Morten Tovborg

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Morten Tovborg is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Morten Tovborg has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Biotechnology, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Morten Tovborg's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (6 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (2 papers). Morten Tovborg is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (6 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (2 papers). Morten Tovborg collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and France. Morten Tovborg's co-authors include Paul H. Walton, Leila Lo Leggio, Katja S. Johansen, Jens-Christian N. Poulsen, Theodora Tryfona, G.J. Davies, Paul Dupree, Christian Isak Jørgensen, Kristian B. R. M. Krogh and H. Otten and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Morten Tovborg

9 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Insights into the oxidative degradation of cellulose by a copper metalloenzyme that exploits biomass components

2011 772 citations Matt Sweeney, Leila Lo Leggio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Morten Tovborg Denmark	8	890	627	546	521	153	9	1.3k
Matt Sweeney Denmark	8	1.0k 1.1×	729 1.2×	552 1.0×	532 1.0×	96 0.6×	11	1.4k
Christian Isak Jørgensen Denmark	13	719 0.8×	594 0.9×	399 0.7×	429 0.8×	94 0.6×	18	1.2k
Piotr Chylenski Norway	13	845 0.9×	575 0.9×	498 0.9×	396 0.8×	102 0.7×	15	1.1k
Saeid Karkehabadi Sweden	19	444 0.5×	557 0.9×	283 0.5×	354 0.7×	127 0.8×	32	1.1k
Gerdt Müller Norway	8	694 0.8×	471 0.8×	418 0.8×	299 0.6×	75 0.5×	8	943
Luisa Ciano United Kingdom	12	394 0.4×	425 0.7×	333 0.6×	249 0.5×	198 1.3×	15	859
Roman Kittl Austria	23	879 1.0×	869 1.4×	837 1.5×	729 1.4×	100 0.7×	33	1.8k
Elise A. Span United States	8	424 0.5×	361 0.6×	314 0.6×	240 0.5×	121 0.8×	12	699
Christian Gaudin France	22	992 1.1×	643 1.0×	561 1.0×	794 1.5×	55 0.4×	38	1.6k
Gastón Courtade Norway	14	439 0.5×	384 0.6×	295 0.5×	266 0.5×	64 0.4×	26	718

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morten Tovborg

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Vester-Christensen, Malene Bech, Jesper Holck, Martin Rejzek, et al.. (2023). Exploration of the Transglycosylation Activity of Barley Limit Dextrinase for Production of Novel Glycoconjugates. Molecules. 28(10). 4111–4111. 3 indexed citations

Pedersen, Ninfa Rangel, Morten Tovborg, Abdoreza Soleimani Farjam, & Eduardo Antonio Della Pia. (2021). Multicomponent carbohydrase system from Trichoderma reesei: A toolbox to address complexity of cell walls of plant substrates in animal feed. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0251556–e0251556. 8 indexed citations

Ciano, Luisa, et al.. (2020). Insights from semi-oriented EPR spectroscopy studies into the interaction of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with cellulose. Dalton Transactions. 49(11). 3413–3422. 12 indexed citations

Johnston, Esther M., Morten Tovborg, Luisa Ciano, et al.. (2019). Formation of a Copper(II)–Tyrosyl Complex at the Active Site of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases Following Oxidation by H₂O₂. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(46). 18585–18599. 74 indexed citations

Frandsen, Kristian E. H., Morten Tovborg, Christian Isak Jørgensen, et al.. (2019). Insights into an unusual Auxiliary Activity 9 family member lacking the histidine brace motif of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(45). 17117–17130. 27 indexed citations

Simmons, Thomas J., Kristian E. H. Frandsen, Luisa Ciano, et al.. (2017). Structural and electronic determinants of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase reactivity on polysaccharide substrates. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1064–1064. 139 indexed citations

Frandsen, Kristian E. H., et al.. (2016). Learning from oligosaccharide soaks of crystals of an AA13 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase: crystal packing, ligand binding and active-site disorder. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 73(1). 64–76. 15 indexed citations

Leggio, Leila Lo, Thomas J. Simmons, Jens-Christian N. Poulsen, et al.. (2015). Structure and boosting activity of a starch-degrading lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase. Nature Communications. 6(1). 5961–5961. 248 indexed citations

Sweeney, Matt, Leila Lo Leggio, H. Otten, et al.. (2011). Insights into the oxidative degradation of cellulose by a copper metalloenzyme that exploits biomass components. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(37). 15079–15084. 772 indexed citations breakdown →

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