Bert Engelen

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Bert Engelen is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert Engelen has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Ecology, 40 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bert Engelen's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (53 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (40 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers). Bert Engelen is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (53 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (40 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers). Bert Engelen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Bert Engelen's co-authors include Heribert Cypionka, Horst Backhaus, Ulrich Nübel, Andreas Felske, Henrik Sass, Jiri Snaidr, Wolfgang Ludwig, Rudolf Amann, Beate Köpke and Holger Heuer and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Bert Engelen

66 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Sequence heterogeneities of genes encoding 16S rRNAs in P... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Sequence heterogeneities of genes encoding 16S rRNAs in Paenibacillus polymyxa detected by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis
    1996 1.1k citations Bert Engelen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bert Engelen Germany 29 2.0k 1.3k 1.2k 651 394 68 3.9k
Hideyuki Tamaki Japan 34 1.7k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 854 0.7× 771 1.2× 451 1.1× 140 4.0k
Jan C. Gottschal Netherlands 37 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 409 1.0× 106 5.1k
Mostafa S. Elshahed United States 44 2.4k 1.2× 2.5k 1.9× 991 0.8× 838 1.3× 903 2.3× 105 5.9k
Mary Ann Bruns United States 25 2.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 830 0.7× 1.0k 1.6× 487 1.2× 60 4.6k
Andrey V. Mardanov Russia 35 1.7k 0.9× 2.0k 1.6× 921 0.8× 623 1.0× 469 1.2× 263 4.1k
Brian P. Hedlund United States 42 3.1k 1.6× 2.9k 2.2× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.6× 513 1.3× 123 5.3k
Levente Bodrossy Australia 43 2.7k 1.4× 2.4k 1.8× 1.6k 1.4× 897 1.4× 836 2.1× 117 5.5k
Ben J. Woodcroft Australia 30 2.8k 1.4× 2.9k 2.2× 1.1k 1.0× 404 0.6× 582 1.5× 59 5.7k
Nikolai V. Ravin Russia 39 2.3k 1.1× 2.8k 2.2× 993 0.8× 571 0.9× 885 2.2× 320 5.5k
Paul N. Evans Australia 26 2.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 1.3k 1.1× 405 0.6× 196 0.5× 50 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Bert Engelen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bert Engelen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bert Engelen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bert Engelen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bert Engelen 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 Bert Engelen. Bert Engelen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Longman, Jack, et al.. (2025). Unique microbial communities in ancient volcanic ash layers within deep marine sediments are structured by the composition of iron phases. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1526969–1526969. 1 indexed citations
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Massmann, Gudrun, Janek Greskowiak, Bert Engelen, et al.. (2025). High-energy systems are underrepresented in global porewater studies of sandy beach aquifers. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 323. 109424–109424.
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Dlugosch, Leon, Kertu Lõhmus, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2023). Microbial drivers of DMSO reduction and DMS-dependent methanogenesis in saltmarsh sediments. The ISME Journal. 17(12). 2340–2351. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, et al.. (2018). An Unprecedented Medium-Chain Diunsaturated N-acylhomoserine Lactone from Marine Roseobacter Group Bacteria. Marine Drugs. 17(1). 20–20. 14 indexed citations
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Engelen, Bert, et al.. (2017). Nitrogen-Containing Volatiles from Marine Salinispora pacifica and Roseobacter-Group Bacteria. Journal of Natural Products. 80(12). 3289–3295. 18 indexed citations
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Voget, Sonja, Verona Vandieken, Jörn Petersen, et al.. (2016). Genome sequence of Shimia str. SK013, a representative of the Roseobacter group isolated from marine sediment. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 11(1). 25–25. 9 indexed citations
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Rullkötter, Jürgen, et al.. (2015). Temperature and pressure adaptation of a sulfate reducer from the deep subsurface. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 1078–1078. 26 indexed citations
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Steinigeweg, Sven, et al.. (2015). Different substrates and starter inocula govern microbial community structures in biogas reactors. Environmental Technology. 37(11). 1441–1450. 20 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Bernd, Sara Billerbeck, Judith Lucas, et al.. (2015). Distinct compositions of free-living, particle-associated and benthic communities of theRoseobactergroup in the North Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(1). fiv145–fiv145. 14 indexed citations
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Engelhardt, Tim, et al.. (2011). Induction of prophages from deep‐subseafloor bacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 3(4). 459–465. 34 indexed citations
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Köster, Jürgen, et al.. (2011). A laboratory experiment of intact polar lipid degradation in sandy sediments. 9 indexed citations
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Köster, Jürgen, et al.. (2011). A laboratory experiment of intact polar lipid degradation in sandy sediments. Biogeosciences. 8(9). 2547–2560. 83 indexed citations
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Beck, Mélanie, Thomas Riedel, Jürgen Köster, et al.. (2011). Imprint of past and present environmental conditions on microbiology and biogeochemistry of coastal Quaternary sediments. Biogeosciences. 8(1). 55–68. 27 indexed citations
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Steinsbu, B. O., Ingunn H. Thorseth, Satoshi Nakagawa, et al.. (2010). Archaeoglobus sulfaticallidus sp. nov., a thermophilic and facultatively lithoautotrophic sulfate-reducer isolated from black rust exposed to hot ridge flank crustal fluids. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 60(12). 2745–2752. 39 indexed citations
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Beck, Mélanie, Thomas Riedel, Jürgen Köster, et al.. (2010). Paleo-environmental imprint on microbiology and biogeochemistry of coastal quaternary sediments. 1 indexed citations
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Seidel, Michael, et al.. (2007). Two Distinct Photobacterium Populations Thrive in Ancient Mediterranean Sapropels. Microbial Ecology. 55(3). 371–383. 12 indexed citations
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Engelen, Bert, et al.. (2004). Quantitative analysis of bacterial communities from Mediterranean sapropels based on cultivation-dependent methods. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 51(1). 109–121. 70 indexed citations

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