Bryon S. Donohoe

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Bryon S. Donohoe is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryon S. Donohoe has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Bryon S. Donohoe's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (57 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (22 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (18 papers). Bryon S. Donohoe is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (57 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (22 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (18 papers). Bryon S. Donohoe collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Jordan. Bryon S. Donohoe's co-authors include Michael E. Himmel, Peter N. Ciesielski, Todd B. Vinzant, Stephen R. Decker, Melvin P. Tucker, Eric P. Knoshaug, Henri Gerken, Gregg T. Beckham, Michael G. Resch and John Ralph and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bryon S. Donohoe

89 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment

2008 566 citations Bryon S. Donohoe, Stephen R. Decker et al. Biotechnology and Bioengineering profile →
Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment

2011 422 citations Bryon S. Donohoe, Michael E. Himmel et al. profile →
Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization

2020 365 citations Brandon C. Knott, Erika Erickson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryon S. Donohoe United States	42	3.8k	2.0k	1.2k	1.2k	635	91	5.7k
Mingjie Jin China	45	4.9k 1.3×	3.9k 1.9×	855 0.7×	881 0.8×	901 1.4×	182	7.2k
Claus Felby Denmark	44	5.5k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 2.0×	120	7.3k
Weiliang Dong China	41	2.1k 0.5×	2.6k 1.3×	816 0.7×	609 0.5×	571 0.9×	240	5.7k
Thomas D. Foust United States	19	5.0k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	979 0.8×	979 0.8×	835 1.3×	43	5.9k
Jie Bao China	45	5.0k 1.3×	4.7k 2.3×	814 0.7×	737 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	306	8.0k
Verawat Champreda Thailand	38	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	481 0.4×	641 0.6×	1.0k 1.6×	196	4.5k
Shishir P. S. Chundawat United States	34	5.2k 1.4×	2.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	988 0.9×	955 1.5×	78	6.2k
Bin Yang United States	47	7.8k 2.0×	2.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.4k 2.2×	152	10.0k
Jonathan R. Mielenz United States	32	7.0k 1.8×	3.8k 1.9×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 2.3×	57	9.4k
Joshua S. Yuan United States	39	2.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	517 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	731 1.2×	82	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryon S. Donohoe

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dahlhauser, Samuel D., et al.. (2025). Shape‐Stabilization of Phase Change Materials with Carbon‐Conscious Poly(hydroxy)Urethane Foams. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(24). 5 indexed citations

Puente‐Urbina, Allen, Sean P. Woodworth, Jun Hee Jang, et al.. (2025). Lignin-Derived Phenolic Compounds and Water Are Effective Cosolvents for Reductive Catalytic Fractionation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(44). 19199–19209.

Monteiro, Lummy Maria Oliveira, Carlos del Cerro, Teeratas Kijpornyongpan, et al.. (2025). Metabolic profiling of two white-rot fungi during 4-hydroxybenzoate conversion reveals biotechnologically relevant biosynthetic pathways. Communications Biology. 8(1). 224–224. 2 indexed citations

Thornburg, Nicholas E., M. Brennan Pecha, David G. Brandner, et al.. (2020). Mesoscale Reaction–Diffusion Phenomena Governing Lignin‐First Biomass Fractionation. ChemSusChem. 13(17). 4495–4509. 43 indexed citations

Salvachúa, Davinia, Allison Z. Werner, Isabel Pardo, et al.. (2020). Outer membrane vesicles catabolize lignin-derived aromatic compounds in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(17). 9302–9310. 112 indexed citations

Knott, Brandon C., Erika Erickson, Mark D. Allen, et al.. (2020). Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(41). 25476–25485. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

Yan, Jipeng, Oluwafemi Oyedeji, Juan H. Leal, et al.. (2020). Characterizing Variability in Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Review. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(22). 8059–8085. 82 indexed citations

Donohoe, Bryon S., et al.. (2020). Real-time biomass feedstock particle quality detection using image analysis and machine vision. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 12(12). 5739–5750. 10 indexed citations

Lin, Chien-Yuan, Hui Wei, Bryon S. Donohoe, Melvin P. Tucker, & Michael E. Himmel. (2020). An Improved Leaf Protoplast System for Highly Efficient Transient Expression in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). Methods in molecular biology. 2096. 61–79. 5 indexed citations

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Mittal, Ashutosh, Heidi M. Pilath, Yves Parent, et al.. (2019). Chemical and Structural Effects on the Rate of Xylan Hydrolysis during Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Poplar Wood. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(5). 4842–4850. 12 indexed citations

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Mukarakate, Calvin, Mark R. Nimlos, Daniel Carpenter, et al.. (2018). Fast Pyrolysis of Opuntia ficus-indica (Prickly Pear) and Grindelia squarrosa (Gumweed). Energy & Fuels. 32(3). 3510–3518. 11 indexed citations

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Shiga, Tânia Misuzu, Weihua Xiao, Haibing Yang, et al.. (2017). Enhanced rates of enzymatic saccharification and catalytic synthesis of biofuel substrates in gelatinized cellulose generated by trifluoroacetic acid. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 310–310. 19 indexed citations

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Ciesielski, Peter N., et al.. (2017). Estimating the Temperature Experienced by Biomass Particles during Fast Pyrolysis Using Microscopic Analysis of Biochars. Energy & Fuels. 31(8). 8193–8201. 8 indexed citations

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Belteton, Samuel A., Megan G. Sawchuk, Bryon S. Donohoe, Enrico Scarpella, & Daniel B. Szymanski. (2017). Reassessing the Roles of PIN Proteins and Anticlinal Microtubules during Pavement Cell Morphogenesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 176(1). 432–449. 60 indexed citations

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Mittal, Ashutosh, Rui Katahira, Bryon S. Donohoe, et al.. (2017). Alkaline Peroxide Delignification of Corn Stover. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5(7). 6310–6321. 74 indexed citations

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Mittal, Ashutosh, Rui Katahira, Bryon S. Donohoe, et al.. (2017). Ammonia Pretreatment of Corn Stover Enables Facile Lignin Extraction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5(3). 2544–2561. 88 indexed citations

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Donohoe, Bryon S., Hui Wei, Ashutosh Mittal, et al.. (2017). Towards an Understanding of Enhanced Biomass Digestibility by In Planta Expression of a Family 5 Glycoside Hydrolase. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4389–4389. 8 indexed citations

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Jakes, Joseph E., Bryon S. Donohoe, Peter N. Ciesielski, et al.. (2016). Directed plant cell-wall accumulation of iron: embedding co-catalyst for efficient biomass conversion. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9(1). 225–225. 12 indexed citations

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Xu, Qi, Michael G. Resch, Kara Podkaminer, et al.. (2016). Dramatic performance of Clostridium thermocellum explained by its wide range of cellulase modalities. Science Advances. 2(2). e1501254–e1501254. 97 indexed citations

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Brunecky, Roman, Todd B. Vinzant, Stephanie E. Porter, et al.. (2008). Redistribution of xylan in maize cell walls during dilute acid pretreatment. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102(6). 1537–1543. 46 indexed citations

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