Paul Illmer

4.9k total citations
103 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Paul Illmer is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Illmer has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Building and Construction, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Paul Illmer's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (39 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (19 papers). Paul Illmer is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (39 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (19 papers). Paul Illmer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Italy and Netherlands. Paul Illmer's co-authors include Franz Schinner, Andreas Otto Wagner, Nadine Praeg, Christoph Reitschuler, Philipp Lins, Cornelia Malin, Mira Mutschlechner, Nina Lackner, Eva Maria Prem and Rudolf Markt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Paul Illmer

98 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Illmer Austria 33 1.2k 884 846 673 654 103 3.7k
Jiabao Li China 35 730 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 470 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 393 0.6× 74 3.8k
Jérôme Hamelin France 35 394 0.3× 1.0k 1.2× 898 1.1× 874 1.3× 647 1.0× 76 3.4k
Junpeng Rui China 29 686 0.6× 998 1.1× 542 0.6× 1.4k 2.1× 271 0.4× 51 3.2k
Zilin Song China 28 400 0.3× 471 0.5× 704 0.8× 565 0.8× 601 0.9× 78 3.0k
Jaisoo Kim South Korea 28 668 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 329 0.4× 1.0k 1.6× 419 0.6× 170 3.4k
Mary Ann Bruns United States 25 487 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 514 0.6× 2.0k 2.9× 625 1.0× 60 4.6k
Susumu Asakawa Japan 36 843 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 626 0.7× 2.0k 3.0× 215 0.3× 148 4.0k
Martin Romantschuk Finland 43 1.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 219 0.3× 1.3k 1.9× 455 0.7× 147 5.5k
J. L. García Mexico 37 688 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 690 0.8× 1.3k 1.9× 822 1.3× 141 4.3k
Shin Haruta Japan 30 271 0.2× 1.6k 1.8× 1.2k 1.4× 920 1.4× 987 1.5× 86 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Illmer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Illmer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Illmer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Praeg, Nadine, et al.. (2025). Air pressure as a driver of plant-specific microbial responses in the rhizosphere. Environmental Microbiome. 20(1). 145–145.
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Probst, Maraike, Beat Frey, Luis M. Rodriguez‐R, et al.. (2025). Determinism and stochasticity drive microbial community assembly and microbial interactions in calcareous glacier forefields. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(6). e0030225–e0030225. 1 indexed citations
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Oram, Natalie J., Fiona Brennan, Nadine Praeg, et al.. (2024). Plant community composition and traits modulate the impacts of drought intensity on soil microbial community composition and function. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 200. 109644–109644. 6 indexed citations
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Markt, Rudolf, Eva Maria Prem, Nina Lackner, et al.. (2024). Pre‐treatment with Trichoderma viride : Towards a better understanding of its consequences for anaerobic digestion. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 16(4). e13281–e13281. 1 indexed citations
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Galla, Giulio, et al.. (2023). Mock community as an in situ positive control for amplicon sequencing of microbiotas from the same ecosystem. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4056–4056. 6 indexed citations
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Mimmo, Tanja, Raphael Tiziani, Nadine Praeg, et al.. (2022). Microplastics make their way into the soil and rhizosphere: A review of the ecological consequences. Rhizosphere. 22. 100542–100542. 61 indexed citations
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Prem, Eva Maria, Mira Mutschlechner, Blaž Stres, Paul Illmer, & Andreas Otto Wagner. (2021). Lignin intermediates lead to phenyl acid formation and microbial community shifts in meso- and thermophilic batch reactors. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 27–27. 12 indexed citations
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Prem, Eva Maria, Blaž Stres, Paul Illmer, & Andreas Otto Wagner. (2020). Microbial community dynamics in mesophilic and thermophilic batch reactors under methanogenic, phenyl acid-forming conditions. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 13(1). 81–81. 13 indexed citations
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Praeg, Nadine & Paul Illmer. (2020). Microbial community composition in the rhizosphere of Larix decidua under different light regimes with additional focus on methane cycling microorganisms. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 22324–22324. 28 indexed citations
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Prem, Eva Maria, Rudolf Markt, Nina Lackner, Paul Illmer, & Andreas Otto Wagner. (2019). Microbial and Phenyl Acid Dynamics during the Start-up Phase of Anaerobic Straw Degradation in Meso- and Thermophilic Batch Reactors. Microorganisms. 7(12). 657–657. 15 indexed citations
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Wagner, Andreas Otto, Nadine Praeg, & Paul Illmer. (2019). Spiking a Silty-Sand Reference Soil with Bacterial DNA: Limits and Pitfalls in the Discrimination of Live and Dead Cells When Applying Ethidium Monoazide (EMA) Treatment. Current Microbiology. 76(12). 1425–1434. 1 indexed citations
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Prem, Eva Maria, et al.. (2019). Potential methane production and oxidation along the soil chronosequence of the Rotmoos glacier forefield. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 70(1). 19–31. 1 indexed citations
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Wagner, Andreas Otto, Nina Lackner, Mira Mutschlechner, et al.. (2018). Biological Pretreatment Strategies for Second-Generation Lignocellulosic Resources to Enhance Biogas Production. Energies. 11(7). 1797–1797. 166 indexed citations
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Winkler, Manuela, Paul Illmer, Pascal Querner, et al.. (2018). Side by side? Vascular plant, invertebrate, and microorganism distribution patterns along an alpine to nival elevation gradient. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 50(1). 13 indexed citations
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Illmer, Paul, et al.. (2015). Temporal patterns of prokaryotic abundance, community structure and microbial activity in glacier foreland soils. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 108(3). 793–799. 6 indexed citations
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Lins, Philipp & Paul Illmer. (2012). Effects of volatile fatty acids, ammonium and agitation on thermophilic methane production from biogas plant sludge in lab-scale experiments. Folia Microbiologica. 57(4). 313–316. 9 indexed citations
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Wagner, Andreas Otto, et al.. (2011). Effects of different nitrogen sources on the biogas production – a lab-scale investigation. Microbiological Research. 167(10). 630–636. 50 indexed citations
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Schrettl, Markus, Sun Kim, Martin Eisendle, et al.. (2008). SreA‐mediated iron regulation in Aspergillus fumigatus. Molecular Microbiology. 70(1). 27–43. 226 indexed citations
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Illmer, Paul, et al.. (2007). Chemical and Biochemical Parameters During Composting of Lawn Clippings with Special Regard to the Efficiency of a Compost Starter Kit. Compost Science & Utilization. 15(1). 40–46. 15 indexed citations
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Illmer, Paul, et al.. (2003). Influence of Al on growth, cell size and content of intracellular water of Arthrobacter sp. PI/1-95. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 84(3). 239–246. 20 indexed citations

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