M. Kierstan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

M. Kierstan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Kierstan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 5 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in M. Kierstan's work include Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (6 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (5 papers) and Papaya Research and Applications (3 papers). M. Kierstan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (6 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (5 papers) and Papaya Research and Applications (3 papers). M. Kierstan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Ireland. M. Kierstan's co-authors include C. Bucke, K Brocklehurst, Jan Carlsson, E. M. Crook, Jack Reilly, Michael P. Coughlan, Graham Plastow, A. P. McHale, Anthony Turner and Michael P. Coughlan and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemical Journal, Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology and Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

In The Last Decade

M. Kierstan

22 papers receiving 1.0k 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 immobilization of microbial cells, subcellular organelles, and enzymes in calcium alginate gels

1977 502 citations M. Kierstan, C. Bucke Biotechnology and Bioengineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Kierstan United Kingdom	14	680	267	189	124	106	22	1.1k
Jyoji Kato Japan	26	1.2k 1.7×	554 2.1×	259 1.4×	127 1.0×	129 1.2×	85	1.9k
A. Tanaka Japan	22	1.0k 1.5×	278 1.0×	292 1.5×	53 0.4×	127 1.2×	58	1.5k
H. R. Schütte Germany	22	1.0k 1.5×	261 1.0×	178 0.9×	62 0.5×	280 2.6×	145	1.9k
P.S.J. Cheetham United Kingdom	21	946 1.4×	345 1.3×	496 2.6×	239 1.9×	285 2.7×	37	1.6k
I. A. Veliky Canada	17	696 1.0×	346 1.3×	241 1.3×	93 0.8×	375 3.5×	36	1.3k
Friedrich Giffhorn Germany	26	990 1.5×	273 1.0×	276 1.5×	131 1.1×	542 5.1×	80	1.9k
Byung‐Gee Kim South Korea	21	688 1.0×	186 0.7×	119 0.6×	176 1.4×	78 0.7×	40	1.1k
Sven Erik Godtfredsen Denmark	17	883 1.3×	175 0.7×	86 0.5×	40 0.3×	151 1.4×	24	1.2k
Noriyuki Doukyu Japan	19	1.1k 1.6×	191 0.7×	359 1.9×	80 0.6×	133 1.3×	42	1.3k
An‐Fei Hsu United States	18	690 1.0×	256 1.0×	58 0.3×	40 0.3×	197 1.9×	40	1.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kierstan, M. & C. Bucke. (2000). The immobilization of microbial cells, subcellular organelles, and enzymes in calcium alginate gels. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 67(6). 726–736. 27 indexed citations

Coughlan, Michael P., et al.. (1988). Analytical applications of immobilised proteins and cells. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 8(1-2). 1–50. 10 indexed citations

Coughlan, Michael P. & M. Kierstan. (1988). Preparation and applications of immobilized microorganisms: a survey of recent reports. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 8(1-2). 51–90. 10 indexed citations

Kierstan, M., et al.. (1987). Production of propionic acid by mixed bacterial fermentation. Biotechnology Letters. 9(12). 843–848. 22 indexed citations

Kierstan, M., et al.. (1984). The use of immobilised cells of Kluyveromyces fragilis for the production of up-graded whey protein concentrates. Biotechnology Letters. 6(12). 813–814. 3 indexed citations

Kierstan, M.. (1983). Studies on enzymic methods for extraction of inulin from Jerusalem artichokes. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 5(6). 445–448. 5 indexed citations

Kierstan, M.. (1982). The enzymic conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde as a model recovery system. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 24(10). 2275–2277. 15 indexed citations

Kierstan, M., A. P. McHale, & Michael P. Coughlan. (1982). The production of ethanol from cellobiose using immobilized β‐glucosidase coentrapped with yeast in alginate gels. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 24(6). 1461–1463. 15 indexed citations

Kierstan, M., et al.. (1982). Studies on the characteristics of alginate gels in relation to their use in separation and immobilized applications. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 24(7). 1507–1517. 46 indexed citations

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Kierstan, M., B S Baines, & K Brocklehurst. (1982). Studies on propapain. Biochemical Society Transactions. 10(3). 172–173. 2 indexed citations

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Brocklehurst, K, B S Baines, & M. Kierstan. (1981). Papain and other constituents of Carica papaya L. 4 indexed citations

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Kierstan, M.. (1981). The use of calcium alginate gels for “solids separation” and “diffusional chromatography” of biological materials. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 23(4). 707–716. 11 indexed citations

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Johnson, D.B., et al.. (1979). Stability Studies on Invertase in Microcapsules and Bound to Inorganic Supports. Biochemical Society Transactions. 7(1). 21–22. 4 indexed citations

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Kierstan, M.. (1978). Production of fructose syrups from inulin‐containing plants. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 20(3). 447–450. 23 indexed citations

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Kierstan, M. & C. Bucke. (1977). The immobilization of microbial cells, subcellular organelles, and enzymes in calcium alginate gels. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 19(3). 387–397. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlsson, Jan, M. Kierstan, & K Brocklehurst. (1974). Reactions of l-ergothioneine and some other aminothiones with 2,2′- and 4,4′-dipyridyl disulphides and of l-ergothioneine with iodoacetamide. 2-Mercaptoimidazoles, 2- and 4-thiopyridones, thiourea and thioacetamide as highly reactive neutral sulphur nucleophiles. Biochemical Journal. 139(1). 221–235. 37 indexed citations

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Brocklehurst, K, Jan Carlsson, M. Kierstan, & E. M. Crook. (1974). [66] Covalent chromatography by thiol-disulfide interchange. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 531–544. 65 indexed citations

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Carlsson, Jan, M. Kierstan, & K Brocklehurst. (1974). A convenient spectrophotometric assay for the determination of l-ergothioneine in blood. Biochemical Journal. 139(1). 237–242. 27 indexed citations

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Brocklehurst, K, Jan Carlsson, M. Kierstan, & E. M. Crook. (1973). Covalent chromatography. Preparation of fully active papain from dried papaya latex. Biochemical Journal. 133(3). 573–584. 205 indexed citations

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Brocklehurst, K & M. Kierstan. (1973). Propapain and its Conversion to Papain: A New Type of Zymogen Activation Mechanism involving Intramolecular Thiol-Disulphide Interchange. Nature New Biology. 242(119). 167–170. 34 indexed citations

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