Gerhard Fiala

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Gerhard Fiala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Fiala has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Fiala's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (3 papers). Gerhard Fiala is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (3 papers). Gerhard Fiala collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Gerhard Fiala's co-authors include Karl O. Stetter, Gertrud Huber, Andreas H. Segerer, Robert Huber, Thomas A. Langworthy, Jerzy Madon, Holger W. Jannasch, Carl R. Woese, Karl-Otto Stetter and Karl O. Stetter and has published in prestigious journals such as Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Archives of Microbiology and FEMS Microbiology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Fiala

9 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Pyrococcus furiosus sp. n... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 200 400 600
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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. Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100�C
    1986 732 citations Gerhard Fiala, Karl O. Stetter Archives of Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerhard Fiala Germany 8 861 435 306 255 158 9 1.4k
Torleiv Lien Norway 21 556 0.6× 252 0.6× 236 0.8× 395 1.5× 236 1.5× 41 1.4k
Toshihiro Hoaki Japan 15 649 0.8× 386 0.9× 169 0.6× 223 0.9× 42 0.3× 25 1.1k
Gertrud Huber Germany 14 485 0.6× 283 0.7× 196 0.6× 233 0.9× 69 0.4× 17 1.0k
Birgit E. Alber Germany 22 1.9k 2.2× 434 1.0× 421 1.4× 192 0.8× 263 1.7× 27 2.5k
Lawrence I. Hochstein United States 23 893 1.0× 469 1.1× 163 0.5× 165 0.6× 85 0.5× 55 1.5k
Andrew D. Lawrence United Kingdom 25 1.7k 2.0× 782 1.8× 279 0.9× 211 0.8× 569 3.6× 50 3.0k
Yosuke Koga Japan 29 1.6k 1.8× 587 1.3× 292 1.0× 570 2.2× 38 0.2× 68 2.5k
W. Heinen Netherlands 19 557 0.6× 260 0.6× 105 0.3× 106 0.4× 68 0.4× 80 1.2k
Hiroyuki Morii Japan 22 1.1k 1.3× 519 1.2× 173 0.6× 603 2.4× 29 0.2× 46 1.9k
Doris Hafenbradl Germany 18 696 0.8× 523 1.2× 109 0.4× 423 1.7× 77 0.5× 26 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Gerhard Fiala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerhard Fiala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard Fiala

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerhard Fiala. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerhard Fiala 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 Gerhard Fiala. Gerhard Fiala is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Baumann, Richard W. & Gerhard Fiala. (2001). NANONEMOURA , A NEW STONEFLY GENUS FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, OREGON (PLECOPTERA: NEMOURIDAE). 61(4). 3. 2 indexed citations
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Burggraf, Siegfried, Gerhard Fiala, Gertrud Huber, et al.. (1995). Isolation, taxonomy and phylogeny of hyperthermophilic microorganisms. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 11(1). 9–16. 72 indexed citations
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Segerer, Andreas H., et al.. (1993). Life in hot springs and hydrothermal vents. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 23(1). 77–90. 67 indexed citations
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Fiala, Gerhard, Carl R. Woese, Thomas A. Langworthy, & Karl O. Stetter. (1990). Flexistipes sinusarabici, a novel genus and species of eubacteria occurring in the Atlantis II Deep brines of the Red Sea. Archives of Microbiology. 154(2). 120–126. 55 indexed citations
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Stetter, Karl O., Gerhard Fiala, Gertrud Huber, Robert Huber, & Andreas H. Segerer. (1990). Hyperthermophilic microorganisms. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 75(2-3). 117–124. 262 indexed citations
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Stetter, Karl O., Andreas H. Segerer, Wolfram Zillig, et al.. (1986). Extremely thermophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 7(2-3). 393–397. 36 indexed citations
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Fiala, Gerhard, Karl O. Stetter, Holger W. Jannasch, Thomas A. Langworthy, & Jerzy Madon. (1986). Staphylothermus marinus sp. nov. Represents a Novel Genus of Extremely Thermophilic Submarine Heterotrophic Archaebacteria Growing up to 98 °C. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 8(1-2). 106–113. 139 indexed citations
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Stetter, Karl-Otto, Gerhard Fiala, R. Huber, Gertrud Huber, & Andreas H. Segerer. (1986). Life above the boiling point of water?. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 42(11-12). 1187–1191. 19 indexed citations
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Fiala, Gerhard & Karl O. Stetter. (1986). Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100�C. Archives of Microbiology. 145(1). 56–61. 732 indexed citations breakdown →

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