Kenneth N. Timmis

44.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
387 papers, 30.4k citations indexed

About

Kenneth N. Timmis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth N. Timmis has authored 387 papers receiving a total of 30.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Molecular Biology, 120 papers in Ecology and 104 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Kenneth N. Timmis's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (88 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (87 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (65 papers). Kenneth N. Timmis is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (88 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (87 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (65 papers). Kenneth N. Timmis collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. Kenneth N. Timmis's co-authors include Vı́ctor de Lorenzo, Marta Herrero, Peter N. Golyshin, Michael Bagdasarian, Michail M. Yakimov, Juan L. Ramos, Edward R. B. Moore, A. Mark Osborn, F. Chris H. Franklin and Lindsay D. Eltis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth N. Timmis

385 papers receiving 29.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology

2009 1.6k citations Kenneth N. Timmis profile →
Transposon vectors containing non-antibiotic resistance selection markers for cloning and stable chromosomal insertion of foreign genes in gram-negative bacteria

1990 1.4k citations Marta Herrero, Vı́ctor de Lorenzo et al. profile →
Mini-Tn5 transposon derivatives for insertion mutagenesis, promoter probing, and chromosomal insertion of cloned DNA in gram-negative eubacteria

1990 1.3k citations Vı́ctor de Lorenzo, Marta Herrero et al. profile →
Specific-purpose plasmid cloning vectors II. Broad host range, high copy number, RSF 1010-derived vectors, and a host-vector system for gene cloning in Pseudomonas

1981 964 citations Kenneth N. Timmis et al. Gene profile →
[31] Analysis and construction of stable phenotypes in gram-negative bacteria with Tn5- and Tn10-derived minitransposons

1994 764 citations Vı́ctor de Lorenzo, Kenneth N. Timmis profile →
An evaluation of terminal‐restriction fragment length polymorphism (T‐RFLP) analysis for the study of microbial community structure and dynamics

2000 659 citations Kenneth N. Timmis et al. profile →
Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria

2007 630 citations Michail M. Yakimov, Kenneth N. Timmis et al. Current Opinion in Biotechnology profile →
Molecular and functional analysis of the TOL plasmid pWWO from Pseudomonas putida and cloning of genes for the entire regulated aromatic ring meta cleavage pathway.

1981 482 citations Kenneth N. Timmis 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
Kenneth N. Timmis Germany	93	15.3k	9.4k	8.3k	6.6k	3.4k	387	30.4k
Vı́ctor de Lorenzo Spain	78	15.4k 1.0×	3.1k 0.3×	4.8k 0.6×	8.7k 1.3×	2.8k 0.8×	449	25.6k
Staffan Kjelleberg Australia	107	20.3k 1.3×	3.4k 0.4×	10.9k 1.3×	3.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	395	39.0k
Juan L. Ramos Spain	77	12.3k 0.8×	4.2k 0.4×	4.1k 0.5×	6.6k 1.0×	3.4k 1.0×	393	20.2k
Karl‐Heinz Schleifer Germany	66	12.2k 0.8×	8.5k 0.9×	12.3k 1.5×	1.1k 0.2×	2.2k 0.7×	168	28.5k
Norman R. Pace United States	91	24.4k 1.6×	2.5k 0.3×	14.1k 1.7×	4.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	255	38.0k
Søren Molin Denmark	103	25.7k 1.7×	2.5k 0.3×	7.3k 0.9×	8.7k 1.3×	2.7k 0.8×	345	37.4k
David Lane France	38	11.9k 0.8×	3.1k 0.3×	9.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.2×	5.0k 1.5×	100	25.4k
Eugene Rosenberg Israel	76	6.5k 0.4×	4.5k 0.5×	9.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.2×	1.9k 0.6×	269	22.5k
Alfred Pühler Germany	84	15.9k 1.0×	3.5k 0.4×	5.1k 0.6×	5.3k 0.8×	11.2k 3.3×	485	31.9k
Søren J. Sørensen Denmark	77	11.2k 0.7×	4.2k 0.4×	5.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.3×	3.1k 0.9×	370	23.9k

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Rainey, Paul B., Purificación López‐García, Zeynep Ceren Karahan, et al.. (2025). Editorial: society journals matter—supporting science through renewed commitment. PubMed. 6. uqaf032–uqaf032. 1 indexed citations

