Jörg Simon

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

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Jörg Simon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Environmental Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg Simon has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Environmental Engineering and 23 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Jörg Simon's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (35 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (22 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (18 papers). Jörg Simon is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (35 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (22 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (18 papers). Jörg Simon collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Jörg Simon's co-authors include Melanie Kern, Roland Groß, Martin G. Klotz, Achim Kröger, Peter M. H. Kroneck, Oliver Einsle, C. Roy D. Lancaster, David J. Richardson, Oliver Klimmek and Rob J. M. van Spanning and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jörg Simon

99 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.)

2017 310 citations David W. Waite, Inka Vanwonterghem et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jörg Simon Germany	38	2.0k	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	622	99	4.6k
Masaharu Ishii Japan	38	2.4k 1.2×	917 0.7×	895 0.8×	727 0.6×	407 0.7×	155	4.9k
Reiner Hedderich Germany	41	2.8k 1.4×	917 0.7×	545 0.5×	926 0.8×	1.5k 2.4×	62	5.5k
Davide Zannoni Italy	38	2.3k 1.2×	800 0.6×	837 0.7×	491 0.4×	562 0.9×	142	5.5k
Arnulf Kletzin Germany	27	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	555 0.5×	298 0.3×	697 1.1×	52	3.7k
John A. Leigh United States	40	2.3k 1.2×	891 0.7×	375 0.3×	577 0.5×	489 0.8×	61	4.6k
Ivan A. Berg Germany	23	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	365 0.3×	479 0.4×	405 0.7×	50	3.9k
Jane Gibson United States	34	3.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	833 0.7×	359 0.3×	672 1.1×	61	4.9k
Ralf Rabus Germany	45	3.2k 1.6×	2.7k 2.0×	2.8k 2.5×	767 0.7×	306 0.5×	146	7.4k
Yasuo Igarashi Japan	49	4.3k 2.1×	1.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	693 1.1×	289	8.9k
Uwe Deppenmeier Germany	38	2.8k 1.4×	611 0.4×	370 0.3×	587 0.5×	759 1.2×	101	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jörg Simon

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Waite, David W., Inka Vanwonterghem, Christian Rinke, et al.. (2017). Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 682–682. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

Simon, Jörg & Peter M. H. Kroneck. (2013). Microbial Sulfite Respiration. Advances in microbial physiology. 62. 45–117. 90 indexed citations

Simon, Jörg. (2013). Vertebrate motif clusters. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Wei, et al.. (2012). Hydrogen-Bonded Networks Along and Bifurcation of the E-Pathway in Quinol:Fumarate Reductase. Biophysical Journal. 103(6). 1305–1314. 8 indexed citations

Kern, Melanie, et al.. (2011). Respiratory nitrogen metabolism and nitrosative stress defence in ϵ-proteobacteria: the role of NssR-type transcription regulators. Biochemical Society Transactions. 39(1). 299–302. 9 indexed citations

Kern, Melanie & Jörg Simon. (2010). Production of Recombinant Multiheme Cytochromes c in Wolinella succinogenes. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 486. 429–446. 18 indexed citations

Kern, Melanie & Jörg Simon. (2009). Electron transport chains and bioenergetics of respiratory nitrogen metabolism in Wolinella succinogenes and other Epsilonproteobacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1787(6). 646–656. 102 indexed citations

Simon, Jörg, Rob J. M. van Spanning, & David J. Richardson. (2008). The organisation of proton motive and non-proton motive redox loops in prokaryotic respiratory systems. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(12). 1480–1490. 153 indexed citations

Kern, Melanie, et al.. (2007). Role of individual nap gene cluster products in NapC-independent nitrate respiration of Wolinella succinogenes. Microbiology. 153(11). 3739–3747. 36 indexed citations

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Mileni, Mauro, Fraser MacMillan, Christos Tziatzios, et al.. (2006). Heterologous production in Wolinella succinogenes and characterization of the quinol:fumarate reductase enzymes from Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni. Biochemical Journal. 395(1). 191–201. 34 indexed citations

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Simon, Jörg, Oliver Einsle, Peter M. H. Kroneck, & Walter G. Zumft. (2004). The unprecedented nos gene cluster of Wolinella succinogenes encodes a novel respiratory electron transfer pathway to cytochrome c nitrous oxide reductase. FEBS Letters. 569(1-3). 7–12. 90 indexed citations

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Groß, Roland & Jörg Simon. (2003). ThehydEgene is essential for the formation ofWolinella succinogenesNiFe-hydrogenase. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 227(2). 197–202. 10 indexed citations

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Simon, Jörg, et al.. (2003). Electron transport to periplasmic nitrate reductase (NapA) of Wolinella succinogenes is independent of a NapC protein. Molecular Microbiology. 49(1). 69–79. 66 indexed citations

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Simon, Jörg. (2002). Enzymology and bioenergetics of respiratory nitrite ammonification. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 26(3). 285–309. 315 indexed citations

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Stein, Torsten, et al.. (2002). The nrfI gene is essential for the attachment of the active site haem group of Wolinella succinogenes cytochrome c nitrite reductase. Molecular Microbiology. 43(3). 763–770. 36 indexed citations

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Rafferty, John B., Antoni R. Slabas, J. Kroon, et al.. (2001). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the glycerol-3-phosphate 1-acyltransferase from squash (Cucurbita moschata). Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(3). 451–453. 8 indexed citations

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Hayman, M.W., Tony Fawcett, Jörg Simon, et al.. (2000). Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity. Biochemical Society Transactions. 28(6). 680–681. 1 indexed citations

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Klimmek, Oliver, et al.. (1999). The single cysteine residue of the Sud protein is required for its function as a polysulfide‐sulfur transferase in Wolinella succinogenes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 263(1). 79–84. 20 indexed citations

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Herrmann, U., et al.. (1997). Structure and Function of a Second Gene Cluster Encoding the Formate Dehydrogenase of Wolinella Succinogenes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 246(3). 646–651. 22 indexed citations

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Rafferty, John B., Jörg Simon, Clair Baldock, et al.. (1995). Common themes in redox chemistry emerge from the X-ray structure of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase. Structure. 3(9). 927–938. 97 indexed citations

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