Beat Wirz

1.6k total citations
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Beat Wirz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Beat Wirz has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Organic Chemistry and 8 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Beat Wirz's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (23 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (8 papers). Beat Wirz is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (23 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (8 papers). Beat Wirz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Beat Wirz's co-authors include Hans Iding, Steven P. Hanlon, Paul Spurr, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Ulrich Zutter, Ιoannis V. Pavlidis, Martin S. Weiß, Hans Hilpert, Jacob Grunwald and Alexander M. Klibanov and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Communications and Nature Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Beat Wirz

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beat Wirz Switzerland 19 1.0k 565 182 169 126 35 1.3k
Michael Wolberg Germany 17 682 0.7× 408 0.7× 103 0.6× 124 0.7× 131 1.0× 26 918
Richard C. Lloyd United Kingdom 22 1.3k 1.3× 705 1.2× 196 1.1× 252 1.5× 139 1.1× 32 1.6k
Hans Iding Switzerland 19 1.4k 1.4× 761 1.3× 298 1.6× 322 1.9× 313 2.5× 44 2.0k
Scott S. Woodard United States 15 623 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 281 1.5× 114 0.7× 67 0.5× 18 1.6k
Youjun Xu China 20 418 0.4× 1.0k 1.8× 207 1.1× 173 1.0× 36 0.3× 59 1.7k
Russell D. Lewis United States 14 866 0.9× 588 1.0× 217 1.2× 209 1.2× 27 0.2× 16 1.4k
Biing‐Jiun Uang Taiwan 22 468 0.5× 1.2k 2.2× 386 2.1× 53 0.3× 69 0.5× 70 1.5k
Anne Zaparucha France 18 488 0.5× 388 0.7× 123 0.7× 48 0.3× 114 0.9× 48 832
Xiaojie Lu China 25 1.1k 1.1× 1.4k 2.4× 201 1.1× 76 0.4× 43 0.3× 90 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Beat Wirz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beat Wirz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beat Wirz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weiß, Martin S., Ιoannis V. Pavlidis, Paul Spurr, et al.. (2017). Amine Transaminase Engineering for Spatially Bulky Substrate Acceptance. ChemBioChem. 18(11). 1022–1026. 45 indexed citations
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Lüdeke, Steffen, Nicolas Sandon, Dennis Wetzl, et al.. (2017). Extended Catalytic Scope of a Well‐Known Enzyme: Asymmetric Reduction of Iminium Substrates by Glucose Dehydrogenase. ChemBioChem. 18(17). 1703–1706. 42 indexed citations
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Pavlidis, Ιoannis V., Martin S. Weiß, Maika Genz, et al.. (2016). Identification of (S)-selective transaminases for the asymmetric synthesis of bulky chiral amines. Nature Chemistry. 8(11). 1076–1082. 202 indexed citations
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Kittelmann, Matthias, et al.. (2016). Human xanthine oxidase recombinant in E. coli: A whole cell catalyst for preparative drug metabolite synthesis. Journal of Biotechnology. 235. 3–10. 13 indexed citations
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Weiß, Martin S., Ιoannis V. Pavlidis, Paul Spurr, et al.. (2016). Protein-engineering of an amine transaminase for the stereoselective synthesis of a pharmaceutically relevant bicyclic amine. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14(43). 10249–10254. 47 indexed citations
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Wetzl, Dennis, Martin Gand, Alfred Ross, et al.. (2016). Asymmetric Reductive Amination of Ketones Catalyzed by Imine Reductases. ChemCatChem. 8(12). 2023–2026. 109 indexed citations
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Wetzl, Dennis, Marco Berrera, Nicolas Sandon, et al.. (2015). Expanding the Imine Reductase Toolbox by Exploring the Bacterial Protein‐Sequence Space. ChemBioChem. 16(12). 1749–1756. 91 indexed citations
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Geier, Martina, Steven P. Hanlon, Matthias Kittelmann, et al.. (2015). Human FMO2-based microbial whole-cell catalysts for drug metabolite synthesis. Microbial Cell Factories. 14(1). 82–82. 18 indexed citations
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Hanlon, Steven P., Andrea Camattari, Sandra Abad, et al.. (2012). Expression of recombinant human flavin monooxygenase and moclobemide-N-oxide synthesis on multi-mg scale. Chemical Communications. 48(48). 6001–6001. 33 indexed citations
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Wirz, Beat, et al.. (2010). Enantioselective synthesis of (1R,2S,4S)-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-exo-carboxylic acid. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 21(2). 159–161. 9 indexed citations
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Wirz, Beat, Matthias Kittelmann, Hans‐Peter Meyer, & Roland Wohlgemuth. (2010). Swiss Industrial Biocatalysis Consortium (SIBC). CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 64(11). 780–780. 4 indexed citations
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Abrecht, Stefan, Peter J. Harrington, Hans Iding, et al.. (2004). The Synthetic Development of the Anti-Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitor Oseltamivir Phosphate (Tamiflu®): A Challenge for Synthesis & Process Research. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 58(9). 621–621. 107 indexed citations
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Wirz, Beat, et al.. (2003). Chemoenzymatic preparation of non-racemic N-Boc-pyrrolidine-3,4-dicarboxylic acid 3-ethyl esters and their 4-hydroxymethyl derivatives. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 14(11). 1547–1551. 9 indexed citations
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Iding, Hans, et al.. (2003). Chemoenzymatic preparation of non-racemic N-Boc-piperidine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid 3-methyl esters and their 5-hydroxymethyl derivatives. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 14(11). 1541–1545. 11 indexed citations
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Hilpert, Hans & Beat Wirz. (2001). Novel versatile approach to an enantiopure 19-nor, des-C,D vitamin D3 derivative. Tetrahedron. 57(4). 681–694. 54 indexed citations
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Wirz, Beat, et al.. (1999). A Continuous Lipase-Catalyzed Acylation Process for the Large-Scale Production of Vitamin A Precursors. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 53(12). 579–579. 16 indexed citations
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Estermann, Heinrich, et al.. (1994). Large scale preparation of chiral building blocks for the P3 site of renin inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 2(6). 403–410. 32 indexed citations
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Wirz, Beat, et al.. (1993). Facile chemoenzymic preparation of enantiomerically pure 2-methylglycerol derivatives as versatile trifunctional C4-synthons. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 58(15). 3980–3984. 27 indexed citations
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Grunwald, Jacob, Beat Wirz, Mark P. Scollar, & Alexander M. Klibanov. (1986). Asymmetric oxidoreductions catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase in organic solvents. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(21). 6732–6734. 118 indexed citations
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