Kyle Mason‐Jones

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kyle Mason‐Jones is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyle Mason‐Jones has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Soil Science and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kyle Mason‐Jones's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). Kyle Mason‐Jones is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). Kyle Mason‐Jones collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Russia. Kyle Mason‐Jones's co-authors include Yakov Kuzyakov, Michaela A. Dippold, Matthias C. Rillig, India Mansour, Tessa Camenzind, Johannes Lehmann, Brett Cohen, Stefano Manzoni, Wim H. van der Putten and G. F. Veen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Kyle Mason‐Jones

30 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Formation of necromass-derived soil organic carbon determined by microbial death pathways

2023 216 citations Tessa Camenzind, Kyle Mason‐Jones et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyle Mason‐Jones Germany	16	546	528	419	136	118	30	1.2k
Jarosław Grządziel Poland	23	424 0.8×	316 0.6×	675 1.6×	220 1.6×	101 0.9×	51	1.4k
Brigitte A. Knapp Austria	19	524 1.0×	266 0.5×	283 0.7×	155 1.1×	91 0.8×	23	1.2k
Radomir Schmidt United States	15	527 1.0×	296 0.6×	370 0.9×	237 1.7×	106 0.9×	32	1.3k
Natasha Banning Australia	17	553 1.0×	576 1.1×	213 0.5×	205 1.5×	397 3.4×	22	1.4k
Yendi E. Navarro‐Noya Mexico	25	557 1.0×	650 1.2×	490 1.2×	387 2.8×	125 1.1×	64	1.6k
Marie‐Christine Breuil France	13	570 1.0×	781 1.5×	391 0.9×	277 2.0×	267 2.3×	20	1.4k
Outi Priha Finland	20	744 1.4×	494 0.9×	300 0.7×	159 1.2×	307 2.6×	39	1.6k
Adrian Unc Canada	20	275 0.5×	227 0.4×	242 0.6×	137 1.0×	149 1.3×	75	1.6k
Judith Ascher‐Jenull Austria	22	488 0.9×	796 1.5×	436 1.0×	446 3.3×	127 1.1×	55	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kyle Mason‐Jones

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Duan, Xun, Zhe Li, Shuang Wang, et al.. (2025). Stability of iron-carbon complexes determines carbon sequestration efficiency in iron-rich soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 203. 109718–109718. 2 indexed citations

Helder, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Nematodes vector bacteriophages in compost and soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 205. 109785–109785. 1 indexed citations

Rijssel, Sophie Q. van, G. F. Veen, Mirjam Pulleman, et al.. (2025). Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality. Science. 388(6745). 410–415. 5 indexed citations

Liang, Xiaolong, Zhenke Zhu, Zhaofeng Yuan, et al.. (2025). Phages Affect Soil Dissolved Organic Matter Mineralization by Shaping Bacterial Communities. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(4). 2070–2081. 8 indexed citations

Rijssel, Sophie Q. van, et al.. (2024). Impact of soil inoculation on crop residue breakdown and carbon and nitrogen cycling in organically and conventionally managed agricultural soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 205. 105760–105760. 2 indexed citations

Gsell, Alena S., Arjen Biere, Wietse de Boer, et al.. (2023). Environmental refuges from disease in host–parasite interactions under global change. Ecology. 104(4). e4001–e4001. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Tingting, Tarquin Netherway, Ruiqi Wang, et al.. (2023). Meeting report: The first soil viral workshop 2022. Virus Research. 331. 199121–199121. 1 indexed citations

Camenzind, Tessa, Kyle Mason‐Jones, India Mansour, Matthias C. Rillig, & Johannes Lehmann. (2023). Formation of necromass-derived soil organic carbon determined by microbial death pathways. Nature Geoscience. 16(2). 115–122. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

Mason‐Jones, Kyle, et al.. (2023). Intracellular carbon storage by microorganisms is an overlooked pathway of biomass growth. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2240–2240. 53 indexed citations

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Nazari, Meisam, Samuel Bickel, Pascal Benard, et al.. (2022). Biogels in Soils: Plant Mucilage as a Biofilm Matrix That Shapes the Rhizosphere Microbial Habitat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 798992–798992. 37 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuang, Xiaoyan Zhao, Kyle Mason‐Jones, et al.. (2022). Experimental evidence for the impact of phages on mineralization of soil-derived dissolved organic matter under different temperature regimes. The Science of The Total Environment. 846. 157517–157517. 26 indexed citations

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Schleuss, Per‐Marten, Shibin Liu, Dominik Schneider, et al.. (2022). Microbial functional changes mark irreversible course of Tibetan grassland degradation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2681–2681. 90 indexed citations

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Wei, Xiaomeng, Tida Ge, Chuanfa Wu, et al.. (2021). T4-like Phages Reveal the Potential Role of Viruses in Soil Organic Matter Mineralization. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(9). 6440–6448. 44 indexed citations

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Nazari, Meisam, et al.. (2020). Mucilage Polysaccharide Composition and Exudation in Maize From Contrasting Climatic Regions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 587610–587610. 45 indexed citations

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Tian, Peng, Kyle Mason‐Jones, Shengen Liu, Qingkui Wang, & Tao Sun. (2019). Form of nitrogen deposition affects soil organic matter priming by glucose and cellulose. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 55(4). 383–391. 27 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaomin, Kyle Mason‐Jones, Yuan Liu, et al.. (2019). Coupling zymography with pH mapping reveals a shift in lupine phosphorus acquisition strategy driven by cluster roots. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 135. 420–428. 43 indexed citations

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Mason‐Jones, Kyle, Callum C. Banfield, & Michaela A. Dippold. (2019). Compound‐specific ¹³ C stable isotope probing confirms synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate by soil bacteria. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 33(8). 795–802. 15 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Mutez Ali, Muhammad Sanaullah, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, et al.. (2017). Soil microorganisms exhibit enzymatic and priming response to root mucilage under drought. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 116. 410–418. 46 indexed citations

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Mason‐Jones, Kyle, et al.. (2017). Mineralization of “non‐metabolizable” glucose analogues in soil: potential chemosensory mimics of glucose. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 180(2). 165–168. 3 indexed citations

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Lewis, Y. S., et al.. (2014). Understanding emission reductions in the freight transport sector through system dynamics. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 2 indexed citations

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