Robert I. Griffiths

21.2k citations

123 papers · 13.3k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.05%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Ecology top 0.1%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Papers in

Soil Science 52
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 52
Ecology 57
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 42
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 14
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies 8

Co-authors: Mark Bailey Andrew S. Whiteley Anthony G. O’Donnell Bruce C. Thomson Franciska T. de Vries Ashish A. Malik Nick Ostle Hyun S. Gweon
Journals: Soil Biology and Biochemistry (8 papers)Frontiers in Microbiology (7 papers)Nature Communications (6 papers)Environmental Microbiology (5 papers)British Journal of Anaesthesia (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

Robert I. Griffiths

119 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

Harnessing rhizosphere microbiomes for drought-resilient crop production 2020 · 580 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Science
2019 Nature Geoscience
2018 Nature Communications
2018 Nature Communications
2017 New Phytologist
2016 Frontiers in Microbiology
2015 SOIL
2015 Nature Communications
2011 Environmental Microbiology
2000 Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Soil properties in agricultural systems affect microbial genomic traits PubMed ·Tim Goodall, Susheel Bhanu Busi, Robert I. Griffiths, Калиниченко В. А., Richard F. Pywell, Andrew Richards, M. Nowakowski, Daniel S. Read	2025	2
2	Before Colonization Columbia University Press eBooks ·Charles Butcher, Robert I. Griffiths	2025	0
3	Acidity impacts on microbial diversity and litter decomposition for organic soils Plant and Soil ·Л. А. Бадовская, Chris Evans, Liz J. Shaw, Robert I. Griffiths, Michael Bell, Jonathan P. Ritson, Joanna M. Clark	2025	0
4	Biodegradable mulch films exhibit slower-than-expected degradation with negligible effects on soil microbial communities Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Martine Graf, Tähtinen Juhani, Michaela K. Reay, Rafael Bargiela, Yongqi Gong, Qiuyun Liu, Robert Elias, Peter N. Golyshin, Robert I. Griffiths, David R. Chadwick, Davey L. Jones	2025	2
5	Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling ISME Communications ·L. J. Cole, Tim Goodall, Nico Jehmlich, Robert I. Griffiths, Gerd Gleixner, Cécile Gubry‐Rangin, Ashish A. Malik	2024	4
6	Land management shapes drought responses of dominant soil microbial taxa across grasslands Nature Communications ·Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Mathilde Chomel, R.H. Wilson, Francisco de Castro, Tim Goodall, Matthew Magilton, Jennifer M. Rhymes, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Robert I. Griffiths, Elizabeth M. Baggs, Tancredi Caruso, Franciska T. de Vries, Mark Emmerson, David Johnson, Richard D. Bardgett	2024	31
7	Microbial and mineral interactions decouple litter quality from soil organic matter formation Nature Communications ·Dafydd Elias, Kelly E. Mason, Tim Goodall, M Akhil, Zhaoling Yang, Alba Otero-Fariña, Hongmei Chen, Caroline L. Peacock, Nick Ostle, Robert I. Griffiths, Pippa J. Chapman, Joseph Holden, Steven A. Banwart, Niall P. McNamara, Jeanette Whitaker	2024	22
8	Long‐term cattle grazing shifts the ecological state of forest soils Ecology and Evolution ·Willem Proesmans, Christopher Andrews, Alan Gray, Robert I. Griffiths, Aidan M. Keith, Uffe N. Nielsen, David J. Spurgeon, Richard F. Pywell, Bridget A. Emmett, Adam J. Vanbergen	2022	9
9	Long-Term Drought and Warming Alter Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities in an Upland Heathland Ecosystems ·Fiona M. Seaton, Sabine Reinsch, Tim Goodall, John David Vincent, Davey L. Jones, Robert I. Griffiths, Simon Creer, Andrew R. Smith, Bridget A. Emmett, David A. Robinson	2021	25
