Karolina Furtak

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 839 citations indexed

About

Karolina Furtak is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karolina Furtak has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 839 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Soil Science, 14 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Karolina Furtak's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers). Karolina Furtak is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers). Karolina Furtak collaborates with scholars based in Poland, United States and Czechia. Karolina Furtak's co-authors include Agnieszka Wolińska, Siddhartha Shankar Bhattacharyya, Anna Gałązka, Jarosław Grządziel, Hafiz M.N. Iqbal, Gerard H. Ros, Roberto Parra‐Saldívar, A.M. Gajda, Jacek Niedźwiecki and Karolina Gawryjołek and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Karolina Furtak

28 papers receiving 811 citations

Hit Papers

Soil carbon sequestration – An interplay between soil mic... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2023 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Soil carbon sequestration – An interplay between soil microbial community and soil organic matter dynamics
    2022 248 citations Siddhartha Shankar Bhattacharyya, Gerard H. Ros et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  2. The impact of extreme weather events as a consequence of climate change on the soil moisture and on the quality of the soil environment and agriculture – A review
    2023 151 citations Karolina Furtak, Agnieszka Wolińska CATENA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karolina Furtak Poland 13 356 338 216 100 97 29 839
Clóvis Daniel Borges Brazil 16 413 1.2× 316 0.9× 256 1.2× 57 0.6× 93 1.0× 25 888
Dianlin Yang China 16 339 1.0× 297 0.9× 222 1.0× 92 0.9× 63 0.6× 48 690
Antonio Rafael Sánchez‐Rodríguez Spain 20 399 1.1× 556 1.6× 158 0.7× 99 1.0× 82 0.8× 54 1.1k
Chantal Herzog Switzerland 11 342 1.0× 404 1.2× 231 1.1× 114 1.1× 100 1.0× 16 940
Doreen Babin Germany 18 381 1.1× 422 1.2× 281 1.3× 60 0.6× 52 0.5× 35 933

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karolina Furtak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karolina Furtak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Furtak, Karolina & Anna Marzec-Grządziel. (2025). Microbial Hazard in Cultivated Soils Located in the Floodplains of the Vistula River Valley, Poland—Preliminary Research. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 236(10).
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Furtak, Karolina, Karolina Gawryjołek, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, & Jacek Niedźwiecki. (2024). The Influence of Human Agricultural Activities on the Quality of Selected Fluvisols from the Vistula River Valley, Poland—Preliminary Research. Agronomy. 14(3). 480–480. 4 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, & Md Shakhawat Hossain. (2024). Pre-isolation procedures matter–Comparison of different filtration methods prior to DNA isolation in river microbiome analysis. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 24(3). 486–491. 1 indexed citations
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Szafranek-Nakonieczna, Anna, et al.. (2024). A review of organophosphonates, their natural and anthropogenic sources, environmental fate and impact on microbial greenhouse gases emissions – Identifying knowledge gaps. Journal of Environmental Management. 355. 120453–120453. 10 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha Shankar, Gerard H. Ros, Karolina Furtak, Hafiz M.N. Iqbal, & Roberto Parra‐Saldívar. (2022). Soil carbon sequestration – An interplay between soil microbial community and soil organic matter dynamics. The Science of The Total Environment. 815. 152928–152928. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha Shankar & Karolina Furtak. (2022). Soil–Plant–Microbe Interactions Determine Soil Biological Fertility by Altering Rhizospheric Nutrient Cycling and Biocrust Formation. Sustainability. 15(1). 625–625. 39 indexed citations
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Gałązka, Anna, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Jacek Niedźwiecki, et al.. (2022). Biodiversity and Metabolic Potential of Bacteria in Bulk Soil from the Peri-Root Zone of Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa), Silver Birch (Betula pendula) and Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(5). 2633–2633. 11 indexed citations
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Jezierska-Tys, S., et al.. (2021). Microbial activity and community level physiological profiles (CLPP) of soil under the cultivation of spring rape with the Roundup 360 SL herbicide. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. 19(2). 2013–2026. 12 indexed citations
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Kuźniar, Agnieszka, Jarosław Grządziel, Małgorzata Woźniak, et al.. (2020). New Insight into the Composition of Wheat Seed Microbiota. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(13). 4634–4634. 46 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina, Jarosław Grządziel, Anna Gałązka, & Jacek Niedźwiecki. (2020). Prevalence of unclassified bacteria in the soil bacterial community from floodplain meadows (fluvisols) under simulated flood conditions revealed by a metataxonomic approachss. CATENA. 188. 104448–104448. 43 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina, Anna Gałązka, & Jacek Niedźwiecki. (2020). Changes in Soil Enzymatic Activity Causedby Hydric Stress. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 29(4). 2653–2660. 10 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina, Jarosław Grządziel, Anna Gałązka, Karolina Gawryjołek, & Jacek Niedźwiecki. (2020). Fungal biodiversity and metabolic potential of selected fluvisols from the Vistula River valley in Lubelskie, Poland. Applied Soil Ecology. 160. 103866–103866. 7 indexed citations
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Kuźniar, Agnieszka, et al.. (2019). Methanotrophic Bacterial Biomass as Potential Mineral Feed Ingredients for Animals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(15). 2674–2674. 14 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina, Jarosław Grządziel, Anna Gałązka, & Jacek Niedźwiecki. (2019). Analysis of Soil Properties, Bacterial Community Composition, and Metabolic Diversity in Fluvisols of a Floodplain Area. Sustainability. 11(14). 3929–3929. 30 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina & Anna Gałązka. (2019). Edaphic Factors And Their Influence On The Microbiological Biodiversity Of The Soil Environment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 58(4). 375–384. 20 indexed citations
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Gajda, A.M., Ewa A. Czyż, Karolina Furtak, & K. Jończyk. (2019). Effects of crop production practices on soil characteristics and metabolic diversity of microbial communities under winter wheat. Soil Research. 57(2). 124–131. 6 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina & A.M. Gajda. (2018). Biochemical methods for the evaluation of the functional and structural diversity of microorganisms in the soil environment. Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology. 57(2). 194–202. 6 indexed citations
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Gajda, A.M., Ewa A. Czyż, A.R. Dexter, et al.. (2018). Effects of different soil management practices on soil properties and microbial diversity. International Agrophysics. 32(1). 81–91. 29 indexed citations
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Furtak, Karolina & A.M. Gajda. (2017). Activity of Dehydrogenases as an Indicator of Soil Environment Quality. Polish Journal of Soil Science. 50(1). 33–33. 27 indexed citations

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