Markus W. Ribbe

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
147 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

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Markus W. Ribbe is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus W. Ribbe has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 54 papers in Catalysis and 45 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Markus W. Ribbe's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (144 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (86 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (54 papers). Markus W. Ribbe is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (144 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (86 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (54 papers). Markus W. Ribbe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Markus W. Ribbe's co-authors include Yilin Hu, Chi Chung Lee, Ralf R. Mendel, Günter Schwarz, Chi Chung Lee, Aaron W. Fay, Jared A. Wiig, Keith O. Hodgson, Britt Hedman and Andrew J. Jasniewski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Markus W. Ribbe

142 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

X-ray Emission Spectroscopy Evidences a Central Carbon in the Nitrogenase Iron-Molybdenum Cofactor

2011 710 citations Yilin Hu, Markus W. Ribbe et al. Science profile →
Molybdenum cofactors, enzymes and pathways

2009 664 citations Markus W. Ribbe et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus W. Ribbe United States	45	5.1k	2.4k	1.8k	1.6k	1.0k	147	6.7k
Yilin Hu United States	45	4.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	855 0.8×	169	6.1k
Robert R. Eady United Kingdom	47	3.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	2.4k 2.3×	162	6.6k
Holger Dobbek Germany	37	3.7k 0.7×	814 0.3×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 2.2×	117	6.6k
Susana L. A. Andrade Germany	25	2.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	933 0.6×	936 0.9×	52	4.0k
Kyle M. Lancaster United States	36	2.6k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	597 0.6×	115	6.9k
Paul W. King United States	42	6.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	779 0.4×	2.7k 1.7×	1.8k 1.8×	99	8.6k
E. Claude Hatchikian France	37	5.2k 1.0×	511 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	83	6.9k
Simon P. J. Albracht Netherlands	60	6.3k 1.2×	704 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	3.6k 3.5×	152	9.6k
Vı́ctor M. Fernández Spain	45	4.2k 0.8×	497 0.2×	701 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	129	7.1k
Joan Broderick United States	44	4.5k 0.9×	397 0.2×	2.0k 1.1×	873 0.6×	2.3k 2.2×	112	6.2k

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Lee, Chi Chung, et al.. (2026). Structural insights into metallocluster trafficking in the nitrogenase assembly scaffold NifEN. Nature Catalysis. 9(3). 281–294.

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Lee, Chi Chung, Kuntal Chatterjee, Junko Yano, et al.. (2025). Belt-sulfur mobilization as a crucial mechanistic feature shared between the vanadium and molybdenum nitrogenases. Chem Catalysis. 5(7). 101366–101366.

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Lee, Chi Chung, et al.. (2024). ATP‐Independent Turnover of Dinitrogen Intermediates Captured on the Nitrogenase Cofactor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(21). e202400273–e202400273. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Chi Chung, Andrew J. Jasniewski, Paul H. Oyala, et al.. (2023). Heterologous synthesis of the complex homometallic cores of nitrogenase P- and M-clusters in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2314788120–e2314788120. 10 indexed citations

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Stripp, Sven T., Benjamin R. Duffus, Vincent Fourmond, et al.. (2022). Second and Outer Coordination Sphere Effects in Nitrogenase, Hydrogenase, Formate Dehydrogenase, and CO Dehydrogenase. Chemical Reviews. 122(14). 11900–11973. 128 indexed citations

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Hu, Yilin, et al.. (2022). Enzymatic Fischer–Tropsch-Type Reactions. Chemical Reviews. 123(9). 5755–5797. 24 indexed citations

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Ribbe, Markus W. & Yilin Hu. (2022). Belt-sulfur mobilization in nitrogenase biosynthesis and catalysis. Trends in Chemistry. 5(2). 108–111. 2 indexed citations

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Lee, Chi Chung, et al.. (2022). Radical SAM-dependent formation of a nitrogenase cofactor core on NifB. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 233. 111837–111837. 3 indexed citations

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Kang, Wonchull, Chi Chung Lee, Andrew J. Jasniewski, Markus W. Ribbe, & Yilin Hu. (2020). Structural evidence for a dynamic metallocofactor during N ₂ reduction by Mo-nitrogenase. Science. 368(6497). 1381–1385. 143 indexed citations

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Ribbe, Markus W. & Julien J. H. Cotelesage. (2019). Metallocofactors that activate small molecules : with focus on bioinorganic chemistry. Springer eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Sickerman, Nathaniel S., Yilin Hu, & Markus W. Ribbe. (2017). Nitrogenase Assembly: Strategies and Procedures. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 595. 261–302. 6 indexed citations

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Lee, Chi Chung, Nathaniel S. Sickerman, Yilin Hu, & Markus W. Ribbe. (2016). YedY: A Mononuclear Molybdenum Enzyme with a Redox‐Active Ligand?. ChemBioChem. 17(6). 453–455. 6 indexed citations

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Rebelein, Johannes G., Chi Chung Lee, Yilin Hu, & Markus W. Ribbe. (2016). The in vivo hydrocarbon formation by vanadium nitrogenase follows a secondary metabolic pathway. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13641–13641. 31 indexed citations

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Lee, Chi Chung, Yilin Hu, & Markus W. Ribbe. (2014). Catalytic Reduction of CN⁻, CO, and CO₂ by Nitrogenase Cofactors in Lanthanide‐Driven Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(4). 1219–1222. 50 indexed citations

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Wiig, Jared A., Yilin Hu, Chi Chung Lee, & Markus W. Ribbe. (2012). Radical SAM-Dependent Carbon Insertion into the Nitrogenase M-Cluster. Science. 337(6102). 1672–1675. 206 indexed citations

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Lee, Chi Chung, Yilin Hu, & Markus W. Ribbe. (2012). ATP‐Independent Formation of Hydrocarbons Catalyzed by Isolated Nitrogenase Cofactors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(8). 1947–1949. 51 indexed citations

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Ribbe, Markus W., et al.. (2011). Nitrogen Fixation. Methods in molecular biology. 11 indexed citations

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Fay, Aaron W., Michael A. Blank, Chi Chung Lee, et al.. (2011). Spectroscopic Characterization of the Isolated Iron–Molybdenum Cofactor (FeMoco) Precursor from the Protein NifEN. Angewandte Chemie. 123(34). 7933–7936. 10 indexed citations

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Fay, Aaron W., Michael A. Blank, Chi Chung Lee, et al.. (2011). Spectroscopic Characterization of the Isolated Iron–Molybdenum Cofactor (FeMoco) Precursor from the Protein NifEN. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(34). 7787–7790. 49 indexed citations

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Ribbe, Markus W.. (2011). Nitrogen fixation : methods and protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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