Burkhard Becker

3.9k total citations
74 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Burkhard Becker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Burkhard Becker has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Burkhard Becker's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (32 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (23 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (19 papers). Burkhard Becker is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (32 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (23 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (19 papers). Burkhard Becker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Burkhard Becker's co-authors include Michael Melkonian, Birger Marin, Martin Rippin, Henner Brinkmann, Rüdiger W. Veh, Craig C. Garner, Ute Kistner, Hervé Philippe, Gernot Glöckner and Sabina Wodniok and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Burkhard Becker

71 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Burkhard Becker Germany 29 1.6k 569 539 495 468 74 2.8k
James Umen United States 35 2.3k 1.5× 586 1.0× 268 0.5× 296 0.6× 1.1k 2.4× 66 3.3k
Corinne Da Silva France 36 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 2.1× 225 0.4× 518 1.0× 106 0.2× 81 3.7k
Charles F.B. Holmes Canada 37 2.3k 1.4× 165 0.3× 487 0.9× 527 1.1× 129 0.3× 78 5.0k
Zoltán Gombos Hungary 26 1.7k 1.1× 529 0.9× 194 0.4× 168 0.3× 746 1.6× 52 2.5k
Hideo Yamasaki Japan 35 2.1k 1.3× 2.1k 3.7× 246 0.5× 879 1.8× 162 0.3× 108 5.1k
G. Benjamin Bouck United States 22 1.1k 0.7× 300 0.5× 188 0.3× 236 0.5× 317 0.7× 40 1.8k
Haruko Kuroiwa Japan 43 4.9k 3.1× 2.4k 4.3× 739 1.4× 846 1.7× 1.0k 2.2× 168 5.8k
Hideya Fukuzawa Japan 42 4.9k 3.1× 1.7k 2.9× 647 1.2× 673 1.4× 2.2k 4.7× 135 6.2k
Yuichi Fujita Japan 32 2.4k 1.5× 704 1.2× 186 0.3× 440 0.9× 1.1k 2.4× 87 3.0k
Jean Brachet Belgium 35 2.2k 1.4× 564 1.0× 234 0.4× 364 0.7× 196 0.4× 260 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Burkhard Becker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Burkhard Becker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Becker, Burkhard & Ekaterina Pushkareva. (2025). From genes to ecosystems: omics insights into algae and cyanobacteria. 1(1).
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Přibyl, Pavel, Jana Kvíderová, Lenka Procházková, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the molecular mechanisms of the stress resilience of High Arctic Klebsormidium flaccidum : a multifaceted study. Plant and Cell Physiology. 66(10). 1397–1411. 1 indexed citations
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Pushkareva, Ekaterina, et al.. (2025). Detecting Environmental Stress In Situ Using Molecular Data: A Case Study with the Filamentous Green Alga Klebsormidium and Antarctic Biocrusts. Microorganisms. 13(9). 2108–2108. 1 indexed citations
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Pushkareva, Ekaterina, et al.. (2024). Microbial response to seasonal variation in arctic biocrusts with a focus on fungi and cyanobacteria. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 2). 120110–120110. 3 indexed citations
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Pushkareva, Ekaterina, et al.. (2024). Microalgal Diversity and Molecular Ecology: A Comparative Study of Classical and Metagenomic Approaches in Ponds of the Eifel National Park, Germany. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 414–426. 3 indexed citations
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Pushkareva, Ekaterina, Josef Elster, Sakae Kudoh, Satoshi Imura, & Burkhard Becker. (2024). Microbial community composition of terrestrial habitats in East Antarctica with a focus on microphototrophs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1323148–1323148. 11 indexed citations
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Pushkareva, Ekaterina, Josef Elster, & Burkhard Becker. (2023). Metagenomic Analysis of Antarctic Biocrusts Unveils a Rich Range of Cold-Shock Proteins. Microorganisms. 11(8). 1932–1932. 4 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard & Ekaterina Pushkareva. (2023). Metagenomics Provides a Deeper Assessment of the Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Polar Soils Than Metabarcoding. Genes. 14(4). 812–812. 11 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, Xuehuan Feng, Yanbin Yin, & Andreas Holzinger. (2020). Desiccation tolerance in streptophyte algae and the algae to land plant transition: evolution of LEA and MIP protein families within the Viridiplantae. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(11). 3270–3278. 33 indexed citations
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Fiore‐Donno, Anna Maria, Christian Rixen, Martin Rippin, et al.. (2017). New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high‐throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts. Molecular Ecology Resources. 18(2). 229–239. 66 indexed citations
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Wodniok, Sabina, Henner Brinkmann, Gernot Glöckner, et al.. (2011). Origin of land plants: Do conjugating green algae hold the key?. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 104–104. 238 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard. (2007). Function and Evolution of the Vacuolar Compartment in Green Algae and Land Plants (Viridiplantae). International review of cytology. 264. 1–24. 40 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, et al.. (2004). PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTOPLASTS OBTAINED FROM THE PRASINOPHYTE SCHERFFELIA DUBIA (CHLOROPHYTA)1. Journal of Phycology. 40(6). 1106–1111. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, et al.. (2003). Structure of N‐glycosidic Carbohydrates of Secretory Proteins of Tetrahymena thermophila. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 50(4). 235–239. 6 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, Christian Hafner, Michael McClelland, et al.. (2003). Identification of differentially expressed genes in models of melanoma progression by cDNA array analysis: SPARC, MIF and a novel cathepsin protease characterize aggressive phenotypes. Experimental Dermatology. 12(6). 761–771. 47 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, et al.. (2000). Flagellar Membrane Proteins of Tetraselmis striata Butcher (Chlorophyta). Protist. 151(2). 147–159. 11 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, et al.. (2000). Short Communication The transmembrane domain of murine α-mannosidase IB is a major determinant of Golgi localization. European Journal of Cell Biology. 79(12). 986–992. 12 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, et al.. (1993). Isolation and characterization of the Golgi apparatus of a flagellate scaly green alga.. PubMed. 61(1). 10–20. 23 indexed citations
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Becker, Burkhard, Karl Hård, Michael Melkonian, Johannis P. Kamerling, & Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart. (1989). Identification of 3‐deoxy‐manno‐2‐octulosonic acid, 3‐deoxy‐5‐O‐methyl‐manno‐2‐octulosonic acid and 3‐deoxy‐lyxo‐2‐heptulosaric acid in the cell wall (theca) of the green alga Tetraselmis striata Butcher (Prasinophyceae). European Journal of Biochemistry. 182(1). 153–160. 35 indexed citations

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