Effendi Leonard

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Effendi Leonard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Effendi Leonard has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pharmacology and 4 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Effendi Leonard's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (9 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (7 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers). Effendi Leonard is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (9 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (7 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers). Effendi Leonard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Germany. Effendi Leonard's co-authors include Wenhai Xiao, Parayil Kumaran Ajikumar, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Keith E. J. Tyo, Fritz Simeon, Blaine A. Pfeifer, Yong Wang, Mattheos Koffas, Kristala L. J. Prather and Yajun Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Effendi Leonard

16 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Isoprenoid Pathway Optimization for Taxol Precursor Overp... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2010 2012 400 800 1.2k
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. Isoprenoid Pathway Optimization for Taxol Precursor Overproduction in Escherichia coli
    2010 1.3k citations Parayil Kumaran Ajikumar, Wenhai Xiao et al. Science profile →
  2. Isoprenoid pathway optimization for Taxol precursor overproduction in Escherichia coli.
    2010 808 citations Parayil Kumaran Ajikumar, Wenhai Xiao et al. PubMed profile →
  3. An Engineered Microbial Platform for Direct Biofuel Production from Brown Macroalgae
    2012 548 citations Adam J. Wargacki, Effendi Leonard et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Effendi Leonard United States 16 3.6k 1.0k 842 557 298 16 4.2k
Wenhai Xiao China 27 3.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 566 0.7× 453 0.8× 260 0.9× 77 4.3k
Qiang Hua China 34 3.1k 0.9× 374 0.4× 889 1.1× 247 0.4× 610 2.0× 123 3.8k
Norihiko Misawa Japan 53 6.6k 1.8× 619 0.6× 390 0.5× 884 1.6× 2.1k 7.2× 196 8.2k
Kangjian Qiao United States 22 2.4k 0.7× 595 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 202 0.4× 172 0.6× 26 2.8k
Lidan Ye China 33 2.6k 0.7× 294 0.3× 554 0.7× 468 0.8× 353 1.2× 105 3.0k
Hongwei Yu China 32 2.9k 0.8× 314 0.3× 427 0.5× 425 0.8× 407 1.4× 128 3.3k
Guiyang Shi China 27 1.5k 0.4× 338 0.3× 590 0.7× 540 1.0× 61 0.2× 167 2.5k
Alejandro F. Barrero Spain 39 2.5k 0.7× 881 0.8× 130 0.2× 856 1.5× 86 0.3× 252 5.8k
Yongjin J. Zhou China 36 4.6k 1.3× 560 0.5× 1.6k 1.9× 481 0.9× 294 1.0× 117 5.1k
Vincent J. J. Martin Canada 36 3.7k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 855 1.0× 557 1.0× 164 0.6× 79 4.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Wargacki, Adam J., Effendi Leonard, Maung Nyan Win, et al.. (2012). An Engineered Microbial Platform for Direct Biofuel Production from Brown Macroalgae. Science. 335(6066). 308–313. 548 indexed citations breakdown →
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Varman, Arul M., Yi Xiao, Effendi Leonard, & Yinjie Tang. (2011). Statistics-based model for prediction of chemical biosynthesis yield from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbial Cell Factories. 10(1). 45–45. 17 indexed citations
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Ajikumar, Parayil Kumaran, Wenhai Xiao, Keith E. J. Tyo, et al.. (2010). Isoprenoid Pathway Optimization for Taxol Precursor Overproduction in Escherichia coli. Science. 330(6000). 70–74. 1266 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ajikumar, Parayil Kumaran, Wenhai Xiao, Keith E. J. Tyo, et al.. (2010). Isoprenoid pathway optimization for Taxol precursor overproduction in Escherichia coli.. PubMed. 330(6000). 70–4. 808 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leonard, Effendi, Parayil Kumaran Ajikumar, Kelly M. Thayer, et al.. (2010). Combining metabolic and protein engineering of a terpenoid biosynthetic pathway for overproduction and selectivity control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(31). 13654–13659. 279 indexed citations
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Nielsen, David R., et al.. (2009). Engineering alternative butanol production platforms in heterologous bacteria. Metabolic Engineering. 11(4-5). 262–273. 291 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi, Weerawat Runguphan, Sarah E. O’Connor, & Kristala Jones Prather. (2009). Opportunities in metabolic engineering to facilitate scalable alkaloid production. Nature Chemical Biology. 5(5). 292–300. 108 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi, David R. Nielsen, Kevin Solomon, & Kristala Jones Prather. (2008). Engineering microbes with synthetic biology frameworks. Trends in biotechnology. 26(12). 674–681. 49 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi, et al.. (2008). Strain Improvement of Recombinant Escherichia coli for Efficient Production of Plant Flavonoids. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 5(2). 257–265. 205 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi, Yajun Yan, Joseph A. Chemler, et al.. (2008). Characterization of dihydroflavonol 4-reductases for recombinant plant pigment biosynthesis applications. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 26(3). 243–251. 17 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi, et al.. (2007). Engineering Central Metabolic Pathways for High-Level Flavonoid Production in Escherichia coli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(12). 3877–3886. 206 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi & Mattheos Koffas. (2007). Engineering of Artificial Plant Cytochrome P450 Enzymes for Synthesis of Isoflavones by Escherichia coli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(22). 7246–7251. 104 indexed citations
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Chemler, Joseph A., Yajun Yan, Effendi Leonard, & Mattheos Koffas. (2007). Combinatorial Mutasynthesis of Flavonoid Analogues from Acrylic Acids in Microorganisms. Organic Letters. 9(10). 1855–1858. 45 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi, Joseph A. Chemler, Kok Hong Lim, & Mattheos Koffas. (2005). Expression of a soluble flavone synthase allows the biosynthesis of phytoestrogen derivatives in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 70(1). 85–91. 61 indexed citations
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Leonard, Effendi, Yajun Yan, Kok Hong Lim, & Mattheos Koffas. (2005). Investigation of Two Distinct Flavone Synthases for Plant-Specific Flavone Biosynthesis inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(12). 8241–8248. 80 indexed citations

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