Ines Thiele

29.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
125 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Ines Thiele is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ines Thiele has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Physiology and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ines Thiele's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (76 papers), Gut microbiota and health (38 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (29 papers). Ines Thiele is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (76 papers), Gut microbiota and health (38 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (29 papers). Ines Thiele collaborates with scholars based in Luxembourg, Ireland and United States. Ines Thiele's co-authors include Bernhard Ø. Palsson, Jeffrey D. Orth, Almut Heinken, Ronan M. T. Fleming, Dmitry A. Ravcheev, Jonathan R. Swann, Karen P. Scott, Kieran Tuohy, Glenn R. Gibson and Ian Rowland and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ines Thiele

123 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

What is flux balance analysis? 2007 2026 2013 2019 2010 2017 2011 2010 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. What is flux balance analysis?
    2010 2.6k citations Ines Thiele, Bernhard Ø. Palsson et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  2. Gut microbiota functions: metabolism of nutrients and other food components
    2017 1.9k citations Almut Heinken, Ines Thiele et al. profile →
  3. Quantitative prediction of cellular metabolism with constraint-based models: the COBRA Toolbox v2.0
    2011 1.3k citations Richard Que, Ronan M. T. Fleming et al. Nature Protocols profile →
  4. A protocol for generating a high-quality genome-scale metabolic reconstruction
    2010 1.2k citations Ines Thiele, Bernhard Ø. Palsson Nature Protocols profile →
  5. Global reconstruction of the human metabolic network based on genomic and bibliomic data
    2007 1.0k citations Ines Thiele, Bernhard Ø. Palsson et al. profile →
  6. Reconstruction of biochemical networks in microorganisms
    2008 621 citations Ines Thiele, Bernhard Ø. Palsson et al. profile →
  7. Systematic genome assessment of B-vitamin biosynthesis suggests co-operation among gut microbes
    2015 601 citations Stefanía Magnúsdóttir, Dmitry A. Ravcheev et al. profile →
  8. Generation of genome-scale metabolic reconstructions for 773 members of the human gut microbiota
    2016 522 citations Stefanía Magnúsdóttir, Almut Heinken et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  9. Metabolomics enables precision medicine: “A White Paper, Community Perspective”
    2016 417 citations Gabi Kastenmüller, Ines Thiele et al. profile →
  10. Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of 7,302 human microorganisms for personalized medicine
    2023 140 citations Almut Heinken, Johannes Hertel et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ines Thiele Luxembourg 50 13.9k 3.3k 1.8k 1.2k 994 125 16.2k
Yulan Wang China 71 9.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 2.5k 1.4× 938 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 429 17.2k
Tomoyoshi Soga Japan 67 11.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.7× 819 0.7× 541 0.5× 370 19.5k
Uwe Sauer Switzerland 93 19.9k 1.4× 4.4k 1.3× 687 0.4× 4.0k 3.4× 1.3k 1.3× 265 24.4k
Peter D. Karp United States 52 12.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 452 0.2× 1.4k 1.2× 573 0.6× 159 15.3k
Guowang Xu China 77 13.1k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 2.2k 1.2× 461 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 548 20.9k
Intawat Nookaew United States 49 8.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 2.5k 1.4× 730 0.6× 751 0.8× 190 11.6k
Warwick B. Dunn United Kingdom 57 11.5k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 736 0.6× 799 0.8× 177 16.0k
D.C. Liebler United States 72 13.3k 1.0× 921 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 547 0.5× 644 0.6× 396 22.0k
Mao Tanabe Japan 13 12.9k 0.9× 726 0.2× 975 0.5× 1.7k 1.5× 638 0.6× 31 19.7k
Kiran Raosaheb Patil Germany 43 6.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 550 0.3× 503 0.4× 890 0.9× 99 8.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hirose, Yujiro, Daniel C. Zielinski, Saugat Poudel, et al.. (2024). A genome-scale metabolic model of a globally disseminated hyperinvasive M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. mSystems. 9(9). e0073624–e0073624. 5 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Shahzad, Gabi Kastenmüller, Robert Kraaij, et al.. (2024). In silico metabolic modelling links microbiome-derived metabolites to risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 3 indexed citations
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Nasheuer, Heinz‐Peter, et al.. (2024). Replication Protein A, the Main Eukaryotic Single-Stranded DNA Binding Protein, a Focal Point in Cellular DNA Metabolism. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(1). 588–588. 7 indexed citations
