Stephan Wirth

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Stephan Wirth is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Wirth has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Soil Science and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Stephan Wirth's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (22 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (19 papers). Stephan Wirth is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (22 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (19 papers). Stephan Wirth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Uzbekistan and China. Stephan Wirth's co-authors include Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Elsayed Fathi Abd Allah, Abdulaziz A. Alqarawi, Gerhard Wolf, Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath‐Kimura, Abeer Hashem, Abeer Hashem, Naveen Kumar Arora, Dilfuza Jabborova and Jitendra Mishra and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Wirth

95 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phytohormones and Beneficial Microbes: Essential Components for Plants to Balance Stress and Fitness

2017 476 citations Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Stephan Wirth et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
Salt-Tolerant Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Enhancing Crop Productivity of Saline Soils

2019 367 citations Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Stephan Wirth et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Wirth Germany	38	3.0k	1.1k	994	603	356	96	4.7k
Carmine Crecchio Italy	36	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	549 0.9×	202 0.6×	84	4.4k
Qiwei Huang China	32	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	635 0.6×	750 1.2×	379 1.1×	52	3.9k
Dilfuza Egamberdieva Uzbekistan	47	5.6k 1.8×	842 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	574 1.0×	444 1.2×	140	7.1k
Hassan Etesami Iran	39	4.5k 1.5×	750 0.7×	843 0.8×	488 0.8×	322 0.9×	115	5.8k
Zhao Jun China	33	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	869 0.9×	847 1.4×	340 1.0×	169	4.1k
Puneet Singh Chauhan India	44	4.3k 1.4×	619 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	575 1.0×	231 0.6×	199	6.0k
Hani Antoun Canada	39	3.8k 1.2×	903 0.8×	692 0.7×	465 0.8×	590 1.7×	111	5.0k
Dayakar V. Badri United States	26	4.9k 1.6×	947 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	911 1.5×	374 1.1×	45	6.2k
Wei Ran China	43	2.6k 0.9×	2.0k 1.7×	721 0.7×	941 1.6×	384 1.1×	136	5.4k
Magdalena Frąc Poland	28	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	375 0.4×	534 0.9×	244 0.7×	155	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Wirth

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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

Egamberdieva, Dilfuza, et al.. (2022). Biochar Additions Alter the Abundance of P-Cycling-Related Bacteria in the Rhizosphere Soil of Portulaca oleracea L. under Salt Stress. Soil Systems. 6(3). 64–64. 7 indexed citations

Egamberdieva, Dilfuza, Zаfаrjon Jаbbarov, Naveen Kumar Arora, Stephan Wirth, & Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath‐Kimura. (2021). Biochar mitigates effects of pesticides on soil biological activities. Environmental Sustainability. 4(2). 335–342. 30 indexed citations

Jabborova, Dilfuza, et al.. (2021). Beneficial effects of biochar application on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) growth, root morphological traits and physiological properties. Annals of Phytomedicine An International Journal. 10(2). 17 indexed citations

Kooch, Yahya, et al.. (2021). Soil functional indicators in a mountain forest-rangeland mosaic of northern Iran. Ecological Indicators. 126. 107672–107672. 14 indexed citations

Shurigin, Vyacheslav, Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Li Li, et al.. (2020). Endophytic bacteria associated with halophyte Seidlitzia rosmarinus Ehrenb. ex Boiss. from saline soil of Uzbekistan and their plant beneficial traits. Journal of Arid Land. 12(5). 730–740. 35 indexed citations

Ma, Hua, Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Stephan Wirth, et al.. (2019). Effect of Biochar and Irrigation on the Interrelationships among Soybean Growth, Root Nodulation, Plant P Uptake, and Soil Nutrients in a Sandy Field. Sustainability. 11(23). 6542–6542. 27 indexed citations

Alqarawi, Abdulaziz A., Abeer Hashem, Ashwani Kumar, et al.. (2018). Allelopathic effects of the aqueous extract of Rhazya stricta on growth and metabolism of Salsola villosa. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 152(6). 1263–1273. 14 indexed citations

Li, Huan, Jiapeng Qu, Tongtong Li, et al.. (2018). Diet simplification selects for high gut microbial diversity and strong fermenting ability in high-altitude pikas. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(15). 6739–6751. 87 indexed citations

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Egamberdieva, Dilfuza, Stephan Wirth, Vyacheslav Shurigin, Abeer Hashem, & Elsayed Fathi Abd Allah. (2017). Endophytic Bacteria Improve Plant Growth, Symbiotic Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Induce Suppression of Root Rot Caused by Fusarium solani under Salt Stress. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1887–1887. 208 indexed citations

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Egamberdieva, Dilfuza, Kakhramon Davranov, Stephan Wirth, Abeer Hashem, & Elsayed Fathi Abd Allah. (2017). Impact of soil salinity on the plant-growth – promoting and biological control abilities of root associated bacteria. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 24(7). 1601–1608. 82 indexed citations

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Allah, Elsayed Fathi Abd, Abdulaziz A. Alqarawi, Abeer Hashem, Stephan Wirth, & Dilfuza Egamberdieva. (2017). Regulatory roles of 24-epibrassinolide in tolerance ofAcacia gerrardiiBenth to salt stress. Bioengineered. 9(1). 61–71. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Huan, Shangong Wu, Stephan Wirth, et al.. (2014). Diversity and activity of cellulolytic bacteria, isolated from the gut contents of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) (Valenciennes) fed on Sudan grass (Sorghum sudanense) or artificial feedstuffs. Aquaculture Research. 47(1). 153–164. 44 indexed citations

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Wirth, Stephan, et al.. (2013). Cellulolytic bacterial biodiversity in long-term manure experimental sites. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 8(3). 299–307. 2 indexed citations

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Diatta, Jean, Stephan Wirth, & Ewa Chudzińska. (2010). Application of the Partition Coefficient for Assessing Heavy Metals Mobility Within the Miasteczko Slaskie Zinc Smetler Impact Zone (Poland). Ecological Chemistry and Engineering. A. 17. 1203–1212. 4 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Michael, Stephan Wirth, Ruth H. Ellerbrock, & Michael Sommer. (2009). Microbial respiration activities related to sequentially separated, particulate and water-soluble organic matter fractions from arable and forest topsoils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 42(3). 418–428. 39 indexed citations

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Wirth, Stephan, et al.. (2004). Soil microbiological monitoring of a pine forest after partial thinning for stand regeneration with beech seedlings. Soil Science & Plant Nutrition. 50(6). 815–819. 11 indexed citations

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Kautz, Timo, Stephan Wirth, & Frank Ellmer. (2004). Microbial activity in a sandy arable soil is governed by the fertilization regime. European Journal of Soil Biology. 40(2). 87–94. 94 indexed citations

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Preston, Sara, Stephan Wirth, Karl Ritz, Bryan S. Griffiths, & Iain M. Young. (2001). The role played by microorganisms in the biogenesis of soil cracks: importance of substrate quantity and quality. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 33(12-13). 1851–1858. 31 indexed citations

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Wirth, Stephan. (1992). Water-soluble, dye-labelled fatty acid derivatives for preliminary detection of lipolytic microorganisms in agar media. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 95(1). 77–79. 2 indexed citations

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