Petra Pjevac

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Petra Pjevac is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Petra Pjevac has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Petra Pjevac's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (14 papers). Petra Pjevac is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (14 papers). Petra Pjevac collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Denmark. Petra Pjevac's co-authors include Holger Daims, Michael Wagner, Craig W. Herbold, Mads Albertsen, А. Г. Булаев, Ping Han, Е. В. Лебедева, Julia Vierheilig, Rasmus Hansen Kirkegaard and Per Halkjær Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Petra Pjevac

72 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria

2015 1.9k citations Holger Daims, Petra Pjevac et al. Nature profile →
Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle

2017 629 citations K. Dimitri Kits, Christopher J. Sedlacek et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Petra Pjevac Austria	27	2.9k	2.8k	1.0k	842	793	74	5.2k
Eva Spieck Germany	35	3.6k 1.2×	3.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	893 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	63	5.7k
Lisa Y. Stein Canada	41	2.9k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	1.4k 1.7×	116	6.5k
Sung‐Keun Rhee South Korea	39	3.0k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 2.0×	990 1.2×	568 0.7×	151	5.3k
Е. В. Лебедева Russia	8	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	625 0.6×	435 0.5×	639 0.8×	39	3.3k
Craig W. Herbold Austria	47	4.2k 1.4×	3.2k 1.2×	2.2k 2.2×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	95	8.4k
Lijun Hou China	50	3.4k 1.1×	4.0k 1.4×	646 0.6×	1.6k 1.9×	444 0.6×	206	7.4k
Daan R. Speth Netherlands	25	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	823 1.0×	45	4.2k
Anne E. Bernhard United States	20	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	929 1.1×	665 0.8×	35	4.8k
Anna M. Romaní Spain	41	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	621 0.6×	2.0k 2.3×	320 0.4×	137	6.0k
Shanyun Wang China	36	1.8k 0.6×	3.8k 1.4×	318 0.3×	697 0.8×	889 1.1×	64	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Petra Pjevac

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Petra Pjevac

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pjevac, Petra, et al.. (2025). Selective heterotrophic bacteria can selfishly process polysaccharides in freshwater lakes. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115415–115415. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Song‐Can, Xiaomin Li, Guoqing Guan, et al.. (2025). Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation. Nature. 646(8086). 925–933. 5 indexed citations

Bale, Nicole J., Petra Pjevac, Michel Koenen, et al.. (2025). Unusual Plastoquinones in Non‐Phototrophic Nitrifying Bacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 17(4). e70174–e70174. 1 indexed citations

Schagerl, Michael, et al.. (2025). Testing the Purity of Limnospira fusiformis Cultures After Axenicity Treatments. Cells. 14(2). 136–136. 1 indexed citations

Monchamp, Marie‐Ève, et al.. (2025). Imprint of eutrophication on methane-cycling microbes in freshwater sediment.

Zehetmayer, Sonja, et al.. (2025). Gastrointestinal Barrier Disruption in Post‐COVID Syndrome Fatigue Patients. Allergy. 80(9). 2610–2621. 2 indexed citations

Hausmann, Bela, et al.. (2025). A Pilot Study on the Impact of Cranberry and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation on the Urinary Microbiome of Healthy Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics. 14(3). 278–278. 1 indexed citations

Simon, Eva, Ksenia Guseva, Lauren Alteio, et al.. (2024). Distinct microbial communities are linked to organic matter properties in millimetre-sized soil aggregates. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 9 indexed citations

Foessleitner, Philipp, Petra Pjevac, Lukas Wisgrill, et al.. (2024). The maternal microbiome in pregnancy, delivery, and early‐stage development of neonatal microbiome after cesarean section: A prospective longitudinal study. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 103(5). 832–841. 2 indexed citations

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Zhong, Zhi-Ping, Jingjie Du, Stephan Köstlbacher, et al.. (2024). Viral potential to modulate microbial methane metabolism varies by habitat. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1857–1857. 20 indexed citations

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Prommer, Judith, Christopher J. Sedlacek, Taru Sandén, et al.. (2024). Inhibition profile of three biological nitrification inhibitors and their response to soil pH modification in two contrasting soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 100(6). 10 indexed citations

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Sedlacek, Christopher J., Petra Pjevac, Lucia Fuchslueger, et al.. (2023). Visualizing small-scale subsurface NH3 and pH dynamics surrounding nitrogen fertilizer granules and impacts on nitrification activity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 189. 109273–109273. 16 indexed citations

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Zehl, Martin, Petra Pjevac, Rasmus Hansen Kirkegaard, et al.. (2023). Secondary Metabolite Production Potential in a Microbiome of the Freshwater Sponge Spongilla lacustris. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(2). e0435322–e0435322. 10 indexed citations

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Mitrović, Milena, et al.. (2023). Microbial Diversity and Activity of Biofilms from Geothermal Springs in Croatia. Microbial Ecology. 86(4). 2305–2319. 16 indexed citations

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Moser, Doris, Katy Schmidt, Petra Pjevac, et al.. (2023). Defects in microvillus crosslinking sensitize to colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. EMBO Reports. 24(10). e57084–e57084. 11 indexed citations

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Séneca, Joana, Andrea Söllinger, Craig W. Herbold, et al.. (2021). Increased microbial expression of organic nitrogen cycling genes in long-term warmed grassland soils. ISME Communications. 1(1). 69–69. 67 indexed citations

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Jung, Man‐Young, Christopher J. Sedlacek, K. Dimitri Kits, et al.. (2021). Ammonia-oxidizing archaea possess a wide range of cellular ammonia affinities. The ISME Journal. 16(1). 272–283. 141 indexed citations

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Sedlacek, Christopher J., Andrew T. Giguere, Brett L. Mellbye, et al.. (2020). Transcriptomic Response of Nitrosomonas europaea Transitioned from Ammonia- to Oxygen-Limited Steady-State Growth. mSystems. 5(1). 37 indexed citations

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Kitzinger, Katharina, Hannah K. Marchant, Laura A. Bristow, et al.. (2020). Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean. Nature Communications. 11(1). 767–767. 70 indexed citations

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Pjevac, Petra, Stefan Dyksma, Tobias Goldhammer, et al.. (2019). In situ abundance and carbon fixation activity of distinct anoxygenic phototrophs in the stratified seawater lake Rogoznica. Environmental Microbiology. 21(10). 3896–3908. 10 indexed citations

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