Paul G. Dennis

10.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
103 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Paul G. Dennis is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul G. Dennis has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Paul G. Dennis's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (32 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (19 papers). Paul G. Dennis is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (32 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (19 papers). Paul G. Dennis collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Paul G. Dennis's co-authors include Lília C. Carvalhais, Gene W. Tyson, Tony Miller, P. R. Hirsch, Peer M. Schenk, Philip Hugenholtz, Davey L. Jones, Patrick A.W. van Hees, Korneel Rabaey and Hongwei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Paul G. Dennis

100 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Are root exudates more important than other sources of rhizodeposits in structuring rhizosphere bacterial communities?

2010 723 citations Paul G. Dennis et al. profile →
Organic acid behavior in soils – misconceptions and knowledge gaps

2003 507 citations Paul G. Dennis et al. profile →
Inner Plant Values: Diversity, Colonization and Benefits from Endophytic Bacteria

2017 454 citations Hongwei Liu, Lília C. Carvalhais et al. profile →
Root exudation of sugars, amino acids, and organic acids by maize as affected by nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and iron deficiency

2010 437 citations Lília C. Carvalhais, Paul G. Dennis et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul G. Dennis Australia	40	3.2k	2.1k	1.6k	1.2k	929	103	7.5k
Wafa Achouak France	43	3.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	801 0.6×	673 0.7×	126	7.2k
Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues United States	35	1.1k 0.3×	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	587 0.6×	106	4.7k
Guanghua Wang China	44	2.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.9×	756 0.8×	282	7.7k
Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo Brazil	43	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	2.9k 3.1×	189	8.0k
Jiabao Zhang China	52	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	750 0.5×	4.6k 3.7×	1.2k 1.2×	247	8.6k
Dror Minz Israel	45	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	625 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	92	5.6k
Martin Romantschuk Finland	43	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	877 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	147	5.5k
Ken Killham United Kingdom	45	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	153	6.1k
Andrew S. Whiteley United Kingdom	42	1.8k 0.6×	3.9k 1.8×	2.6k 1.7×	1.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	109	8.3k
Sara Borin Italy	43	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	297 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	134	5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul G. Dennis

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Chan, Clement Matthew, Jiarui Sun, Paul Lant, et al.. (2025). Relative to a Common Phthalate, Citrate-Based Plasticizers Exert Minimal Impact on Plastisphere Bacterial Community Composition during Biopolymer Biodegradation. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(32). 17173–17187.

Pattison, Anthony B., et al.. (2024). Relative to rainforests and grasslands, banana and sugarcane soils have half the microbial biomass and highly distinct bacterial and fungal communities. Applied Soil Ecology. 204. 105750–105750. 1 indexed citations

Pattison, Anthony B., Anna V. McBeath, B. Masters, & Paul G. Dennis. (2023). Direct and indirect effects of Basta®, a glufosinate-based herbicide, on banana plantation soil microbial diversity and function. Applied Soil Ecology. 195. 105225–105225. 3 indexed citations

McTaggart, Alistair R., et al.. (2023). Divergent rainforest tree microbiomes between phases of the monsoon cycle, host plants and tissues. Plant Biology. 25(6). 860–870.

Bajagai, Yadav S., Yun Kit Yeoh, Xiuhua Li, et al.. (2023). Enhanced meat chicken productivity in response to the probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens H57 is associated with the enrichment of microbial amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis pathways. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 134(5). 10 indexed citations

Chan, Clement Matthew, et al.. (2022). Effect of Toxic Phthalate-Based Plasticizer on the Biodegradability of Polyhydroxyalkanoate. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(24). 17732–17742. 16 indexed citations

Budden, Kurtis F., Shaan L. Gellatly, Annalicia Vaughan, et al.. (2022). Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum Protects against Cigarette Smoke-Induced Inflammation in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(1). 252–252. 17 indexed citations

Pattison, Anthony B., et al.. (2022). The core bacterial microbiome of banana (Musa spp.). Environmental Microbiome. 17(1). 46–46. 13 indexed citations

Carvalhais, Lília C., et al.. (2021). Plant-produced bacteriocins inhibit plant pathogens and confer disease resistance in tomato. New Biotechnology. 63. 54–61. 14 indexed citations

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Carvalhais, Lília C., et al.. (2021). Simple solution to preserve plant samples for microbiome analyses. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(3). 1055–1064. 3 indexed citations

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Kawasaki, Akitomo, Paul G. Dennis, Christian Forstner, et al.. (2021). Manipulating exudate composition from root apices shapes the microbiome throughout the root system. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 187(4). 2279–2295. 74 indexed citations

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Chuvochina, Maria, María Fernanda Adame, Adrien Guyot, et al.. (2020). Drivers of bacterial diversity along a natural transect from freshwater to saline subtropical wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 759. 143455–143455. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongwei, Muhammad Yahya Khan, Lília C. Carvalhais, et al.. (2019). Soil amendments with ethylene precursor alleviate negative impacts of salinity on soil microbial properties and productivity. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6892–6892. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongwei, Lília C. Carvalhais, Peer M. Schenk, & Paul G. Dennis. (2018). Activation of the salicylic acid signalling pathway in wheat had no significant short-term impact on the diversity of root-associated microbiomes. Pedobiologia. 70. 6–11. 8 indexed citations

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Finn, Damien, Peter M. Kopittke, Paul G. Dennis, & Ram C. Dalal. (2017). Microbial energy and matter transformation in agricultural soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 111. 176–192. 70 indexed citations

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Vanwonterghem, Inka, Paul D. Jensen, Paul G. Dennis, et al.. (2014). Deterministic processes guide long-term synchronised population dynamics in replicate anaerobic digesters. The ISME Journal. 8(10). 2015–2028. 300 indexed citations

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Dennis, Paul G., Kun Guo, Michael Imelfort, et al.. (2012). Spatial uniformity of microbial diversity in a continuous bioelectrochemical system. Bioresource Technology. 129. 599–605. 35 indexed citations

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Dennis, Paul G., Ashley D. Sparrow, E. G. Gregorich, et al.. (2012). Microbial responses to carbon and nitrogen supplementation in an Antarctic dry valley soil. Antarctic Science. 25(1). 55–61. 11 indexed citations

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Carvalhais, Lília C., et al.. (2010). Root exudation of sugars, amino acids, and organic acids by maize as affected by nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and iron deficiency. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 174(1). 3–11. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ganguly, Somenath, et al.. (2004). MONITORING AND CONTROL OF FURNACE 1 FREEZE LINING AT TASMANIAN ELECTRO-METALLURGICAL COMPANY. 21(3). 174–82. 2 indexed citations

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