Steven J. Blazewicz

6.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
47 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Steven J. Blazewicz is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven J. Blazewicz has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Steven J. Blazewicz's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Steven J. Blazewicz is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Steven J. Blazewicz collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Steven J. Blazewicz's co-authors include Mary K. Firestone, Romain L. Barnard, Mark P. Waldrop, Rebecca A. Daly, Egbert Schwartz, Janet Jansson, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Merritt R. Turetsky, Rachel Mackelprang and Maude M. David and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Steven J. Blazewicz

46 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

Evaluating rRNA as an indicator of microbial activity in environmental communities: limitations and uses

2013 598 citations Steven J. Blazewicz, Romain L. Barnard et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

2011 518 citations Rachel Mackelprang, Mark P. Waldrop et al. Nature profile →
Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

2015 375 citations Jenni Hultman, Mark P. Waldrop et al. Nature profile →
Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska

2012 370 citations Dorthe Groth Petersen, Steven J. Blazewicz et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-up 2025 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ella T. Sieradzki, (unknown), Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Graeme W. Nicol, Christina Hazard, Erin Nuccio, Steven J. Blazewicz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Gareth Trubl	1
2	Metatranscriptomes of California grassland soil microbial communities in response to rewetting 2024 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·Peter F. Chuckran, Katerina Estera‐Molina, Marcel Huntemann, Brian Foster, Simon Roux, Supratim Mukherjee, Patrick Hajek, T. B. K. Reddy, Chris Daum, I-Min A. Chen, Christa Pennacchio, Emiley A. Eloe‐Fadrosh, Paul Dijkstra, Mary K. Firestone, Steven J. Blazewicz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge	1
3	A subset of viruses thrives following microbial resuscitation during rewetting of a seasonally dry California grassland soil 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Alexa M. Nicolas, Ella T. Sieradzki, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Jillian F. Banfield, Michiko E. Taga, Mary K. Firestone, Steven J. Blazewicz	24
4	A standardized quantitative analysis strategy for stable isotope probing metagenomics 2023 ·mSystems ·(unknown), (unknown), Kanwar Singh, (unknown), W. Berkeley Kauffman, Erin Nuccio, Steven J. Blazewicz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Katherine Louie, Neha Varghese, Matthew Kellom, Alicia Clum, Robert Riley, Simon Roux, Emiley A. Eloe‐Fadrosh, Ryan Ziels, Rex R. Malmstrom	8
5	Shifts in bacterial traits under chronic nitrogen deposition align with soil processes in arbuscular, but not ectomycorrhizal‐associated trees 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·J. Piñeiro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steven J. Blazewicz, Zachary B. Freedman, Edward Brzostek, Ember M. Morrissey	10
6	Nutrients strengthen density dependence of per-capita growth and mortality rates in the soil bacterial community 2023 ·Oecologia ·Bram WG Stone, Steven J. Blazewicz, Benjamin J. Koch, Paul Dijkstra, Michaela Hayer, Kirsten Hofmockel, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu, Rebecca L. Mau, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Egbert Schwartz, Bruce A. Hungate	4
7	Active populations and growth of soil microorganisms are framed by mean annual precipitation in three California annual grasslands 2022 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Megan M. Foley, Steven J. Blazewicz, Karis J. McFarlane, Alex Greenlon, Michaela Hayer, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Benjamin J. Koch, (unknown), Keith D. Morrison, Ember M. Morrissey, Bruce A. Hungate, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge	15
8	Plant-associated fungi support bacterial resilience following water limitation 2022 ·The ISME Journal ·Rachel Hestrin, Megan Kan, (unknown), Jessica Wollard, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Prasun Ray, Steven J. Blazewicz, Rhona Stuart, Kelly D. Craven, Mary K. Firestone, Erin Nuccio, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge	43
9	HT-SIP: a semi-automated stable isotope probing pipeline identifies cross-kingdom interactions in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi 2022 ·Microbiome ·Erin Nuccio, Steven J. Blazewicz, (unknown), Ashley Campbell, Anne Kakouridis, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Jessica Wollard, (unknown), Robert Riley, (unknown), Rachel Hestrin, Rex R. Malmstrom, Mary K. Firestone, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge	51
10	Coupling plant litter quantity to a novel metric for litter quality explains C storage changes in a thawing permafrost peatland 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rachel Wilson, (unknown), Kuang‐Yu Chang, Gil Bohrer, (unknown), W. J. Riley, Patrick Crill, R. K. Varner, Steven J. Blazewicz, Ellen Dorrepaal, Malak Tfaily, S. R. Saleska, Virginia I. Rich	17
11	Nutrients cause consolidation of soil carbon flux to small proportion of bacterial community 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Bram WG Stone, Junhui Li, Benjamin J. Koch, Steven J. Blazewicz, Paul Dijkstra, Michaela Hayer, Kirsten Hofmockel, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu, Rebecca L. Mau, Ember M. Morrissey, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Egbert Schwartz, Bruce A. Hungate	110
12	Active virus-host interactions at sub-freezing temperatures in Arctic peat soil 2021 ·Microbiome ·Gareth Trubl, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, (unknown), Erin Nuccio, Peter Weber, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Janet Jansson, Mark P. Waldrop, Steven J. Blazewicz	64
13	Taxon-specific microbial growth and mortality patterns reveal distinct temporal population responses to rewetting in a California grassland soil 2020 ·The ISME Journal ·Steven J. Blazewicz, Bruce A. Hungate, Benjamin J. Koch, Erin Nuccio, Ember M. Morrissey, Eoin Brodie, Egbert Schwartz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Mary K. Firestone	80
14	Predictive genomic traits for bacterial growth in culture versus actual growth in soil 2019 ·The ISME Journal ·Junhui Li, Rebecca L. Mau, Paul Dijkstra, Benjamin J. Koch, Egbert Schwartz, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu, Ember M. Morrissey, Steven J. Blazewicz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Bram WG Stone, Michaela Hayer, Bruce A. Hungate	71
15	Chip-SIP: Stable Isotope Probing Analyzed with rRNA-Targeted Microarrays and NanoSIMS 2019 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Xavier Mayali, Peter Weber, Erin Nuccio, Jory Lietard, Mark M. Somoza, Steven J. Blazewicz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge	9
16	Depth matters: effects of precipitation regime on soil microbial activity upon rewetting of a plant-soil system 2018 ·The ISME Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Steven J. Blazewicz, David Bru, Nadine Rouard, (unknown), Arthur Geßler, Lucía Galiano, José Carlos Miranda, Aymé Spor, Romain L. Barnard	125
17	Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes breakdown → 2015 ·Nature ·Jenni Hultman, Mark P. Waldrop, Rachel Mackelprang, Maude M. David, Jack W. McFarland, Steven J. Blazewicz, J. W. Harden, Merritt R. Turetsky, A. David McGuire, Manesh Shah, Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Lang Ho Lee, Konstantinos Mavrommatis, Janet Jansson	375
18	Fe(II) Oxidation Is an Innate Capability of Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria That Involves Abiotic and Biotic Reactions 2013 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Hans K. Carlson, Iain C. Clark, Steven J. Blazewicz, Anthony T. Iavarone, John D. Coates	151
19	Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska breakdown → 2012 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Dorthe Groth Petersen, Steven J. Blazewicz, Mary K. Firestone, Donald J. Herman, Merritt R. Turetsky, Mark P. Waldrop	370
20	Dynamics of 18O Incorporation from H 2 18O into Soil Microbial DNA 2011 ·Microbial Ecology ·Steven J. Blazewicz, Egbert Schwartz	50

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