Dimitar Karakashev

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Dimitar Karakashev is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Dimitar Karakashev has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Building and Construction, 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Dimitar Karakashev's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (24 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (21 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (12 papers). Dimitar Karakashev is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (24 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (21 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (12 papers). Dimitar Karakashev collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, China and Bulgaria. Dimitar Karakashev's co-authors include İrini Angelidaki, Farid Talebnia, Damien J. Batstone, Ioannis A. Fotidis, Éric Trably, Mariusz Kuglarz, Sompong O‐Thong, Gang Luo, Poonsuk Prasertsan and María Cruz García-González and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Dimitar Karakashev

46 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

Production of bioethanol from wheat straw: An overview on pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation

2009 774 citations Farid Talebnia, Dimitar Karakashev et al. Bioresource Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dimitar Karakashev Denmark	32	2.4k	2.2k	1.3k	1.3k	530	46	4.5k
María C. Veiga Spain	49	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	582 1.1×	171	6.1k
Hariklia N. Gavala Denmark	35	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	961 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	400 0.8×	110	4.5k
Sompong O‐Thong Thailand	42	3.4k 1.4×	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	813 0.6×	828 1.6×	138	5.0k
Edson Luiz Silva Brazil	37	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	868 0.7×	412 0.8×	151	4.0k
Panagiotis Tsapekos Denmark	38	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	928 0.7×	678 0.5×	637 1.2×	97	4.6k
Yongming Sun China	36	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	732 0.6×	595 0.5×	597 1.1×	148	3.9k
Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche Brazil	44	2.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	716 1.4×	228	5.9k
Alissara Reungsang Thailand	42	2.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	720 1.4×	211	5.6k
Paul D. Jensen Australia	36	2.3k 1.0×	995 0.5×	900 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	410 0.8×	67	4.2k
Zongjun Cui China	39	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	945 0.7×	775 0.6×	335 0.6×	146	4.4k

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Yin, Yanan, Yifeng Zhang, Dimitar Karakashev, Jianlong Wang, & İrini Angelidaki. (2017). Biological caproate production by Clostridium kluyveri from ethanol and acetate as carbon sources. Bioresource Technology. 241. 638–644. 116 indexed citations

Kumar, Kanhaiya, Supratim Ghosh, İrini Angelidaki, et al.. (2016). Recent developments on biofuels production from microalgae and macroalgae. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 65. 235–249. 79 indexed citations

Fotidis, Ioannis A., et al.. (2015). Effects of Benzalkonium Chloride, Proxel LV, P3 Hypochloran, Triton X-100 and DOWFAX 63N10 on anaerobic digestion processes. Bioresource Technology. 193. 393–400. 19 indexed citations

Gunnarsson, Ingólfur Bragi, Mariusz Kuglarz, Dimitar Karakashev, & İrini Angelidaki. (2015). Thermochemical pretreatments for enhancing succinic acid production from industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.). Bioresource Technology. 182. 58–66. 47 indexed citations

Kuglarz, Mariusz, Merlin Alvarado-Morales, Dimitar Karakashev, & İrini Angelidaki. (2015). Integrated production of cellulosic bioethanol and succinic acid from industrial hemp in a biorefinery concept. Bioresource Technology. 200. 639–647. 60 indexed citations

Holdt, Susan Løvstad, et al.. (2014). Effective harvesting of the microalgae Chlorella protothecoides via bioflocculation with cationic starch. Bioresource Technology. 167. 214–218. 57 indexed citations

Fotidis, Ioannis A., Dimitar Karakashev, & İrini Angelidaki. (2013). Bioaugmentation with an acetate-oxidising consortium as a tool to tackle ammonia inhibition of anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology. 146. 57–62. 120 indexed citations

Abreu, A. A., Dimitar Karakashev, İrini Angelidaki, Diana Z. Sousa, & M. M. Alves. (2012). Biohydrogen production from arabinose and glucose using extreme thermophilic anaerobic mixed cultures. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 5(1). 6–6. 41 indexed citations

Karagöz, Pınar, et al.. (2012). Extreme thermophilic ethanol production from rapeseed straw: Using the newly isolated Thermoanaerobacter pentosaceus and combining it with Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a two‐step process. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110(6). 1574–1582. 22 indexed citations

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Luo, Gang, Farid Talebnia, Dimitar Karakashev, et al.. (2010). Enhanced bioenergy recovery from rapeseed plant in a biorefinery concept. Bioresource Technology. 102(2). 1433–1439. 86 indexed citations

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Talebnia, Farid, Dimitar Karakashev, & İrini Angelidaki. (2009). Production of bioethanol from wheat straw: An overview on pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 101(13). 4744–4753. 774 indexed citations breakdown →

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O‐Thong, Sompong, Poonsuk Prasertsan, Dimitar Karakashev, & İrini Angelidaki. (2008). High-rate continuous hydrogen production by Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum PSU-2 immobilized on heat-pretreated methanogenic granules. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 33(22). 6498–6508. 46 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Jens Ejbye, et al.. (2008). Ex-situ bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sewage sludge. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. 1. 189–198. 1 indexed citations

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O‐Thong, Sompong, Poonsuk Prasertsan, Dimitar Karakashev, & İrini Angelidaki. (2008). Thermophilic fermentative hydrogen production by the newly isolated Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum PSU-2. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 33(4). 1204–1214. 204 indexed citations

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Karakashev, Dimitar, Jens Ejbye Schmidt, & İrini Angelidaki. (2008). Innovative process scheme for removal of organic matter, phosphorus and nitrogen from pig manure. Water Research. 42(15). 4083–4090. 85 indexed citations

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Karakashev, Dimitar, et al.. (2008). Ex-situ bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sewage sludge. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 164(2-3). 1568–1572. 39 indexed citations

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Boe, Kanokwan, Dimitar Karakashev, Éric Trably, & İrini Angelidaki. (2008). Effect of post-digestion temperature on serial CSTR biogas reactor performance. Water Research. 43(3). 669–676. 26 indexed citations

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Karakashev, Dimitar, et al.. (2007). Anaerobic biodegradation of fluoranthene under methanogenic conditions in presence of surface-active compounds. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 153(1-2). 123–127. 46 indexed citations

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Karakashev, Dimitar, Anne Belinda Thomsen, & İrini Angelidaki. (2007). Anaerobic biotechnological approaches for production of liquid energy carriers from biomass. Biotechnology Letters. 29(7). 1005–1012. 36 indexed citations

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Karakashev, Dimitar, Danka Galabova, & Иван Симеонов. (2003). A simple and rapid test for differentiation of aerobic from anaerobic bacteria. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 19(3). 233–238. 45 indexed citations

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