Kirsten Küsel

12.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Kirsten Küsel is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirsten Küsel has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Ecology, 74 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 48 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kirsten Küsel's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (84 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (38 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (31 papers). Kirsten Küsel is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (84 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (38 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (31 papers). Kirsten Küsel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Kirsten Küsel's co-authors include Harold L. Drake, Martina Herrmann, Kai Uwe Totsche, Denise M. Akob, Robert Lehmann, Susan Trumbore, Carola Matthies, Martin Taubert, M. Reiche and Anke Hädrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kirsten Küsel

183 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirsten Küsel Germany	51	3.6k	2.6k	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	188	8.2k
Lee R. Krumholz United States	52	3.4k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	1.0k 0.9×	118	9.6k
Joel E. Kostka United States	61	4.8k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	2.9k 2.2×	910 0.8×	160	11.0k
Jim Fredrickson United States	49	4.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	3.5k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	115	9.7k
Michael W. Friedrich Germany	59	4.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.7×	1.9k 1.4×	713 0.6×	142	10.2k
David W. Kennedy United States	43	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	88	8.9k
Anthony V. Palumbo United States	43	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	781 0.7×	133	8.1k
William P. Inskeep United States	51	2.2k 0.6×	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	642 0.6×	135	8.1k
Lars Peter Nielsen Denmark	61	5.2k 1.4×	3.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	3.2k 2.4×	580 0.5×	149	13.4k
Josef Zeyer Switzerland	58	3.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	2.7k 2.0×	559 0.5×	184	9.2k
Tillmann Lueders Germany	49	4.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.8×	458 0.4×	97	7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirsten Küsel

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Herrmann, Martina, Christian Zerfaß, Robert Lehmann, et al.. (2025). Groundwater microbiomes balance resilience and vulnerability to hydroclimatic extremes. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Speth, Daan R., et al.. (2024). Genetic potential for aerobic respiration and denitrification in globally distributed respiratory endosymbionts. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9682–9682. 2 indexed citations

Cooper, Rebecca E., et al.. (2024). Dimethyl Sulfide Emissions From a Peatland Result More From Organic Matter Degradation Than Sulfate Reduction. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(1). 3 indexed citations

Wegner, Carl‐Eric, Raphaela Stahl, Irina M. Velsko, et al.. (2023). A glimpse of the paleome in endolithic microbial communities. Microbiome. 11(1). 210–210. 4 indexed citations

Cooper, Rebecca E., et al.. (2023). Mixotrophy broadens the ecological niche range of the iron oxidizerSideroxydanssp. CL21 isolated from an iron-rich peatland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(2). 5 indexed citations

Taubert, Martin, et al.. (2022). Phenotypic Differentiation of Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Bacterial Cells Using Raman-D₂O Labeling. Analytical Chemistry. 94(22). 7759–7766. 8 indexed citations

Overholt, Will A., Kirsten Küsel, Olaf Kolle, et al.. (2022). Highest methane concentrations in an Arctic river linked to local terrestrial inputs. Biogeosciences. 19(21). 5059–5077. 6 indexed citations

Taubert, Martin, et al.. (2022). Temperature sensitivity of dark CO ₂ fixation in temperate forest soils. Biogeosciences. 19(17). 4011–4028. 5 indexed citations

Potthast, Karin, Alexander Tischer, Martina Herrmann, et al.. (2022). Woolly beech aphid infestation reduces soil organic carbon availability and alters phyllosphere and rhizosphere bacterial microbiomes. Plant and Soil. 473(1-2). 639–657. 5 indexed citations

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Taubert, Martin, et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity have contrasting effects on the ecological functioning of bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 97(3). 5 indexed citations

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Cooper, Rebecca E., et al.. (2020). Rhizobactin B is the preferred siderophore by a novel Pseudomonas isolate to obtain iron from dissolved organic matter in peatlands. BioMetals. 33(6). 415–433. 16 indexed citations

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Schwab, Valérie F., Cassandre Sara Lazar, Thomas Behrendt, et al.. (2017). Carbon isotopes of dissolved inorganic carbon reflect utilization of different carbon sources by microbial communities in two limestone aquifer assemblages. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 21(9). 4283–4300. 44 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon, Robert Lehmann, Martina Herrmann, et al.. (2016). Superimposed Pristine Limestone Aquifers with Marked Hydrochemical Differences Exhibit Distinct Fungal Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 666–666. 16 indexed citations

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Starke, Robert, Martina S. Müller, Manja Marz, et al.. (2016). Candidate Brocadiales dominates C, N and S cycling in anoxic groundwater of a pristine limestone-fracture aquifer. Journal of Proteomics. 152. 153–160. 36 indexed citations

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Beulig, Felix, et al.. (2015). Autotrophic fixation of geogenic CO ₂ by microorganisms contributes to soil organic matter formation and alters isotope signatures in a wetland mofette. Biogeosciences. 12(23). 7169–7183. 39 indexed citations

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Eusterhues, Karin, Anke Hädrich, Julia Neidhardt, et al.. (2014). Reduction of ferrihydrite with adsorbed and coprecipitated organic matter: microbial reduction by Geobacter bremensis vs. abiotic reduction by Na-dithionite. Biogeosciences. 11(18). 4953–4966. 111 indexed citations

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Akob, Denise M. & Kirsten Küsel. (2011). Where microorganisms meet rocks in the Earth's Critical Zone. 4 indexed citations

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Akob, Denise M. & Kirsten Küsel. (2011). Where microorganisms meet rocks in the Earth's Critical Zone. Biogeosciences. 8(12). 3531–3543. 62 indexed citations

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Reiche, M., Gerd Gleixner, & Kirsten Küsel. (2010). Effect of peat quality on microbial greenhouse gas formation in an acidic fen. Biogeosciences. 7(1). 187–198. 50 indexed citations

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Küsel, Kirsten, et al.. (2008). Microbial reduction of iron and porewater biogeochemistry in acidic peatlands. Biogeosciences. 5(6). 1537–1549. 85 indexed citations

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