Einar Leifson

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Einar Leifson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Einar Leifson has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Einar Leifson's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). Einar Leifson is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). Einar Leifson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Einar Leifson's co-authors include Rudolph Hugh, Haskell S. Tubiash, Paul Chanley, R. HUGH, Robert A. Murchelano, Robert C. Cleverdon, John D. Buck, Samuel P. Meyers and M. Mandel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences and Canadian Journal of Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Einar Leifson

39 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

THE TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FERMENTATIVE VERSUS OXIDATI... 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 1963 1960 400 800 1.2k
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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. THE TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FERMENTATIVE VERSUS OXIDATIVE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES BY VARIOUS GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA
    1953 1.4k citations Rudolph Hugh, Einar Leifson Journal of Bacteriology profile →
  2. DETERMINATION OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM OF MARINE BACTERIA
    1963 700 citations Einar Leifson Journal of Bacteriology profile →
  3. Atlas of bacterial flagellation
    1960 381 citations Einar Leifson Academic Press eBooks profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Einar Leifson United States 18 2.0k 1.3k 737 427 427 40 3.5k
V. B. D. Skerman Australia 17 1.6k 0.8× 734 0.6× 651 0.9× 257 0.6× 228 0.5× 31 2.8k
Paul Baumann United States 41 2.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 2.0× 198 0.5× 763 1.8× 93 6.5k
Kate J. Wilson Australia 29 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 426 1.0× 173 0.4× 56 4.3k
Micah I. Krichevsky United States 22 6.0k 3.0× 3.5k 2.6× 1.9k 2.5× 735 1.7× 405 0.9× 71 8.1k
Robert B. Hespell United States 38 2.5k 1.2× 845 0.6× 618 0.8× 580 1.4× 211 0.5× 79 5.1k
Marta Herrero Spain 18 2.5k 1.3× 947 0.7× 769 1.0× 178 0.4× 825 1.9× 25 4.3k
J.H. Parlett United Kingdom 11 4.8k 2.4× 2.8k 2.1× 1.3k 1.8× 567 1.3× 103 0.2× 16 5.4k
Rudolph Hugh United States 7 673 0.3× 344 0.3× 487 0.7× 179 0.4× 173 0.4× 8 1.6k
M. P. Starr United States 26 6.4k 3.2× 3.8k 2.8× 2.6k 3.5× 859 2.0× 628 1.5× 58 9.1k
Wolfgang Schumann Germany 38 3.9k 2.0× 1.7k 1.3× 413 0.6× 600 1.4× 242 0.6× 146 5.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leifson, Einar. (1968). Motile Marine Bacteria. Applied Microbiology. 16(10). 1633–1634. 9 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1968). Motile Marine Bacteria. Applied Microbiology. 16(10). 1633–1634. 3 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1966). Bacterial taxonomy: a critique. Bacteriological Reviews. 30(2). 257–266. 11 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1966). A gas-producing marine bacterium. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 32(1). 387–388. 1 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar & M. Mandel. (1966). The DNA base composition of a flagellar mutant ofComamonas terrigena ATCC 8461. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 32(1). 57–59. 1 indexed citations
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HUGH, R. & Einar Leifson. (1964). The proposed Neotype Strains of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (Schroeter 1872) Migula 1900. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 14(2). 69–84. 12 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1964). Micrococcus eucinetus n. sp.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 14(1). 41–44. 5 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar, et al.. (1964). Pseudomonas vesiculare (Busing et al.) comb. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 14(4). 165–168. 7 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1964). Hyphomicrobium neptunium sp. n.. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 30(1). 249–256. 55 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1963). DETERMINATION OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM OF MARINE BACTERIA. Journal of Bacteriology. 85(5). 1183–1184. 700 indexed citations breakdown →
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Buck, John D., Samuel P. Meyers, & Einar Leifson. (1963). PSEUDOMONAS ( FLAVOBACTERIUM ) PISCICIDA BEIN COMB. NOV. Journal of Bacteriology. 86(5). 1125–1126. 19 indexed citations
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HUGH, R. & Einar Leifson. (1963). A description of the type strain of Pseudomonas maltophilia. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 13(3). 133–138. 40 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1962). Pseudomonas spinosa n. sp.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 12(3). 89–92. 4 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1962). The Bacterial Flora of Distilled And Stored Water. II. Caulobacter vibrioides Henrici and Johnson 1935 in distilled water. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 12(4). 155–160. 7 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar. (1960). Atlas of bacterial flagellation. Academic Press eBooks. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leifson, Einar, et al.. (1957). Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum by Pepsin Digestion and Interface Concentration with Pentane.. 75(1). 1 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar, et al.. (1955). MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FLAGELLA OF PROTEUS AND RELATED BACTERIA. Journal of Bacteriology. 69(1). 73–82. 27 indexed citations
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Leifson, Einar & R. HUGH. (1954). A New Type of Polar Monotrichous Flagellation. Journal of General Microbiology. 10(1). 68–70. 29 indexed citations
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Hugh, Rudolph & Einar Leifson. (1953). THE TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FERMENTATIVE VERSUS OXIDATIVE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES BY VARIOUS GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA. Journal of Bacteriology. 66(1). 24–26. 1448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leifson, Einar, et al.. (1952). Non‐motile flagellated variants ofSalmonella typhi‐murium. The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 64(1). 223–224. 17 indexed citations

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