Holger Daims

23.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
109 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Holger Daims is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Holger Daims has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Ecology, 78 papers in Pollution and 39 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Holger Daims's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (79 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (77 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (38 papers). Holger Daims is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (79 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (77 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (38 papers). Holger Daims collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and France. Holger Daims's co-authors include Michael Wagner, Sebastian Lücker, Eva Spieck, Karl‐Heinz Schleifer, Per Halkjær Nielsen, A. Brühl, Rudolf Amann, Craig W. Herbold, Е. В. Лебедева and Petra Pjevac and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Holger Daims

109 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Domain-specific Probe EUB338 is Insufficient for the ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2015 2001 2017 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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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 Domain-specific Probe EUB338 is Insufficient for the Detection of all Bacteria: Development and Evaluation of a more Comprehensive Probe Set
    1999 2.0k citations Holger Daims, Michael Wagner et al. profile →
  2. Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria
    2015 1.9k citations Holger Daims, Е. В. Лебедева et al. Nature profile →
  3. In Situ Characterization of Nitrospira -Like Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria Active in Wastewater Treatment Plants
    2001 661 citations Holger Daims, Jeppe Lund Nielsen et al. profile →
  4. Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle
    2017 629 citations K. Dimitri Kits, Christopher J. Sedlacek et al. Nature profile →
  5. A Nitrospira metagenome illuminates the physiology and evolution of globally important nitrite-oxidizing bacteria
    2010 629 citations Sebastian Lücker, Michael Wagner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. A New Perspective on Microbes Formerly Known as Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria
    2016 627 citations Holger Daims, Sebastian Lücker et al. profile →
  7. A moderately thermophilic ammonia-oxidizing crenarchaeote from a hot spring
    2008 570 citations Roland Hatzenpichler, Е. В. Лебедева et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Expanded metabolic versatility of ubiquitous nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus Nitrospira
    2015 393 citations Hanna Koch, Sebastian Lücker et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Holger Daims Austria 63 9.8k 9.2k 4.1k 3.2k 3.0k 109 17.0k
Ji‐Dong Gu China 72 8.0k 0.8× 5.6k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 3.8k 1.3× 508 19.5k
Huub J. M. Op den Camp Netherlands 70 7.9k 0.8× 7.1k 0.8× 5.7k 1.4× 2.9k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 311 20.0k
Markus Schmid Germany 62 8.6k 0.9× 5.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 191 17.6k
Mads Albertsen Denmark 44 6.2k 0.6× 5.5k 0.6× 3.4k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 97 11.4k
Marc Strous Netherlands 66 17.4k 1.8× 9.4k 1.0× 3.7k 0.9× 6.6k 2.1× 5.1k 1.7× 157 24.8k
Ian M. Head United Kingdom 67 5.5k 0.6× 6.0k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 4.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.5× 205 17.2k
Katherine D. McMahon United States 62 4.5k 0.5× 6.7k 0.7× 4.1k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 161 12.4k
J. Gijs Kuenen Netherlands 56 10.0k 1.0× 4.5k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 4.0k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 144 14.9k
Terry C. Hazen United States 62 4.9k 0.5× 5.9k 0.6× 4.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 286 14.5k
Alfons J. M. Stams Netherlands 91 8.3k 0.8× 5.6k 0.6× 8.1k 2.0× 6.3k 2.0× 2.7k 0.9× 434 29.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Holger Daims

