C. B. van Niel

3.2k total citations
19 papers, 645 citations indexed

About

C. B. van Niel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, C. B. van Niel has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 645 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in C. B. van Niel's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (2 papers). C. B. van Niel is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (2 papers). C. B. van Niel collaborates with scholars based in United States. C. B. van Niel's co-authors include Roger Y. Stanier, M. B. Allen, B.E. Wright, C. S. Yocum, Grace Garner, Helge Larsen and T. W. Goodwin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Bacteriology and Annual Review of Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

C. B. van Niel

17 papers receiving 533 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. B. van Niel United States 13 358 202 96 79 62 19 645
Helge Larsen Norway 9 490 1.4× 292 1.4× 66 0.7× 89 1.1× 48 0.8× 14 738
Hans G. Trà ⁄ per Germany 9 505 1.4× 318 1.6× 90 0.9× 59 0.7× 70 1.1× 11 827
Eugene L. Martin United States 13 432 1.2× 423 2.1× 73 0.8× 34 0.4× 62 1.0× 25 728
Geraldine A. Tomlinson United States 12 297 0.8× 229 1.1× 67 0.7× 29 0.4× 139 2.2× 17 600
Gerasimos Anagnostopoulos United Kingdom 10 341 1.0× 164 0.8× 110 1.1× 37 0.5× 43 0.7× 35 739
R. J. Downey United States 11 153 0.4× 116 0.6× 38 0.4× 41 0.5× 77 1.2× 27 490
Carol D. Litchfield United States 17 748 2.1× 748 3.7× 118 1.2× 60 0.8× 213 3.4× 40 1.3k
SEIICHI HINO Japan 12 151 0.4× 72 0.4× 95 1.0× 34 0.4× 31 0.5× 31 357
S. Wunderl Germany 9 856 2.4× 617 3.1× 77 0.8× 52 0.7× 36 0.6× 9 1.2k
Enrico Esposito Italy 13 453 1.3× 296 1.5× 101 1.1× 32 0.4× 59 1.0× 18 774

Countries citing papers authored by C. B. van Niel

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. B. van Niel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. B. van Niel

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Niel, C. B. van, et al.. (1972). On the mechanism of ballistospore discharge. Archives of Microbiology. 84(2). 129–140. 18 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1967). The Education of a Microbiologist; Some Reflections. Annual Review of Microbiology. 21(1). 1–31. 14 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1966). Microbiology and Molecular Biology. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 41(2). 105–112. 22 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1962). The Present Status of the Comparative Study of Photosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Physiology. 13(1). 1–25. 12 indexed citations
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Stanier, Roger Y. & C. B. van Niel. (1962). The concept of a bacterium. Archives of Microbiology. 42(1). 17–35. 252 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1960). The bacteria: A treatise on structure and function. Vol. I: Structure. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 91(2). 332–333. 2 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van, et al.. (1956). Studies in carotenogenesis. 21. The nature of the changes in the carotenoid synthesis in Rhodospirillum rubrum during growth. Biochemical Journal. 63(3). 408–412. 13 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1956). In memoriam Prof. Dr Ir A. J. Kluyver. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 22(1). 209–217.
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Niel, C. B. van, et al.. (1956). The Microbe's Contribution to Biology. Harvard University Press eBooks. 50 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1955). Natural Selection in the Microbial World: The Second Marjory Stephenson Memorial Lecture. Journal of General Microbiology. 13(2). 201–217. 31 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1955). ON RADICALISM AND CONSERVATISM IN SCIENCE. Bacteriological Reviews. 19(1). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1954). The Chemoautotrophic and Photosynthetic Bacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology. 8(1). 105–132. 48 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van. (1953). Introductory remarks on the comparative biochemistry of microorganisms. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 41(S1). 11–38. 7 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van, M. B. Allen, & B.E. Wright. (1953). On the photochemical reduction of nitrate by algae. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 12(1-2). 67–74. 33 indexed citations
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Larsen, Helge, C. S. Yocum, & C. B. van Niel. (1952). ON THE ENERGETICS OF THE PHOTOSYNTHESES IN GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA. The Journal of General Physiology. 36(2). 161–171. 19 indexed citations
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Allen, M. B. & C. B. van Niel. (1952). EXPERIMENTS ON BACTERIAL DENITRIFICATION. Journal of Bacteriology. 64(3). 397–412. 72 indexed citations
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Niel, C. B. van & M. B. Allen. (1952). A NOTE ON PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI. Journal of Bacteriology. 64(3). 413–422. 49 indexed citations

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