Claudia Knief

8.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
62 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Claudia Knief is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudia Knief has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Claudia Knief's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (17 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (13 papers). Claudia Knief is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (17 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (13 papers). Claudia Knief collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and France. Claudia Knief's co-authors include Julia A. Vorholt, Peter F. Dunfield, Gerd Innerebner, Nathanaël Delmotte, Steffen Kolb, Ralf Conrad, André Lipski, Samuel Chaffron, Christian von Mering and Katharina Frindte and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Claudia Knief

61 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Microaggregates in soils

2017 753 citations Wulf Amelung, Erwin Klumpp et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science profile →
Community proteogenomics reveals insights into the physiology of phyllosphere bacteria

2009 631 citations Nathanaël Delmotte, Claudia Knief et al. profile →
Metaproteogenomic analysis of microbial communities in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere of rice

2011 484 citations Claudia Knief, Nathanaël Delmotte et al. profile →
Diversity and Habitat Preferences of Cultivated and Uncultivated Aerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria Evaluated Based on pmoA as Molecular Marker

2015 423 citations Claudia Knief Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
Protection of Arabidopsis thaliana against Leaf-Pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae by Sphingomonas Strains in a Controlled Model System

2011 409 citations Claudia Knief, Julia A. Vorholt et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudia Knief

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Claudia Knief. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Claudia Knief 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 Claudia Knief. Claudia Knief is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Implications of reduced root-soil contact for microbial rhizosphere establishment and early plant growth performance 2025 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Sara L. Bauke, (unknown), (unknown), Katharina Frindte, Claudia Knief	0
2	Effects of Plant Health-Protecting Product Applications on the Root-Associated Microbiota of Apple Saplings and Strawberries 2024 ·Phytobiomes Journal ·(unknown), Marion Deichmann, (unknown), Claudia Knief	1
3	Organic matter type and soil texture shape prokaryotic communities during early‐stage soil structure formation 2023 ·Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·(unknown), Franziska B. Bucka, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Claudia Knief	4
4	Spatial patterns of prokaryotic communities in kettle hole soils follow soil horizonation 2023 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Katharina Frindte, Steffen Kolb, Michael Sommer, Jürgen Augustin, Claudia Knief	1
5	The patchiness of soil 13C versus the uniformity of 15N distribution with geomorphic position provides evidence of erosion and accelerated organic matter turnover 2023 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Ruhollah Taghizadeh‐Mehrjardi, Claudia Knief, (unknown), (unknown), Angela D. Kent, William R. Horwáth	4
6	Tillandsia landbeckii phyllosphere and laimosphere as refugia for bacterial life in a hyperarid desert environment 2023 ·Microbiome ·(unknown), (unknown), Wiebke Sickel, Dietmar Quandt, Alexandra Stoll, Claudia Knief	14
7	Effects of above ground pathogen infection and fungicide application on the root-associated microbiota of apple saplings 2023 ·Environmental Microbiome ·(unknown), (unknown), Claudia Knief	7
8	Influence of Physical-Chemical Soil Parameters on Microbiota Composition and Diversity in a Deep Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Bárbara Fuentes, (unknown), Francisco J. Ruíz-Gómez, (unknown), Eduardo Castro‐Nallar, (unknown), Daniel Contreras, (unknown), Wulf Amelung, Claudia Knief, (unknown), Erwin Klumpp, Claudia P. Saavedra, Jörg Prietzel, Wantana Klysubun, Francisco Remonsellez, Roland Bol	18
9	Differential Impact of Plant Secondary Metabolites on the Soil Microbiota 2021 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Katharina Frindte, (unknown), Pengfan Zhang, Stéphane Hacquard, Paul Schulze‐Lefert, Claudia Knief, Margot Schulz, Peter Dörmann	49
10	Wet sieving versus dry crushing: Soil microaggregates reveal different physical structure, bacterial diversity and organic matter composition in a clay gradient 2020 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde, Steffen A. Schweizer, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Uteau, Claudia Knief, (unknown), Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Stephan Peth	48
11	Ex situ irrigation of Atacama soil stimulates bacterial respiration but does not induce changes in the microbial community 2019 ·EGUGA ·Wiebke Sickel, (unknown), Claudia Knief	1
12	Crop Rotation and Straw Application Impact Microbial Communities in Italian and Philippine Soils and the Rhizosphere of Zea mays 2018 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Katharina Frindte, (unknown), Claudia Knief	80
13	Draft Genome Sequences of Two Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs Isolated from Rice Ecosystems 2017 ·Genome Announcements ·Katharina Frindte, Marina Kalyuzhnaya, Françoise Bringel, Peter F. Dunfield, Mike S. M. Jetten, Valentina N. Khmelenina, Martin G. Klotz, J. Colin Murrell, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Jeremy D. Semrau, Nicole Shapiro, Alan A. DiSpirito, Lisa Y. Stein, Mette M. Svenning, Yuri A. Trotsenko, Stéphane Vuilleumier, Tanja Woyke, Claudia Knief	4
14	Effects of Elevated Tropospheric Ozone Concentration on the Bacterial Community in the Phyllosphere and Rhizoplane of Rice 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Yoshiaki Ueda, Katharina Frindte, Claudia Knief, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Michael Frei	29
15	Analysis of plant microbe interactions in the era of next generation sequencing technologies 2014 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·Claudia Knief	162
16	Bacterial adaptation to life in association with plants – A proteomic perspective from culture to in situ conditions 2011 ·PROTEOMICS ·Claudia Knief, Nathanaël Delmotte, Julia A. Vorholt	46
17	An integrated proteomics and transcriptomics reference data set provides new insights into the Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteroid metabolism in soybean root nodules 2010 ·PROTEOMICS ·Nathanaël Delmotte, Christian H. Ahrens, Claudia Knief, Ermir Qeli, Marion Koch, Hans‐Martin Fischer, Julia A. Vorholt, Hauke Hennecke, Gabriella Pessi	83
18	The active methanotrophic community in hydromorphic soils changes in response to changing methane concentration 2005 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Claudia Knief, Steffen Kolb, Paul L. E. Bodelier, André Lipski, Peter F. Dunfield	112
19	Response and adaptation of different methanotrophic bacteria to low methane mixing ratios 2005 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Claudia Knief, Peter F. Dunfield	163
20	Methanotrophic bacteria in boreal forest soil after fire 2004 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), Claudia Knief, Peter F. Dunfield, (unknown), Hannu Fritze	55

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