Marcel M. M. Kuypers

33.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
194 papers, 23.1k citations indexed

About

Marcel M. M. Kuypers is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel M. M. Kuypers has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 23.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Ecology, 86 papers in Oceanography and 70 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Marcel M. M. Kuypers's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (112 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (71 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (69 papers). Marcel M. M. Kuypers is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (112 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (71 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (69 papers). Marcel M. M. Kuypers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Marcel M. M. Kuypers's co-authors include Hannah K. Marchant, Boran Kartal, Gaute Lavik, Phyllis Lam, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Mike S. M. Jetten, Rudolf Amann, Markus Schmid, Dagmar Woebken and Marlene Mark Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marcel M. M. Kuypers

194 papers receiving 22.6k citations

Hit Papers

The microbial nitrogen-cyclin... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2018 2003 2009 2007 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. The microbial nitrogen-cycling network
    2018 3.1k citations Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Hannah K. Marchant et al. profile →
  2. Anaerobic ammonium oxidation by anammox bacteria in the Black Sea
    2003 947 citations Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Gaute Lavik et al. Nature profile →
  3. Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone
    2009 609 citations Phyllis Lam, Gaute Lavik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. New processes and players in the nitrogen cycle: the microbial ecology of anaerobic and archaeal ammonia oxidation
    2007 593 citations Christopher Francis, J. Michael Beman et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  5. Massive nitrogen loss from the Benguela upwelling system through anaerobic ammonium oxidation
    2005 577 citations Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Gaute Lavik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Processes in Oxygen Minimum Zones
    2010 502 citations Phyllis Lam, Marcel M. M. Kuypers profile →
  7. Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation
    2012 411 citations Jana Milucka, Timothy G. Ferdelman et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcel M. M. Kuypers Germany 80 12.2k 8.3k 7.2k 5.3k 3.5k 194 23.1k
Bo Thamdrup Denmark 69 7.9k 0.7× 5.6k 0.7× 6.1k 0.8× 5.7k 1.1× 1.7k 0.5× 176 17.5k
Niels Peter Revsbech Denmark 79 8.3k 0.7× 4.7k 0.6× 7.0k 1.0× 4.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 192 18.5k
Allan H. Devol United States 70 8.5k 0.7× 3.2k 0.4× 9.0k 1.3× 4.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 146 16.5k
Patrick G. Hatcher United States 93 7.0k 0.6× 3.5k 0.4× 6.4k 0.9× 3.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 398 26.7k
Andreas Teske United States 69 10.0k 0.8× 2.7k 0.3× 2.5k 0.3× 7.3k 1.4× 5.4k 1.5× 220 15.9k
George W. Luther United States 80 4.0k 0.3× 3.5k 0.4× 5.6k 0.8× 5.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 288 22.4k
Bo Barker Jørgensen Denmark 115 19.3k 1.6× 4.7k 0.6× 13.8k 1.9× 19.2k 3.6× 6.0k 1.7× 358 41.6k
Hans W. Paerl United States 88 12.5k 1.0× 2.5k 0.3× 18.0k 2.5× 19.1k 3.6× 1.5k 0.4× 302 34.1k
David M. Karl United States 108 23.6k 1.9× 3.8k 0.5× 27.4k 3.8× 8.7k 1.6× 6.7k 1.9× 438 43.7k
Ken Takai Japan 68 9.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.2× 2.4k 0.3× 7.4k 1.4× 6.3k 1.8× 337 17.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel M. M. Kuypers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel M. M. Kuypers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel M. M. Kuypers based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Marcel M. M. Kuypers. Marcel M. M. Kuypers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tschitschko, Bernhard, Miriam Philippi, Abiel T. Kidane, et al.. (2024). Rhizobia–diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean. Nature. 630(8018). 899–904. 38 indexed citations
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Klotz, Franziska, Katharina Kitzinger, David Kamanda Ngugi, et al.. (2022). Quantification of archaea-driven freshwater nitrification from single cell to ecosystem levels. The ISME Journal. 16(6). 1647–1656. 15 indexed citations
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Mohr, Wiebke, Soeren Ahmerkamp, Hannah K. Marchant, et al.. (2021). Terrestrial-type nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between seagrass and a marine bacterium. Nature. 600(7887). 105–109. 65 indexed citations
