Daniel J. Acosta

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 876 citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Acosta is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomaterials and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Acosta has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 876 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Pollution, 3 papers in Biomaterials and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Acosta's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (4 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (3 papers) and History and Theory of Mathematics (2 papers). Daniel J. Acosta is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (4 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (3 papers) and History and Theory of Mathematics (2 papers). Daniel J. Acosta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Daniel J. Acosta's co-authors include Hal S. Alper, Yan Zhang, Andrew D. Ellington, Daniel J. Diaz, Wantae Kim, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Hongyuan Lu, Congzhi Zhu, Raghav Shroff and Hannah Cole and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Acosta

11 papers receiving 860 citations

Hit Papers

Machine learning-aided engineering of hydrolases for PET ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Machine learning-aided engineering of hydrolases for PET depolymerization
    2022 767 citations Hongyuan Lu, Daniel J. Diaz et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Daniel J. Acosta
Hongyuan Lu United States
Wantae Kim United States
Daniel J. Diaz United States
Isabel Pardo Spain
Giyoung Shin South Korea
Rita Araújo Portugal
Dominique Böttcher Germany
Hyun-Chul Kim South Korea
Leona Berndt Germany
Ya‐Shan Cheng China
Hongyuan Lu United States
Daniel J. Acosta
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel J. Acosta

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Acosta, Daniel J., Valerie De Anda, Hal S. Alper, et al.. (2025). Plastic degradation by enzymes from uncultured deep sea microorganisms. The ISME Journal. 19(1).
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Wang, Huaimin, Hongyuan Lu, Daniel J. Acosta, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the effectiveness of a lysine mutation and its portability across different Poly(ethylene terephthalate)-hydrolyzing enzymes. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 214. 109573–109573. 3 indexed citations
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d’Oelsnitz, Simon, Daniel J. Diaz, Wantae Kim, et al.. (2024). Biosensor and machine learning-aided engineering of an amaryllidaceae enzyme. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2084–2084. 30 indexed citations
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Acosta, Daniel J. & Hal S. Alper. (2023). Advances in enzymatic and organismal technologies for the recycling and upcycling of petroleum-derived plastic waste. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 84. 103021–103021. 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Hongyuan, Daniel J. Diaz, Congzhi Zhu, et al.. (2022). Machine learning-aided engineering of hydrolases for PET depolymerization. Nature. 604(7907). 662–667. 767 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acosta, Daniel J.. (2003). Newton's Rule of Signs for Imaginary Roots. American Mathematical Monthly. 110(8). 694–706. 1 indexed citations
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Acosta, Daniel J., et al.. (2002). CLASSROOM INTEGRAL CALCULUS: SOME USEFUL DIGRESSIONS WHEN TEACHING INTEGRAL CALCULUS. PRIMUS. 12(1). 75–86. 1 indexed citations
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Acosta, Daniel J.. (2001). A Furuta-like inequality for spin orbifolds and the minimal genus problem. Topology and its Applications. 114(1). 91–106. 1 indexed citations
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Acosta, Daniel J., et al.. (1996). Prolonged Adverse Effects of Benzalkonium Chloride and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate in a Primary Culture System of Rabbit Corneal Epithelial Cells. Toxicological Sciences. 33(1). 71–82. 3 indexed citations
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Acosta, Daniel J., et al.. (1995). Comparison of ketoconazole- and fluconazole-induced hepatotoxicity in a primary culture system of rat hepatocytes. Toxicology. 96(2). 83–92. 48 indexed citations
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Acosta, Daniel J., et al.. (1993). An in Vitro Model of Cyclosporine-Induced Nephrotoxicity. Toxicological Sciences. 20(4). 486–495. 1 indexed citations
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Bruckner, James V., et al.. (1986). Oral Toxicity of Carbon Tetrachioride: Acute, Subacute, and Subchronic Studies in Rats. Toxicological Sciences. 6(1). 16–34. 2 indexed citations

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