Jochen Zimmer

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Jochen Zimmer is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jochen Zimmer has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 24 papers in Biomaterials and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jochen Zimmer's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (26 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (21 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (19 papers). Jochen Zimmer is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (26 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (21 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (19 papers). Jochen Zimmer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Jochen Zimmer's co-authors include Jacob L.W. Morgan, Joshua T. McNamara, Tom A. Rapoport, J Strumillo, Yunsun Nam, Pallinti Purushotham, D. Doyle, Ruoya Ho, Jennifer F. Antcliff and Anling Kuo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jochen Zimmer

58 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Crystal Structure of the Potassium Channel KirBac1.1 in the Closed State

2003 652 citations Jochen Zimmer et al. Science profile →
Crystallographic snapshot of cellulose synthesis and membrane translocation

2012 446 citations Jacob L.W. Morgan, J Strumillo et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jochen Zimmer United States	30	2.2k	1.3k	991	802	659	59	4.2k
Luis Serrano Spain	44	3.7k 1.7×	918 0.7×	941 0.9×	2.4k 3.0×	320 0.5×	121	7.0k
Alan Carne New Zealand	39	1.9k 0.9×	398 0.3×	313 0.3×	241 0.3×	183 0.3×	155	4.6k
Nobuhiro Ishida Japan	42	2.6k 1.2×	440 0.3×	282 0.3×	829 1.0×	324 0.5×	94	4.1k
B. Tracy Nixon United States	30	3.5k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	333 0.3×	291 0.4×	1.2k 1.8×	58	5.0k
Hossein Naderi‐Manesh Iran	37	2.5k 1.1×	401 0.3×	605 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	171 0.3×	222	4.5k
Cong‐Zhao Zhou China	34	2.5k 1.1×	459 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	327 0.4×	381 0.6×	161	4.5k
Zhengjun Li China	28	1.8k 0.8×	180 0.1×	701 0.7×	686 0.9×	154 0.2×	108	3.3k
Susumu Maeda Japan	33	3.5k 1.6×	567 0.4×	275 0.3×	120 0.1×	622 0.9×	145	4.8k
Jing Su China	37	2.1k 0.9×	933 0.7×	117 0.1×	341 0.4×	575 0.9×	167	3.9k
Pierre Béguin France	46	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	676 0.7×	3.4k 4.2×	770 1.2×	95	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Jochen Zimmer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jochen Zimmer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zimmer, Jochen. (2025). BPS2025 - Cellulose biosynthesis and modification: A versatile biomaterial across kingdoms of life. Biophysical Journal. 124(3). 21a–21a.

Ho, Ruoya, Pallinti Purushotham, Louis F.L. Wilson, Yueping Wan, & Jochen Zimmer. (2024). Structure, function and assembly of soybean primary cell wall cellulose synthases. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Verma, Preeti, et al.. (2024). Insights into phosphoethanolamine cellulose synthesis and secretion across the Gram-negative cell envelope. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7798–7798. 3 indexed citations

Lampugnani, Edwin R., Yin Ying Ho, Allison van de Meene, et al.. (2024). Glycosyl transferase GT2 genes mediate the biosynthesis of an unusual (1,3;1,4)‐β‐glucan exopolysaccharide in the bacterium Sarcina ventriculi. Molecular Microbiology. 121(6). 1245–1261. 1 indexed citations

Erramilli, Satchal K., et al.. (2024). Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(1). 161–171. 4 indexed citations

Corey, Robin A., Yunchen Bi, Ruoya Ho, et al.. (2022). Structure, substrate recognition and initiation of hyaluronan synthase. Nature. 604(7904). 195–201. 95 indexed citations

Brady, Sonia K., et al.. (2022). Single-molecule investigations of single-chain cellulose biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(40). e2122770119–e2122770119. 8 indexed citations

Spellmon, Nicholas, et al.. (2022). Molecular basis for polysaccharide recognition and modulated ATP hydrolysis by the O antigen ABC transporter. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5226–5226. 10 indexed citations

Acheson, Justin, Ruoya Ho, Nicolette F. Goularte, Lynette Cegelski, & Jochen Zimmer. (2021). Molecular organization of the E. coli cellulose synthase macrocomplex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(3). 310–318. 35 indexed citations

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Purushotham, Pallinti, Ruoya Ho, & Jochen Zimmer. (2020). Architecture of a catalytically active homotrimeric plant cellulose synthase complex. Science. 369(6507). 1089–1094. 164 indexed citations

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Bi, Yunchen, et al.. (2018). Architecture of a channel-forming O-antigen polysaccharide ABC transporter. Nature. 553(7688). 361–365. 81 indexed citations

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Morgan, Jacob L.W., Justin Acheson, & Jochen Zimmer. (2017). Structure of a Type-1 Secretion System ABC Transporter. Structure. 25(3). 522–529. 42 indexed citations

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Purushotham, Pallinti, Sung Hyun Cho, Sara M. Díaz-Moreno, et al.. (2016). A single heterologously expressed plant cellulose synthase isoform is sufficient for cellulose microfibril formation in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(40). 11360–11365. 78 indexed citations

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Morgan, Jacob L.W., Joshua T. McNamara, Michael B. Fischer, et al.. (2016). Observing cellulose biosynthesis and membrane translocation in crystallo. Nature. 531(7594). 329–334. 123 indexed citations

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Schwerdt, Julian G., Frank Wright, Daniel P. Oehme, et al.. (2015). Evolutionary Dynamics of the Cellulose Synthase Gene Superfamily in Grasses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 168(3). 968–983. 48 indexed citations

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Morgan, Jacob L.W., Joshua T. McNamara, & Jochen Zimmer. (2014). Mechanism of activation of bacterial cellulose synthase by cyclic di-GMP. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 21(5). 489–496. 258 indexed citations

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Sethaphong, Latsavongsakda, Candace H. Haigler, James D. Kubicki, et al.. (2013). Tertiary model of a plant cellulose synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(18). 7512–7517. 129 indexed citations

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Morgan, Jacob L.W., J Strumillo, & Jochen Zimmer. (2012). Crystallographic snapshot of cellulose synthesis and membrane translocation. Nature. 493(7431). 181–186. 446 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zimmer, Jochen & Tom A. Rapoport. (2009). Conformational Flexibility and Peptide Interaction of the Translocation ATPase SecA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 394(4). 606–612. 54 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yubin, Paul Meraner, Masatsugu Oh‐hora, et al.. (2009). STIM1 gates the store-operated calcium channel ORAI1 in vitro. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(1). 112–116. 193 indexed citations

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