Benjamin R. Duffus

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Benjamin R. Duffus is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin R. Duffus has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 8 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Benjamin R. Duffus's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (20 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (6 papers). Benjamin R. Duffus is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (20 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (6 papers). Benjamin R. Duffus collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Benjamin R. Duffus's co-authors include Joan Broderick, Eric M. Shepard, Kaitlin S. Duschene, John W. Peters, Silke Leimkühler, Amanda S. Byer, Christian Teutloff, Peter L. Roach, Kevin D. Swanson and Markus W. Ribbe and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin R. Duffus

20 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

RadicalS-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes

2014 646 citations Joan Broderick, Benjamin R. Duffus et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin R. Duffus Germany	13	964	496	367	189	121	21	1.3k
Andrew J. Jasniewski United States	17	697 0.7×	252 0.5×	695 1.9×	451 2.4×	247 2.0×	32	1.3k
Nicholas D. Lanz United States	13	519 0.5×	453 0.9×	186 0.5×	95 0.5×	57 0.5×	16	806
Martin T. Stiebritz Switzerland	18	646 0.7×	177 0.4×	231 0.6×	193 1.0×	35 0.3×	39	848
Jarett Wilcoxen United States	16	355 0.4×	164 0.3×	143 0.4×	88 0.5×	42 0.3×	25	527
Draženka Svedružić United States	15	405 0.4×	301 0.6×	74 0.2×	223 1.2×	76 0.6×	26	960
Nimesh Khadka United States	15	1.3k 1.3×	187 0.4×	207 0.6×	571 3.0×	164 1.4×	18	1.6k
Ronda M. Allen United States	11	462 0.5×	364 0.7×	193 0.5×	141 0.7×	42 0.3×	16	814
Jason Christiansen United States	14	708 0.7×	148 0.3×	212 0.6×	207 1.1×	58 0.5×	19	877
Frédéric Biaso France	18	145 0.2×	217 0.4×	216 0.6×	132 0.7×	131 1.1×	40	779
Kayunta Johnson‐Winters United States	15	246 0.3×	228 0.5×	199 0.5×	66 0.3×	43 0.4×	25	598

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Jeoung, Jae‐Hun, et al.. (2025). Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex. Nature Catalysis. 8(7). 657–667. 1 indexed citations

Katz, Sagie, Stefan Frielingsdorf, Benjamin R. Duffus, et al.. (2024). Coupling of the Catalytic Reactions of Formate Dehydrogenase and Hydrogenase in Solution: Insights from in situ IR Spectroscopy and Computations. ChemCatChem. 17(1).

Duffus, Benjamin R., et al.. (2024). E. coli MnmA Is an Fe-S Cluster-Independent 2-Thiouridylase. Inorganics. 12(3). 67–67. 5 indexed citations

Duffus, Benjamin R., et al.. (2024). Redox potentials elucidate the electron transfer pathway of NAD+-dependent formate dehydrogenases. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 253. 112487–112487. 4 indexed citations

Laun, Konstantin, Benjamin R. Duffus, Peter Hildebrandt, et al.. (2022). A Minimal Light‐Driven System to Study the Enzymatic CO₂ Reduction of Formate Dehydrogenase. ChemCatChem. 14(24). 5 indexed citations

Laun, Konstantin, Benjamin R. Duffus, Sagie Katz, et al.. (2022). Infrared Spectroscopy Elucidates the Inhibitor Binding Sites in a Metal‐Dependent Formate Dehydrogenase. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(54). e202201091–e202201091. 10 indexed citations

Stripp, Sven T., Benjamin R. Duffus, Vincent Fourmond, et al.. (2022). Second and Outer Coordination Sphere Effects in Nitrogenase, Hydrogenase, Formate Dehydrogenase, and CO Dehydrogenase. Chemical Reviews. 122(14). 11900–11973. 128 indexed citations

Shepard, Eric M., Benjamin R. Duffus, Kaitlin S. Duschene, et al.. (2021). HydG, the “dangler” iron, and catalytic production of free CO and CN⁻: implications for [FeFe]-hydrogenase maturation. Dalton Transactions. 50(30). 10405–10422. 12 indexed citations

Mittelstädt, Gerd, Benjamin R. Duffus, Jörg Bürger, et al.. (2020). Cryo-EM structures reveal intricate Fe-S cluster arrangement and charging in Rhodobacter capsulatus formate dehydrogenase. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1912–1912. 55 indexed citations

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Duffus, Benjamin R., et al.. (2019). Anion Binding and Oxidative Modification at the Molybdenum Cofactor of Formate Dehydrogenase from Rhodobacter capsulatus Studied by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(1). 214–225. 20 indexed citations

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Duffus, Benjamin R., Chantal Iobbi‐Nivol, Christian Teutloff, et al.. (2018). Modulating the Molybdenum Coordination Sphere of Escherichia coli Trimethylamine N-Oxide Reductase. Biochemistry. 57(7). 1130–1143. 24 indexed citations

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Duffus, Benjamin R., et al.. (2018). Functional Studies on Oligotropha carboxidovorans Molybdenum–Copper CO Dehydrogenase Produced in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 57(19). 2889–2901. 20 indexed citations

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Broderick, Joan, Amanda S. Byer, Kaitlin S. Duschene, et al.. (2014). H-Cluster assembly during maturation of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 19(6). 747–757. 31 indexed citations

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Shepard, Eric M., Florence Mus, Amanda S. Byer, et al.. (2014). [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Maturation. Biochemistry. 53(25). 4090–4104. 87 indexed citations

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Broderick, Joan, Benjamin R. Duffus, Kaitlin S. Duschene, & Eric M. Shepard. (2014). RadicalS-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes. Chemical Reviews. 114(8). 4229–4317. 646 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duffus, Benjamin R., et al.. (2014). Reversible H Atom Abstraction Catalyzed by the Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzyme HydG. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(38). 13086–13089. 35 indexed citations

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Driesener, Rebecca C., Benjamin R. Duffus, Eric M. Shepard, et al.. (2013). Biochemical and Kinetic Characterization of Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Enzyme HydG. Biochemistry. 52(48). 8696–8707. 48 indexed citations

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Duffus, Benjamin R., Trinity L. Hamilton, Eric M. Shepard, et al.. (2012). Radical AdoMet enzymes in complex metal cluster biosynthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1824(11). 1254–1263. 20 indexed citations

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Swanson, Kevin D., et al.. (2011). Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide Ligand Formation in Hydrogenase Biosynthesis. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2011(7). 935–947. 10 indexed citations

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Shepard, Eric M., Benjamin R. Duffus, Simon J. George, et al.. (2010). [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Maturation: HydG-Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbon Monoxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(27). 9247–9249. 121 indexed citations

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