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bale, Nicole J., Petra Pjevac, Michel Koenen, et al.. (2025). Unusual Plastoquinones in Non‐Phototrophic Nitrifying Bacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 17(4). e70174–e70174. 1 indexed citations
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Bayer, Barbara, Shuting Liu, Katherine Louie, et al.. (2024). Metabolite release by nitrifiers facilitates metabolic interactions in the ocean. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 3 indexed citations
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Koch, Hanna, et al.. (2024). Metabolic and phylogenetic diversity in the phylum Nitrospinota revealed by comparative genome analyses. ISME Communications. 4(1). ycad017–ycad017. 5 indexed citations
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Daebeler, Anne, Maria Mooshammer, Thomas Zechmeister, et al.. (2023). Rapid nitrification involving comammox and canonical Nitrospira at extreme pH in saline‐alkaline lakes. Environmental Microbiology. 25(5). 1055–1067. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Tao Liu, Mengmeng Li, et al.. (2023). Hot spring distribution and survival mechanisms of thermophilic comammox Nitrospira. The ISME Journal. 17(7). 993–1003. 36 indexed citations
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Leung, Pok Man, Anne Daebeler, Eleonora Chiri, et al.. (2022). A nitrite-oxidising bacterium constitutively consumes atmospheric hydrogen. The ISME Journal. 16(9). 2213–2219. 32 indexed citations
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Jung, Man‐Young, Christopher J. Sedlacek, K. Dimitri Kits, et al.. (2021). Ammonia-oxidizing archaea possess a wide range of cellular ammonia affinities. The ISME Journal. 16(1). 272–283. 141 indexed citations
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Mueller, Anna J., Man‐Young Jung, Cameron Strachan, et al.. (2020). Genomic and kinetic analysis of novel Nitrospinae enriched by cell sorting. The ISME Journal. 15(3). 732–745. 25 indexed citations
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Sedlacek, Christopher J., Andrew T. Giguere, Brett L. Mellbye, et al.. (2020). Transcriptomic Response of Nitrosomonas europaea Transitioned from Ammonia- to Oxygen-Limited Steady-State Growth. mSystems. 5(1). 37 indexed citations
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Kitzinger, Katharina, Hannah K. Marchant, Laura A. Bristow, et al.. (2020). Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean. Nature Communications. 11(1). 767–767. 70 indexed citations
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Daebeler, Anne, Katharina Kitzinger, Hanna Koch, et al.. (2020). Exploring the upper pH limits of nitrite oxidation: diversity, ecophysiology, and adaptive traits of haloalkalitolerant Nitrospira. The ISME Journal. 14(12). 2967–2979. 64 indexed citations
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Riva, Alessandra, Orest Kuzyk, Erica M. Forsberg, et al.. (2019). A fiber-deprived diet disturbs the fine-scale spatial architecture of the murine colon microbiome. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4366–4366. 84 indexed citations
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Lee, Kang Soo, Márton Palatinszky, Fátima C. Pereira, et al.. (2019). An automated Raman-based platform for the sorting of live cells by functional properties. Nature Microbiology. 4(6). 1035–1048. 196 indexed citations
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Oswald, Kirsten, Jon S. Graf, Sten Littmann, et al.. (2017). Crenothrix are major methane consumers in stratified lakes. The ISME Journal. 11(9). 2124–2140. 113 indexed citations
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Füssel, Jessika, Sebastian Lücker, Pelin Yilmaz, et al.. (2017). Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus. Science Advances. 3(11). e1700807–e1700807. 71 indexed citations
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Koch, Hanna, Sebastian Lücker, Mads Albertsen, et al.. (2015). Expanded metabolic versatility of ubiquitous nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus Nitrospira. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(36). 11371–11376. 393 indexed citations breakdown →
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Daims, Holger, Е. В. Лебедева, Petra Pjevac, et al.. (2015). Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria. Nature. 528(7583). 504–509. 1911 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lebedeva, E. V., Roland Hatzenpichler, Éric Pelletier, et al.. (2013). Enrichment and Genome Sequence of the Group I.1a Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon “Ca. Nitrosotenuis uzonensis” Representing a Clade Globally Distributed in Thermal Habitats. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80835–e80835. 75 indexed citations
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Karwautz, Clemens, et al.. (2009). Drivers of bacterial colonization patterns in stream biofilms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 72(1). 47–57. 32 indexed citations
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Stoecker, Kilian, Bernd Bendinger, Per Halkjær Nielsen, et al.. (2006). Cohn’s Crenothrix is a filamentous methane oxidizer with an unusual methane monooxygenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(7). 2363–2367. 187 indexed citations

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