James M. Byrne

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

James M. Byrne is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Byrne has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 33 papers in Environmental Engineering and 27 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James M. Byrne's work include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (41 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (27 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (18 papers). James M. Byrne is often cited by papers focused on Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (41 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (27 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (18 papers). James M. Byrne collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. James M. Byrne's co-authors include Andreas Kappler, Casey Bryce, Elizabeth D. Swanner, Ulf Lueder, Muammar Mansor, Ruben Kretzschmar, Laurel K. ThomasArrigo, Jonathan R. Lloyd, Victoria S. Coker and Neil D. Telling and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James M. Byrne

94 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

An evolving view on biogeochemical cycling of iron

2021 537 citations Andreas Kappler, Casey Bryce et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Magnetite and Green Rust: Synthesis, Properties, and Environmental Applications of Mixed-Valent Iron Minerals

2018 381 citations Muhammad Usman, James M. Byrne et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James M. Byrne Germany	37	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	954	949	97	4.6k
Martin Obst Germany	39	751 0.6×	911 0.8×	775 0.7×	473 0.5×	783 0.8×	90	4.7k
Edward J. O’Loughlin United States	38	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	767 0.7×	511 0.5×	979 1.0×	89	5.2k
William D. Burgos United States	40	1.4k 1.1×	994 0.9×	822 0.8×	623 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	108	4.2k
Danielle Fortin Canada	39	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	784 0.7×	541 0.6×	712 0.8×	96	4.6k
Matthew Ginder‐Vogel United States	36	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	583 0.5×	596 0.6×	640 0.7×	76	4.9k
Anhuai Lu China	36	612 0.5×	615 0.5×	1.9k 1.8×	1.7k 1.7×	979 1.0×	218	5.9k
Patricia A. Maurice United States	35	881 0.7×	615 0.5×	536 0.5×	660 0.7×	421 0.4×	90	4.0k
Richard N. Collins Australia	39	1.4k 1.1×	752 0.7×	319 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	103	4.8k
Charles T. Resch United States	33	1.1k 0.9×	856 0.8×	994 0.9×	349 0.4×	491 0.5×	71	4.4k
Joseph W. Stucki United States	38	917 0.7×	635 0.6×	704 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	641 0.7×	98	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James M. Byrne

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20 of 20 papers shown

Atekwana, Estella A., Joshua M. Feinberg, & James M. Byrne. (2025). The Role of Microorganisms in Shaping Earth's Magnetic History. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 53(1). 339–366. 1 indexed citations

Crane, Richard A., et al.. (2025). Recovery of Co(ii), Ni(ii) and Zn(ii) using magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) at circumneutral pH. Environmental Science Nano. 12(4). 2371–2382. 1 indexed citations

Maisch, Markus, Daniel Straub, Harald Strauß, et al.. (2025). Cryptic iron cycling influenced by organic carbon availability in a seasonally stratified lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 101(4).

Kappler, Andreas, et al.. (2024). Magnetite nanoparticles are metastable biogeobatteries in consecutive redox cycles driven by microbial Fe oxidation and reduction. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1. 1 indexed citations

Tomaszewski, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2023). Continuous cultivation of the lithoautotrophic nitrate‐reducing Fe( II )‐oxidizing culture KS in a chemostat bioreactor. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 15(4). 324–334. 6 indexed citations

Kappler, Andreas, Casey Bryce, Muammar Mansor, et al.. (2021). An evolving view on biogeochemical cycling of iron. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(6). 360–374. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

Fritzsche, Andreas, Julian Bosch, Michael Sander, et al.. (2021). Organic Matter from Redoximorphic Soils Accelerates and Sustains Microbial Fe(III) Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(15). 10821–10831. 38 indexed citations

Schmidt, Matthias, James M. Byrne, & I. J. Maasilta. (2021). Bio-imaging with the helium-ion microscope: A review. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 12. 1–23. 20 indexed citations

Blackwell, Nia, Karsten Osenbrück, Daniel Straub, et al.. (2021). Nitrate Removal by a Novel Lithoautotrophic Nitrate-Reducing, Iron(II)-Oxidizing Culture Enriched from a Pyrite-Rich Limestone Aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(16). e0046021–e0046021. 33 indexed citations

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Byrne, James M., et al.. (2021). Diurnal Fe(II)/Fe(III) cycling and enhanced O2 production in a simulated Archean marine oxygen oasis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2069–2069. 11 indexed citations

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Tomaszewski, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2020). Complexation by cysteine and iron mineral adsorption limit cadmium mobility during metabolic activity of Geobacter sulfurreducens. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 22(9). 1877–1887. 13 indexed citations

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Tomaszewski, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2020). Oxidation of green rust by anoxygenic phototrophic Fe(II)-oxidising bacteria. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 52–57. 17 indexed citations

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Wankel, Scott D., et al.. (2020). Impact of reactive surfaces on the abiotic reaction between nitrite and ferrous iron and associated nitrogen and oxygen isotope dynamics. Biogeosciences. 17(16). 4355–4374. 15 indexed citations

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Byrne, James M., et al.. (2020). Role of Iron Sulfide Phases in the Stability of Noncrystalline Tetravalent Uranium in Sediments. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(8). 4840–4846. 23 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhe, E. Marie Muehe, Elizabeth J. Tomaszewski, et al.. (2020). Effect of Natural Organic Matter on the Fate of Cadmium During Microbial Ferrihydrite Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(15). 9445–9453. 62 indexed citations

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Byrne, James M., et al.. (2019). Pyrite formation from FeS and H ₂ S is mediated through microbial redox activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(14). 6897–6902. 133 indexed citations

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Usman, Muhammad, James M. Byrne, Ayesha Chaudhary, et al.. (2018). Magnetite and Green Rust: Synthesis, Properties, and Environmental Applications of Mixed-Valent Iron Minerals. Chemical Reviews. 118(7). 3251–3304. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Byrne, James M., et al.. (2016). Spatial variability of soil magnetic susceptibility, organic carbon and total nitrogen from farmland in northern China. CATENA. 145. 92–98. 47 indexed citations

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Ziganshin, Ayrat M., Elvira E. Ziganshina, James M. Byrne, et al.. (2015). Fe(III) mineral reduction followed by partial dissolution and reactive oxygen species generation during 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene transformation by the aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. AMB Express. 5(1). 8–8. 21 indexed citations

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McBean, Edward A., et al.. (1987). Incorporation of wind roses in a statistical long-range pollution transport model. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 36(1-2). 115–130. 4 indexed citations

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