Thilo Eickhorst

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Thilo Eickhorst is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thilo Eickhorst has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thilo Eickhorst's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (7 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Thilo Eickhorst is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (7 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Thilo Eickhorst collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Austria. Thilo Eickhorst's co-authors include Rudolf Amann, Rolf Tippkötter, Stephanie Malfatti, Susannah G. Tringe, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Scott Yourstone, Jeffery L. Dangl, Victor Kunin, Philip Hugenholtz and Jase Gehring and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thilo Eickhorst

33 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome

2012 1.9k citations Derek S. Lundberg, Sarah L. Lebeis et al. Nature profile →
Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota

2012 1.7k citations Davide Bulgarelli, Matthias Rott 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
Thilo Eickhorst Germany	24	3.4k	1.3k	1.1k	724	566	34	4.9k
Zhao Jun China	33	2.7k 0.8×	847 0.7×	869 0.8×	1.4k 2.0×	374 0.7×	169	4.1k
Stephan Wirth Germany	38	3.0k 0.9×	603 0.5×	994 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	249 0.4×	96	4.7k
Jeffrey S. Buyer United States	42	2.9k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	2.0k 2.7×	514 0.9×	94	5.9k
Wei Ran China	43	2.6k 0.8×	941 0.7×	721 0.7×	2.0k 2.7×	461 0.8×	136	5.4k
Pascale Frey‐Klett France	37	2.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	820 0.8×	651 0.9×	508 0.9×	51	4.6k
Tsutomu Hattori Japan	31	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	786 0.7×	508 0.7×	566 1.0×	190	3.5k
Yong Zheng China	35	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	578 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	323 0.6×	112	3.4k
Frank Rasche Germany	28	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	445 0.4×	1.6k 2.2×	187 0.3×	118	3.5k
G. Brett Runion United States	32	3.6k 1.1×	592 0.5×	652 0.6×	1.2k 1.7×	133 0.2×	109	5.0k
Chao Xue China	31	2.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	909 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	596 1.1×	81	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Thilo Eickhorst

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thilo Eickhorst

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Maier, Stefanie, Fobang Liu, Adam Thomas Clark, et al.. (2021). Water-driven microbial nitrogen transformations in biological soil crusts causing atmospheric nitrous acid and nitric oxide emissions. The ISME Journal. 16(4). 1012–1024. 32 indexed citations

Otten, Wilfred, et al.. (2020). Influence of soil structure on the spread of Pseudomonas fluorescens in soil at microscale. European Journal of Soil Science. 72(1). 141–153. 29 indexed citations

Aromokeye, David A., Ajinkya Kulkarni, Marcus Elvert, et al.. (2020). Rates and Microbial Players of Iron-Driven Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Methanic Marine Sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 3041–3041. 62 indexed citations

Wu, Longhua, et al.. (2019). Degradation of transgenic Bt-rice straw incorporated with two different paddy soils. Journal of Environmental Management. 244. 415–421. 5 indexed citations

Baveye, Philippe C., Wilfred Otten, Alexandra Kravchenko, et al.. (2018). Emergent Properties of Microbial Activity in Heterogeneous Soil Microenvironments: Different Research Approaches Are Slowly Converging, Yet Major Challenges Remain. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1929–1929. 177 indexed citations

Liu, Ling, et al.. (2018). Adsorption and Desorption of Cry1Ab Proteins on Differently Textured Paddy Soils. Pedosphere. 28(1). 94–102. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Ling, Longhua Wu, & Thilo Eickhorst. (2018). Accumulation of Cry1Ab/Ac proteins released from transgenic Bt-rice in the rhizosphere of a paddy soil. Rhizosphere. 6. 39–46. 7 indexed citations

Schmidt, Hannes, Naoise Nunan, Thilo Eickhorst, et al.. (2018). Recognizing Patterns: Spatial Analysis of Observed Microbial Colonization on Root Surfaces. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 6. 43 indexed citations

Schmidt, Hannes, et al.. (2017). Gold-FISH: A correlative approach to microscopic imaging of single microbial cells in environmental samples. EGUGA. 18908.

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Engelke, Maria, et al.. (2017). Collembola Reproduction Decreases with Aging of Silver Nanoparticles in a Sewage Sludge-Treated Soil. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 5. 20 indexed citations

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Richter‐Heitmann, Tim, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of Strategies to Separate Root-Associated Microbial Communities: A Crucial Choice in Rhizobiome Research. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 773–773. 52 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Hannes & Thilo Eickhorst. (2013). Spatio-temporal variability of microbial abundance and community structure in the puddled layer of a paddy soil cultivated with wetland rice (Oryza sativa L.). Applied Soil Ecology. 72. 93–102. 31 indexed citations

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Bulgarelli, Davide, Matthias Rott, Klaus Schlaeppi, et al.. (2012). Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota. Nature. 488(7409). 91–95. 1738 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schmidt, Hannes, Thilo Eickhorst, & Marc Mußmann. (2012). Gold-FISH: A new approach for the in situ detection of single microbial cells combining fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 35(8). 518–525. 31 indexed citations

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Lundberg, Derek S., Sarah L. Lebeis, Sur Herrera Paredes, et al.. (2012). Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome. Nature. 488(7409). 86–90. 1945 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schmidt, Hannes, Thilo Eickhorst, & Rolf Tippkötter. (2012). Evaluation of tyramide solutions for an improved detection and enumeration of single microbial cells in soil by CARD-FISH. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 91(3). 399–405. 10 indexed citations

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Rasa, Kimmo, Thilo Eickhorst, Rolf Tippkötter, & Markku Yli‐Halla. (2012). Structure and pore system in differently managed clayey surface soil as described by micromorphology and image analysis. Geoderma. 173-174. 10–18. 31 indexed citations

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Lennartz, Bernd, Rainer Horn, Rainer Duttmann, et al.. (2008). Ecological safe management of terraced rice paddy landscapes. Soil and Tillage Research. 102(2). 179–192. 40 indexed citations

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Eickhorst, Thilo & Rolf Tippkötter. (2008). Management-induced structural dynamics in paddy soils of south east China simulated in microcosms. Soil and Tillage Research. 102(2). 168–178. 37 indexed citations

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Eickhorst, Thilo & Rolf Tippkötter. (2008). Detection of FISH-stained microorganisms in soil microstructure by fluorescence microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 14(S2). 754–755. 3 indexed citations

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