Björn Voß

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Björn Voß is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Voß has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Björn Voß's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Björn Voß is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Björn Voß collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Puerto Rico. Björn Voß's co-authors include Wolfgang R. Hess, Robert Giegerich, Ingeborg Scholz, Marc Rehmsmeier, Jens Georg, Annegret Wilde, Jan Mitschke, Jens Reeder, Matthias Kopf and Stephan Klähn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Björn Voß

69 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of t... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of the plant growth–promoting bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42
    2007 652 citations Björn Voß, Wolfgang R. Hess 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
Björn Voß Germany 30 2.5k 954 919 481 330 71 3.3k
Alan Kuo United States 22 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 1.8× 478 0.5× 346 0.7× 292 0.9× 46 3.5k
Nicola J. Patron United Kingdom 30 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 2.0× 592 0.6× 189 0.4× 263 0.8× 68 3.9k
Richard D. Hayes United States 9 2.8k 1.1× 3.1k 3.3× 204 0.2× 176 0.4× 496 1.5× 18 4.7k
Michiel Van Bel Belgium 23 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 1.8× 231 0.3× 93 0.2× 289 0.9× 36 2.8k
Sara El-Gebali Switzerland 4 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 490 0.5× 44 0.1× 368 1.1× 6 3.3k
Florian Maumus France 24 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 447 0.5× 254 0.5× 152 0.5× 38 1.9k
Layla Hirsh Peru 7 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 499 0.5× 44 0.1× 361 1.1× 11 3.3k
Axel Nagel Germany 11 3.0k 1.2× 4.0k 4.2× 235 0.3× 133 0.3× 359 1.1× 12 5.6k
Igor Shabalov United States 4 1.1k 0.5× 984 1.0× 268 0.3× 100 0.2× 100 0.3× 4 2.0k
Hirofumi Aiba Japan 36 4.5k 1.8× 983 1.0× 866 0.9× 132 0.3× 2.7k 8.2× 117 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Björn Voß

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Fields of papers citing papers by Björn Voß

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Björn Voß. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Björn Voß. The network helps show where Björn Voß may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Voß

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

All Works

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Becker, Kolja, et al.. (2024). Transcriptional regulators ensuring specific gene expression and decision-making at high TGFβ doses. Life Science Alliance. 8(1). e202402859–e202402859. 3 indexed citations
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Viegas, Sandra C., et al.. (2020). Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is naturally endowed to withstand industrial‐scale stress conditions. Microbial Biotechnology. 13(4). 1145–1161. 51 indexed citations
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Lott, Steffen C., Martin Mann, Rolf Backofen, et al.. (2018). GLASSgo – Automated and Reliable Detection of sRNA Homologs From a Single Input Sequence. Frontiers in Genetics. 9. 124–124. 34 indexed citations
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Pfreundt, Ulrike, et al.. (2017). Genome of a giant bacteriophage from a decaying Trichodesmium bloom. Marine Genomics. 33. 21–25. 6 indexed citations
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Kopf, Matthias, Stephan Klähn, Ingeborg Scholz, Wolfgang R. Hess, & Björn Voß. (2015). Variations in the non-coding transcriptome as a driver of inter-strain divergence and physiological adaptation in bacteria. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9560–9560. 36 indexed citations
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Bischler, Thorsten, Matthias Kopf, & Björn Voß. (2014). Transcript mapping based on dRNA-seq data. BMC Bioinformatics. 15(1). 122–122. 10 indexed citations
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Rogato, Alessandra, Hugues Richard, Alexis Sarazin, et al.. (2014). The diversity of small non-coding RNAs in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 698–698. 25 indexed citations
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Rahav, Eyal, Barak Herut, Margaret R. Mulholland, et al.. (2013). Contribution of dinitrogen fixation to bacterial and primary productivity in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). 1 indexed citations
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Trautmann, Danika, Björn Voß, Annegret Wilde, Salim Al‐Babili, & Wolfgang R. Hess. (2012). Microevolution in Cyanobacteria: Re-sequencing a Motile Substrain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. DNA Research. 19(6). 435–448. 115 indexed citations
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Madhugiri, Ramakanth, Gabriella Pessi, Björn Voß, et al.. (2012). Small RNAs of theBradyrhizobium/Rhodopseudomonaslineage and their analysis. RNA Biology. 9(1). 47–58. 34 indexed citations
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Bogomolov, Sergiy, Martin Mann, Björn Voß, Andreas Podelski, & Rolf Backofen. (2010). Shape-based Barrier Estimation for RNAs.. 41–50. 6 indexed citations
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Georg, Jens, et al.. (2010). A long antisense RNA in plant chloroplasts. New Phytologist. 186(3). 615–622. 37 indexed citations
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Ionescu, Danny, Björn Voß, Aharon Oren, Wolfgang R. Hess, & Alicia M. Muro‐Pastor. (2010). Heterocyst-Specific Transcription of NsiR1, a Non-Coding RNA Encoded in a Tandem Array of Direct Repeats in Cyanobacteria. Journal of Molecular Biology. 398(2). 177–188. 49 indexed citations
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Voß, Björn, et al.. (2009). The Yfr2 ncRNA family, a group of abundant RNA molecules widely conserved in cyanobacteria. RNA Biology. 6(3). 222–227. 20 indexed citations
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Axmann, Ilka M., Julia Holtzendorff, Björn Voß, Philip Kensche, & Wolfgang R. Hess. (2007). Two distinct types of 6S RNA in Prochlorococcus. Gene. 406(1-2). 69–78. 32 indexed citations
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Voß, Björn, Carsten Meyer, & Robert Giegerich. (2004). Evaluating the predictability of conformational switching in RNA. Bioinformatics. 20(10). 1573–1582. 44 indexed citations
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Voß, Björn, et al.. (2004). Pure multiple RNA secondary structure alignments: a progressive profile approach. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. 1(1). 53–62. 101 indexed citations
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Voß, Björn & Robert Giegerich. (2003). Prediction of conformational switching in RNA.. 173–178. 2 indexed citations
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Voß, Björn, et al.. (1990). Variation between strains of the nematophagous endoparasitic fungus Catenaria anguillulae Sorokin 1. Factors affecting parasitism in vitro.. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz. 97(4). 416–430. 4 indexed citations

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