Steffen Kolb

3.9k total citations
72 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Steffen Kolb is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Kolb has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Steffen Kolb's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers) and Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (16 papers). Steffen Kolb is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers) and Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (16 papers). Steffen Kolb collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Steffen Kolb's co-authors include Ralf Conrad, Claudia Knief, Harold L. Drake, Stephan Stubner, Dana Kemnitz, Peter F. Dunfield, Marcus A. Horn, Werner Borken, Adam Wieczorek and Davide Francioli and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Kolb

69 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steffen Kolb Germany 29 1.5k 1.0k 978 608 571 72 2.9k
Adrian Ho Germany 29 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 768 0.8× 431 0.7× 615 1.1× 63 2.7k
Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz United States 24 1.9k 1.2× 656 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 623 1.0× 243 0.4× 52 3.1k
Jun Murase Japan 29 1.2k 0.8× 649 0.6× 710 0.7× 423 0.7× 651 1.1× 104 2.5k
Roey Angel Czechia 22 1.2k 0.8× 560 0.5× 552 0.6× 272 0.4× 479 0.8× 52 2.1k
Mette M. Svenning Norway 27 1.3k 0.8× 704 0.7× 863 0.9× 320 0.5× 244 0.4× 76 2.5k
Claudia Lüke Netherlands 27 1.1k 0.8× 820 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 570 0.9× 192 0.3× 37 2.2k
Sergio E. Morales New Zealand 30 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 625 0.6× 151 0.2× 536 0.9× 68 3.1k
Michael Pester Germany 29 2.4k 1.6× 1.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 198 0.3× 287 0.5× 50 4.0k
Stephan Stubner Germany 18 1.1k 0.8× 718 0.7× 848 0.9× 203 0.3× 189 0.3× 23 2.0k
Nathan Basiliko Canada 31 1.8k 1.2× 235 0.2× 598 0.6× 498 0.8× 570 1.0× 101 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steffen Kolb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Kolb

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steffen Kolb. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steffen Kolb 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 Steffen Kolb. Steffen Kolb 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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Remus, Rainer, et al.. (2025). Impact of Erosion-Induced Topsoil Dilution on Rapeseed Root Growth, Assimilate C Input, and Turnover in the Soil. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 25(2). 4413–4425.
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Kolb, Steffen, et al.. (2024). Degradation dynamics and microbial processes in yak dung on the Tibetan Plateau. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202. 109675–109675. 3 indexed citations
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Döring, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Seasonal soil health dynamics in soy-wheat relay intercropping. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18989–18989. 3 indexed citations
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Patz, Sascha, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the influence of salinity on bacterial microbiome assembly of halophytes and crops. Environmental Microbiome. 19(1). 49–49. 6 indexed citations
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Kaštovská, Eva, Michal Choma, Gerrit Angst, et al.. (2023). Root but not shoot litter fostered the formation of mineral-associated organic matter in eroded arable soils. Soil and Tillage Research. 235. 105871–105871. 9 indexed citations
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Wehrhan, Marc, et al.. (2023). Cereals rhizosphere microbiome undergoes host selection of nitrogen cycle guilds correlated to crop productivity. The Science of The Total Environment. 911. 168794–168794. 11 indexed citations
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Frindte, Katharina, Steffen Kolb, Michael Sommer, Jürgen Augustin, & Claudia Knief. (2023). Spatial patterns of prokaryotic communities in kettle hole soils follow soil horizonation. Applied Soil Ecology. 185. 104796–104796. 1 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Undine, Andreas Ulrich, Bärbel U. Foesel, et al.. (2022). Genomic evidence for two pathways of formaldehyde oxidation and denitrification capabilities of the species Paracoccus methylovorus sp. nov.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 72(10). 4 indexed citations
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Francioli, Davide, et al.. (2022). Response of the wheat mycobiota to flooding revealed substantial shifts towards plant pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1028153–1028153. 8 indexed citations
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Ulrich, Andreas, Susanne Kublik, Bärbel U. Foesel, et al.. (2021). Pseudomonas campi sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from grassland soil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 71(5). 7 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Thomas, Elisa Catão, Zhigang Yi, et al.. (2019). Microbial community responses determine how soil–atmosphere exchange of carbonyl sulfide, carbon monoxide, and nitric oxide responds to soil moisture. SOIL. 5(1). 121–135. 10 indexed citations
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Besaury, Ludovic, et al.. (2018). Methanol consumption drives the bacterial chloromethane sink in a forest soil. The ISME Journal. 12(11). 2681–2693. 27 indexed citations
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Besaury, Ludovic, Anne‐Marie Delort, Markus Greule, et al.. (2018). Chloromethane Degradation in Soils: A Combined Microbial and Two‐Dimensional Stable Isotope Approach. Journal of Environmental Quality. 47(2). 254–262. 13 indexed citations
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Besaury, Ludovic, Amelie N. Röhling, Anne‐Marie Delort, et al.. (2018). Chloromethane formation and degradation in the fern phyllosphere. The Science of The Total Environment. 634. 1278–1287. 15 indexed citations
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Gocke, Martina, Arnaud Huguet, Sylvie Derenne, et al.. (2016). Disentangling interactions between microbial communities and roots in deep subsoil. The Science of The Total Environment. 575. 135–145. 26 indexed citations
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Oswald, David & Steffen Kolb. (2014). Flat Design vs. Skeuomorphism – Effects on Learnability and Image Attributions in Digital Product Interfaces. 402–407. 3 indexed citations
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Musat, Niculina, Ursula Werner, Katrin Knittel, et al.. (2006). Microbial community structure of sandy intertidal sediments in the North Sea, Sylt-Rømø Basin, Wadden Sea. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 29(4). 333–348. 137 indexed citations
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Kemnitz, Dana, Steffen Kolb, & Ralf Conrad. (2005). Phenotypic characterization of Rice Cluster III archaea without prior isolation by applying quantitative polymerase chain reaction to an enrichment culture. Environmental Microbiology. 7(4). 553–565. 104 indexed citations
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Knief, Claudia, Steffen Kolb, Paul L. E. Bodelier, André Lipski, & Peter F. Dunfield. (2005). The active methanotrophic community in hydromorphic soils changes in response to changing methane concentration. Environmental Microbiology. 8(2). 321–333. 112 indexed citations

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