Horst Schmieger

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Horst Schmieger is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Horst Schmieger has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Ecology, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Horst Schmieger's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (15 papers). Horst Schmieger is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (15 papers). Horst Schmieger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and South Africa. Horst Schmieger's co-authors include Horst Backhaus, Michael W. Heuzenroeder, Christine K. Schmidt, Sherwood Casjens, Michael E. Ford, Marisa L. Pedulla, Eddie B. Gilcrease, Graham F. Hatfull, Roger W. Hendrix and Jennifer M. Houtz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Molecular Biology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Horst Schmieger

51 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Phage P22-mutants with increased or decreased transductio... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Phage P22-mutants with increased or decreased transduction abilities
    1972 575 citations Horst Schmieger Molecular and General Genetics MGG profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Horst Schmieger Germany 20 1.2k 1.0k 613 551 327 52 1.9k
K E Sanderson Canada 17 439 0.4× 731 0.7× 569 0.9× 406 0.7× 374 1.1× 20 1.4k
Marie‐Christine Chopin France 27 1.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.6× 594 1.0× 1.2k 2.1× 146 0.4× 40 2.4k
Martin Goldberg United Kingdom 16 465 0.4× 929 0.9× 858 1.4× 298 0.5× 508 1.6× 18 1.7k
C. S. J. Hulton United Kingdom 8 368 0.3× 845 0.8× 729 1.2× 199 0.4× 325 1.0× 9 1.4k
Nara Figueroa‐Bossi France 26 1.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.5× 1.3k 2.2× 818 1.5× 721 2.2× 63 2.8k
J. N. COETZEE South Africa 20 714 0.6× 864 0.8× 408 0.7× 183 0.3× 178 0.5× 89 1.5k
Pierre Mandin France 16 567 0.5× 1.5k 1.4× 878 1.4× 352 0.6× 233 0.7× 22 2.3k
Darren D. Sledjeski United States 18 659 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 1.2k 2.0× 100 0.2× 299 0.9× 28 2.2k
Rocı́o Canals United Kingdom 21 468 0.4× 568 0.5× 285 0.5× 534 1.0× 591 1.8× 43 1.5k
Andrew R. Timms United Kingdom 17 666 0.6× 527 0.5× 264 0.4× 446 0.8× 141 0.4× 24 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Horst Schmieger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Horst Schmieger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Horst Schmieger

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

All Works

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Ombui, J N, et al.. (2006). Bacillus cereus may produce two or more diarrheal enterotoxins. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 149(2). 245–248. 13 indexed citations
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Schmieger, Horst, et al.. (2001). Method for Host-Independent Detection of Generalized Transducing Bacteriophages in Natural Habitats. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(4). 1490–1493. 43 indexed citations
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Schmieger, Horst, et al.. (1999). Transduction of multiple drug resistance ofSalmonella entericaserovartyphimuriumDT104. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 170(1). 251–256. 118 indexed citations
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Wieland, Thomas, et al.. (1999). Molecular characterization and module composition of P22-related Salmonella phage genomes. Journal of Biotechnology. 73(2-3). 185–194. 11 indexed citations
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Schmieger, Horst, et al.. (1994). Sequence analysis of cohesive ends of the actinophage RP3 genome and construction of a transducible shuttle vector. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 118(3). 283–289. 6 indexed citations
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Neubert, U., et al.. (1993). Bacteriophages induced by ciprofloxacin in a Borrelia burgdorferi skin isolate. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie. 279(3). 307–315. 21 indexed citations
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Sedlmeier, Reinhard, et al.. (1993). Sequences of tRNA-encoding genes and associated open reading frames of Streptomyces lividans. Gene. 132(1). 125–130. 6 indexed citations
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Biuković, Goran, et al.. (1993). The temperate phages RP2 and RP3 of Streptomyces rimosus. Journal of General Microbiology. 139(10). 2517–2524. 8 indexed citations
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Casjens, Sherwood, et al.. (1992). Molecular genetic analysis of bacteriophage P22 gene 3 product, a protein involved in the initiation of headful DNA packaging. Journal of Molecular Biology. 227(4). 1086–1099. 43 indexed citations
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Sedlmeier, Reinhard, et al.. (1991). Isolation of ribosomal RNA operons ofStreptomyces lividansand sequence analysis of a 5S-rRNA gene. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 82(3). 335–339. 3 indexed citations
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Sedlmeier, Reinhard & Horst Schmieger. (1990). Nucleotide sequences of tRNA genesin Streptomyces lividans66. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(13). 4027–4027. 12 indexed citations
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Schmieger, Horst, et al.. (1990). A molecular analysis of terminase cuts in headful packaging of Salmonella phage P22. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 221(2). 199–202. 8 indexed citations
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Schmieger, Horst & E Koch. (1987). In vitro Assay of Packaging Protein gp3 of <i>Salmonella</i> Phage P22. Intervirology. 28(3). 157–162. 4 indexed citations
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Schmieger, Horst, et al.. (1981). The origin of the DNA in transducing particles of bacteriophage Mu. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 184(2). 312–313. 3 indexed citations
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Backhaus, Horst & Horst Schmieger. (1974). The origin of the DNA in a special class of generalized transducing particles of Salmonella-phage P22. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 131(2). 123–135. 4 indexed citations
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Schmieger, Horst. (1968). Die molekulare Struktur transduzierender Partikel beim Salmonella-Phagen P22: I. Dichtegradienten-Untersuchungen an intakten Phagen. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 102(4). 336–347. 19 indexed citations

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