Karen Robins

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Karen Robins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Robins has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Karen Robins's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (16 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers). Karen Robins is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (16 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers). Karen Robins collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Australia. Karen Robins's co-authors include Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Jeffrey C. Moore, Romas J. Kazlauskas, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stefan Lutz, Matthias Höhne, Sebastian Schätzle, Helge Jochens, Nicholas M. Shaw and Andreas Kiener and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Analytical Chemistry and Nature Chemical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Karen Robins

24 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Engineering the third wave of biocatalysis

2012 2.0k citations Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Gjalt W. Huisman et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Robins Switzerland	13	2.6k	809	573	530	293	25	3.2k
Robert Kourist Germany	35	2.7k 1.0×	818 1.0×	695 1.2×	416 0.8×	247 0.8×	141	3.6k
Radka Šnajdrová Switzerland	25	2.5k 0.9×	878 1.1×	738 1.3×	400 0.8×	182 0.6×	48	3.4k
Jon D. Stewart United States	41	3.0k 1.1×	750 0.9×	697 1.2×	459 0.9×	279 1.0×	112	3.9k
Florian Rudroff Austria	30	2.5k 0.9×	738 0.9×	794 1.4×	285 0.5×	158 0.5×	92	3.3k
Shuke Wu Singapore	28	2.3k 0.9×	733 0.9×	669 1.2×	303 0.6×	179 0.6×	46	2.9k
Anthony P. Green United Kingdom	31	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	561 1.0×	337 0.6×	151 0.5×	65	3.4k
Joerg H. Schrittwieser Austria	25	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	608 1.1×	235 0.4×	239 0.8×	47	3.0k
Dörte Rother Germany	28	1.7k 0.7×	659 0.8×	621 1.1×	260 0.5×	331 1.1×	80	2.5k
José Daniel Carballeira Germany	21	2.7k 1.0×	434 0.5×	598 1.0×	336 0.6×	191 0.7×	31	3.0k
Helen S. Toogood United Kingdom	29	2.1k 0.8×	357 0.4×	320 0.6×	377 0.7×	208 0.7×	69	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Robins

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Cai, Guiqin, et al.. (2021). Valorisation of keratin waste: Controlled pretreatment enhances enzymatic production of antioxidant peptides. Journal of Environmental Management. 301. 113945–113945. 14 indexed citations

Martínez, J., Guiqin Cai, Laura Navone, et al.. (2020). Challenges and Opportunities in Identifying and Characterising Keratinases for Value-Added Peptide Production. Catalysts. 10(2). 184–184. 44 indexed citations

Ishikawa, Chihiro, et al.. (2014). Production of a pharmaceutical intermediate via biohydroxylation using whole cells ofRhodococcus rubropertinctusN82. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 78(10). 1772–1776. 3 indexed citations

Robins, Karen, et al.. (2014). Using e-learning to support international students’ dissertation preparation. Education + Training. 56(2/3). 122–140. 17 indexed citations

Robins, Karen, et al.. (2014). Whole‐Cell Carboxylate Reduction for the Synthesis of 3‐Hydroxytyrosol. ChemCatChem. 6(4). 1089–1095. 36 indexed citations

Wrodnigg, Tanja M., et al.. (2013). Yarrowia lipolytica dehydrogenase/reductase: An enzyme tolerant for lipophilic compounds and carbohydrate substrates. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 23(11). 3393–3395. 12 indexed citations

Strohmeier, Gernot A., et al.. (2013). Enantiocomplementary Yarrowia lipolytica Oxidoreductases: Alcohol Dehydrogenase 2 and Short Chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase. Biomolecules. 3(3). 449–460. 8 indexed citations

Bornscheuer, Uwe T., Gjalt W. Huisman, Romas J. Kazlauskas, et al.. (2012). Engineering the third wave of biocatalysis. Nature. 485(7397). 185–194. 2043 indexed citations breakdown →

Robins, Karen, et al.. (2012). Exploiting duality in nature: industrial examples of enzymatic oxidation and reduction reactions. Catalysis Science & Technology. 2(8). 1524–1524. 9 indexed citations

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Robins, Karen, et al.. (2011). Crossing the electronic divide - designing and implementing the electronic delivery of dissertation support. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 1 indexed citations

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Meyer, Hans‐Peter, et al.. (2011). Part I: Halogenated products and enzymatic halogenation. 1 indexed citations

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Höhne, Matthias, Sebastian Schätzle, Helge Jochens, Karen Robins, & Uwe T. Bornscheuer. (2010). Rational assignment of key motifs for function guides in silico enzyme identification. Nature Chemical Biology. 6(11). 807–813. 307 indexed citations

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Schätzle, Sebastian, Matthias Höhne, Karen Robins, & Uwe T. Bornscheuer. (2010). Conductometric Method for the Rapid Characterization of the Substrate Specificity of Amine-Transaminases. Analytical Chemistry. 82(5). 2082–2086. 14 indexed citations

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Robins, Karen, et al.. (2009). Lonza: Biotechnology – A Key Ingredient for Success in the Future. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 63(6). 327–327. 3 indexed citations

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Höhne, Matthias, et al.. (2008). Efficient Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Amines by Combining Transaminase and Pyruvate Decarboxylase. ChemBioChem. 9(3). 363–365. 164 indexed citations

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Höhne, Matthias, Karen Robins, & Uwe T. Bornscheuer. (2008). A Protection Strategy Substantially Enhances Rate and Enantioselectivity in ω‐Transaminase‐Catalyzed Kinetic Resolutions. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 350(6). 807–812. 45 indexed citations

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Meyer, Hans‐Peter & Karen Robins. (2005). Large Scale Bioprocess for the Production of Optically Pure L-Carnitine. Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 136(8). 1269–1277. 12 indexed citations

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Shaw, Nicholas M., Karen Robins, & Andreas Kiener. (2003). Lonza: 20 Years of Biotransformations. ChemInform. 34(27). 1 indexed citations

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Shaw, Nicholas M., Andrew B. Naughton, Karen Robins, et al.. (2002). Selection, Purification, Characterisation, and Cloning of a Novel Heat-Stable Stereo-Specific Amidase fromKlebsiellaoxytoca, and Its Application in the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure (R)- and (S)-3,3,3-Trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic Acids and (S)-3,3,3-Trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionamide. Organic Process Research & Development. 6(4). 497–504. 36 indexed citations

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Barnes, David, et al.. (1983). Pretreatment of high strength wastewaters by an anaerobic fluidised red process Part I. Overall performance. Environmental Technology Letters. 4(5). 195–202. 3 indexed citations

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