Kenneth H. Nealson

59.4k total citations · 17 hit papers
424 papers, 35.2k citations indexed

About

Kenneth H. Nealson is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth H. Nealson has authored 424 papers receiving a total of 35.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Environmental Engineering, 151 papers in Molecular Biology and 138 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth H. Nealson's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (155 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (126 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (56 papers). Kenneth H. Nealson is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (155 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (126 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (56 papers). Kenneth H. Nealson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Kenneth H. Nealson's co-authors include J. Woodland Hastings, Charles R. Myers, Daâd A. Saffarini, Ken Takai, Koki Horikoshi, Akihiro Okamoto, Fumio Inagaki, Terry Platt, Joel E. Kostka and Kazuhito Hashimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth H. Nealson

422 papers receiving 33.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial Manganese Reduction and Growth with Manganese O... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1988 1970 1998 2008 1981 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Bacterial Manganese Reduction and Growth with Manganese Oxide as the Sole Electron Acceptor
    1988 1.1k citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. Science profile →
  2. Cellular Control of the Synthesis and Activity of the Bacterial Luminescent System
    1970 903 citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  3. Metal Oxide Surfaces and Their Interactions with Aqueous Solutions and Microbial Organisms
    1998 902 citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  4. Towards environmental systems biology of Shewanella
    2008 791 citations Margaret F. Romine, Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  5. Structural identification of autoinducer of Photobacterium fischeri luciferase
    1981 725 citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  6. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission
    2004 705 citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  7. Bacterial bioluminescence: Isolation and genetic analysis of functions from Vibrio fischeri
    1983 679 citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  8. IRON AND MANGANESE IN ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION: Environmental Significance, Physiology, and Regulation
    1994 679 citations Kenneth H. Nealson, Daâd A. Saffarini Annual Review of Microbiology profile →
  9. Polyphasic taxonomy of the genus Shewanella and description of Shewanella oneidensis sp. nov.
    1999 540 citations Daâd A. Saffarini, Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  10. Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin
    2006 512 citations Fumio Inagaki, Masae Suzuki et al. profile →
  11. Electrical transport along bacterial nanowires from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
    2010 489 citations Mohamed Y. El‐Naggar, Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  12. Bacterial bioluminescence: its control and ecological significance
    1979 485 citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  13. Current Production and Metal Oxide Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Wild Type and Mutants
    2007 469 citations Orianna Bretschger, Anna Obraztsova et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  14. Rate enhancement of bacterial extracellular electron transport involves bound flavin semiquinones
    2013 427 citations Akihiro Okamoto, Kenneth H. Nealson et al. profile →
  15. FeGenie: A Comprehensive Tool for the Identification of Iron Genes and Iron Gene Neighborhoods in Genome and Metagenome Assemblies
    2020 261 citations Kenneth H. Nealson, Akihiro Okamoto et al. profile →
  16. Silver nanoparticles boost charge-extraction efficiency in Shewanella microbial fuel cells
    2021 258 citations Kenneth H. Nealson et al. Science profile →
  17. A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index
    2020 222 citations Roman A. Barco, George M Garrity et al. mBio profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth H. Nealson United States 98 11.5k 10.4k 9.0k 5.3k 5.2k 424 35.2k
James K. Fredrickson United States 69 4.0k 0.3× 6.9k 0.7× 4.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.6× 2.6k 0.5× 151 16.7k
Jillian F. Banfield United States 131 21.3k 1.8× 3.6k 0.3× 17.5k 1.9× 9.6k 1.8× 4.0k 0.8× 524 63.3k
Jizhong Zhou United States 122 20.7k 1.8× 5.7k 0.5× 30.4k 3.4× 6.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.3× 770 62.0k
Dianne K. Newman United States 71 6.7k 0.6× 3.8k 0.4× 2.8k 0.3× 2.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 196 16.9k
Hailiang Dong China 70 2.9k 0.2× 3.5k 0.3× 4.8k 0.5× 4.1k 0.8× 769 0.1× 402 17.4k
Rudolf K. Thauer Germany 88 17.3k 1.5× 4.3k 0.4× 4.0k 0.4× 5.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.2× 473 35.7k
Terry J. Beveridge Canada 82 7.9k 0.7× 2.2k 0.2× 3.5k 0.4× 2.5k 0.5× 520 0.1× 225 21.9k
Geoffrey Michael Gadd United Kingdom 85 2.9k 0.2× 2.4k 0.2× 2.0k 0.2× 2.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.2× 422 27.2k
