Melike Balk

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Melike Balk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Melike Balk has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Melike Balk's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (7 papers). Melike Balk is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (7 papers). Melike Balk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Melike Balk's co-authors include Alfons J. M. Stams, Jan Weijma, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Caroline M. Plugge, Stefan Schouten, Johan W.H. Weijers, Judith van Bleijswijk, M.H.A. van Eekert and Lynn J. Rothschild and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Melike Balk

27 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Schrödinger’s microbes: Tools for distinguishing the living from the dead in microbial ecosystems

2017 335 citations Joanne Emerson, Rachel I. Adams et al. Microbiome profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melike Balk Netherlands	18	601	537	335	316	294	27	1.6k
Т. В. Колганова Russia	27	1.1k 1.8×	1.0k 1.9×	215 0.6×	550 1.7×	243 0.8×	87	2.1k
Udo Jäckel Germany	23	474 0.8×	453 0.8×	163 0.5×	243 0.8×	288 1.0×	53	1.6k
Heinrich F. Kaspar New Zealand	28	580 1.0×	759 1.4×	280 0.8×	816 2.6×	432 1.5×	45	3.0k
G. A. Zavarzin Russia	30	1.0k 1.7×	1.1k 2.0×	290 0.9×	722 2.3×	183 0.6×	71	2.4k
Yuchen Liu United States	18	889 1.5×	537 1.0×	618 1.8×	510 1.6×	220 0.7×	36	2.0k
Vitaly V. Kadnikov Russia	24	692 1.2×	874 1.6×	120 0.4×	663 2.1×	289 1.0×	99	1.7k
Ana Fernández Scavino Uruguay	18	503 0.8×	650 1.2×	353 1.1×	210 0.7×	528 1.8×	32	1.7k
M. Carmen Portillo Spain	26	591 1.0×	717 1.3×	240 0.7×	199 0.6×	236 0.8×	72	2.1k
P.D. Franzmann Australia	31	1.1k 1.9×	1.3k 2.4×	121 0.4×	626 2.0×	300 1.0×	68	2.8k
Inka Vanwonterghem Australia	17	965 1.6×	1.1k 2.0×	702 2.1×	421 1.3×	546 1.9×	27	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Melike Balk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melike Balk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melike Balk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melike Balk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melike Balk 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 Melike Balk. Melike Balk is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Emerson, Joanne, Rachel I. Adams, Brandon Brooks, et al.. (2017). Schrödinger’s microbes: Tools for distinguishing the living from the dead in microbial ecosystems. Microbiome. 5(1). 86–86. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

Balk, Melike, Joost A. Keuskamp, & Hendrikus J. Laanbroek. (2016). Potential for Sulfate Reduction in Mangrove Forest Soils: Comparison between Two Dominant Species of the Americas. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1855–1855. 20 indexed citations

Balk, Melike, Anniet M. Laverman, Joost A. Keuskamp, & Hendrikus J. Laanbroek. (2015). Nitrate ammonification in mangrove soils: a hidden source of nitrite?. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 166–166. 19 indexed citations

Balk, Melike, Joost A. Keuskamp, & Hendrikus J. Laanbroek. (2015). Potential Activity, Size, and Structure of Sulfate-Reducing Microbial Communities in an Exposed, Grazed and a Sheltered, Non-Grazed Mangrove Stand at the Red Sea Coast. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 1478–1478. 10 indexed citations

Balk, Melike, Farrakh Mehboob, A.H. van Gelder, et al.. (2010). (Per)chlorate reduction by an acetogenic bacterium, Sporomusa sp., isolated from an underground gas storage. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 88(2). 595–603. 45 indexed citations

Balk, Melike, Hans G. H. J. Heilig, M.H.A. van Eekert, et al.. (2009). Isolation and characterization of a new CO-utilizing strain, Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus subsp. carboxydovorans, isolated from a geothermal spring in Turkey. Extremophiles. 13(6). 885–894. 26 indexed citations

Weijers, Johan W.H., Judith van Bleijswijk, Stefan Schouten, et al.. (2009). Constraints on the Biological Source(s) of the Orphan Branched Tetraether Membrane Lipids. Geomicrobiology Journal. 26(6). 402–414. 199 indexed citations

Balk, Melike, Mahmut Altınbaş, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, & Alfons J. M. Stams. (2008). Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 58(1). 110–115. 45 indexed citations

Jiang, Bo, Anne M. Henstra, Paula Loureiro Paulo, et al.. (2008). Atypical one-carbon metabolism of an acetogenic and hydrogenogenic Moorella thermoacetica strain. Archives of Microbiology. 191(2). 123–131. 27 indexed citations

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Balk, Melike. (2007). Life in the Absence of Oxygen: Alternative Electron Acceptors for Anaerobic Microorganisms in a Petroleum Environment. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY. 31(2). 59–66. 1 indexed citations

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Damsté, Jaap S. Sinninghe, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Ellen C. Hopmans, et al.. (2007). Structural characterization of diabolic acid-based tetraester, tetraether and mixed ether/ester, membrane-spanning lipids of bacteria from the order Thermotogales. Archives of Microbiology. 188(6). 629–641. 58 indexed citations

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Balk, Melike, et al.. (2006). Methanol utilizing Desulfotomaculum species utilizes hydrogen in a methanol-fed sulfate-reducing bioreactor. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 73(5). 1203–1211. 6 indexed citations

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Doesburg, Wim H., M.H.A. van Eekert, Peter J. M. Middeldorp, et al.. (2005). Reductive dechlorination of Î²-hexachlorocyclohexane (Î²-HCH) by a Dehalobacter species in coculture with a Sedimentibacter sp.. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 54(1). 87–95. 132 indexed citations

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Balk, Melike, Jan Weijma, Michael W. Friedrich, & Alfons J. M. Stams. (2003). Methanol utilization by a novel thermophilic homoacetogenic bacterium, Moorella mulderi sp. nov., isolated from a bioreactor. Archives of Microbiology. 179(5). 315–320. 50 indexed citations

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Peet–Schwering, C.M.C. van der, et al.. (2002). Fermented wheat in liquid diets: effects on gastrointestinal characteristics in weanling piglets. Journal of Animal Science. 80(5). 1179–1186. 46 indexed citations

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Plugge, Caroline M., Melike Balk, & Alfons J. M. Stams. (2002). Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum subsp. thermosyntrophicum subsp. nov., a thermophilic, syntrophic, propionate-oxidizing, spore-forming bacterium.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 52(2). 391–399. 97 indexed citations

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Balk, Melike. (2002). Thermotoga lettingae sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, methanol-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic anaerobic reactor. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 52(4). 1361–1368. 90 indexed citations

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Plugge, Caroline M., et al.. (2001). Elucidation of the pathways of catabolic glutamate conversion in three thermophilic anaerobic bacteria. Archives of Microbiology. 176(1-2). 29–36. 12 indexed citations

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Balk, Melike, et al.. (1996). Effect of Radio Frequency Energy on Biological Membranes and Microorganisms. LWT. 29(1-2). 41–48. 16 indexed citations

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Buckingham, Sarah, et al.. (1992). Actions of a series of bisquaternary compounds on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in insects: ligand binding and electrophysiological studies. Neuropharmacology. 31(4). 379–382. 7 indexed citations

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