Jonathan R. Mielenz

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Jonathan R. Mielenz is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan R. Mielenz has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan R. Mielenz's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (38 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (23 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (11 papers). Jonathan R. Mielenz is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (38 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (23 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (11 papers). Jonathan R. Mielenz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Jonathan R. Mielenz's co-authors include Arthur J. Ragauskas, Michael E. Himmel, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Brian H. Davison, Charles A. Eckert, John Cairney, W.J. Frederick, Richard Murphy, Charles L. Liotta and David J. Leak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan R. Mielenz

56 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials

2006 4.6k citations Arthur J. Ragauskas, Charlotte K. Williams et al. Science profile →
Outlook for cellulase improvement: Screening and selection strategies

2006 974 citations Michael E. Himmel, Jonathan R. Mielenz et al. Biotechnology Advances profile →
Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

2011 508 citations Chunxiang Fu, Jonathan R. Mielenz et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan R. Mielenz United States	32	7.0k	3.8k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	57	9.4k
Seema Singh United States	64	8.7k 1.2×	3.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	184	11.8k
Nathan S. Mosier United States	40	9.5k 1.3×	4.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	92	10.9k
Bin Yang United States	47	7.8k 1.1×	2.8k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	152	10.0k
Brian H. Davison United States	40	10.5k 1.5×	4.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	1.7k 1.2×	2.3k 2.0×	174	13.9k
Michael R. Ladisch United States	58	10.0k 1.4×	5.7k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	252	12.9k
Yunqiao Pu United States	67	11.2k 1.6×	2.6k 0.7×	3.3k 2.3×	1.7k 1.2×	3.0k 2.5×	214	14.4k
Hasan Jameel United States	56	7.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 1.9×	931 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	280	9.9k
Thomas D. Foust United States	19	5.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	979 0.7×	835 0.6×	979 0.8×	43	5.9k
Xianzhi Meng United States	51	7.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	872 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	223	9.1k
Rajeev Kumar United States	45	6.5k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	705 0.5×	673 0.6×	90	7.4k

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Mielenz, Jonathan R., Miguel Rodríguez‐Barranco, Olivia Thompson, Xiaohan Yang, & Hengfu Yin. (2015). Development of Agave as a dedicated biomass source: production of biofuels from whole plants. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 8(1). 79–79. 36 indexed citations

Yee, Kelsey L., Miguel Rodríguez‐Barranco, Choo Hamilton, et al.. (2015). Fermentation of Dilute Acid Pretreated Populus by Clostridium thermocellum, Caldicellulosiruptor bescii, and Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis. BioEnergy Research. 8(3). 1014–1021. 5 indexed citations

Linville, Jessica L., Miguel Rodríguez‐Barranco, Steven D. Brown, Jonathan R. Mielenz, & Chris D. Cox. (2014). Transcriptomic analysis of Clostridium thermocellum Populus hydrolysate-tolerant mutant strain shows increased cellular efficiency in response to Populus hydrolysate compared to the wild type strain. BMC Microbiology. 14(1). 215–215. 9 indexed citations

Linville, Jessica L., Miguel Rodríguez‐Barranco, Miriam Land, et al.. (2013). Industrial Robustness: Understanding the Mechanism of Tolerance for the Populus Hydrolysate-Tolerant Mutant Strain of Clostridium thermocellum. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78829–e78829. 21 indexed citations

Shen, Hui, Charleson R. Poovaiah, Angela Ziebell, et al.. (2013). Enhanced characteristics of genetically modified switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) for high biofuel production. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 6(1). 71–71. 107 indexed citations

Hamilton-Brehm, Scott D., Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, S. L. Allman, Jonathan R. Mielenz, & James G. Elkins. (2012). Anaerobic High-Throughput Cultivation Method for Isolation of Thermophiles Using Biomass-Derived Substrates. Methods in molecular biology. 908. 153–168. 10 indexed citations

Brown, Steven D., Adam M. Guss, Tatiana V. Karpinets, et al.. (2011). Mutant alcohol dehydrogenase leads to improved ethanol tolerance in Clostridium thermocellum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(33). 13752–13757. 138 indexed citations

Raman, Babu, Catherine K. McKeown, Miguel Rodríguez, Steven D. Brown, & Jonathan R. Mielenz. (2011). Transcriptomic analysis of Clostridium thermocellumATCC 27405 cellulose fermentation. BMC Microbiology. 11(1). 134–134. 96 indexed citations

Shao, Xiongjun, Babu Raman, Ming‐Jun Zhu, et al.. (2011). Mutant selection and phenotypic and genetic characterization of ethanol-tolerant strains of Clostridium thermocellum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 92(3). 641–652. 66 indexed citations

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Fu, Chunxiang, Jonathan R. Mielenz, Xirong Xiao, et al.. (2011). Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(9). 3803–3808. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Raman, Babu, Catherine K. McKeown, Miguel Rodríguez, Steven D. Brown, & Jonathan R. Mielenz. (2011). Transcriptomic and genomic analysis of cellulose fermentation by Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405. BMC Microbiology. 11(134). 2160–2166. 8 indexed citations

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Raman, Babu, Chongle Pan, Gregory B. Hurst, et al.. (2009). Impact of Pretreated Switchgrass and Biomass Carbohydrates on Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 Cellulosome Composition: A Quantitative Proteomic Analysis. PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5271–e5271. 203 indexed citations

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Mielenz, Jonathan R.. (2009). Biofuels : methods and protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 84 indexed citations

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Mielenz, Jonathan R., et al.. (2009). Biofuels. Methods in molecular biology. 24 indexed citations

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Borole, Abhijeet P., Jonathan R. Mielenz, Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, & Choo Hamilton. (2009). Controlling accumulation of fermentation inhibitors in biorefinery recycle water using microbial fuel cells. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2(1). 7–7. 72 indexed citations

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Brown, Steven D., Babu Raman, Catherine K. McKeown, et al.. (2007). Construction and evaluation of a Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 whole-genome oligonucleotide microarray. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 137-140(1-12). 663–674. 13 indexed citations

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Mielenz, Jonathan R., William S. Adney, K. Thomas Klasson, & James D. McMillan. (2007). Applied Biochemistry and Biotecnology. Humana Press eBooks. 33 indexed citations

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Ragauskas, Arthur J., Charlotte K. Williams, Brian H. Davison, et al.. (2006). The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials. Science. 311(5760). 484–489. 4635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Himmel, Michael E., et al.. (2006). Outlook for cellulase improvement: Screening and selection strategies. Biotechnology Advances. 24(5). 452–481. 974 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mielenz, Jonathan R.. (1983). Bacillus stearothermophilus contains a plasmid-borne gene for alpha-amylase.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(19). 5975–5979. 41 indexed citations

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