Meinhard Simon

16.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
195 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Meinhard Simon is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Meinhard Simon has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Ecology, 98 papers in Oceanography and 64 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Meinhard Simon's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (146 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (91 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (46 papers). Meinhard Simon is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (146 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (91 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (46 papers). Meinhard Simon collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Meinhard Simon's co-authors include Farooq Azam, Thorsten Brinkhoff, HP Grossart, Hans‐Peter Grossart, B Schweitzer, Helge‐Ansgar Giebel, Helle Ploug, Alice L. Alldredge, David C. Smith and Bernd Rosenstock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Meinhard Simon

188 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Protein content and protein synthesis rates of planktonic marine bacteria

1989 1.6k citations Meinhard Simon et al. profile →
Microbial ecology of organic aggregates in aquatic ecosystems

2002 839 citations Meinhard Simon et al. profile →
Intense hydrolytic enzyme activity on marine aggregates and implications for rapid particle dissolution

1992 796 citations Meinhard Simon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meinhard Simon Germany	62	9.3k	6.4k	3.8k	2.8k	1.4k	195	13.1k
Mary Ann Moran United States	74	11.1k 1.2×	7.5k 1.2×	5.8k 1.6×	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	189	16.7k
Jakob Pernthaler Switzerland	62	10.8k 1.2×	5.0k 0.8×	5.8k 1.5×	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	154	13.7k
Klaus Jürgens Germany	55	6.9k 0.7×	4.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	143	10.0k
Carlos Pedrós‐Alió Spain	62	11.0k 1.2×	5.5k 0.9×	6.6k 1.8×	2.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	173	14.3k
Nianzhi Jiao China	47	6.9k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	3.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	771 0.5×	357	10.0k
Ramón Massana Spain	68	12.3k 1.3×	5.7k 0.9×	8.5k 2.2×	2.4k 0.9×	764 0.5×	178	14.7k
Hans‐Peter Grossart Germany	68	8.6k 0.9×	5.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	3.6k 1.3×	3.3k 2.4×	396	16.0k
David L. Kirchman United States	77	13.2k 1.4×	10.2k 1.6×	5.1k 1.4×	4.1k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	161	19.4k
Dominique Marie France	52	6.1k 0.7×	4.7k 0.7×	3.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	449 0.3×	116	9.5k
Michael S. Rappé United States	38	7.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.4×	5.5k 1.4×	1.8k 0.7×	776 0.5×	75	9.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meinhard Simon

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Yanting, Thorsten Brinkhoff, & Meinhard Simon. (2025). Ecogenomics and functional biogeography of the Roseobacter group in the global oceans based on 653 MAGs and SAGs. Microbiome. 13(1). 247–247.

Giebel, Helge‐Ansgar, et al.. (2024). Cross-domain diversity effects: linking diatom species richness, intraspecific richness, and biomass production to host-associated bacterial diversity. ISME Communications. 4(1). ycae046–ycae046. 1 indexed citations

Niggemann, Jutta, et al.. (2023). The diatom Thalassiosira rotula induces distinct growth responses and colonization patterns of Roseobacteraceae , Flavobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 25(12). 3536–3555. 3 indexed citations

Ndela, Éric Olo, Anja Poehlein, Heike M. Freese, et al.. (2022). New Microviridae isolated from Sulfitobacter reveals two cosmopolitan subfamilies of single-stranded DNA phages infecting marine and terrestrial Alphaproteobacteria. Virus Evolution. 8(2). veac070–veac070. 14 indexed citations

Wienhausen, Gerrit, Leon Dlugosch, René Jarling, et al.. (2022). Availability of vitamin B12 and its lower ligand intermediate α-ribazole impact prokaryotic and protist communities in oceanic systems. The ISME Journal. 16(8). 2002–2014. 29 indexed citations

Jäger, Tim, Claudia Scherr, Meinhard Simon, et al.. (2021). Comparative study of two bioassays with weakened duckweed and yeast treated with homeopathic preparations. International Journal of High Dilution Research - ISSN 1982-6206. 11(40). 129–130.

Dlugosch, Leon, et al.. (2021). The Microbiome of the Medicinal Plants Achillea millefolium L. and Hamamelis virginiana L.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 696398–696398. 19 indexed citations

Koch, Hanna, Thomas Schweder, Beatriz E. Noriega‐Ortega, et al.. (2018). Biphasic cellular adaptations and ecological implications of Alteromonas macleodii degrading a mixture of algal polysaccharides. The ISME Journal. 13(1). 92–103. 59 indexed citations

Dogs, Marco, Irene Wagner‐Döbler, Dieter Jahn, et al.. (2015). Large-Scale ¹³ C Flux Profiling Reveals Conservation of the Entner-Doudoroff Pathway as a Glycolytic Strategy among Marine Bacteria That Use Glucose. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(7). 2408–2422. 63 indexed citations

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Teshima, Hazuki, Jörn Petersen, Olga Chertkov, et al.. (2014). Genome sequence of Leisingera nanhaiensis strain DSM 24252 T isolated from marine sediment. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(3). 687–703.

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Vollmers, John, Sonja Voget, Sascha Dietrich, et al.. (2013). Poles Apart: Arctic and Antarctic Octadecabacter strains Share High Genome Plasticity and a New Type of Xanthorhodopsin. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63422–e63422. 82 indexed citations

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Hahnke, Sarah, Nelson L. Brock, Claudia Zell, et al.. (2012). Physiological diversity of Roseobacter clade bacteria co-occurring during a phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 36(1). 39–48. 38 indexed citations

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Jäger, Tim, Claudia Scherr, Meinhard Simon, Peter Heusser, & Stephan Baumgartner. (2011). Development of a Test System for Homeopathic Preparations Using Impaired Duckweed ( Lemna gibba L.). The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 17(4). 315–323. 9 indexed citations

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Thole, S, Kerstin Schreiber, Sonja Voget, et al.. (2009). Growth phase‐dependent global protein and metabolite profiles of Phaeobacter gallaeciensis strain DSM 17395, a member of the marine Roseobacter‐clade. PROTEOMICS. 9(14). 3677–3697. 88 indexed citations

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Scherr, Claudia, et al.. (2007). Duckweed ( Lemna gibba L.) as a Test Organism for Homeopathic Potencies. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 13(9). 931–937. 24 indexed citations

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Martens, Torben, Lone Gram, Hans‐Peter Grossart, et al.. (2007). Bacteria of the Roseobacter Clade Show Potential for Secondary Metabolite Production. Microbial Ecology. 54(1). 31–42. 85 indexed citations

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Grossart, Hans‐Peter, et al.. (2005). Marine diatom species harbour distinct bacterial communities. Environmental Microbiology. 7(6). 860–873. 460 indexed citations

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Stevens, Heike, et al.. (2005). Phylogeny of Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes from oxic habitats of a tidal flat ecosystem. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 54(3). 351–365. 94 indexed citations

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Radjasa, Ocky Karna, et al.. (2004). ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF A SECONDARY METABOLITE-PRODUCING CORAL BACTERIUM Pseudoalteromonas SPECIES. Journal of Coastal Zone Management. 7(2). 79–88. 1 indexed citations

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Rosenstock, Bernd & Meinhard Simon. (2003). Consumption of Dissolved Amino Acids and Carbohydrates by Limnetic Bacterioplankton According to Molecular Weight Fractions and Proportions Bound to Humic Matter. Microbial Ecology. 45(4). 433–443. 22 indexed citations

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