John O. Baker

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

John O. Baker is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, John O. Baker has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in John O. Baker's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (38 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (18 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (13 papers). John O. Baker is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (38 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (18 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (13 papers). John O. Baker collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. John O. Baker's co-authors include Michael E. Himmel, Sunkyu Park, Philip A. Parilla, David K. Johnson, Shi-You Ding, Edward A. Bayer, Yining Zeng, William S. Adney, Stephen R. Decker and Qi Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John O. Baker

53 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

Cellulose crystallinity index: measurement techniques and their impact on interpreting cellulase performance

2010 2.7k citations Sunkyu Park, John O. Baker et al. Biotechnology for Biofuels profile →
How Does Plant Cell Wall Nanoscale Architecture Correlate with Enzymatic Digestibility?

2012 607 citations Shi-You Ding, Michael E. Himmel et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John O. Baker United States	29	3.2k	2.5k	1.4k	1.1k	822	53	5.2k
Jiaqing Zhu China	31	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	562 0.5×	280 0.3×	93	4.8k
Bryon S. Donohoe United States	42	3.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	635 0.8×	91	5.7k
Melvin P. Tucker United States	40	4.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 1.5×	860 0.8×	647 0.8×	104	5.8k
Marcus Foston United States	36	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	869 0.8×	322 0.4×	93	4.2k
Joong Kon Park South Korea	46	2.1k 0.7×	3.7k 1.5×	613 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	565 0.7×	106	5.5k
Shi-You Ding United States	28	5.5k 1.7×	1.8k 0.7×	2.7k 2.0×	1.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	46	6.9k
Gunnar Henriksson Sweden	47	4.9k 1.5×	3.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	2.8k 2.5×	1.1k 1.3×	179	8.8k
Bin Yang United States	47	7.8k 2.4×	1.5k 0.6×	2.8k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.7×	152	10.0k
Rajeev Kumar United States	45	6.5k 2.0×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.7×	673 0.6×	705 0.9×	90	7.4k
Feng Peng China	45	3.9k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	970 0.9×	338 0.4×	206	7.1k

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Alahuhta, Markus, Qi Xu, Eric P. Knoshaug, et al.. (2021). Chimeric cellobiohydrolase I expression, activity, and biochemical properties in three oleaginous yeast. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 6–6. 6 indexed citations

Taylor, Larry E., Brandon C. Knott, John O. Baker, et al.. (2018). Engineering enhanced cellobiohydrolase activity. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1186–1186. 73 indexed citations

Xu, Qi, Markus Alahuhta, Hui Wei, et al.. (2018). Expression of an endoglucanase–cellobiohydrolase fusion protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yarrowia lipolytica, and Lipomyces starkeyi. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 322–322. 18 indexed citations

Xu, Qi, Eric P. Knoshaug, Wei Wang, et al.. (2017). Expression and secretion of fungal endoglucanase II and chimeric cellobiohydrolase I in the oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi. Microbial Cell Factories. 16(1). 126–126. 13 indexed citations

Subramanian, Venkataramanan, Larry E. Taylor, John O. Baker, et al.. (2017). A versatile 2A peptide-based bicistronic protein expressing platform for the industrial cellulase producing fungus, Trichoderma reesei. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 34–34. 36 indexed citations

Xu, Qi, Michael G. Resch, Kara Podkaminer, et al.. (2016). Dramatic performance of Clostridium thermocellum explained by its wide range of cellulase modalities. Science Advances. 2(2). e1501254–e1501254. 97 indexed citations

Wei, Hui, Wei Wang, Markus Alahuhta, et al.. (2014). Engineering towards a complete heterologous cellulase secretome in Yarrowia lipolytica reveals its potential for consolidated bioprocessing. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 7(1). 148–148. 40 indexed citations

Wei, Hui, Yan Fu, Lauren Magnusson, et al.. (2014). Comparison of transcriptional profiles of Clostridium thermocellum grown on cellobiose and pretreated yellow poplar using RNA-Seq. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 142–142. 44 indexed citations

Wei, Hui, Wei Wang, John M. Yarbrough, et al.. (2013). Genomic, Proteomic, and Biochemical Analyses of Oleaginous Mucor circinelloides: Evaluating Its Capability in Utilizing Cellulolytic Substrates for Lipid Production. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e71068–e71068. 30 indexed citations

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Brunecky, Roman, Markus Alahuhta, Yannick J. Bomble, et al.. (2012). Structure and function of theClostridium thermocellumcellobiohydrolase A X1-module repeat: enhancement through stabilization of the CbhA complex. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 68(3). 292–299. 14 indexed citations

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Brunecky, Roman, John O. Baker, Hui Wei, et al.. (2012). Analysis of Transgenic Glycoside Hydrolases Expressed in Plants: T. reesei CBH I and A. cellulolyticus EI. Methods in molecular biology. 908. 197–211. 4 indexed citations

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Wei, Hui, Melvin P. Tucker, John O. Baker, et al.. (2012). Tracking dynamics of plant biomass composting by changes in substrate structure, microbial community, and enzyme activity. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 5(1). 20–20. 37 indexed citations

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Park, Sunkyu, John O. Baker, Michael E. Himmel, Philip A. Parilla, & David K. Johnson. (2010). Cellulose crystallinity index: measurement techniques and their impact on interpreting cellulase performance. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 3(1). 10–10. 2747 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Hui, Qi Xu, Larry E. Taylor, et al.. (2009). Natural paradigms of plant cell wall degradation. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 20(3). 330–338. 106 indexed citations

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Selig, Michael J., Eric P. Knoshaug, Stephen R. Decker, et al.. (2007). Heterologous Expression of Aspergillus niger β-d-Xylosidase (XlnD): Characterization on Lignocellulosic Substrates. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 146(1-3). 57–68. 39 indexed citations

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Jeoh, Tina, John O. Baker, Mursheda K. Ali, Michael E. Himmel, & William S. Adney. (2005). β-d-Glucosidase reaction kinetics from isothermal titration microcalorimetry. Analytical Biochemistry. 347(2). 244–253. 35 indexed citations

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Baker, John O., et al.. (2002). Effect of Single Active-Site Cleft Mutation on Product Specificity in a Thermostable Bacterial Cellulase. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 98-100(1-9). 383–394. 26 indexed citations

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Vinzant, Todd B., William S. Adney, Stephen R. Decker, et al.. (2001). Fingerprinting Trichoderma reesei Hydrolases in a Commercial Cellulase Preparation. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 91-93(1-9). 99–108. 96 indexed citations

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Baker, John O., Christine I. Ehrman, William S. Adney, Steven R. Thomas, & Michael E. Himmel. (1998). Hydrolysis of cellulose using ternary mixtures of purified celluloses. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 70-72(1). 395–403. 64 indexed citations

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Himmel, Michael E., William S. Adney, Jay W. Fox, David J. Mitchell, & John O. Baker. (1993). Isolation and characterization of two forms of β-d-glucosidase fromAspergillus niger. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 39-40(1). 213–225. 39 indexed citations

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