Kateryna Zhalnina

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
24 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kateryna Zhalnina is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kateryna Zhalnina has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kateryna Zhalnina's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers). Kateryna Zhalnina is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers). Kateryna Zhalnina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Switzerland. Kateryna Zhalnina's co-authors include Trent R. Northen, Eric W. Triplett, Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo, Patrícia Dörr de Quadros, Mary K. Firestone, Benjamin P. Bowen, Ulaş Karaöz, Eoin Brodie, Heejung Cho and Dominique Loqué and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kateryna Zhalnina

23 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly

2018 1.5k citations Kateryna Zhalnina, Katherine Louie et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
Soil pH Determines Microbial Diversity and Composition in the Park Grass Experiment

2014 578 citations Kateryna Zhalnina, Patrícia Dörr de Quadros et al. Microbial Ecology profile →
The core metabolome and root exudation dynamics of three phylogenetically distinct plant species

2023 132 citations Sarah A. McLaughlin, Kateryna Zhalnina et al. Nature Communications profile →
Nutrient and moisture limitations reveal keystone metabolites linking rhizosphere metabolomes and microbiomes

2024 45 citations Nameer Baker, Kateryna Zhalnina et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kateryna Zhalnina United States	18	1.8k	1.1k	972	696	365	24	3.1k
Shengjing Shi New Zealand	16	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	881 0.9×	854 1.2×	362 1.0×	35	3.5k
Frank Rasche Germany	28	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	445 0.6×	335 0.9×	118	3.5k
Yongchun Li China	30	1.4k 0.8×	669 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	457 0.7×	282 0.8×	131	3.3k
Kelly Hamonts Australia	24	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	975 1.0×	566 0.8×	319 0.9×	36	2.6k
Baisuo Zhao China	23	896 0.5×	804 0.8×	902 0.9×	596 0.9×	369 1.0×	66	2.3k
Laura G. Perry United States	19	2.9k 1.6×	986 0.9×	777 0.8×	544 0.8×	308 0.8×	31	4.2k
Kunkun Fan China	19	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	616 0.9×	209 0.6×	25	2.4k
Zhao Jun China	33	2.7k 1.5×	847 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	869 1.2×	381 1.0×	169	4.1k
Xisheng Guo China	21	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	421 0.6×	660 1.8×	47	3.1k
Anna M. Kielak Netherlands	19	1.1k 0.6×	994 0.9×	651 0.7×	656 0.9×	244 0.7×	24	2.4k

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Torres, Marta, Morgan N. Price, Albina Khasanova, et al.. (2025). Bacterial fitness for plant colonization is influenced by plant growth substrate. New Phytologist. 248(6). 3168–3190.

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Breunig, Hanna, Patricia Fox, Jeremy K. Domen, et al.. (2024). Life cycle impact and cost analysis of quarry materials for land-based enhanced weathering in Northern California. Journal of Cleaner Production. 476. 143757–143757. 4 indexed citations

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Marschmann, Gianna L., Jinyun Tang, Kateryna Zhalnina, et al.. (2024). Predictions of rhizosphere microbiome dynamics with a genome-informed and trait-based energy budget model. Nature Microbiology. 9(2). 421–433. 29 indexed citations

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Baker, Nameer, Kateryna Zhalnina, Mengting Yuan, et al.. (2024). Nutrient and moisture limitations reveal keystone metabolites linking rhizosphere metabolomes and microbiomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2303439121–e2303439121. 45 indexed citations breakdown →

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Torres, Marta, Catharine A. Adams, Peter Andeer, et al.. (2023). Impact of Inoculation Practices on Microbiota Assembly and Community Stability in a Fabricated Ecosystem. Phytobiomes Journal. 8(2). 155–167. 5 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Sarah A., Kateryna Zhalnina, Suzanne M. Kosina, Trent R. Northen, & Joëlle Sasse. (2023). The core metabolome and root exudation dynamics of three phylogenetically distinct plant species. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1649–1649. 132 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhalnina, Kateryna, Christine V. Hawkes, Ashley Shade, Mary K. Firestone, & Jennifer Pett‐Ridge. (2021). Managing Plant Microbiomes for Sustainable Biofuel Production. Phytobiomes Journal. 5(1). 3–13. 7 indexed citations

