Anastasios Melis

23.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
213 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Anastasios Melis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anastasios Melis has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Molecular Biology, 115 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 69 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Anastasios Melis's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (183 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (112 papers) and Light effects on plants (55 papers). Anastasios Melis is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (183 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (112 papers) and Light effects on plants (55 papers). Anastasios Melis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Anastasios Melis's co-authors include Thomas Happe, Maria L. Ghirardi, Peter H. Homann, Ela Eroğlu, Jan M. Anderson, Henning Kirst, Michael Seibert, Jeff A. Nemson, Cinzia Formighieri and Ping Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Anastasios Melis

209 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

Comparing Photosynthetic and Photovoltaic Effici... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2011 2000 1999 2009 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Comparing Photosynthetic and Photovoltaic Efficiencies and Recognizing the Potential for Improvement
    2011 1.2k citations James Barber, Anastasios Melis et al. profile →
  2. Sustained Photobiological Hydrogen Gas Production upon Reversible Inactivation of Oxygen Evolution in the Green AlgaChlamydomonas reinhardtii 
    2000 781 citations Anastasios Melis et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  3. Photosystem-II damage and repair cycle in chloroplasts: what modulates the rate of photodamage in vivo?
    1999 587 citations Anastasios Melis profile →
  4. Solar energy conversion efficiencies in photosynthesis: Minimizing the chlorophyll antennae to maximize efficiency
    2009 551 citations Anastasios Melis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anastasios Melis United States 69 12.0k 8.9k 4.5k 2.2k 1.6k 213 17.3k
Donald A. Bryant United States 77 15.4k 1.3× 7.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 379 19.8k
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Russia 73 9.2k 0.8× 5.9k 0.7× 9.0k 2.0× 1.6k 0.7× 941 0.6× 388 20.4k
Arthur Grossman United States 85 15.6k 1.3× 9.3k 1.0× 5.4k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 3.5k 2.2× 298 22.0k
Eva–Mari Aro Finland 86 19.9k 1.7× 6.0k 0.7× 11.2k 2.5× 4.3k 1.9× 1.4k 0.9× 381 24.7k
Norio Murata Japan 84 16.1k 1.3× 5.2k 0.6× 10.4k 2.3× 2.6k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 247 23.1k
Murray R. Badger Australia 80 12.6k 1.1× 5.3k 0.6× 6.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.5× 3.3k 2.1× 181 18.5k
Gilles Peltier France 61 7.9k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 995 0.6× 137 10.6k
Krishna Niyogi United States 72 17.9k 1.5× 6.1k 0.7× 12.0k 2.7× 3.1k 1.4× 1.9k 1.2× 178 23.5k
Himadri B. Pakrasi United States 65 9.2k 0.8× 5.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 980 0.4× 619 0.4× 230 11.1k
Donald R. Ort United States 72 9.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.3× 15.9k 3.5× 1.6k 0.7× 335 0.2× 206 23.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Melis, Anastasios. (2023). Hydrogen production using hydrogenase-containing oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Lu, Yandu, Qinhua Gan, Masakazu Iwai, et al.. (2021). Role of an ancient light-harvesting protein of PSI in light absorption and photoprotection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 679–679. 38 indexed citations
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Kirst, Henning, et al.. (2017). Engineering Isoprene Synthase Expression and Activity in Cyanobacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology. 6(12). 2281–2292. 57 indexed citations
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Jeong, Jooyeon, Kwangryul Baek, Henning Kirst, Anastasios Melis, & EonSeon Jin. (2016). Loss of CpSRP54 function leads to a truncated light-harvesting antenna size in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1858(1). 45–55. 42 indexed citations
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Eroğlu, Ela & Anastasios Melis. (2008). “Density equilibrium” method for the quantitative and rapid in situ determination of lipid, hydrocarbon, or biopolymer content in microorganisms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102(5). 1406–1415. 34 indexed citations
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Bailey, Shaun, Anastasios Melis, Katherine R. M. Mackey, et al.. (2008). Alternative photosynthetic electron flow to oxygen in marine Synechococcus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(3). 269–276. 126 indexed citations
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Melis, Anastasios. (2007). Photosynthetic H2 metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (unicellular green algae). Planta. 226(5). 1075–1086. 173 indexed citations
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Melis, Anastasios & Thomas Happe. (2001). Hydrogen Production. Green Algae as a Source of Energy. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 127(3). 740–748. 435 indexed citations
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Melis, Anastasios. (2001). Hydrogen Production. Green Algae as a Source of Energy. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 127(3). 740–748. 16 indexed citations
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Jin, EonSeon, Juergen Polle, & Anastasios Melis. (2001). Involvement of zeaxanthin and of the Cbr protein in the repair of photosystem II from photoinhibition in the green alga Dunaliella salina. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1506(3). 244–259. 66 indexed citations
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Polle, Jürgen E.W. & Anastasios Melis. (1999). Recovery of the photosynthetic apparatus from photoinhibition during dark incubation of the green alga Dunaliella salina. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 26(7). 679–686. 5 indexed citations
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Baroli, Irene & Anastasios Melis. (1998). Photoinhibitory damage is modulated by the rate of photosynthesis and by the photosystem II light-harvesting chlorophyll antenna size. Planta. 205(2). 288–296. 87 indexed citations
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Masi, Antonio & Anastasios Melis. (1997). Morphological and molecular changes in the unicellular green alga Dunaliella salina grown under supplemental UV-B radiation: cell characteristics and Photosystem II damage and repair properties. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1321(2). 183–193. 30 indexed citations
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Neale, Patrick J. & Anastasios Melis. (1991). Dynamics of Photosystem II heterogeneity during photoinhibition: depletion of PS IIβ from non-appressed thylakoids during strong-irradiance exposure of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1056(2). 195–203. 24 indexed citations
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Chow, W. S., J. M. Anderson, & Anastasios Melis. (1990). The Photosystem Stoichiometry in Thylakoids of Some Australian Shade-adapted Plant Species. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 17(6). 665–674. 39 indexed citations
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Barber, James & Anastasios Melis. (1990). Quantum efficiency for the photoaccumulation of reduced pheophytin in Photosystem II. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1020(3). 285–289. 11 indexed citations
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Deng, Xing‐Wang & Anastasios Melis. (1986). Phosphorylation of the light-harvesting complex II in higher plant chloroplasts: effect on Photosystem II and Photosystem I absorption cross section. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 13(1-2). 41–52. 14 indexed citations
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Manodori, Annamaria & Anastasios Melis. (1986). Cyanobacterial Acclimation to Photosystem I or Photosystem II Light. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 82(1). 185–189. 72 indexed citations
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Horváth, Gábor, Magdolna Droppa, & Anastasios Melis. (1984). Herbicide action on Photosystem II in spinach chloroplasts: concentration effect on PS IIɑ and PS IIᵦ. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 7(5-6). 249–256. 11 indexed citations

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