Molinari, Gabriella, Katrin Müller, Josef Wissing, et al.. (2025). Multiple Chaperone DnaK–FliC Flagellin Interactions are Required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Flagellum Assembly and Indicate a New Function for DnaK. Microbial Biotechnology. 18(2). e70096–e70096. 1 indexed citations

Timmis, Kenneth N.. (2023). Microbiology education: a significant path to sustainably improve the human and biosphere condition. PubMed. 4. uqad013–uqad013. 3 indexed citations

Berg, Gabriele, Luca Cocolin, Marta Hugas, et al.. (2023). Food systems microbiome‐related educational needs. Microbial Biotechnology. 16(7). 1412–1422. 4 indexed citations

Beal, Jacob, Ángel Goñi‐Moreno, Chris J. Myers, et al.. (2020). The long journey towards standards for engineering biosystems. EMBO Reports. 21(5). e50521–e50521. 45 indexed citations

Timmis, Kenneth N., Vı́ctor de Lorenzo, Willy Verstraete, et al.. (2017). The contribution of microbial biotechnology to economic growth and employment creation. Microbial Biotechnology. 10(5). 1137–1144. 27 indexed citations

McGenity, Terry J., Kenneth N. Timmis, & Balbina Nogales. (2016). Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols - Statistics, Data Analysis, Bioinformatics and Modelling. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 180(1). 3 indexed citations

McGenity, Terry J., Kenneth N. Timmis, & Balbina Nogales. (2016). Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols: Isolation and Cultivation. Open Access at Essex (University of Essex). 15 indexed citations

Dammeyer, Thorben, Kenneth N. Timmis, & Philip Tinnefeld. (2013). Broad host range vectors for expression of proteins with (Twin-) Strep-tag, His-tag and engineered, export optimized yellow fluorescent protein. Microbial Cell Factories. 12(1). 49–49. 22 indexed citations

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Sabirova, Julia, Inge Van Bogaert, Francis Mulaa, et al.. (2010). The ‘LipoYeasts’ project: using the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica in combination with specific bacterial genes for the bioconversion of lipids, fats and oils into high‐value products. Microbial Biotechnology. 4(1). 47–54. 49 indexed citations

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Okoth, Michael W., Wallace Bulimo, Wolf‐Rainer Abraham, et al.. (2009). A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp. nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 3(8). 426–433. 20 indexed citations

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Gertler, Christoph, Gunnar Gerdts, Kenneth N. Timmis, & Peter N. Golyshin. (2009). Microbial consortia in mesocosm bioremediation trial using oil sorbents, slow-release fertilizer and bioaugmentation. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 69(2). 288–300. 40 indexed citations

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Ferrer, Manuel, Olga V. Golyshina, Ana Beloqui, et al.. (2008). A purple acidophilic di-ferric DNA ligase from Ferroplasma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(26). 8878–8883. 19 indexed citations

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Yakimov, Michail M., Kenneth N. Timmis, & Peter N. Golyshin. (2007). Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 18(3). 257–266. 630 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wielen, Paul W. J. J. van der, Henk Bolhuis, Sara Borin, et al.. (2005). The Enigma of Prokaryotic Life in Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins. Science. 307(5706). 121–123. 186 indexed citations

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Macêdo, Alexandre José, Ute Kuhlicke, Thomas R. Neu, Kenneth N. Timmis, & Wolf‐Rainer Abraham. (2005). Three Stages of a Biofilm Community Developing at the Liquid-Liquid Interface between Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(11). 7301–7309. 36 indexed citations

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Armengaud, Jean & Kenneth N. Timmis. (1997). Biodegradation of Dibenzo-p-dioxin and Dibenzofuran by Bacteria. The Journal of Microbiology. 35(4). 241–252. 11 indexed citations

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Talay, Susanne R., Peter Valentin‐Weigand, Kenneth N. Timmis, & Gursharan S. Chhatwal. (1994). Domain structure and conserved epitopes of Sfb protein, the fibronectin‐binding adhesin of Streptococcus pyogenes. Molecular Microbiology. 13(3). 531–539. 113 indexed citations

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Deckwer, W.‐D., et al.. (1993). Microbial retention of mercury from waste streams in a laboratory column containingmerAgene bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 11(1-3). 145–152. 40 indexed citations

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Herrero, Marta, Vı́ctor de Lorenzo, Burt D. Ensley, & Kenneth N. Timmis. (1993). A T7 RNA polymerase-based system for the construction of Pseudomonas strains with phenotypes dependent on TOL-meta pathway effectors. Gene. 134(1). 103–106. 29 indexed citations

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