Bjørge Westereng

7.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
70 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Bjørge Westereng is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bjørge Westereng has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Bjørge Westereng's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (33 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (23 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (22 papers). Bjørge Westereng is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (33 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (23 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (22 papers). Bjørge Westereng collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Denmark and United States. Bjørge Westereng's co-authors include Svein Jarle Horn, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Gustav Vaaje‐Kolstad, Morten Sørlie, Zhanliang Liu, Jane W. Agger, Hong Lin Zhai, Sabina Leanti La Rosa, Finn L. Aachmann and Anikó Várnai 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

Bjørge Westereng

69 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

An Oxidative Enzyme Boosting the Enzymatic Conversion of Recalcitrant Polysaccharides

2010 1.0k citations Gustav Vaaje‐Kolstad, Bjørge Westereng et al. profile →
Novel enzymes for the degradation of cellulose

2012 756 citations Svein Jarle Horn, Gustav Vaaje‐Kolstad et al. Biotechnology for Biofuels profile →
The human gut Firmicute Roseburia intestinalis is a primary degrader of dietary β-mannans

2019 225 citations Sabina Leanti La Rosa, Leszek Michalak et al. Nature Communications profile →
Polysaccharide degradation by the Bacteroidetes: mechanisms and nomenclature

2021 197 citations Lauren S. McKee, Sabina Leanti La Rosa et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bjørge Westereng	3.3k	2.9k	2.2k	1.8k	629	70	5.8k
Kristiina Kruus	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	735 1.2×	114	5.9k
Mirjam A. Kabel	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	896 1.4×	136	4.8k
Eleni Gomes	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	787 1.3×	188	5.8k
Johanna Büchert	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	198	7.3k
Arun Goyal	2.6k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 3.2×	306	7.4k
Bruce S. Dien	8.2k 2.5×	6.0k 2.1×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	834 1.3×	200	10.1k
Badal C. Saha	7.0k 2.1×	5.4k 1.8×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 2.3×	159	9.2k
Rodney J. Bothast	3.4k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	995 0.5×	714 1.1×	134	5.4k
Robert F. H. Dekker	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	817 1.3×	191	5.0k
Zhengqiang Jiang	2.4k 0.7×	3.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.9k 1.6×	1.4k 2.3×	233	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bjørge Westereng

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Varela, Paula, et al.. (2025). Pea-Derived Raffinose-Family Oligosaccharides as a Novel Ingredient to Accelerate Sour Beer Production. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(7). 4219–4230.

Hagen, Live H., et al.. (2024). Antigen surface display in two novel whole genome sequenced food grade strains, Lactiplantibacillus pentosus KW1 and KW2. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 19–19. 2 indexed citations

Bhattarai, Mamata, et al.. (2023). Potential of Wood Hemicelluloses and Their Derivates as Food Ingredients. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71(6). 2667–2683. 31 indexed citations

Westereng, Bjørge, Magnus Ø. Arntzen, Heidi Østby, et al.. (2023). Analyzing Activities of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases by Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry. Methods in molecular biology. 2657. 27–51. 1 indexed citations

Mikkelsen, Maria Dalgaard, Jesper Harholt, Bjørge Westereng, et al.. (2021). Ancient origin of fucosylated xyloglucan in charophycean green algae. Communications Biology. 4(1). 754–754. 25 indexed citations

Michalak, Leszek, Gabriel Vasconcelos Pereira, Åsmund K. Røhr, et al.. (2021). Human Gut Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Deploys a Highly Efficient Conserved System To Cross-Feed on β-Mannan-Derived Oligosaccharides. mBio. 12(3). e0362820–e0362820. 55 indexed citations

Michalak, Leszek, et al.. (2020). A pair of esterases from a commensal gut bacterium remove acetylations from all positions on complex β-mannans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(13). 7122–7130. 31 indexed citations

Lagos, Leidy, Sabina Leanti La Rosa, Magnus Ø. Arntzen, et al.. (2020). Isolation and Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles Secreted In Vitro by Porcine Microbiota. Microorganisms. 8(7). 983–983. 12 indexed citations

Westereng, Bjørge, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of glycoconjugates utilizing the regioselectivity of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13197–13197. 14 indexed citations

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Michalak, Leszek, John Christian Gaby, Leidy Lagos, et al.. (2020). Microbiota-directed fibre activates both targeted and secondary metabolic shifts in the distal gut. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5773–5773. 58 indexed citations

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Rosa, Sabina Leanti La, Kristian Hovde Liland, Kristine S. Myhrer, et al.. (2020). Co-fermentation Involving Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus Species Tolerant to Brewing-Related Stress Factors for Controlled and Rapid Production of Sour Beer. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 279–279. 59 indexed citations

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Petrović, Dejan M., Anikó Várnai, Maria Dimarogona, et al.. (2019). Comparison of three seemingly similar lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases from Neurospora crassa suggests different roles in plant biomass degradation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(41). 15068–15081. 57 indexed citations

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Liu, Bing, Abhishek A. Kognole, Miao Wu, et al.. (2018). Structural and molecular dynamics studies of a C1‐oxidizing lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from Heterobasidion irregulare reveal amino acids important for substrate recognition. FEBS Journal. 285(12). 2225–2242. 34 indexed citations

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Michalak, Leszek, et al.. (2018). Effects of pH on steam explosion extraction of acetylated galactoglucomannan from Norway spruce. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 311–311. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhanliang, Laurie M. Gay, Tina R. Tuveng, et al.. (2017). Structure and function of a broad-specificity chitin deacetylase from Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1746–1746. 60 indexed citations

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Westereng, Bjørge, Magnus Ø. Arntzen, Finn L. Aachmann, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous analysis of C1 and C4 oxidized oligosaccharides, the products of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases acting on cellulose. Journal of Chromatography A. 1445. 46–54. 83 indexed citations

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Vidal‐Melgosa, Silvia, Henriette L. Pedersen, Julia Schückel, et al.. (2015). A New Versatile Microarray-based Method for High Throughput Screening of Carbohydrate-active Enzymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(14). 9020–9036. 46 indexed citations

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Wu, Miao, Gregg T. Beckham, A.M. Larsson, et al.. (2013). Crystal Structure and Computational Characterization of the Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase GH61D from the Basidiomycota Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(18). 12828–12839. 148 indexed citations

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Westereng, Bjørge, et al.. (2012). Steam refining as an alternative to steam explosion. Bioresource Technology. 111. 476–481. 23 indexed citations

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Westereng, Bjørge, et al.. (2006). Pectin isolated from white cabbage – structure and complement-fixing activity. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 50(8). 746–755. 21 indexed citations

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