Helmut Bürgmann

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Helmut Bürgmann is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Bürgmann has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, 45 papers in Pollution and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Helmut Bürgmann's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (27 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (18 papers). Helmut Bürgmann is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (27 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (18 papers). Helmut Bürgmann collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and China. Helmut Bürgmann's co-authors include Nadine Czekalski, Josef Zeyer, Célia M. Manaia, Franco Widmer, Fiona Walsh, Henning Sørum, Elena Gascón Díez, Feng Ju, Despo Fatta‐Kassinos and Thomas U. Berendonk and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Bürgmann

87 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

2015 1.7k citations Helmut Bürgmann et al. profile →
Fundamentals of Microbial Community Resistance and Resilience

2012 1.2k citations Hannes Peter, Helmut Bürgmann et al. profile →
Wastewater as a point source of antibiotic-resistance genes in the sediment of a freshwater lake

2014 366 citations Nadine Czekalski, Helmut Bürgmann et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helmut Bürgmann Switzerland	40	4.2k	3.1k	2.0k	2.0k	871	91	8.4k
Jian‐Qiang Su China	60	8.5k 2.0×	3.7k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	3.1k 1.6×	1.7k 2.0×	243	13.6k
Thomas U. Berendonk Germany	34	3.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	646 0.7×	131	6.4k
Carles Borrego Spain	42	2.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	696 0.8×	115	5.8k
Benli Chai United States	23	2.6k 0.6×	4.0k 1.3×	5.4k 2.7×	920 0.5×	650 0.7×	36	11.6k
David W. Graham United Kingdom	54	6.3k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	175	10.6k
Craig Baker‐Austin United Kingdom	38	2.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	661 0.8×	91	7.1k
Johan Bengtsson‐Palme Sweden	34	3.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	2.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	745 0.9×	67	9.2k
Ulrich Szewzyk Germany	44	2.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	3.9k 1.9×	506 0.3×	1.6k 1.9×	113	10.4k
Erik Kristiansson Sweden	52	4.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	3.5k 1.7×	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	145	10.8k
Hang‐Wei Hu Australia	61	5.4k 1.3×	5.4k 1.7×	2.2k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	892 1.0×	247	12.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Helmut Bürgmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Bürgmann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Bürgmann

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tlili, Ahmed, et al.. (2025). Metal concentration in freshwater sediments is linked to microbial biodiversity and community composition. Environment International. 199. 109465–109465. 4 indexed citations

Limberger, Romana, et al.. (2025). Differential effects of Daphnia genotype composition on spatial environmental heterogeneity in experimental metacommunities. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(S2). 1 indexed citations

Garner, Emily, Ayella Maile-Moskowitz, Luisa F. Angeles, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic Profiling of Internationally Sourced Sewage Influents and Effluents Yields Insight into Selecting Targets for Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(37). 16547–16559. 13 indexed citations

Esposito, Mauro, Giulia Gionchetta, Helmut Bürgmann, et al.. (2024). Disentangling abiotic and biotic effects of treated wastewater on stream biofilm resistomes enables the discovery of a new planctomycete beta-lactamase. Microbiome. 12(1). 164–164. 4 indexed citations

Gionchetta, Giulia, et al.. (2024). Key bacterial groups maintain stream multifunctionality in response to episodic drying. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 9(3). 286–295. 3 indexed citations

Ju, Feng, et al.. (2023). Differential effects of wastewater treatment plant effluents on the antibiotic resistomes of diverse river habitats. The ISME Journal. 17(11). 1993–2002. 35 indexed citations

Riquelme, Maria V., Emily Garner, Suraj Gupta, et al.. (2022). Demonstrating a Comprehensive Wastewater-Based Surveillance Approach That Differentiates Globally Sourced Resistomes. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(21). 14982–14993. 56 indexed citations

Niederdorfer, Robert, Helmut Bürgmann, Moritz F. Lehmann, et al.. (2022). Successful year-round mainstream partial nitritation anammox: Assessment of effluent quality, performance and N2O emissions. Water Research X. 16. 100145–100145. 38 indexed citations

Mayr, Magdalena J., Helmut Bürgmann, Werner Eugster, et al.. (2021). Microbial methane oxidation efficiency and robustness during lake overturn. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 6(6). 320–328. 19 indexed citations

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Niederdorfer, Robert, Alejandro Palomo, Jing Wei, et al.. (2021). Temperature modulates stress response in mainstream anammox reactors. Communications Biology. 4(1). 23–23. 22 indexed citations

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Niederdorfer, Robert, Ling Yuan, Jing Wei, et al.. (2021). Distinct growth stages controlled by the interplay of deterministic and stochastic processes in functional anammox biofilms. Water Research. 200. 117225–117225. 69 indexed citations

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Ju, Feng, Ayella Maile-Moskowitz, Karin Beck, et al.. (2021). Unraveling the riverine antibiotic resistome: The downstream fate of anthropogenic inputs. Water Research. 197. 117050–117050. 78 indexed citations

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Mayr, Magdalena J., et al.. (2019). Niche partitioning of methane-oxidizing bacteria along the oxygen–methane counter gradient of stratified lakes. The ISME Journal. 14(1). 274–287. 65 indexed citations

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Brand, Andreas, et al.. (2019). Aerobic methane oxidation under copper scarcity in a stratified lake. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4817–4817. 20 indexed citations

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Ju, Feng, Karin Beck, Xiaole Yin, et al.. (2018). Wastewater treatment plant resistomes are shaped by bacterial composition, genetic exchange, and upregulated expression in the effluent microbiomes. The ISME Journal. 13(2). 346–360. 336 indexed citations

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Limberger, Romana, Julia Birtel, Hannes Peter, et al.. (2018). Predator‐induced changes in dissolved organic carbon dynamics. Oikos. 128(3). 430–440. 20 indexed citations

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Stamm, Christian, Stephan Fischer, Cornelia Kienle, et al.. (2017). Einfluss von Mikroverunreinigungen. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 90–95. 1 indexed citations

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Czekalski, Nadine, et al.. (2015). Does human activity impact the natural antibiotic resistance background? Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in 21 Swiss lakes. Environment International. 81. 45–55. 227 indexed citations

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Zeyer, Josef, et al.. (2013). Impact of particulate organic matter composition and degradation state on the vertical structure of particle-associated and planktonic lacustrine bacteria. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 69(1). 81–92. 5 indexed citations

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Howard, Erinn C., Shulei Sun, Christopher R. Reisch, et al.. (2010). Changes in Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Demethylase Gene Assemblages in Response to an Induced Phytoplankton Bloom. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(2). 524–531. 38 indexed citations

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