Neil C. Bruce

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

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Neil C. Bruce is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil C. Bruce has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Pollution and 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Neil C. Bruce's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (43 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (29 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (25 papers). Neil C. Bruce is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (43 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (29 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (25 papers). Neil C. Bruce collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malaysia. Neil C. Bruce's co-authors include Elizabeth L. Rylott, S. Nicklin, Susan J. Rosser, Deborah A. Rathbone, Richard Williams, Christopher E. French, Simon J. McQueen‐Mason, Amrik Basran, Nigel S. Scrutton and Chris French and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Neil C. Bruce

181 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life

2015 423 citations Simon M. Cragg, Gregg T. Beckham et al. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil C. Bruce United Kingdom	51	3.6k	1.8k	1.5k	1.4k	779	187	7.6k
Rebecca E. Parales United States	44	3.4k 1.0×	3.3k 1.8×	851 0.6×	842 0.6×	705 0.9×	100	7.5k
Brian G. Fox United States	57	6.1k 1.7×	1.1k 0.6×	901 0.6×	922 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	213	9.8k
Abu Bakar Salleh Malaysia	46	4.6k 1.3×	724 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	647 0.5×	507 0.7×	310	7.1k
Hirofumi Shoun Japan	48	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	585 0.4×	896 0.6×	529 0.7×	177	7.4k
Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt Mexico	50	1.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.9×	1.3k 1.7×	201	7.7k
Christoph Syldatk Germany	40	3.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	297 0.2×	683 0.9×	183	6.1k
Willem J. H. van Berkel Netherlands	60	7.4k 2.1×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	2.5k 1.8×	1.4k 1.8×	314	12.7k
Om V. Singh United States	34	2.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	777 0.5×	221 0.3×	210	5.6k
Owen P. Ward Canada	33	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	691 0.5×	213 0.3×	83	5.9k
Johann Heider Germany	46	4.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	603 0.4×	469 0.3×	931 1.2×	119	7.8k

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Dowle, Adam, et al.. (2025). Comparative exo-proteomics of solid and submerged state fermentation using the lignocellulose degrading Ascomycete Parascedosporium putredinis NO1. Bioresource Technology. 435. 132864–132864.

Lanot, Alexandra, Shivam Tiwari, Phil Purnell, et al.. (2024). Demonstrating a biobased concept for the production of sustainable bacterial cellulose from mixed textile, agricultural and municipal wastes. Journal of Cleaner Production. 486. 144418–144418. 6 indexed citations

Hunt, Andrew J., et al.. (2024). Controlling In Planta Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis and Size for Catalysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(22). 9714–9722. 4 indexed citations

Rylott, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2024). New weapons explosive exhibits persistent toxicity in plants. Nature Plants. 11(1). 16–22. 1 indexed citations

James, Sally, Katherine Newling, Yi Li, et al.. (2023). Whole genome structural predictions reveal hidden diversity in putative oxidative enzymes of the lignocellulose-degrading ascomycete Parascedosporium putredinis NO1. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(6). e0103523–e0103523. 5 indexed citations

Sabbadin, Federico, S. Urresti, Bernard Henrissat, et al.. (2021). Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes. Science. 373(6556). 774–779. 142 indexed citations

Bruce, Neil C., Rajesh K. Sani, Chun Shiong Chong, et al.. (2020). Global Transcriptomic Responses of Roseithermus sacchariphilus Strain RA in Media Supplemented with Beechwood Xylan. Microorganisms. 8(7). 976–976. 2 indexed citations

Rylott, Elizabeth L. & Neil C. Bruce. (2020). How synthetic biology can help bioremediation. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 58. 86–95. 66 indexed citations

Sabbadin, Federico, Luisa Ciano, G.R. Hemsworth, et al.. (2019). Discovery, activity and characterisation of an AA10 lytic polysaccharide oxygenase from the shipworm symbiont Teredinibacter turnerae. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 232–232. 29 indexed citations

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Sabbadin, Federico, G.R. Hemsworth, Luisa Ciano, et al.. (2018). An ancient family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with roles in arthropod development and biomass digestion. Nature Communications. 9(1). 756–756. 187 indexed citations

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Evans, Rachael A, Anna M. Alessi, Susannah Bird, et al.. (2017). Defining the functional traits that drive bacterial decomposer community productivity. The ISME Journal. 11(7). 1680–1687. 28 indexed citations

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Parker, Helen L., Andrea Muñoz García, Con Robert McElroy, et al.. (2017). Toward Financially Viable Phytoextraction and Production of Plant-Based Palladium Catalysts. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(5). 2992–3000. 39 indexed citations

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Mannervik, Bengt, et al.. (2016). Expression of a Drosophila glutathione transferase in Arabidopsis confers the ability to detoxify the environmental pollutant, and explosive, 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene. New Phytologist. 214(1). 294–303. 15 indexed citations

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Rylott, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2015). Harnessing microbial gene pools to remediate persistent organic pollutants using genetically modified plants—a viable technology?. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(21). 6519–6533. 19 indexed citations

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Parker, Helen L., Elizabeth L. Rylott, Andrew J. Hunt, et al.. (2014). Supported Palladium Nanoparticles Synthesized by Living Plants as a Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Reactions. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e87192–e87192. 55 indexed citations

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Kern, Marcelo, J.E. McGeehan, S.D. Streeter, et al.. (2013). Structural characterization of a unique marine animal family 7 cellobiohydrolase suggests a mechanism of cellulase salt tolerance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(25). 10189–10194. 82 indexed citations

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Gandía‐Herrero, Fernando, Astrid Lorenz, Tony R. Larson, et al.. (2008). Detoxification of the explosive 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene in Arabidopsis: discovery of bifunctional O‐ and C‐glucosyltransferases. The Plant Journal. 56(6). 963–974. 114 indexed citations

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Barna, T., Huma Khan, Neil C. Bruce, et al.. (2001). Crystal structure of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase: “flipped” binding geometries for steroid substrates in different redox states of the enzyme. Journal of Molecular Biology. 310(2). 433–447. 89 indexed citations

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HOLT, P.J.A., et al.. (2000). Cloning, sequencing and expression inEscherichia coliof the primary alcohol dehydrogenase gene fromThermoanaerobacter ethanolicusJW200. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 190(1). 57–62. 22 indexed citations

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Walker, Edward H. & Neil C. Bruce. (1996). Towards Engineering an Improved Morphine Dehydrogenase. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 799(1). 6–10. 2 indexed citations

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