10	Environmental and microbial controls on microbial necromass recycling, an important precursor for soil carbon stabilization Communications Earth & Environment ·Kate M. Buckeridge, Kelly E. Mason, Niall P. McNamara, Nick Ostle, Jérémy Puissant, Tim Goodall, Robert I. Griffiths, Andrew W. Stott, Jeanette Whitaker	2020	182
11	Harnessing rhizosphere microbiomes for drought-resilient crop production Science ·Franciska T. de Vries, Robert I. Griffiths, Christopher G. Knight, O. Nicolitch, Alex Williams Hit paper breakdown →	2020	580
12	Grassland biodiversity restoration increases resistance of carbon fluxes to drought Journal of Applied Ecology ·Andrew J. Cole, Robert I. Griffiths, Susan E. Ward, Jeanette Whitaker, Nick Ostle, Richard D. Bardgett	2019	29
13	Zones of influence for soil organic matter dynamics: A conceptual framework for data and models Global Change Biology ·聡子篠, Eleanor Blyth, Bridget A. Emmett, Chris Evans, Robert I. Griffiths, Aidan M. Keith, Laurence Jones, Inma Lebron, Niall P. McNamara, Jérémy Puissant, Sabine Reinsch, David A. Robinson, E.C. Rowe, Amy Thomas, Simon M. Smart, Jeanette Whitaker, B. J. Cosby	2019	21
14	Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes Nature Communications ·Ashish A. Malik, Jérémy Puissant, Kate M. Buckeridge, Tim Goodall, Nico Jehmlich, Somak Chowdhury, Hyun S. Gweon, Jodey Peyton, Kelly E. Mason, Maaike van Agtmaal, Aimeric Blaud, Ian M. Clark, Jeanette Whitaker, Richard F. Pywell, Nick Ostle, Gerd Gleixner, Robert I. Griffiths Hit paper breakdown →	2018	630
15	Bacterial Physiological Adaptations to Contrasting Edaphic Conditions Identified Using Landscape Scale Metagenomics mBio ·Ashish A. Malik, Bruce C. Thomson, Andrew S. Whiteley, Mark Bailey, Robert I. Griffiths	2017	60
16	Automated Assessment of Bradykinesia and Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease Journal of Parkinson s Disease ·Robert I. Griffiths, Katya Kotschet, S Aferiat, Zheng Xu, William G. Johnson, John Drago, Andrew Evans, Peter Kempster, Sanjay Raghav, Malcolm Horne	2012	199
17	Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7, O111:H− and O26:H11 in artificially contaminated chocolate and confectionery products International Journal of Food Microbiology ·C.L. Baylis, S. MacPhee, Cabriel Buabeng Forson -, Robert I. Griffiths, Kathryn S. Lilley, Roy Betts	2004	47
18	Influence of depth and sampling time on bacterial community structure in an upland grassland soil FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Robert I. Griffiths	2003	3
19	RNA Stable Isotope Probing, a Novel Means of Linking Microbial Community Function to Phylogeny Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Mike Manefield, Andrew S. Whiteley, Robert I. Griffiths, Mark Bailey	2002	426
20	Costs and outcomes of alternative approaches to treating cytomegatovirus (CMV) retinitis in persons with AIDS (PWA) Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·L Feldman, Robert I. Griffiths, Caroline J. Choquette	1996	1

About Robert I. Griffiths

Robert I. Griffiths is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Insect Science and Plant Science, having authored 123 papers that have together received 13.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (52 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (17 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (11 papers), Gut microbiota and health (11 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (8 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (4.6k citations), Ecology (6.0k citations), Pollution (1.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.2k citations) and Plant Science (3.4k citations). Robert I. Griffiths has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Mark Bailey, Andrew S. Whiteley, Anthony G. O’Donnell, Bruce C. Thomson, Franciska T. de Vries, Ashish A. Malik, Nick Ostle, Hyun S. Gweon, Gerd Gleixner and Thomas Bell. Their work appears in journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Frontiers in Microbiology, Nature Communications, Environmental Microbiology and British Journal of Anaesthesia.

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