John M. Zachara United States 86 1.3k 0.1× 8.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.1× 4.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.5× 265 23.3k
Derek R. Lovley United States 160 10.7k 0.9× 53.1k 5.1× 13.2k 1.5× 14.5k 2.7× 21.1k 4.1× 530 88.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth H. Nealson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ye, Jie, Andong Hu, Chao Gao, et al.. (2024). Abiotic Methane Production Driven by Ubiquitous Non‐Fenton‐Type Reactive Oxygen Species. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(20). e202403884–e202403884. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Xing, Yin Ye, Cheng Chen, et al.. (2024). Nonelectroactive clostridium obtains extracellular electron transfer-capability after forming chimera with Geobacter. ISME Communications. 4(1). ycae058–ycae058. 10 indexed citations
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Barco, Roman A., Nancy Merino, Brian Lam, et al.. (2024). Comparative proteomics of a versatile, marine, iron‐oxidizing chemolithoautotroph. Environmental Microbiology. 26(6). e16632–e16632. 2 indexed citations
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Barco, Roman A., George M Garrity, Jarrod J. Scott, et al.. (2020). A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index. mBio. 11(1). 222 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lam, Bonita R., Laura M. Barge, Aaron C. Noell, & Kenneth H. Nealson. (2019). Detecting Endogenous Microbial Metabolism and Differentiating Between Abiotic and Biotic Signals Observed by Bioelectrochemical Systems in Soils. Astrobiology. 20(1). 39–52. 4 indexed citations
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Rowe, Annette R., Sahand Pirbadian, Akihiro Okamoto, et al.. (2018). Tracking Electron Uptake from a Cathode into Shewanella Cells: Implications for Energy Acquisition from Solid-Substrate Electron Donors. mBio. 9(1). 129 indexed citations
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Ishii, Shun’ichi, Shino Suzuki, Aaron Tenney, Kenneth H. Nealson, & Orianna Bretschger. (2018). Comparative metatranscriptomics reveals extracellular electron transfer pathways conferring microbial adaptivity to surface redox potential changes. The ISME Journal. 12(12). 2844–2863. 72 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Shino, Shun’ichi Ishii, Tatsuhiko Hoshino, et al.. (2017). Unusual metabolic diversity of hyperalkaliphilic microbial communities associated with subterranean serpentinization at The Cedars. The ISME Journal. 11(11). 2584–2598. 60 indexed citations
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Beegle, L. W., R. Bhartia, Lauren DeFlores, et al.. (2014). SHERLOC: Scanning Habitable Environments With Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals, an Investigation for 2020. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 16 indexed citations
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Bhartia, R., M. Fries, Werner Hug, et al.. (2010). Deep UV Native Fluorescence and Resonance Raman Imaging Spectroscopy for In-Situ Organic Detection. LPI. 2674. 1 indexed citations
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Bhartia, R., William F. Hug, R. D. Reid, et al.. (2008). Deep UV native fluorescence and resonance Raman spectroscopy for life-detection. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen, Dmitry A. Rodionov, Xiaoqing Li, et al.. (2006). Comparative Genomics and Experimental Characterization of N-Acetylglucosamine Utilization Pathway of Shewanella oneidensis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(40). 29872–29885. 121 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Yohey, Takenori Sasaki, Masae Suzuki, et al.. (2005). Novel Chemoautotrophic Endosymbiosis between a Member of the Epsilonproteobacteria and the Hydrothermal-Vent Gastropod Alviniconcha aff. hessleri (Gastropoda: Provannidae) from the Indian Ocean. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(9). 5440–5450. 84 indexed citations
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Kemner, Kenneth, Shelly D. Kelly, Barry Lai, et al.. (2004). Elemental and Redox Analysis of Single Bacterial Cells by X-ray Microbeam Analysis. Science. 306(5696). 686–687. 131 indexed citations
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Stein, Lisa Y. & Kenneth H. Nealson. (1999). Manganese, Metallogenium, and Martian Microfossils. 6133. 1 indexed citations
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Carr, M. H., D. J. McCleese, Jeffrey L. Bada, et al.. (1999). Mars Sample Handling and Requirements Panel (MSHARP). NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 99. 47594. 4 indexed citations
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Banfield, Jillian F. & Kenneth H. Nealson. (1997). Geomicrobiology : interactions between microbes and minerals. 353 indexed citations
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Nealson, Kenneth H. & Daâd A. Saffarini. (1994). IRON AND MANGANESE IN ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION: Environmental Significance, Physiology, and Regulation. Annual Review of Microbiology. 48(1). 311–343. 679 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nealson, Kenneth H.. (1988). Interdisciplinary Research for Undergraduates at the Center for Great Lakes Studies.. The journal of college science teaching. 18(2).

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