Carl E. Bauer

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Carl E. Bauer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl E. Bauer has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Carl E. Bauer's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (96 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (49 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (30 papers). Carl E. Bauer is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (96 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (49 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (30 papers). Carl E. Bauer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Carl E. Bauer's co-authors include Robert E. Blankenship, Michael T. Madigan, Shinji Masuda, Jon Y. Suzuki, Jin Xiong, Sylvie Elsen, Terry H. Bird, Lee R. Swem, David W. Bollivar and Kazuhito Inoue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Carl E. Bauer

144 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria
    1995 1.5k citations Carl E. Bauer 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
Carl E. Bauer United States 51 7.1k 2.4k 1.9k 1.9k 1.6k 144 8.7k
Etana Padan Israel 60 7.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 705 0.4× 802 0.5× 164 11.3k
Himadri B. Pakrasi United States 65 9.2k 1.3× 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 5.0k 2.7× 980 0.6× 230 11.1k
Stuart J. Ferguson United Kingdom 57 6.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 816 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 620 0.4× 300 11.2k
Sabeeha Merchant United States 71 9.6k 1.4× 1.1k 0.5× 3.5k 1.8× 5.4k 2.9× 975 0.6× 195 14.6k
Terry A. Krulwich United States 52 5.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 368 0.2× 750 0.5× 211 9.4k
Cheryl A. Kerfeld United States 58 8.4k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 726 0.4× 4.7k 2.5× 685 0.4× 177 11.8k
Donald A. Bryant United States 77 15.4k 2.2× 4.9k 2.1× 2.3k 1.2× 7.5k 4.0× 2.6k 1.6× 379 19.8k
Howard Gest United States 46 4.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 769 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 475 0.3× 172 7.2k
Gerhart Drews Germany 41 5.0k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 770 0.5× 235 6.6k
Robert B. Gennis United States 73 16.2k 2.3× 955 0.4× 725 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 4.9k 3.1× 444 19.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carl E. Bauer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl E. Bauer

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All Works

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Fang, Mingxu, et al.. (2022). Redox Brake Regulator RedB and FnrL Function as Yin-Yang Regulators of Anaerobic-Aerobic Metabolism in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(5). e0235422–e0235422. 3 indexed citations
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Fang, Mingxu, et al.. (2022). RedB, a Member of the CRP/FNR Family, Functions as a Transcriptional Redox Brake. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(5). e0235322–e0235322. 2 indexed citations
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Carlson, Susan J., Carl E. Bauer, & Govindjee Govindjee. (2022). Remembering Robert (Bob) Togasaki (1932–2019): A leader in Chlamydomonas genetics and in plant biology, as well as a teacher par excellence. Photosynthesis Research. 152(1). 73–86. 2 indexed citations
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Fang, Mingxu & Carl E. Bauer. (2018). Regulation of stringent factor by branched-chain amino acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(25). 6446–6451. 35 indexed citations
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Bauer, Carl E., et al.. (2014). Chemosensory signaling systems that control bacterial survival. Trends in Microbiology. 22(7). 389–398. 86 indexed citations
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Dragnea, Vladimira, Arun Alphonse Ignatius, Hua Yuan, David Giedroc, & Carl E. Bauer. (2009). Spectroscopic Studies of the AppA BLUF Domain from Rhodobacter sphaeroides : Addressing Movement of Tryptophan 104 in the Signaling State. Biochemistry. 48(42). 9969–9979. 41 indexed citations
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Nomata, Jiro, Lee R. Swem, Carl E. Bauer, & Yuichi Fujita. (2005). Overexpression and characterization of dark-operative protochlorophyllide reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1708(2). 229–237. 50 indexed citations
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Masuda, Shinji & Carl E. Bauer. (2002). AppA Is a Blue Light Photoreceptor that Antirepresses Photosynthesis Gene Expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Cell. 110(5). 613–623. 335 indexed citations
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Elsen, Sylvie, et al.. (1998). Aerobic Repression of the Rhodobacter capsulatus bchCPromoter Involves Cooperative Interactions between CrtJ Bound to Neighboring Palindromes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(46). 30757–30761. 28 indexed citations
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Bauer, Carl E., et al.. (1998). Analysis of the puc Operon Promoter from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(16). 4270–4277. 18 indexed citations
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Inoue, Kazuhito, et al.. (1997). DETERMINATION OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES OF PUTATIVE RegA AND RegB ; OXYGEN SENSITIVE REGULATORY COMPONENTS RELATED TO THE EXPRESSION OF PHOTOSYSTEM in Rhodovulum sulfidophilum and Roseobacter denitrificans. Plant and Cell Physiology. 38. 1 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Jon Y. & Carl E. Bauer. (1995). A prokaryotic origin for light-dependent chlorophyll biosynthesis of plants.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(9). 3749–3753. 69 indexed citations
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Sganga, M W & Carl E. Bauer. (1992). Regulatory factors controlling photosynthetic reaction center and light-harvesting gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Cell. 68(5). 945–954. 153 indexed citations
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Sganga, M W, Robert R. Aksamit, Giulio L. Cantoni, & Carl E. Bauer. (1992). Mutational and nucleotide sequence analysis of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase from Rhodobacter capsulatus.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(14). 6328–6332. 38 indexed citations
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Bauer, Carl E., et al.. (1983). Attenuation in Bacterial Operons. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 15. 65–89. 5 indexed citations

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