Javier Gimpel

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Javier Gimpel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Javier Gimpel has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Javier Gimpel's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (12 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (2 papers). Javier Gimpel is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (12 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (2 papers). Javier Gimpel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Mexico. Javier Gimpel's co-authors include Stephen P. Mayfield, Beth A. Rasala, Michael J. Hannon, Miller Tran, Vitalia Henríquez, Elizabeth A. Specht, D. Ryan Georgianna, Carolina Escobar, Verónica Rojas and Bertha Olivia Arredondo-Vega and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Javier Gimpel

15 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Biofuels from algae: challenges and potential 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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. Biofuels from algae: challenges and potential
    2010 536 citations Michael J. Hannon, Javier Gimpel et al. Biofuels profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Javier Gimpel United States 12 945 596 263 100 99 15 1.2k
Ching‐Nen Nathan Chen Taiwan 22 715 0.8× 570 1.0× 194 0.7× 130 1.3× 111 1.1× 31 1.4k
Xuemei Mao China 20 1.1k 1.1× 631 1.1× 121 0.5× 133 1.3× 115 1.2× 40 1.3k
Mitsufumi Matsumoto Japan 21 737 0.8× 666 1.1× 344 1.3× 115 1.1× 78 0.8× 39 1.4k
Julian N. Rosenberg United States 17 1.5k 1.6× 633 1.1× 449 1.7× 153 1.5× 272 2.7× 27 1.9k
Nam Kyu Kang South Korea 20 923 1.0× 855 1.4× 209 0.8× 54 0.5× 53 0.5× 44 1.4k
Juergen Polle United States 17 1.1k 1.1× 856 1.4× 109 0.4× 239 2.4× 145 1.5× 20 1.5k
Baoyan Gao China 19 851 0.9× 323 0.5× 132 0.5× 169 1.7× 126 1.3× 39 1.1k
Jina Heo South Korea 19 724 0.8× 198 0.3× 102 0.4× 131 1.3× 156 1.6× 35 966
Sarah D’Adamo Netherlands 20 911 1.0× 597 1.0× 120 0.5× 86 0.9× 60 0.6× 35 1.2k
Yuichi Kato Japan 13 461 0.5× 368 0.6× 85 0.3× 54 0.5× 59 0.6× 30 696

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Fields of papers citing papers by Javier Gimpel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Javier Gimpel

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Gimpel, Javier, María Cristina Ravanal, Oriana Salazar, & María Elena Lienqueo. (2018). Saccharification of Brown Macroalgae Using an Arsenal of Recombinant Alginate Lyases: Potential Application in the Biorefinery Process. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 28(10). 1671–1682. 10 indexed citations
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Gimpel, Javier, et al.. (2018). Over-accumulation of astaxanthin in Haematococcus pluvialis through chloroplast genetic engineering. Algal Research. 31. 291–297. 94 indexed citations
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Ravanal, María Cristina, Sandeep Sharma, Javier Gimpel, et al.. (2017). The role of alginate lyases in the enzymatic saccharification of brown macroalgae, Macrocystis pyrifera and Saccharina latissima. Algal Research. 26. 287–293. 35 indexed citations
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Henríquez, Vitalia, et al.. (2016). Carotenoids in Microalgae. Sub-cellular biochemistry. 79. 219–237. 89 indexed citations
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Gimpel, Javier, Vitalia Henríquez, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2015). In Metabolic Engineering of Eukaryotic Microalgae: Potential and Challenges Come with Great Diversity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 1376–1376. 137 indexed citations
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Gimpel, Javier, Hussam Hassan Nour‐Eldin, Melissa A. Scranton, Daphne Li, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2015). Refactoring the Six-Gene Photosystem II Core in the Chloroplast of the Green Algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(7). 589–596. 18 indexed citations
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Vinyard, David J., Jennifer S. Sun, Javier Gimpel, et al.. (2015). Natural isoforms of the Photosystem II D1 subunit differ in photoassembly efficiency of the water-oxidizing complex. Photosynthesis Research. 128(2). 141–150. 3 indexed citations
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Barrera, Daniel J., Javier Gimpel, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2014). Rapid Screening for the Robust Expression of Recombinant Proteins in Algal Plastids. Methods in molecular biology. 1132. 391–399. 7 indexed citations
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Vinyard, David J., Javier Gimpel, Gennady Ananyev, Stephen P. Mayfield, & G. Charles Dismukes. (2014). Engineered Photosystem II Reaction Centers Optimize Photochemistry versus Photoprotection at Different Solar Intensities. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(10). 4048–4055. 30 indexed citations
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Gimpel, Javier, et al.. (2014). Production of recombinant proteins in microalgae at pilot greenhouse scale. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 112(2). 339–345. 62 indexed citations
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Gimpel, Javier, Elizabeth A. Specht, D. Ryan Georgianna, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2013). Advances in microalgae engineering and synthetic biology applications for biofuel production. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 17(3). 489–495. 128 indexed citations
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Vinyard, David J., Javier Gimpel, Gennady Ananyev, et al.. (2012). Natural Variants of Photosystem II Subunit D1 Tune Photochemical Fitness to Solar Intensity *. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(8). 5451–5462. 34 indexed citations
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Gimpel, Javier, et al.. (2012). CHLOROPLAST GENETIC TOOL FOR THE GREEN MICROALGAE HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS (CHLOROPHYCEAE, VOLVOCALES)1. Journal of Phycology. 48(4). 976–983. 46 indexed citations
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Gimpel, Javier & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2012). Analysis of heterologous regulatory and coding regions in algal chloroplasts. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(10). 4499–4510. 18 indexed citations
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Hannon, Michael J., Javier Gimpel, Miller Tran, Beth A. Rasala, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2010). Biofuels from algae: challenges and potential. Biofuels. 1(5). 763–784. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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