Christian Quast

56.1k citations
22 papers · 38.6k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 17
Topics
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers)Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers)Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (6 papers)

In The Last Decade

Christian Quast

22 papers receiving 38.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Christian Quast
Comparison fields: 5 of 189
  • Molecular Biology 17.9k
  • Ecology 15.1k
  • Plant Science 4.9k
  • Pollution 3.9k
  • Environmental Chemistry 3.6k
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Countries citing papers authored by Christian Quast

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Quast

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Quast

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Quast. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Quast based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christian Quast. Christian Quast is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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25 years of serving the community with ribosomal RNA gene reference databases and toolsbreakdown →
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8 12
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The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworksbreakdown →
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The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based toolsbreakdown →
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Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studiesbreakdown →
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SILVA: a comprehensive online resource for quality checked and aligned ribosomal RNA sequence data compatible with ARBbreakdown →
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About Christian Quast

Christian Quast is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology, having authored 22 papers that have together received 38.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (15.1k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.6k citations) and Pollution (3.9k citations). Christian Quast has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Frank Oliver Glöckner, Jörg Peplies, Elmar Pruesse, Pelin Yilmaz, Jan Gerken, Pablo Yarza, Wolfgang Ludwig, Anna Klindworth, Matthias Horn and Bernhard M. Fuchs. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

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