Matthias Hess

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Matthias Hess is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Hess has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Matthias Hess's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (10 papers). Matthias Hess is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (10 papers). Matthias Hess collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. Matthias Hess's co-authors include Susannah G. Tringe, Brian C. Thomas, Christian M. K. Sieber, Alexander J. Probst, Allison Sharrar, Jillian F. Banfield, Roderick I. Mackie, Alexander Sczyrba, Douglas S. Clark and Zhong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Hess

56 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen

2011 950 citations Matthias Hess, Roderick I. Mackie et al. profile →
Recovery of genomes from metagenomes via a dereplication, aggregation and scoring strategy

2018 922 citations Matthias Hess, Susannah G. Tringe et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthias Hess United States	24	2.1k	1.4k	539	524	481	58	4.0k
Alexander Sczyrba Germany	34	2.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	304 0.6×	635 1.2×	455 0.9×	85	4.4k
Rob Egan United States	11	2.8k 1.4×	2.2k 1.6×	288 0.5×	468 0.9×	470 1.0×	17	4.6k
A. García-Rodríguez Spain	22	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	633 1.2×	170 0.3×	476 1.0×	76	3.8k
Richard Sharp United Kingdom	29	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	243 0.5×	337 0.6×	194 0.4×	109	3.6k
Itzhak Mizrahi Israel	39	3.2k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	2.5k 4.6×	557 1.1×	592 1.2×	99	6.6k
Anja Poehlein Germany	37	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	131 0.2×	885 1.7×	563 1.2×	264	4.6k
Samuel Purvine United States	50	4.9k 2.4×	1.0k 0.7×	197 0.4×	911 1.7×	903 1.9×	138	7.8k
Dirk Albrecht Germany	40	2.6k 1.3×	892 0.6×	215 0.4×	219 0.4×	359 0.7×	114	4.3k
Jan C. Gottschal Netherlands	37	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	612 1.1×	583 1.1×	409 0.9×	106	5.1k
Yanni Sun China	34	3.3k 1.6×	2.4k 1.7×	266 0.5×	241 0.5×	1.5k 3.0×	151	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Hess

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Pressman, E., et al.. (2025). The effect of Rumin8 Investigational Veterinary Product—a bromoform based feed additive—on enteric methane emissions, animal production parameters, and the rumen environment in feedlot cattle. Translational Animal Science. 9. txaf028–txaf028. 6 indexed citations

Park, Yuna, et al.. (2023). A Comparison of Three Artificial Rumen Systems for Rumen Microbiome Modeling. Fermentation. 9(11). 953–953. 11 indexed citations

Shaw, Claire, Matthias Hess, & Bart C. Weimer. (2023). Microbial-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites and Their Role in Neurological Disease: Anthranilic Acid and Anthranilic Acid Derivatives. Microorganisms. 11(7). 1825–1825. 35 indexed citations

Mohamad‐Fauzi, Nuradilla, Claire Shaw, Matthias Hess, et al.. (2023). Salmonella enhances osteogenic differentiation in adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1077350–1077350. 4 indexed citations

Kanade, Santosh R., et al.. (2022). Impact of Probiotics on Dairy Production Efficiency. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 805963–805963. 35 indexed citations

Roux, Simon, Blair G. Paul, Sarah C. Bagby, et al.. (2021). Ecology and molecular targets of hypermutation in the global microbiome. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3076–3076. 43 indexed citations

Hagen, Live H., Charles Brooke, Claire Shaw, et al.. (2020). Proteome specialization of anaerobic fungi during ruminal degradation of recalcitrant plant fiber. The ISME Journal. 15(2). 421–434. 71 indexed citations

Hess, Matthias, S.S. Paul, Anil Kumar Puniya, et al.. (2020). Anaerobic Fungi: Past, Present, and Future. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 584893–584893. 78 indexed citations

Foukis, Athanasios, Matthias Hess, A.N. Hristov, et al.. (2020). Key Considerations for the Use of Seaweed to Reduce Enteric Methane Emissions From Cattle. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. 597430–597430. 97 indexed citations

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Shaw, Claire, Charles Brooke, Miranda Harmon‐Smith, et al.. (2020). Phototrophic Co-cultures From Extreme Environments: Community Structure and Potential Value for Fundamental and Applied Research. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 572131–572131. 4 indexed citations

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Brooke, Charles, et al.. (2019). Prevotella copri , a potential indicator for high feed efficiency in western steers. Animal Science Journal. 90(5). 696–701. 18 indexed citations

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Cabral, Lucélia, Sanderson Tarciso Pereira de Sousa, Gileno Vieira Lacerda-Júnior, et al.. (2018). Microbial functional responses to long-term anthropogenic impact in mangrove soils. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 160. 231–239. 22 indexed citations

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Hess, Matthias, et al.. (2018). Profiling of the Microbiome Associated With Nitrogen Removal During Vermifiltration of Wastewater From a Commercial Dairy. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1964–1964. 12 indexed citations

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Cantor, Michael, Henrik Nordberg, Tatyana I. Smirnova, et al.. (2015). Elviz – exploration of metagenome assemblies with an interactive visualization tool. BMC Bioinformatics. 16(1). 130–130. 10 indexed citations

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Piao, Hailan, Nicole M. Scott, Stephanie Malfatti, et al.. (2014). Metagenomic analysis of microbial consortium from natural crude oil that seeps into the marine ecosystem offshore Southern California. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(3). 1259–1274. 23 indexed citations

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Piao, Hailan, Lye Meng Markillie, David Culley, Roderick I. Mackie, & Matthias Hess. (2013). Improved Method for Isolation of Microbial RNA from Biofuel Feedstock for Metatranscriptomics. Advances in Microbiology. 3(1). 101–107. 2 indexed citations

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Yannarell, Anthony C., Matthias Hess, Philip Hugenholtz, & Roderick I. Mackie. (2009). Diversity of fiber-adherent bacteria on three potential bioenergy feedstocks during digestion in the cow rumen. Microbial Ecology. 57(3). 585–585. 2 indexed citations

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Hess, Matthias, et al.. (2008). Extremely thermostable esterases from the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Picrophilus torridus. Extremophiles. 12(3). 351–364. 48 indexed citations

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Hess, Matthias & Garabed Antranikian. (2007). Archaeal alcohol dehydrogenase active at increased temperatures and in the presence of organic solvents. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 77(5). 1003–1013. 18 indexed citations

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Hess, Matthias, et al.. (2007). A thermoactive glucoamylase with biotechnological relevance from the thermoacidophilic Euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 78(1). 105–114. 22 indexed citations

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