Julia Vierheilig

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Julia Vierheilig is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Julia Vierheilig has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Water Science and Technology, 8 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Julia Vierheilig's work include Fecal contamination and water quality (9 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (6 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Julia Vierheilig is often cited by papers focused on Fecal contamination and water quality (9 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (6 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Julia Vierheilig collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Julia Vierheilig's co-authors include Michael Wagner, Holger Daims, Craig W. Herbold, Petra Pjevac, Mads Albertsen, Rasmus Hansen Kirkegaard, Ping Han, Bernd Bendinger, Е. В. Лебедева and Márton Palatinszky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Julia Vierheilig

19 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria

2015 1.9k citations Holger Daims, Е. В. Лебедева et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Julia Vierheilig

POLLU

ECOLO

HTM

Bernd Bendinger Germany

Arnaud Dechesne Denmark

Zhe‐Xue Quan China

Lieven Wittebolle Belgium

Rasmus Hansen Kirkegaard Denmark

Kim Heylen Belgium

Ulrike Purkhold Germany

Li‐Nan Huang China

Daan R. Speth Netherlands

Brian D. Badgley United States

Bernd Bendinger Germany

Julia Vierheilig

1.4k ×0.9

POLLU

1.2k ×0.9

ECOLO

416 ×0.9

423 ×1.0

HTM

491 ×1.1

Citations per year, relative to Julia Vierheilig Julia Vierheilig (= 1×) peers Bernd Bendinger

Countries citing papers authored by Julia Vierheilig

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julia Vierheilig

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Julia Vierheilig. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Julia Vierheilig. The network helps show where Julia Vierheilig may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julia Vierheilig

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Amman, Fabian, et al.. (2025). Comparative wastewater virome analysis with different enrichment methods. Water Research. 285. 123985–123985.

Kandler, Wolfgang, Domenico Savio, Julia Vierheilig, et al.. (2025). Seasonally recurring patterns of dominant Crenothrix spp. in a European alluvial drinking water well: Significance and potential indicator role. Water Research. 279. 123406–123406. 1 indexed citations

Koller, Michael, Claudia Kolm, Rita Linke, et al.. (2024). Linking antibiotic resistance gene patterns with advanced faecal pollution assessment and environmental key parameters along 2300 km of the Danube River. Water Research. 252. 121244–121244. 9 indexed citations

Demeter, Katalin, Rita Linke, Elisenda Ballesté, et al.. (2023). Have genetic targets for faecal pollution diagnostics and source tracking revolutionized water quality analysis yet?. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 47(4). 26 indexed citations

Vierheilig, Julia, et al.. (2023). Biological Methanation in an Anaerobic Biofilm Reactor—Trace Element and Mineral Requirements for Stable Operation. Processes. 11(4). 1013–1013. 8 indexed citations

Radu, Elena, Amandine Masseron, Fabian Amman, et al.. (2022). Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha lineage and its correlation with quantitative wastewater-based epidemiology data. Water Research. 215. 118257–118257. 14 indexed citations

Kirschner, Alexander K. T., Gerhard Lindner, Julia Vierheilig, et al.. (2021). Assessing biological stability in a porous groundwater aquifer of a riverbank filtration system: combining traditional cultivation-based and emerging cultivation-independent in situ and predictive methods. Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft. 73(11-12). 490–500. 1 indexed citations

Derx, Julia, Jürgen Komma, Julia Vierheilig, et al.. (2021). Using hydrodynamic and hydraulic modelling to study microbiological water quality issues at a backwater area of the Danube to support decision-making. Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft. 73(11-12). 482–489. 2 indexed citations

Vierheilig, Julia, Rita Linke, Georg H. Reischer, et al.. (2020). Elucidating fecal pollution patterns in alluvial water resources by linking standard fecal indicator bacteria to river connectivity and genetic microbial source tracking. Water Research. 184. 116132–116132. 24 indexed citations

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Kits, K. Dimitri, Man‐Young Jung, Julia Vierheilig, et al.. (2019). Low yield and abiotic origin of N2O formed by the complete nitrifier Nitrospira inopinata. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1836–1836. 186 indexed citations

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Daebeler, Anne, Craig W. Herbold, Julia Vierheilig, et al.. (2018). Cultivation and Genomic Analysis of “Candidatus Nitrosocaldus islandicus,” an Obligately Thermophilic, Ammonia-Oxidizing Thaumarchaeon from a Hot Spring Biofilm in Graendalur Valley, Iceland. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 193–193. 62 indexed citations

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Vierheilig, Julia, Rita Linke, Domenico Savio, et al.. (2018). Poikilothermic Animals as a Previously Unrecognized Source of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in a Backwater Ecosystem of a Large River. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(16). 22 indexed citations

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Schulz, Frederik, Natalya Yutin, Natalia Ivanova, et al.. (2017). Giant viruses with an expanded complement of translation system components. Science. 356(6333). 82–85. 176 indexed citations

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Daims, Holger, Е. В. Лебедева, Petra Pjevac, et al.. (2015). Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria. Nature. 528(7583). 504–509. 1911 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mayer, René, Julia Vierheilig, Lukas Egle, et al.. (2015). Automated Sampling Procedures Supported by High Persistence of Bacterial Fecal Indicators and Bacteroidetes Genetic Microbial Source Tracking Markers in Municipal Wastewater during Short-Term Storage at 5°C. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(15). 5134–5143. 13 indexed citations

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Vierheilig, Julia, Domenico Savio, Ruth E. Ley, et al.. (2015). Potential applications of next generation DNA sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons in microbial water quality monitoring. Water Science & Technology. 72(11). 1962–1972. 50 indexed citations

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Derx, Julia, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Günter Blöschl, Julia Vierheilig, & Alfred Paul Blaschke. (2014). Effects of riverbank restoration on the removal of dissolved organic carbon by soil passage during floods – A scenario analysis. Journal of Hydrology. 512. 195–205. 4 indexed citations

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Vierheilig, Julia, René Mayer, Alexander K. T. Kirschner, et al.. (2013). Clostridium perfringens Is Not Suitable for the Indication of Fecal Pollution from Ruminant Wildlife but Is Associated with Excreta from Nonherbivorous Animals and Human Sewage. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(16). 5089–5092. 41 indexed citations

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Vierheilig, Julia, et al.. (2012). High abundance of genetic Bacteroidetes markers for total fecal pollution in pristine alpine soils suggests lack in specificity for feces. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 88(3). 433–435. 22 indexed citations

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Reischer, Georg H., et al.. (2011). Hypothesis-Driven Approach for the Identification of Fecal Pollution Sources in Water Resources. Environmental Science & Technology. 45(9). 4038–4045. 48 indexed citations

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