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Sasse, Joëlle, Suzanne M. Kosina, Markus de Raad, et al.. (2020). Root morphology and exudate availability are shaped by particle size and chemistry in Brachypodium distachyon. Plant Direct. 4(7). e00207–e00207. 38 indexed citations

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Quadros, Patrícia Dörr de, Adam R. Martin, Kateryna Zhalnina, et al.. (2019). Lablab Purpureus Influences Soil Fertility and Microbial Diversity in a Tropical Maize-Based No-Tillage System. Soil Systems. 3(3). 50–50. 7 indexed citations

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Sasse, Joëlle, Josefine Kant, Benjamin Cole, et al.. (2018). Multilab EcoFAB study shows highly reproducible physiology and depletion of soil metabolites by a model grass. New Phytologist. 222(2). 1149–1160. 56 indexed citations

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Zhalnina, Kateryna, Katherine Louie, Zhao Hao, et al.. (2018). Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly. Nature Microbiology. 3(4). 470–480. 1496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhalnina, Kateryna, Karsten Zengler, Dianne K. Newman, & Trent R. Northen. (2018). Need for Laboratory Ecosystems To Unravel the Structures and Functions of Soil Microbial Communities Mediated by Chemistry. mBio. 9(4). 34 indexed citations

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Gao, Jian, Joëlle Sasse, Kyle M. Lewald, et al.. (2018). Ecosystem Fabrication (EcoFAB) Protocols for The Construction of Laboratory Ecosystems Designed to Study Plant-microbe Interactions. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 23 indexed citations

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Gao, Jian, Joëlle Sasse, Kyle M. Lewald, et al.. (2018). Ecosystem Fabrication (EcoFAB) Protocols for The Construction of Laboratory Ecosystems Designed to Study Plant-microbe Interactions. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 44 indexed citations

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Bücker, Francielle, Patrícia Dörr de Quadros, Kateryna Zhalnina, et al.. (2016). Microbial community composition in Brazilian stored diesel fuel of varying sulfur content, using high-throughput sequencing. Fuel. 189. 340–349. 31 indexed citations

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Quadros, Patrícia Dörr de, Kateryna Zhalnina, Austin G. Davis‐Richardson, et al.. (2015). Coal mining practices reduce the microbial biomass, richness and diversity of soil. Applied Soil Ecology. 98. 195–203. 149 indexed citations

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Zhalnina, Kateryna, Patrícia Dörr de Quadros, Austin G. Davis‐Richardson, et al.. (2014). Soil pH Determines Microbial Diversity and Composition in the Park Grass Experiment. Microbial Ecology. 69(2). 395–406. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nicholson, Wayne L., Kateryna Zhalnina, Rafaël R. de Oliveira, & Eric W. Triplett. (2014). Proposal to rename Carnobacterium inhibens as Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. inhibens subsp. nov. and description of Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. gilichinskyi subsp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from Siberian permafrost. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 65(Pt_2). 556–561. 9 indexed citations

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Zhalnina, Kateryna, Michael T. Leonard, Patrícia Dörr de Quadros, et al.. (2014). Genome Sequence of Candidatus Nitrososphaera evergladensis from Group I.1b Enriched from Everglades Soil Reveals Novel Genomic Features of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101648–e101648. 79 indexed citations

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Zhalnina, Kateryna, Patrícia Dörr de Quadros, K.A. Gano, et al.. (2013). Ca. Nitrososphaera and Bradyrhizobium are inversely correlated and related to agricultural practices in long-term field experiments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4. 104–104. 75 indexed citations

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