Kristin Rath

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kristin Rath is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristin Rath has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Ecology, 4 papers in Soil Science and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kristin Rath's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (2 papers). Kristin Rath is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (2 papers). Kristin Rath collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Australia and Germany. Kristin Rath's co-authors include Johannes Rousk, Daniel V. Murphy, Noah Fierer, Per Bengtson, Ronny Friedrich, Marion Tichomirowa, Alexandra Käßner and Marion Nagy and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kristin Rath

7 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Salt effects on the soil microbial decomposer community a... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2018 100 200 300 400
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. Salt effects on the soil microbial decomposer community and their role in organic carbon cycling: A review
    2014 469 citations Kristin Rath, Johannes Rousk Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  2. Linking bacterial community composition to soil salinity along environmental gradients
    2018 363 citations Kristin Rath, Noah Fierer et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kristin Rath Sweden 6 688 540 287 276 137 8 1.2k
Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu United States 15 652 0.9× 856 1.6× 244 0.9× 323 1.2× 210 1.5× 24 1.4k
И. К. Кравченко Russia 18 558 0.8× 420 0.8× 336 1.2× 230 0.8× 242 1.8× 59 1.2k
Loïc Nazaries Australia 13 523 0.8× 627 1.2× 185 0.6× 212 0.8× 300 2.2× 14 1.2k
Hansong Zhu China 12 469 0.7× 671 1.2× 134 0.5× 257 0.9× 85 0.6× 17 1.1k
Aimeric Blaud United Kingdom 14 521 0.8× 830 1.5× 139 0.5× 263 1.0× 196 1.4× 18 1.3k
Quanchao Zeng China 19 513 0.7× 787 1.5× 175 0.6× 363 1.3× 88 0.6× 43 1.2k
Linfeng Li China 21 482 0.7× 511 0.9× 122 0.4× 251 0.9× 129 0.9× 48 1.1k
M. V. Semenov Russia 18 571 0.8× 755 1.4× 210 0.7× 439 1.6× 99 0.7× 65 1.4k
Brooke B. Osborne United States 16 544 0.8× 574 1.1× 136 0.5× 199 0.7× 176 1.3× 28 1.2k
Jiao Feng China 24 558 0.8× 841 1.6× 119 0.4× 302 1.1× 211 1.5× 70 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kristin Rath

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kristin Rath

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristin Rath

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Rath, Kristin, et al.. (2022). Genetic and isotope analysis of a triple burial from medieval St. Peter’s cemetery in Cölln/Berlin. Forensic Science International Genetics. 59. 102718–102718.
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Rath, Kristin, Daniel V. Murphy, & Johannes Rousk. (2019). The microbial community size, structure, and process rates along natural gradients of soil salinity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 138. 107607–107607. 90 indexed citations
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Rath, Kristin, Noah Fierer, Daniel V. Murphy, & Johannes Rousk. (2018). Linking bacterial community composition to soil salinity along environmental gradients. The ISME Journal. 13(3). 836–846. 363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rath, Kristin, et al.. (2017). The impact of salinity on the microbial response to drying and rewetting in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 108. 17–26. 62 indexed citations
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Rath, Kristin, et al.. (2016). Comparative Toxicities of Salts on Microbial Processes in Soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82(7). 2012–2020. 148 indexed citations
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Rath, Kristin & Johannes Rousk. (2014). Salt effects on the soil microbial decomposer community and their role in organic carbon cycling: A review. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 81. 108–123. 469 indexed citations breakdown →
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