Ben Abbas

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Ben Abbas is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Abbas has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Pollution and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ben Abbas's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (13 papers). Ben Abbas is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (13 papers). Ben Abbas collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Russia and United States. Ben Abbas's co-authors include Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Stefan Schouten, Marco J. L. Coolen, Gerard Muyzer, Robbert Kleerebezem, Judith van Bleijswijk, Gerhard J. Herndl, Lydie Herfort and Cornelia Wuchter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Ben Abbas

72 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Archaeal nitrification in the ocean

2006 918 citations Cornelia Wuchter, Ben Abbas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Abbas Netherlands	40	2.5k	2.0k	1.3k	1.3k	970	74	5.3k
Martin Könneke Germany	28	4.6k 1.8×	2.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.6×	2.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	47	6.2k
Jakob Zopfi Switzerland	37	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	463 0.4×	706 0.7×	77	4.2k
Colleen M. Hansel United States	46	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.9×	644 0.5×	910 0.9×	115	8.8k
Arjan Pol Netherlands	42	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.3k 1.7×	2.5k 2.0×	293 0.3×	97	6.0k
Eva Spieck Germany	35	3.6k 1.4×	3.5k 1.7×	893 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	508 0.5×	63	5.7k
Phyllis Lam Germany	27	3.3k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	833 0.7×	2.2k 2.2×	40	5.1k
Patricia Bonin France	36	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	723 0.6×	840 0.7×	812 0.8×	128	3.8k
Helge Niemann Netherlands	47	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	3.7k 2.8×	686 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	127	6.4k
Nils Risgaard‐Petersen Denmark	53	4.6k 1.8×	3.1k 1.5×	2.6k 2.0×	846 0.7×	3.4k 3.5×	89	8.9k
Kyung‐Hoon Shin South Korea	40	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	631 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	274	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Abbas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Abbas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Abbas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Abbas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Abbas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Abbas. Ben Abbas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Aslam, Samina, Sami A. Al‐Hussain, Muhammed Tılahun Muhammed, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, spectral characterization, antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of transition metal complexes of 4-aminoantipyrine: experimental and theoretical studies. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1339. 142224–142224. 1 indexed citations

Manzoor, Natasha, Noreen Samad, Saima Khaliq, et al.. (2025). Acipimox mitigates depression like behavior following high fat rich diet in rats. Brain Research Bulletin. 225. 111342–111342.

Samad, Noreen, Natasha Manzoor, Ali Irfan, et al.. (2025). Gallic acid alleviates omeprazole-induced depressive behavior and memory impairment. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 398(8). 10317–10335. 1 indexed citations

Roy, Samarpita, et al.. (2025). Metaproteomic Profiling of the Secretome of a Granule‐forming Ca. Accumulibacter Enrichment. PROTEOMICS. 25(8). e202400189–e202400189.

Pabst, Martin, et al.. (2023). Aerobic granular sludge phosphate removal using glucose. Water Research. 247. 120776–120776. 18 indexed citations

Abbas, Ben, et al.. (2022). Glycerol conversion by aerobic granular sludge. Water Research. 227. 119340–119340. 26 indexed citations

Kleikamp, Hugo B.C., et al.. (2021). Database-independent de novo metaproteomics of complex microbial communities. Cell Systems. 12(5). 375–383.e5. 40 indexed citations

Welles, Laurens, et al.. (2020). Revealing the Metabolic Flexibility of “ Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis” through Redox Cofactor Analysis and Metabolic Network Modeling. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(24). 31 indexed citations

Sorokin, Dimitry Y., Kira S. Makarova, Ben Abbas, et al.. (2019). Reply to ‘Evolutionary placement of Methanonatronarchaeia’. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 4(4). 1 indexed citations

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Rubio-Rincón, F.J., David G. Weissbrodt, Carlos M. López-Vázquez, et al.. (2019). “Candidatus Accumulibacter delftensis”: A clade IC novel polyphosphate-accumulating organism without denitrifying activity on nitrate. Water Research. 161. 136–151. 56 indexed citations

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Cavalca, Lucia, Sarah Zecchin, P. Zaccheo, et al.. (2019). Exploring Biodiversity and Arsenic Metabolism of Microbiota Inhabiting Arsenic-Rich Groundwaters in Northern Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1480–1480. 28 indexed citations

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Sorokin, Dimitry Y., Kira S. Makarova, Ben Abbas, et al.. (2017). Discovery of extremely halophilic, methyl-reducing euryarchaea provides insights into the evolutionary origin of methanogenesis. Nature Microbiology. 2(8). 17081–17081. 172 indexed citations

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Berg, Eveline M van den, Udo van Dongen, Ben Abbas, & Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht. (2015). Enrichment of DNRA bacteria in a continuous culture. The ISME Journal. 9(10). 2153–2161. 182 indexed citations

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Lotti, Tommaso, Robbert Kleerebezem, José M. Abelleira-Pereira, Ben Abbas, & Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht. (2015). Faster through training: The anammox case. Water Research. 81. 261–268. 192 indexed citations

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Sánchez-Amaya, J.M., et al.. (2014). Identification of key factors in Accelerated Low Water Corrosion through experimental simulation of tidal conditions: influence of stimulated indigenous microbiota. Biofouling. 30(3). 281–297. 39 indexed citations

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Abbas, Ben, et al.. (2012). Sulfur bacteria in wastewater stabilization ponds periodically affected by the ‘red-water’ phenomenon. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(1). 379–394. 31 indexed citations

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Vejmelková, Dana, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Ben Abbas, et al.. (2011). Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria dominating in lab-scale bioreactors with high ammonium bicarbonate loading. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93(1). 401–410. 26 indexed citations

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Boere, A.C., Ben Abbas, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, et al.. (2009). Late‐Holocene succession of dinoflagellates in an Antarctic fjord using a multi‐proxy approach: paleoenvironmental genomics, lipid biomarkers and palynomorphs. Geobiology. 7(3). 265–281. 37 indexed citations

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Wuchter, Cornelia, Ben Abbas, Marco J. L. Coolen, et al.. (2006). Archaeal nitrification in the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(33). 12317–12322. 918 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coolen, Marco J. L., A.C. Boere, Ben Abbas, et al.. (2005). Fossil DNA as a Recorder of Ancient Microbial Communities and Palaeoenvironments. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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