Blake A. Simmons

36.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
443 papers, 25.1k citations indexed

About

Blake A. Simmons is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Blake A. Simmons has authored 443 papers receiving a total of 25.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 338 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 180 papers in Molecular Biology and 73 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Blake A. Simmons's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (263 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (115 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (107 papers). Blake A. Simmons is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (263 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (115 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (107 papers). Blake A. Simmons collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Blake A. Simmons's co-authors include Seema Singh, Steven W. Singer, Yu‐Wei Wu, Harvey W. Blanch, Daniel Klein‐Marcuschamer, Kenneth L. Sale, Gang Cheng, Chenlin Li, Piotr Oleśkowicz-Popiel and Bradley M. Holmes and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Blake A. Simmons

432 papers receiving 24.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

MaxBin 2.0: an automated binning algorithm to recover genomes from multiple metagenomic datasets

2015 1.6k citations Blake A. Simmons, Steven W. Singer et al. profile →
Comparison of dilute acid and ionic liquid pretreatment of switchgrass: Biomass recalcitrance, delignification and enzymatic saccharification

2009 840 citations Chenlin Li, Blake A. Simmons et al. profile →
The challenge of enzyme cost in the production of lignocellulosic biofuels

2011 730 citations Blake A. Simmons, Harvey W. Blanch et al. profile →
Influence of Connectivity and Porosity on Ligand-Based Luminescence in Zinc Metal−Organic Frameworks

2007 616 citations Blake A. Simmons et al. profile →
MaxBin: an automated binning method to recover individual genomes from metagenomes using an expectation-maximization algorithm

2014 486 citations Blake A. Simmons, Steven W. Singer et al. profile →
Design of low-cost ionic liquids for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment