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Heinken, Almut, Johannes Hertel, Dmitry A. Ravcheev, et al.. (2023). Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of 7,302 human microorganisms for personalized medicine. Nature Biotechnology. 41(9). 1320–1331. 140 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guebila, Marouen Ben & Ines Thiele. (2021). Dynamic flux balance analysis on whole-body metabolism for Type 1 diabetes. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yurong, Pascal Schlosser, Johannes Hertel, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Rare genetic variants affecting urine metabolite levels link population variation to inborn errors of metabolism. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5938–5938. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yurong, Pascal Schlosser, Johannes Hertel, et al.. (2021). Rare genetic variants affecting urine metabolite levels link population variation to inborn errors of metabolism. Nature Communications. 12(1). 964–964. 16 indexed citations
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Hertel, Johannes, Almut Heinken, Filippo Martinelli Boneschi, & Ines Thiele. (2021). Integration of constraint-based modeling with fecal metabolomics reveals large deleterious effects of Fusobacterium spp. on community butyrate production. Gut Microbes. 13(1). 1–23. 25 indexed citations
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Baldini, Federico, Almut Heinken, Laurent Heirendt, et al.. (2018). The Microbiome Modeling Toolbox: from microbial interactions to personalized microbial communities. Bioinformatics. 35(13). 2332–2334. 94 indexed citations
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Preciat, German, et al.. (2017). Comparative evaluation of atom mapping algorithms for balanced metabolic reactions: application to Recon 3D. Journal of Cheminformatics. 9(1). 39–39. 23 indexed citations
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Fleming, Ronan M. T., Nikos Vlassis, Ines Thiele, & Michael A. Saunders. (2016). Conditions for duality between fluxes and concentrations in biochemical networks. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 409. 1–10. 11 indexed citations
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Aurich, Maike K. & Ines Thiele. (2015). Computational Modeling of Human Metabolism and Its Application to Systems Biomedicine. Methods in molecular biology. 1386. 253–281. 19 indexed citations
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Stobbe, Miranda D., et al.. (2013). Consensus and conflict cards for metabolic pathway databases. BMC Systems Biology. 7(1). 50–50. 7 indexed citations
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Sahoo, Swagatika, Leifur Franzson, Jón J. Jónsson, & Ines Thiele. (2012). A compendium of inborn errors of metabolism mapped onto the human metabolic network. Molecular BioSystems. 8(10). 2545–2558. 49 indexed citations
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Thiele, Ines, Ronan M. T. Fleming, Richard Que, et al.. (2012). Multiscale Modeling of Metabolism and Macromolecular Synthesis in E. coli and Its Application to the Evolution of Codon Usage. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45635–e45635. 87 indexed citations
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Thiele, Ines, Almut Heinken, & Ronan M. T. Fleming. (2012). A systems biology approach to studying the role of microbes in human health. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 24(1). 4–12. 76 indexed citations
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Aurich, Maike K. & Ines Thiele. (2012). Contextualization Procedure and Modeling of Monocyte Specific TLR Signaling. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e49978–e49978. 3 indexed citations
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Paglia, Giuseppe, Manuela Magnúsdóttir, Ronan M. T. Fleming, et al.. (2011). Monitoring metabolites consumption and secretion in cultured cells using ultra-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole–time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC–Q–ToF-MS). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 402(3). 1183–1198. 67 indexed citations
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Thiele, Ines & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2010). A protocol for generating a high-quality genome-scale metabolic reconstruction. Nature Protocols. 5(1). 93–121. 1235 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Ying, Ines Thiele, Dana Weekes, et al.. (2009). Three-Dimensional Structural View of the Central Metabolic Network of Thermotoga maritima. Science. 325(5947). 1544–1549. 146 indexed citations

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