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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
6225
World Ranking
7997
National Ranking
21

Kristin Saltonstall publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 71 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Kristin Saltonstall D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kristin Saltonstall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

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5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kristin Saltonstall is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Cell Biology

Kristin Saltonstall's principal topics of work involve:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant and fungal interactions

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Saltonstall include:

  • The Role of Phosphorus Limitation in Shaping Soil Bacterial Communities and Their Metabolic Capabilities, 2020, mBio
  • Microbial diversity declines in warmed tropical soil and respiration rise exceed predictions as communities adapt, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Legume-microbiome interactions unlock mineral nutrients in regrowing tropical forests, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Land use influences stream bacterial communities in lowland tropical watersheds, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Specialized bacteriome uncovered in the coralloid roots of the epiphytic gymnosperm, Zamia pseudoparasitica, 2020, Environmental DNA

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Karina A. Chavarría
  • Juan Carlos Villarreal
  • Lilisbeth Rodríguez-Castro
  • Luis F. De León
  • Jefferson S. Hall

The scientist's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biological Invasions
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio

Best Publications

  • Cryptic invasion by a non-native genotype of the common reed, Phragmites australis, into North America

    Kristin Saltonstall

  • EXPANSION OF PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS INTO TIDAL WETLANDS OF NORTH AMERICA

    Randolph M. Chambers;Laura A. Meyerson;Kristin Saltonstall

  • A comparison of Phragmites australisin freshwater and brackish marsh environments in North America

    L.A. Meyerson;K. Saltonstall;L. Windham;E. Kiviat

  • Microsatellite variation within and among North American lineages of Phragmites australis

    K. Saltonstall

  • RECOGNITION OF PHRAGMITES AU STRAUS SUBSP. AMERICANUS (POACEAE: ARUNDINOIDEAE) IN NORTH AMERICA: EVIDENCE FROM MORPHOLOGICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSES

    Kristin Saltonstall;Paul M. Peterson;Robert John Soreng

  • The Role of Phosphorus Limitation in Shaping Soil Bacterial Communities and Their Metabolic Capabilities.

    Angela M. Oliverio;Angela M. Oliverio;Andrew Bissett;Krista McGuire;Kristin Saltonstall

  • Genetic Variation among North American Populations of Phragmites australis: Implications for Management

    Kristin Saltonstall

  • Microbial diversity declines in warmed tropical soil and respiration rise exceed predictions as communities adapt

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  • The effect of nutrients on seedling growth of native and introduced Phragmites australis

    Kristin Saltonstall;J. Court Stevenson

  • Origin of the invasive Arundo donax (Poaceae): a trans-Asian expedition in herbaria

    Laurent Hardion;Régine Verlaque;Kristin Saltonstall;Agathe Leriche

  • Ecology and Impacts of the Large-Statured Invasive Grasses Arundo donax and Phragmites australis in North America

    Adam M. Lambert;Tom L. Dudley;Kristin Saltonstall

  • An evaluation of farmers’ experiences planting native trees in rural Panama: implications for reforestation with native species in agricultural landscapes

    Eva J. Garen;Kristin Saltonstall;Jacob L. Slusser;Shane Mathias

  • A RAPID METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE ORIGIN OF NORTH AMERICAN PHRAGMITES POPULATIONS USING RFLP ANALYSIS

    Kristin Saltonstall

  • Extreme difference in rate of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evolution in a large ectotherm, Galápagos tortoises

    Adalgisa Caccone;Gabriele Gentile;Gabriele Gentile;Catherine E. Burns;Erminia Sezzi

  • Survey of Grauer's Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla graueri) and Eastern Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi) in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park Lowland Sector and Adjacent Forest in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Jefferson S. Hall;Jefferson S. Hall;Lee J. T. White;Bila-Isia Inogwabini;Ilambu Omari

  • Genetic Variation in the Common Reed, Phragmites australis, in the Mississippi River Delta Marshes: Evidence for Multiple Introductions

    Donald P. Hauber;Kristin Saltonstall;David A. White;Craig S. Hood

  • A Tale of Three Lineages: Expansion of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) in the U.S. Southwest and Gulf Coast

    Laura A. Meyerson;Adam M. Lambert;Kristin Saltonstall

  • Genetics and Reproduction of Common (Phragmites australis) and Giant Reed (Arundo donax)

    Kristin Saltonstall;Adam Lambert;Laura A. Meyerson

  • A set of primers for amplification of noncoding regions of chloroplast DNA in the grasses.

    Kristin Saltonstall

  • Distribution of native and introduced Phragmites australis in freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes of the Delmarva peninsula and southern New Jersey1

    Robert E. Meadows;Kristin Saltonstall

  • Confirmed field hybridization of native and introduced Phragmites australis (Poaceae) in North America

    Kristin Saltonstall;Hilda E. Castillo;Bernd Blossey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jefferson S. Hall
Jefferson S. Hall Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Mark S. Ashton
Mark S. Ashton Yale University
Mark E. Torchin
Mark E. Torchin Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Laura A. Meyerson
Laura A. Meyerson University of Rhode Island
Adalgisa Caccone
Adalgisa Caccone Yale University
W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Douglas W. Yu
Douglas W. Yu University of East Anglia
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research

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