2014 368 citations Ning Sun, Seema Singh et al. Green Chemistry profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Optimal production of Phanerochaete chrysosporium manganese peroxidases and Trametes sp. C30 laccase hybrid Lac131 in Aspergillus niger for lignin bioconversion 2025 ·Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts ·Ziyu Dai, (unknown), (unknown), Guoliang Yuan, Dehong Hu, (unknown), (unknown), Kai Deng, (unknown), Trent R. Northen, Blake A. Simmons, Scott Baker, Jon Magnuson, Joonhoon Kim	0
2	Multi-scale computational screening and mechanistic insights of cyclic amines as solvents for improved lignocellulosic biomass processing 2025 ·Green Chemistry ·(unknown), Brian Taylor, (unknown), Alberto Rodriguez, John M. Gladden, Blake A. Simmons, Hemant Choudhary, Kenneth L. Sale	3
3	Computational Advances in Ionic Liquid Applications for Green Chemistry: A Critical Review of Lignin Processing and Machine Learning Approaches 2024 ·Molecules ·Brian Taylor, (unknown), (unknown), Blake A. Simmons, Hemant Choudhary, Kenneth L. Sale	7
4	Integration of genome-scale metabolic model with biorefinery process model reveals market-competitive carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel utilizing microbial cell mass lipids and biogenic CO2 2024 ·BioResources ·Nawa Raj Baral, Deepanwita Banerjee, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Blake A. Simmons, Steven W. Singer, Corinne D. Scown	3
5	Optimization of electroporation method and promoter evaluation for type-1 methanotroph, Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum 2024 ·Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology ·(unknown), Steven W. Singer, Blake A. Simmons, Deepika Awasthi	2
6	An Engineered Laccase from Fomitiporia mediterranea Accelerates Lignocellulose Degradation 2024 ·Biomolecules ·Le Thanh Mai Pham, Kai Deng, Hemant Choudhary, Trent R. Northen, Steven W. Singer, Paul D. Adams, Blake A. Simmons, Kenneth L. Sale	5
7	Physics-Based Machine Learning Models Predict Carbon Dioxide Solubility in Chemically Reactive Deep Eutectic Solvents 2024 ·ACS Omega ·Mood Mohan, Omar Demerdash, Blake A. Simmons, Seema Singh, Michelle K. Kidder, Jeremy C. Smith	20
8	Perspective on oligomeric products from lignin depolymerization: their generation, identification, and further valorization 2023 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·Yinglei Han, Blake A. Simmons, Seema Singh	35
9	Funneled Depolymerization of Ionic Liquid‐Based Biorefinery “Heterogeneous” Lignin into Guaiacols over Reusable Palladium Catalyst 2023 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Hemant Choudhary, Lalitendu Das, Jeffrey G. Pelton, Leonid Sheps, Blake A. Simmons, John Gladden, Seema Singh	12
10	Valorization of Hemp-Based Packaging Waste with One-Pot Ionic Liquid Technology 2023 ·Molecules ·(unknown), Alberto Rodriguez, Blake A. Simmons, John M. Gladden	2
11	A hybrid chemical-biological approach can upcycle mixed plastic waste with reduced cost and carbon footprint 2023 ·One Earth ·Chang Dou, Hemant Choudhary, (unknown), Nawa Raj Baral, Mood Mohan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Seema Singh, Corinne D. Scown, Jay D. Keasling, Blake A. Simmons, Ning Sun	23
12	Heterologous Expression, Characterization, and Comparison of Laccases from the White Rot Causing Basidiomycete Cerrena Unicolor 2022 ·Le Thanh Mai Pham, Kai Deng, Trent R. Northen, Steven W. Singer, Paul D. Adams, Blake A. Simmons, Kenneth L. Sale	3
13	Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle greenhouse gas mitigation cost of five routes to bio-jet fuel blendstocks 2019 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Nawa Raj Baral, Olga Kavvada, Daniel Mendez‐Perez, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Taek Soon Lee, Blake A. Simmons, Corinne D. Scown	108
14	Performance of three delignifying pretreatments on hardwoods: hydrolysis yields, comprehensive mass balances, and lignin properties 2019 ·Biotechnology for Biofuels ·Aditya Bhalla, Charles M. Cai, Feng Xu, Sandip K. Singh, Namita Bansal, Thanaphong Phongpreecha, Tanmoy Dutta, Cliff E. Foster, Rajeev Kumar, Blake A. Simmons, Seema Singh, Charles E. Wyman, Eric L. Hegg, David B. Hodge	28
15	Structural Design of Ionic Liquids for Optimizing Aromatic Dissolution 2018 ·ChemSusChem ·Haihui Joy Jiang, Silvia Imberti, Blake A. Simmons, Rob Atkin, Gregory G. Warr	17
16	Annotation of the Corymbia terpene synthase gene family shows broad conservation but dynamic evolution of physical clusters relative to Eucalyptus 2018 ·Heredity ·(unknown), Jules S. Freeman, BM Potts, René E. Vaillancourt, Dário Grattapaglia, Orzenil B. Silva‐Junior, Blake A. Simmons, Adam Healey, Jeremy Schmutz, Kerrie Barry, David J. Lee, Robert J Henry, Graham J.W. King, Abdul Baten, Mervyn Shepherd	16
17	Conversion of cellulose rich municipal solid waste blends using ionic liquids: feedstock convertibility and process scale-up 2017 ·RSC Advances ·Ling Liang, Chenlin Li, Feng Xu, Qian He, Jipeng Yan, (unknown), Blake A. Simmons, Todd Pray, Seema Singh, Vicki S. Thompson, Ning Sun	14
18	Base-Catalyzed Depolymerization of Solid Lignin-Rich Streams Enables Microbial Conversion 2017 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Alberto Rodriguez, Davinia Salvachúa, Rui Katahira, Brenna A. Black, Nicholas S. Cleveland, Michelle Reed, Holly Smith, Edward E. K. Baidoo, Jay D. Keasling, Blake A. Simmons, Gregg T. Beckham, John M. Gladden	132
19	Tracing Determinants of Dual Substrate Specificity in Glycoside Hydrolase Family 5 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Zhiwei Chen, Gregory D. Friedland, J.H. Pereira, (unknown), (unknown), Joshua I. Park, Michael P. Thelen, Paul D. Adams, Adam P. Arkin, Jay D. Keasling, Harvey W. Blanch, Blake A. Simmons, Kenneth L. Sale, Dylan Chivian, Swapnil R. Chhabra	38
20	In vivo lipidomics using single-cell Raman spectroscopy 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Huawen Wu, Joanne V. Volponi, Ann E. Oliver, Atul N. Parikh, Blake A. Simmons, Seema Singh	353

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