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Rudolf K. Thauer

Active 1935–2019

133
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Citations
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Citations

Citations per year for Rudolf K. Thauer1952: 1 citations1961: 1 citations1966: 2 citations1969: 1 citations1970: 3 citations1971: 1 citations1972: 4 citations1973: 8 citations1974: 2 citations1975: 8 citations1976: 8 citations1977: 17 citations1978: 29 citations1979: 27 citations1980: 62 citations1981: 55 citations1982: 86 citations1983: 56 citations1984: 92 citations1985: 78 citations1986: 108 citations1987: 80 citations1988: 116 citations1989: 55 citations1990: 78 citations1991: 79 citations1992: 106 citations1993: 115 citations1994: 123 citations1995: 73 citations1996: 78 citations1997: 113 citations1998: 104 citations1999: 117 citations2000: 106 citations2001: 88 citations2002: 119 citations2003: 100 citations2004: 120 citations2005: 133 citations2006: 136 citations2007: 144 citations2008: 186 citations2009: 177 citations2010: 215 citations2011: 247 citations2012: 170 citations2013: 205 citations2014: 255 citations2015: 266 citations2016: 268 citations2017: 211 citations2018: 240 citations2019: 457 citations2020: 452 citations2021: 467 citations2022: 406 citations2023: 232 citations2024: 349 citations2025: 138 citations1953–1960: no citations, so these years are not shown1962–1965: no citations, so these years are not shown1967–1968: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,465 citing papers, 25.3% of this breakdownGermany: 954 citing papers, 16.5% of this breakdownChina: 502 citing papers, 8.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 262 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownNetherlands: 262 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownFrance: 246 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownJapan: 188 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownAustralia: 187 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownCanada: 145 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownIndia: 111 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownSpain: 99 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownDenmark: 98 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
0%25.3%Other 21.9%

Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.1%
  • Environmental Science18.6%
  • Engineering14.5%
  • Energy11%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
  • Medicine3.1%
  • Other11.4%

Topics

  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction7.2%
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production6.4%
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion5.1%
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology4.1%
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function4.1%
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins3.4%
  • Other69.7%

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  1. Methanogenic archaea: ecologically relevant differences in energy conservation

    Authors: Rudolf K. Thauer, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Henning Seedorf, Wolfgang Buckel, Reiner Hedderich - Nature Reviews Microbiology 2008 cited by 2,168

  2. Energy conservation in chemotrophic anaerobic bacteria.

    Authors: Rudolf K. Thauer, Kurt Jungermann, K. Decker - Bacteriological Reviews 1977 cited by 3,615

  3. Energy conservation via electron bifurcating ferredoxin reduction and proton/Na+ translocating ferredoxin oxidation

    Authors: Wolfgang Buckel, Rudolf K. Thauer - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 2012 cited by 800

  4. The genome of Clostridium kluyveri , a strict anaerobe with unique metabolic features

    Authors: Henning Seedorf, W. Florian Fricke, Birgit Veith, Holger Brüggemann, Heiko Liesegang, Axel Strittmatter, Marcus Miethke, Wolfgang Buckel, Julia Hinderberger, Fuli Li, C. Hagemeier, Rudolf K. Thauer, Gerhard Gottschalk - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2008 cited by 495

  5. Mode of action uncovered for the specific reduction of methane emissions from ruminants by the small molecule 3-nitrooxypropanol

    Authors: Evert C. Duin, Tristan Wagner, Seigo Shima, Divya Prakash, Bryan T. Cronin, David R. Yáñez-Ruíz, Stéphane Duval, Robert Rümbeli, René T. Stemmler, Rudolf K. Thauer, Maik Kindermann - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016 cited by 336

  6. Flavin-Based Electron Bifurcation, Ferredoxin, Flavodoxin, and Anaerobic Respiration With Protons (Ech) or NAD+ (Rnf) as Electron Acceptors: A Historical Review

    Authors: Wolfgang Buckel, Rudolf K. Thauer - Frontiers in Microbiology 2018 cited by 336

  7. Life under extreme energy limitation: a synthesis of laboratory- and field-based investigations

    Authors: Mark A. Lever, K. L. Rogers, Karen G. Lloyd, Jörg Overmann, Bernhard Schink, Rudolf K. Thauer, Tori M. Hoehler, Bo Barker Jørgensen - FEMS Microbiology Reviews 2015 cited by 386

  8. Flavin-Based Electron Bifurcation, A New Mechanism of Biological Energy Coupling

    Authors: Wolfgang Buckel, Rudolf K. Thauer - Chemical Reviews 2018 cited by 359

  9. Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

    Authors: Aaron M. Appel, John E. Bercaw, Andrew B. Bocarsly, Holger Dobbek, Daniel L. DuBois, Michel Dupuis, James G. Ferry, Etsuko Fujita, Russ Hille, Paul J. A. Kenis, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Robert H. Morris, Charles H. F. Peden, Archie R. Portis, Stephen W. Ragsdale, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, Joost N. H. Reek, Lance C. Seefeldt, Rudolf K. Thauer, Grover L. Waldrop - Chemical Reviews 2013 cited by 2,137

