Maria Dittrich

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Maria Dittrich is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Dittrich has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 27 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Maria Dittrich's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers), Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (23 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (21 papers). Maria Dittrich is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers), Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (23 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (21 papers). Maria Dittrich collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and Qatar. Maria Dittrich's co-authors include Tingting Zhu, Bernhard Wehrli, Martin Obst, Carlos Paulo, Rainer Koschel, Martin Obst, George B. Arhonditsis, Judith A. McKenzie, Jesús J. Ojeda and Crisógono Vásconcelos and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Maria Dittrich

77 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural Environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review

2016 506 citations Maria Dittrich et al. profile →

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Vernon R. Phoenix United Kingdom

Caroline L. Peacock United Kingdom

Biqing Liang Canada

James M. Byrne Germany

Steeve Bonneville Belgium

Danielle Fortin Canada

Stephan M. Kraemer Austria

Karin Eusterhues Germany

G. Proskurowski United States

Michael M. Reddy United States

Vernon R. Phoenix United Kingdom

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Countries citing papers authored by Maria Dittrich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Dittrich

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Dittrich

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

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Disi, Zulfa Ali Al, et al.. (2025). Do coastal salt mudflats (sabkhas) contribute to the blue carbon sequestration?. Biogeochemistry. 168(1). 15–15. 3 indexed citations

Disi, Zulfa Ali Al, et al.. (2023). Variability of blue carbon storage in arid evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas or mudflats. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 12723–12723. 12 indexed citations

Sadooni, Fadhil, et al.. (2023). Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Study of Biofilms Hosted Gypsum Deposits in the Hypersaline Wetlands: Astrobiological Perspective. Astrobiology. 23(9). 991–1005. 5 indexed citations

Sodhi, R. N. S., et al.. (2023). Imaging of Ancient Microbial Biomarkers within Miocene Dolomite (Kuwait) Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. Minerals. 13(7). 968–968. 1 indexed citations

Dittrich, Maria, et al.. (2022). Examining the Ability of Aerobic Halophilic Heterotrophic Microbial Consortia to Replace Ca by Mg in Different CaCO3 Precursors. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 791286–791286. 2 indexed citations

Duane, Michael J., et al.. (2021). Dolomite genesis in bioturbated marine zones of an early-middle Miocene coastal mud volcano outcrop (Kuwait). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 6636–6636. 9 indexed citations

Bontognali, Tomaso R. R., et al.. (2021). Modern dolomite formation caused by seasonal cycling of oxygenic phototrophs and anoxygenic phototrophs in a hypersaline sabkha. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4170–4170. 45 indexed citations

Marković, Stefan, Anqi Liang, Sue B. Watson, et al.. (2019). Reduction of industrial iron pollution promotes phosphorus internal loading in eutrophic Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario, Canada. Environmental Pollution. 252(Pt A). 697–705. 16 indexed citations

Mahmoud, Huda, et al.. (2019). Proto-dolomite formation in microbial consortia dominated by Halomonas strains. Extremophiles. 23(6). 765–781. 10 indexed citations

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Watson, Sue B., Stefan Marković, Anqi Liang, et al.. (2018). Phosphorus retention and internal loading in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, using diagenetic modelling. The Science of The Total Environment. 636. 39–51. 45 indexed citations

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Paulo, Carlos, Janice P.L. Kenney, Per Persson, & Maria Dittrich. (2018). Effects of Phosphorus in Growth Media on Biomineralization and Cell Surface Properties of Marine Cyanobacteria Synechococcus. Geosciences. 8(12). 471–471. 24 indexed citations

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Matisoff, Gerald, Thomas B. Bridgeman, Young‐Woo Seo, et al.. (2016). Internal loading of phosphorus in western Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 42(4). 775–788. 114 indexed citations

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Ojeda, Jesús J. & Maria Dittrich. (2012). Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Molecular Analysis of Microbial Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 881. 187–211. 88 indexed citations

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Dittrich, Maria, Shahida Quazi, Joelle D. Young, et al.. (2012). Phosphorus retention in a mesotrophic lake under transient loading conditions: Insights from a sediment phosphorus binding form study. Water Research. 47(3). 1433–1447. 86 indexed citations

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Dittrich, Maria, et al.. (2011). Lake restoration by hypolimnetic Ca(OH)2 treatment: Impact on phosphorus sedimentation and release from sediment. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(8). 1504–1515. 68 indexed citations

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Matsko, Nadejda B., Nada Žnidaršič, Ilse Letofsky‐Papst, et al.. (2010). Silicon: The key element in early stages of biocalcification. Journal of Structural Biology. 174(1). 180–186. 35 indexed citations

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Dittrich, Maria & Martin Obst. (2004). Are Picoplankton Responsible for Calcite Precipitation in Lakes?. AMBIO. 33(8). 559–564. 136 indexed citations

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Dittrich, Maria, Beat Müller, D. Mavrocordatos, & Bernhard Wehrli. (2003). Induced Calcite Precipitation by Cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica. 31(2). 162–169. 65 indexed citations

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Müller, Beat, Ying Wang, Maria Dittrich, & Bernhard Wehrli. (2003). Influence of organic carbon decomposition on calcite dissolution in surficial sediments of a freshwater lake. Water Research. 37(18). 4524–4532. 52 indexed citations

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Koschel, Rainer, et al.. (2001). Induced hypolimnetic calcite precipitation — ecotechnology for restoration of stratified eutrophic hardwater lakes. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 27(6). 3644–3649. 2 indexed citations

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