R. M. Lafferty

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

R. M. Lafferty is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R. M. Lafferty has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in R. M. Lafferty's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (10 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers). R. M. Lafferty is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (10 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers). R. M. Lafferty collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. R. M. Lafferty's co-authors include G. Braunegg, B. Sonnleitner, H. G. Schlegel, Irene Russo Krauss, Elmar Heinzle, Walter Steiner, H. Esterbauer, Guo‐Qiang Chen, Hans G. Schlegel and Helmut Schwab and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R. M. Lafferty

32 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

A rapid gas chromatographic method for the determination of poly-?-hydroxybutyric acid in microbial biomass

1978 1.0k citations G. Braunegg, B. Sonnleitner et al. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. M. Lafferty Austria	16	1.4k	1.1k	747	563	338	32	2.1k
Alexander SteinbÃ ⁄ chel Germany	20	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	624 0.8×	316 0.6×	311 0.9×	33	1.9k
Oliver P. Peoples United States	25	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	588 0.8×	735 1.3×	215 0.6×	34	2.6k
Peter J. Senior United Kingdom	10	864 0.6×	998 0.9×	542 0.7×	250 0.4×	151 0.4×	15	1.8k
Tina Lütke‐Eversloh Germany	24	792 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	344 0.5×	752 1.3×	309 0.9×	30	2.1k
Markus Pötter Germany	16	868 0.6×	930 0.8×	418 0.6×	394 0.7×	108 0.3×	22	1.6k
David Byrom United Kingdom	11	864 0.6×	783 0.7×	428 0.6×	252 0.4×	206 0.6×	17	1.4k
Henry E. Valentin United States	25	1.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	678 0.9×	396 0.7×	460 1.4×	33	2.7k
So Young Choi South Korea	26	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	918 1.6×	169 0.5×	59	2.9k
Tomoo Suzuki Japan	20	747 0.5×	442 0.4×	678 0.9×	236 0.4×	98 0.3×	56	1.6k
Stanislav Obruča Czechia	34	2.1k 1.5×	904 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	873 1.6×	372 1.1×	89	3.1k

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Foidl, Nikolaus, et al.. (1997). Biogas Production from Jatropha curcas Press-Cake. Humana Press eBooks. 63-65. 457–467. 65 indexed citations

Foidl, Nikolaus, et al.. (1997). Biogas production fromJatropha curcas press-cake. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 63-65(1). 457–467. 45 indexed citations

Lafferty, R. M., et al.. (1993). Use of collagen hydrolysate as a complex nitrogen source for the synthesis of penicillin by Penicillium chrysogenum. Journal of Biotechnology. 30(3). 299–313. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Guo‐Qiang, et al.. (1991). Production of poly-D(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate and poly-D(-)-3-hydroxyvalerate by strains ofAlcaligenes latus. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 60(1). 61–66. 37 indexed citations

Chen, Guo‐Qiang, et al.. (1991). Occurrence of poly-d(â)-3-hydroxyalkanoates in the genusBacillus. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 84(2). 173–176. 57 indexed citations

Lafferty, R. M. & G. Braunegg. (1990). Process for the biotechnological preparation of poly-smallcap˜D-(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid.. 1 indexed citations

Huber, K. & R. M. Lafferty. (1988). Cultivation and preservation of methanogenic bacteria. Zentralblatt für Mikrobiologie. 143(2). 149–155. 1 indexed citations

Steiner, Walter, et al.. (1987). Studies on a wild strain of Schizophyllum commune: Cellulase and xylanase production and formation of the extracellular polysaccharide Schizophyllan. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 30(2). 169–178. 63 indexed citations

Steiner, Walter, et al.. (1987). Lignocellulosic Residues—a Source for Fermentable Sugars: Availability and Composition of Raw Materials, Pretreatment and Enzymatic Saccharification. 2(6). 3–9. 5 indexed citations

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Esterbauer, H., et al.. (1987). The use of lignocellulosic wastes for production of cellulase by Trichoderma reesei. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 26(5). 76 indexed citations

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Schwab, Helmut, et al.. (1986). Mapping and cloning of the par-region of broad-host-range plasmid RP4. Journal of Biotechnology. 4(6). 333–343. 27 indexed citations

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Friehs, Karl, Kurt Schörgendorfer, Helmut Schwab, & R. M. Lafferty. (1986). Cloning and phenotypic expression in Escherichia coli of a Bacillus subtilis gene fragment coding for sucrose hydrolysis. Journal of Biotechnology. 3(5-6). 333–341. 8 indexed citations

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Lafferty, R. M., et al.. (1983). Enzyme technology : III. Rotenburg Fermentation Symposium, 1982, Schlosshotel "Wilhelmshöhe" Kassel, 22nd-24th September 1982. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Heinzle, Elmar & R. M. Lafferty. (1980). Continous mass spectrometric measurement of dissolved H2, O2, and CO2 during chemolithoautotrophic growth of Alcaligenes eutrophus strain h16. Industrial microbiology.. 1 indexed citations

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Sonnleitner, B., Elmar Heinzle, G. Braunegg, & R. M. Lafferty. (1979). Formal kinetics of poly-?-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) production in Alcaligenes eutrophus H 16 and Mycoplana rubra R 14 with respect to the dissolved oxygen tension in ammonium-limited batch cultures. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 7(1). 1–10. 84 indexed citations

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Schlegel, H. G., R. M. Lafferty, & Irene Russo Krauss. (1970). The isolation of mutants not accumulating poly-?-hydroxybutyric acid. Archives of Microbiology. 71(3). 283–294. 291 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Hans G., R. M. Lafferty, & Irene Russo Krauss. (1970). Bacterial mutants of hydrogenomonas lacking poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 26(5). 554–555. 5 indexed citations

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Schlegel, H. G. & R. M. Lafferty. (1965). Growth of ‘Knallgas’ Bacteria (Hydrogenomonas) using Direct Electrolysis of the Culture Medium. Nature. 205(4968). 308–309. 42 indexed citations

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Lafferty, R. M.. (1963). Kohlendioxyd-Fixierung durch organotrophe Bakterien. Archives of Microbiology. 44(4). 373–405. 14 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Hans G. & R. M. Lafferty. (1960). Radioaktivit�tsmessung an Einzellern auf Membranfiltern. Archives of Microbiology. 38(1). 52–54. 23 indexed citations

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