Max Kolton

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Max Kolton is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Kolton has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Max Kolton's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (11 papers). Max Kolton is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (11 papers). Max Kolton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Max Kolton's co-authors include Yigal Elad, Eddie Cytryn, Ellen R. Gräber, Yael Meller Harel, Joel E. Kostka, Dalia Rav David, A. Silber, Zohar Pasternak, Xiaoxu Sun and Rachel Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Max Kolton

42 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Biochar impact on development and productivity of pepper ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2023 200 400 600
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. Biochar impact on development and productivity of pepper and tomato grown in fertigated soilless media
    2010 656 citations Ellen R. Gräber, Max Kolton et al. profile →
  2. Current Scenario and Future Prospects of Endophytic Microbes: Promising Candidates for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability
    2023 92 citations Uttpal Anand, Tarun Pal et al. Microbial Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Max Kolton United States 26 968 954 797 433 413 42 2.8k
Lauren Hale United States 29 1.0k 1.1× 810 0.8× 940 1.2× 357 0.8× 173 0.4× 49 2.6k
Marco Luna‐Guido Mexico 30 664 0.7× 782 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 463 1.1× 352 0.9× 86 2.5k
Yunfu Gu China 26 666 0.7× 557 0.6× 539 0.7× 508 1.2× 194 0.5× 96 2.1k
Yan Xiao China 29 954 1.0× 536 0.6× 662 0.8× 444 1.0× 339 0.8× 105 2.4k
Tanvir Shahzad Pakistan 25 1.1k 1.1× 492 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 348 0.8× 195 0.5× 70 2.7k
Frank Rasche Germany 28 1.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.6k 2.0× 335 0.8× 350 0.8× 118 3.5k
Florian Wichern Germany 25 1.1k 1.1× 753 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 363 0.8× 323 0.8× 86 2.8k
Elke Schulz Germany 29 791 0.8× 916 1.0× 1.7k 2.2× 326 0.8× 516 1.2× 59 2.9k
Binbin Liu China 29 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 1.3k 1.7× 851 2.0× 581 1.4× 96 3.6k
Wei Shi United States 36 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 1.9k 2.4× 565 1.3× 852 2.1× 118 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Max Kolton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Max Kolton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Kolton

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoyt, David, Jason Toyoda, Elizabeth Denis, et al.. (2024). Adding labile carbon to peatland soils triggers deep carbon breakdown. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 4 indexed citations
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Chauhan, Ashvini, et al.. (2024). Impacts of long-term irrigation of municipally-treated wastewater to the soil microbial and nutrient properties. The Science of The Total Environment. 959. 178143–178143. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaoxu, Tianle Kong, Duanyi Huang, et al.. (2023). Arsenic (As) oxidation by core endosphere microbiome mediates As speciation in Pteris vittata roots. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 454. 131458–131458. 19 indexed citations
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Anand, Uttpal, Tarun Pal, Vipin Kumar Singh, et al.. (2023). Current Scenario and Future Prospects of Endophytic Microbes: Promising Candidates for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability. Microbial Ecology. 86(3). 1455–1486. 92 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akob, Denise M., S. M. Baesman, Robert S. Andrews, et al.. (2022). Acetylenotrophic and Diazotrophic Bradyrhizobium sp. Strain I71 from TCE-Contaminated Soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(22). e0121922–e0121922. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Yongbin, Rui Yang, Max M. Häggblom, et al.. (2022). Characterization of diazotrophic root endophytes in Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis). Microbiome. 10(1). 186–186. 65 indexed citations
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Wilson, Rachel, Malak Tfaily, Max Kolton, et al.. (2021). Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 63 indexed citations
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Liu, Huaqing, Tianle Kong, Lang Qiu, et al.. (2020). Solar-driven, self-sustainable electrolysis for treating eutrophic river water: Intensified nutrient removal and reshaped microbial communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 764. 144293–144293. 11 indexed citations
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Hopple, Anya M., Rachel Wilson, Max Kolton, et al.. (2020). Massive peatland carbon banks vulnerable to rising temperatures. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2373–2373. 97 indexed citations
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Carrell, Alyssa A., Max Kolton, Jennifer B. Glass, et al.. (2019). Experimental warming alters the community composition, diversity, and N 2 fixation activity of peat moss ( Sphagnum fallax ) microbiomes. Global Change Biology. 25(9). 2993–3004. 89 indexed citations
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Stough, Joshua M. A., Max Kolton, Joel E. Kostka, et al.. (2018). Diversity of Active Viral Infections within the Sphagnum Microbiome. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(23). 20 indexed citations
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Lin, Xueju, John Christian Gaby, Cécilia B. Kretz, et al.. (2017). Molybdenum-Based Diazotrophy in a Sphagnum Peatland in Northern Minnesota. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(17). 48 indexed citations
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Tfaily, Malak, Rosalie Chu, David Hoyt, et al.. (2017). Tracking the Fate of new C in Northern Peatlands by a Compound-Specific Stable Isotope-Labeling Approach coupled with multiple analytical techniques and gas fluxes analysis. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Kolton, Max, et al.. (2016). Biochar‐stimulated plant performance is strongly linked to microbial diversity and metabolic potential in the rhizosphere. New Phytologist. 213(3). 1393–1404. 216 indexed citations
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Kolton, Max, Noa Sela, Yigal Elad, & Eddie Cytryn. (2013). Comparative Genomic Analysis Indicates that Niche Adaptation of Terrestrial Flavobacteria Is Strongly Linked to Plant Glycan Metabolism. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e76704–e76704. 70 indexed citations
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Keren, Ido, Ayenachew Bezawork‐Geleta, Max Kolton, et al.. (2009). AtnMat2, a nuclear-encoded maturase required for splicing of group-II introns in Arabidopsis mitochondria. RNA. 15(12). 2299–2311. 102 indexed citations

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