield. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0234546–e0234546. 11 indexed citations

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Bufford, Jennifer L., Philip E. Hulme, Benjamin A. Sikes, et al.. (2019). Novel interactions between alien pathogens and native plants increase plant–pathogen network connectance and decrease specialization. Journal of Ecology. 108(2). 750–760. 14 indexed citations

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Semenova‐Nelsen, Tatiana A., et al.. (2019). Recurrent fires do not affect the abundance of soil fungi in a frequently burned pine savanna. Fungal ecology. 42. 100852–100852. 18 indexed citations

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Semenova‐Nelsen, Tatiana A., et al.. (2019). Frequent fire reorganizes fungal communities and slows decomposition across a heterogeneous pine savanna landscape. New Phytologist. 224(2). 916–927. 54 indexed citations

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Sikes, Benjamin A., Jennifer L. Bufford, Philip E. Hulme, et al.. (2018). Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens. PLoS Biology. 16(5). e2006025–e2006025. 62 indexed citations

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Sikes, Benjamin A., Hafiz Maherali, & John N. Klironomos. (2013). Mycorrhizal fungal growth responds to soil characteristics, but not host plant identity, during a primary lacustrine dune succession. Mycorrhiza. 24(3). 219–226. 19 indexed citations

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Courtney, Kevin C., Luke D. Bainard, Benjamin A. Sikes, et al.. (2011). Determining a minimum detection threshold in terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 88(1). 14–18. 11 indexed citations

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Schnitzer, Stefan A., John N. Klironomos, Janneke HilleRisLambers, et al.. (2010). Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern. Ecology. 92(2). 296–303. 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sikes, Benjamin A., Jeff R. Powell, & Matthias C. Rillig. (2010). Deciphering the Relative Contributions of Multiple Functions within Plant-Microbe Symbioses. Ecology. 1510488361–1510488361. 4 indexed citations

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