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Mohr, Wiebke, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Julie LaRoche, et al.. (2021). Niche partitioning by photosynthetic plankton as a driver of CO2-fixation across the oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Ocean. The ISME Journal. 16(2). 465–476. 12 indexed citations
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Foster, Rachel A., Daniela Tienken, Sten Littmann, et al.. (2021). The rate and fate of N2 and C fixation by marine diatom-diazotroph symbioses. The ISME Journal. 16(2). 477–487. 19 indexed citations
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Kitzinger, Katharina, Cory C. Padilla, Hannah K. Marchant, et al.. (2018). Cyanate and urea are substrates for nitrification by Thaumarchaeota in the marine environment. Nature Microbiology. 4(2). 234–243. 110 indexed citations
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Eichner, Meri, Silke Thoms, Björn Rost, et al.. (2018). N2 fixation in free‐floating filaments of Trichodesmium is higher than in transiently suboxic colony microenvironments. New Phytologist. 222(2). 852–863. 20 indexed citations
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Füssel, Jessika, Sebastian Lücker, Pelin Yilmaz, et al.. (2017). Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus. Science Advances. 3(11). e1700807–e1700807. 71 indexed citations
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Eichner, Meri, Isabell Klawonn, Samuel T. Wilson, et al.. (2017). Chemical microenvironments and single-cell carbon and nitrogen uptake in field-collected colonies of Trichodesmium under different p CO2. The ISME Journal. 11(6). 1305–1317. 49 indexed citations
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Callbeck, Cameron M., Gaute Lavik, Lothar Stramma, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, & Laura A. Bristow. (2017). Enhanced Nitrogen Loss by Eddy-Induced Vertical Transport in the Offshore Peruvian Oxygen Minimum Zone. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0170059–e0170059. 22 indexed citations
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Oswald, Kirsten, Jana Milucka, Andreas Brand, et al.. (2015). Light-Dependent Aerobic Methane Oxidation Reduces Methane Emissions from Seasonally Stratified Lakes. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132574–e0132574. 126 indexed citations
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Milucka, Jana, Mathias K. Kirf, Lu Lu, et al.. (2015). Methane oxidation coupled to oxygenic photosynthesis in anoxic waters. The ISME Journal. 9(9). 1991–2002. 118 indexed citations
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Krupke, Andreas, Wiebke Mohr, Julie LaRoche, et al.. (2014). The effect of nutrients on carbon and nitrogen fixation by the UCYN-A–haptophyte symbiosis. The ISME Journal. 9(7). 1635–1647. 65 indexed citations
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Thompson, Anne, Rachel A. Foster, Andreas Krupke, et al.. (2012). Unicellular Cyanobacterium Symbiotic with a Single-Celled Eukaryotic Alga. Science. 337(6101). 1546–1550. 370 indexed citations
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Lam, Phyllis, Marlene Mark Jensen, Annette Kock, et al.. (2011). Origin and fate of the secondary nitrite maximum in the Arabian Sea. Biogeosciences. 8(6). 1565–1577. 82 indexed citations
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Lam, Phyllis, Gaute Lavik, Marlene Mark Jensen, et al.. (2009). Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(12). 4752–4757. 609 indexed citations breakdown →
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Musat, Niculina, Hannah Halm, P. Höppe, et al.. (2008). A single-cell view on the ecophysiology of anaerobic phototrophic bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(46). 17861–17866. 325 indexed citations
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Schmid, Markus, Alan B. Hooper, Martin G. Klotz, et al.. (2008). Environmental detection of octahaem cytochrome c hydroxylamine/hydrazine oxidoreductase genes of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium‐oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 10(11). 3140–3149. 157 indexed citations
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Francis, Christopher, J. Michael Beman, & Marcel M. M. Kuypers. (2007). New processes and players in the nitrogen cycle: the microbial ecology of anaerobic and archaeal ammonia oxidation. The ISME Journal. 1(1). 19–27. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuypers, Marcel M. M., Gaute Lavik, Dagmar Woebken, et al.. (2005). Massive nitrogen loss from the Benguela upwelling system through anaerobic ammonium oxidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(18). 6478–6483. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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