N. J. Knab

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

N. J. Knab is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, N. J. Knab has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 9 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in N. J. Knab's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). N. J. Knab is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). N. J. Knab collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Denmark. N. J. Knab's co-authors include Katrina J. Edwards, Beth N. Orcutt, Jason B. Sylvan, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Christian Borowski, Michael Wagner, Alexander Loy, Julie Leloup, Pierre Regnier and Andrew W. Dale and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

N. J. Knab

13 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial Ecology of the Dark Ocean above, at, and below ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Microbial Ecology of the Dark Ocean above, at, and below the Seafloor
    2011 485 citations Beth N. Orcutt, Jason B. Sylvan et al. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
N. J. Knab Germany 12 891 737 307 284 278 13 1.3k
I. I. Rusanov Russia 21 742 0.8× 719 1.0× 218 0.7× 270 1.0× 127 0.5× 100 1.3k
Marshall W. Bowles United States 14 537 0.6× 459 0.6× 204 0.7× 154 0.5× 178 0.6× 26 928
Ingeborg Bussmann Germany 24 1.0k 1.2× 463 0.6× 640 2.1× 238 0.8× 176 0.6× 58 1.5k
Eberhard Sauter Germany 15 982 1.1× 578 0.8× 458 1.5× 93 0.3× 286 1.0× 35 1.5k
Katja Nauhaus Germany 9 1.5k 1.7× 785 1.1× 611 2.0× 259 0.9× 722 2.6× 13 1.8k
Leila J. Hamdan United States 17 452 0.5× 381 0.5× 211 0.7× 137 0.5× 170 0.6× 36 833
K. Goodman United Kingdom 4 543 0.6× 443 0.6× 114 0.4× 218 0.8× 185 0.7× 7 830
Felix J. Elling United States 20 677 0.8× 723 1.0× 84 0.3× 384 1.4× 189 0.7× 40 1.4k
А. С. Саввичев Russia 19 643 0.7× 533 0.7× 203 0.7× 168 0.6× 104 0.4× 95 1.1k
Sander K. Heijs Netherlands 9 494 0.6× 299 0.4× 146 0.5× 109 0.4× 203 0.7× 10 653

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Fields of papers citing papers by N. J. Knab

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. J. Knab

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Webster, Gordon, Henrik Sass, Barry A. Cragg, et al.. (2011). Enrichment and cultivation of prokaryotes associated with the sulphate-methane transition zone of diffusion-controlled sediments of Aarhus Bay, Denmark, under heterotrophic conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 77(2). 248–263. 54 indexed citations
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Lettmann, Karsten, Natascha Riedinger, Ronny Ramlau, et al.. (2011). Estimation of biogeochemical rates from concentration profiles: A novel inverse method. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 100. 26–37. 28 indexed citations
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Orcutt, Beth N., Jason B. Sylvan, N. J. Knab, & Katrina J. Edwards. (2011). Microbial Ecology of the Dark Ocean above, at, and below the Seafloor. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 75(2). 361–422. 485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wehrmann, Laura M., N. J. Knab, H. Pirlet, et al.. (2009). Carbon mineralization and carbonate preservation in modern cold-water coral reef sediments on the Norwegian shelf. Biogeosciences. 6(4). 663–680. 28 indexed citations
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Knab, N. J., Barry A. Cragg, Edward R. C. Hornibrook, et al.. (2009). Regulation of anaerobic methane oxidation in sediments of the Black Sea. Biogeosciences. 6(8). 1505–1518. 70 indexed citations
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Aquilina, Alfred, N. J. Knab, Katrin Knittel, et al.. (2009). Biomarker indicators for anaerobic oxidizers of methane in brackish-marine sediments with diffusive methane fluxes. Organic Geochemistry. 41(4). 414–426. 37 indexed citations
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Dale, Andy W., David R. Aguilera, Pierre Regnier, et al.. (2008). Seasonal dynamics of the depth and rate of anaerobic oxidation of methane in Aarhus Bay (Denmark) sediments. Journal of Marine Research. 66(1). 127–155. 64 indexed citations
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Knab, N. J., Andrew W. Dale, Karsten Lettmann, Henrik Fossing, & Bo Barker Jørgensen. (2008). Thermodynamic and kinetic control on anaerobic oxidation of methane in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72(15). 3746–3757. 47 indexed citations
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Knab, N. J., Barry A. Cragg, Christian Borowski, et al.. (2008). Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in marine sediments from the Skagerrak (Denmark): I. Geochemical and microbiological analyses. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72(12). 2868–2879. 33 indexed citations
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Dale, Andrew W., Pierre Regnier, N. J. Knab, Bo Barker Jørgensen, & Philippe Van Cappellen. (2008). Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in marine sediments from the Skagerrak (Denmark): II. Reaction-transport modeling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72(12). 2880–2894. 97 indexed citations
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Parkes, R. John, Barry A. Cragg, Natasha Banning, et al.. (2007). Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of methane cycling in subsurface marine sediments (Skagerrak, Denmark). Environmental Microbiology. 9(5). 1146–1161. 126 indexed citations
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Knab, N. J.. (2007). Controls of anaerobic oxidation of methane in ocean margin sediments. Max Planck Digital Library. 1 indexed citations
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Leloup, Julie, Alexander Loy, N. J. Knab, et al.. (2006). Diversity and abundance of sulfate‐reducing microorganisms in the sulfate and methane zones of a marine sediment, Black Sea. Environmental Microbiology. 9(1). 131–142. 212 indexed citations

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