  10. Energy Conservation Associated with Ethanol Formation from H 2 and CO 2 in Clostridium autoethanogenum Involving Electron Bifurcation

    Authors: Johanna Mock, Yanning Zheng, Alexander P. Mueller, San Ly, Loan Tran, Simón Segovia, Shilpa Nagaraju, Michael Köpke, Peter Dürre, Rudolf K. Thauer - Journal of Bacteriology 2015 cited by 224

  11. Methyl (Alkyl)-Coenzyme M Reductases: Nickel F-430-Containing Enzymes Involved in Anaerobic Methane Formation and in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane or of Short Chain Alkanes

    Authors: Rudolf K. Thauer - Biochemistry 2019 cited by 199

  12. Biochemistry of methanogenesis: a tribute to Marjory Stephenson:1998 Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture

    Authors: Rudolf K. Thauer - Microbiology 1998 cited by 1,125

  13. Coupled Ferredoxin and Crotonyl Coenzyme A (CoA) Reduction with NADH Catalyzed by the Butyryl-CoA Dehydrogenase/Etf Complex from Clostridium kluyveri

    Authors: Fuli Li, Julia Hinderberger, Henning Seedorf, Jin Zhang, Wolfgang Buckel, Rudolf K. Thauer - Journal of Bacteriology 2007 cited by 420

  14. Coupling of ferredoxin and heterodisulfide reduction via electron bifurcation in hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea

    Authors: Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Johanna Moll, Kristian Parey, Rudolf K. Thauer - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011 cited by 381

  15. The Energy Metabolism of Clostridium kluyveri

    Authors: Rudolf K. Thauer, Kurt Jungermann, Hanspeter Henninger, Joseph Wenning, K. Decker - European Journal of Biochemistry 1968 cited by 193

  16. Crystal Structure of Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase: The Key Enzyme of Biological Methane Formation

    Authors: Ulrich Ermler, Wolfgang Grabarse, Seigo Shima, Marcel Goubeaud, Rudolf K. Thauer - Science 1997 cited by 616

  17. Hydrogenases from Methanogenic Archaea, Nickel, a Novel Cofactor, and H2 Storage

    Authors: Rudolf K. Thauer, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Meike Goenrich, Michael Schick, Takeshi Hiromoto, Seigo Shima - Annual Review of Biochemistry 2010 cited by 416

  18. NADP-Specific Electron-Bifurcating [FeFe]-Hydrogenase in a Functional Complex with Formate Dehydrogenase in Clostridium autoethanogenum Grown on CO

    Authors: Shuning Wang, Haiyan Huang, Jörg Kahnt, Alexander P. Mueller, Michael Köpke, Rudolf K. Thauer - Journal of Bacteriology 2013 cited by 241

  19. The Physiological Role of the Ribulose Monophosphate Pathway in Bacteria and Archaea

    Authors: Nobuo Kato, Hiroya Yurimoto, Rudolf K. Thauer - Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2006 cited by 149

  20. The Crystal Structure of [Fe]-Hydrogenase Reveals the Geometry of the Active Site

    Authors: Seigo Shima, Oliver Pilak, Sonja Vogt, Michael Schick, M.S. Stagni, Wolfram Meyer‐Klaucke, Eberhard Warkentin, Rudolf K. Thauer, Ulrich Ermler - Science 2008 cited by 605

  21. The Genome Sequence ofMethanosphaera stadtmanaeReveals Why This Human Intestinal Archaeon Is Restricted to Methanol and H2for Methane Formation and ATP Synthesis

    Authors: W. Florian Fricke, Henning Seedorf, Anke Henne, Markus Krüer, Heiko Liesegang, Reiner Hedderich, Gerhard Gottschalk, Rudolf K. Thauer - Journal of Bacteriology 2005 cited by 289

  22. Novel Formaldehyde-Activating Enzyme in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 Required for Growth on Methanol

    Authors: Julia A. Vorholt, Christopher J. Marx, Mary E. Lidstrom, Rudolf K. Thauer - Journal of Bacteriology 2000 cited by 187

  23. Comparison of three methyl-coenzyme M reductases from phylogenetically distant organisms: unusual amino acid modification, conservation and adaptation

    Authors: Wolfgang Grabarse, Felix Mahlert, Seigo Shima, Rudolf K. Thauer, Ulrich Ermler - Journal of Molecular Biology 2000 cited by 162

  24. NADP + Reduction with Reduced Ferredoxin and NADP + Reduction with NADH Are Coupled via an Electron-Bifurcating Enzyme Complex in Clostridium kluyveri

    Authors: Shuning Wang, Haiyan Huang, Johanna Moll, Rudolf K. Thauer - Journal of Bacteriology 2010 cited by 226