Robert H. Burris

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Robert H. Burris is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert H. Burris has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Robert H. Burris's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (14 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (6 papers). Robert H. Burris is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (14 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (6 papers). Robert H. Burris collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Robert H. Burris's co-authors include Gary P. Roberts, Frank B. Simpson, Daniel J. Arp, Christina Kennedy, Nirmala Gunapala, Myrna Sevilla, Bent Borg Jensen, Jeffrey P. Houchins, Paul W. Ludden and Jilun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Biochemistry and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Robert H. Burris

39 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Biological Nitrogen Fixation 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750
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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. Biological Nitrogen Fixation
    1993 849 citations Robert H. Burris, Gary P. Roberts Annual Review of Nutrition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert H. Burris United States 21 1.1k 721 525 299 292 41 2.3k
R. C. Burns United States 16 2.0k 1.9× 630 0.9× 689 1.3× 174 0.6× 573 2.0× 23 3.7k
Diethelm Kleiner Germany 28 707 0.7× 316 0.4× 862 1.6× 51 0.2× 274 0.9× 84 2.4k
Florence Mus United States 22 620 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 951 1.8× 155 0.5× 246 0.8× 37 2.2k
Luis M. Rubio Spain 29 655 0.6× 1.7k 2.3× 781 1.5× 620 2.1× 282 1.0× 72 2.7k
F. J. Bergersen Australia 38 3.4k 3.2× 231 0.3× 557 1.1× 139 0.5× 457 1.6× 113 4.3k
R. D. Holsten United States 9 2.0k 1.9× 305 0.4× 640 1.2× 65 0.2× 492 1.7× 11 3.2k
Paul E. Bishop United States 24 436 0.4× 1.3k 1.8× 618 1.2× 421 1.4× 215 0.7× 44 2.2k
M. J. Dilworth Australia 41 4.9k 4.6× 853 1.2× 1.0k 2.0× 400 1.3× 679 2.3× 174 6.8k
R L Robson United Kingdom 18 288 0.3× 638 0.9× 457 0.9× 131 0.4× 203 0.7× 30 1.3k
E. K. Jackson United States 5 1.3k 1.3× 170 0.2× 209 0.4× 60 0.2× 366 1.3× 6 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert H. Burris

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All Works

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Taaffe, Kevin, et al.. (2011). The Use of a Mobile Application to Track Process Workflow in Perioperative Services. CIN Computers Informatics Nursing. 29(6). 368–374. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yaoping, Robert H. Burris, Paul W. Ludden, & Gary P. Roberts. (2006). Regulation of nitrogen fixation in Azospirillum brasilense. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 152(2). 195–204. 61 indexed citations
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Sevilla, Myrna, Robert H. Burris, Nirmala Gunapala, & Christina Kennedy. (2001). Comparison of Benefit to Sugarcane Plant Growth and 15N2 Incorporation Following Inoculation of Sterile Plants with Acetobacter diazotrophicus Wild-Type and Nif¯ Mutant Strains. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 14(3). 358–366. 236 indexed citations
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Burris, Robert H.. (1995). Breaking the N=N Bond. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology. 46(1). 1–20. 2 indexed citations
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Burris, Robert H. & Gary P. Roberts. (1993). Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Annual Review of Nutrition. 13(1). 317–335. 849 indexed citations breakdown →
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Madden, Mark, et al.. (1990). Citrate substitutes for homocitrate in nitrogenase of a nifV mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Biochemistry. 29(37). 8577–8581. 75 indexed citations
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Miller, Henry I., Robert H. Burris, Anne K. Vidaver, & Nelson A. Wivel. (1990). Risk-Based Oversight of Experiments in the Environment. Science. 250(4980). 490–491. 16 indexed citations
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Simpson, Frank B. & Robert H. Burris. (1984). A Nitrogen Pressure of 50 Atmospheres Does Not Prevent Evolution of Hydrogen by Nitrogenase. Science. 224(4653). 1095–1097. 270 indexed citations
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Li, Jilun & Robert H. Burris. (1983). Influence of pN2 and pD2 on HD formation by various nitrogenases. Biochemistry. 22(19). 4472–4480. 46 indexed citations
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Arp, Daniel J. & Robert H. Burris. (1982). Isotope exchange and discrimination by the H2-oxidizing hydrogenase from soybean root nodules. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 700(1). 7–15. 25 indexed citations
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Houchins, Jeffrey P. & Robert H. Burris. (1981). Light and Dark Reactions of the Uptake Hydrogenase in Anabaena 7120. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 68(3). 712–716. 35 indexed citations
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Houchins, Jeffrey P. & Robert H. Burris. (1981). Physiological Reactions of the Reversible Hydrogenase from Anabaena 7120. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 68(3). 717–721. 17 indexed citations
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Ludden, Paul W. & Robert H. Burris. (1981). In vivo and in vitro studies on ATP and electron donors to nitrogenase in Rhodospirillum rubrum. Archives of Microbiology. 130(2). 155–158. 16 indexed citations
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Houchins, Jeffrey P. & Robert H. Burris. (1981). Physiological Reactions of the Reversible Hydrogenase from. 1 indexed citations
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Lockau, Wolfgang, Richard B. Peterson, C. Peter Wölk, & Robert H. Burris. (1978). Modes of reduction of nitrogenase in heterocysts isolated from Anabaena species. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 502(2). 298–308. 59 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Stephan, Yaacov Okon, & Robert H. Burris. (1977). Effects of Light and Temperature on the Association between Zea mays and Spirillum lipoferum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 60(4). 528–531. 32 indexed citations
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Burris, Robert H., et al.. (1976). CO2 metabolism and plant productivity : proceedings of the fifth annual Harry Steenbock Symposium, held at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, June 9-11, 1975. 6 indexed citations
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Burris, Robert H.. (1974). Biological Nitrogen Fixation, 1924-1974. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 54(4). 443–449. 23 indexed citations
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Burris, Robert H., et al.. (1971). Isolation and characterization of α-guaiaconic acid and the nature of guaiacum blue. Phytochemistry. 10(10). 2529–2531. 34 indexed citations
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Umbreit, W. W., Robert H. Burris, & J. F. Stauffer. (1957). Manometric techniques and tissue metabolism : a manual describing methods applicable to the study of tissue metabolism. 14 indexed citations

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