Robin Tecon

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Robin Tecon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Tecon has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robin Tecon's work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (9 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (6 papers). Robin Tecon is often cited by papers focused on bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (9 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (6 papers). Robin Tecon collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Netherlands. Robin Tecon's co-authors include Dani Or, Jan Roelof van der Meer, Johan H. J. Leveau, Benedict Borer, Hannah Kleyer, Mitja N. P. Remus‐Emsermann, Mona Wells, George A. Kowalchuk, Hauke Harms and Ali Ebrahimi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Robin Tecon

27 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Biophysical processes supporting the diversity of microbial life in soil

2017 335 citations Robin Tecon, Dani Or FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin Tecon Switzerland	21	601	454	307	225	203	28	1.3k
Thomas Banitz Germany	15	182 0.3×	373 0.8×	205 0.7×	88 0.4×	106 0.5×	34	837
Daniel J. Gage United States	20	367 0.6×	376 0.8×	1.3k 4.4×	79 0.4×	107 0.5×	47	1.9k
Annalisa Balloi Italy	15	366 0.6×	524 1.2×	259 0.8×	90 0.4×	82 0.4×	25	1.8k
Harald R. Gruber‐Vodicka Germany	23	715 1.2×	1.0k 2.3×	170 0.6×	64 0.3×	31 0.2×	44	1.8k
Nanxi Lu United States	11	470 0.8×	382 0.8×	103 0.3×	80 0.4×	38 0.2×	17	951
Lindsay K. Newbold United Kingdom	16	470 0.8×	811 1.8×	57 0.2×	81 0.4×	56 0.3×	25	1.4k
Letty A. de Weger Netherlands	27	477 0.8×	392 0.9×	1.2k 3.9×	108 0.5×	44 0.2×	46	2.5k
Jeffrey A. Kimbrel United States	21	486 0.8×	609 1.3×	488 1.6×	86 0.4×	79 0.4×	48	1.4k
Stephan Gantner Germany	9	475 0.8×	328 0.7×	482 1.6×	61 0.3×	53 0.3×	10	1.0k
Jeremy A. Dodsworth United States	28	1.3k 2.1×	1.3k 2.9×	213 0.7×	174 0.8×	43 0.2×	52	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Tecon

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

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Bakkeren, Erik, et al.. (2025). MEEhubs2024: A hub-based conference on microbial ecology and evolution fostering sustainability. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 372. 1 indexed citations

Tecon, Robin, et al.. (2019). The engineering of spatially linked microbial consortia – potential and perspectives. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 62. 137–145. 38 indexed citations

Tecon, Robin, et al.. (2018). Cell-to-cell bacterial interactions promoted by drier conditions on soil surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(39). 9791–9796. 78 indexed citations

Borer, Benedict, Robin Tecon, & Dani Or. (2018). Spatial organization of bacterial populations in response to oxygen and carbon counter-gradients in pore networks. Nature Communications. 9(1). 769–769. 129 indexed citations

Tecon, Robin & Dani Or. (2017). Cooperation in carbon source degradation shapes spatial self-organization of microbial consortia on hydrated surfaces. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43726–43726. 37 indexed citations

Tecon, Robin & Dani Or. (2017). Biophysical processes supporting the diversity of microbial life in soil. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 41(5). 599–623. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

Tecon, Robin & Dani Or. (2016). Bacterial flagellar motility on hydrated rough surfaces controlled by aqueous film thickness and connectedness. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19409–19409. 46 indexed citations

Tecon, Robin & Johan H. J. Leveau. (2016). Symplasmata are a clonal, conditional, and reversible type of bacterial multicellularity. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31914–31914. 11 indexed citations

Wal, Annemieke van der, Robin Tecon, Jan‐Ulrich Kreft, Wolf M. Mooij, & Johan H. J. Leveau. (2013). Explaining Bacterial Dispersion on Leaf Surfaces with an Individual-Based Model (PHYLLOSIM). PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75633–e75633. 17 indexed citations

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Neu, Thomas R., et al.. (2013). Impact of Mycelia on the Accessibility of Fluorene to PAH-Degrading Bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(13). 6908–6915. 50 indexed citations

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Tecon, Robin & Johan H. J. Leveau. (2012). The mechanics of bacterial cluster formation on plant leaf surfaces as revealed by bioreporter technology. Environmental Microbiology. 14(5). 1325–1332. 26 indexed citations

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Remus‐Emsermann, Mitja N. P., Robin Tecon, George A. Kowalchuk, & Johan H. J. Leveau. (2012). Variation in local carrying capacity and the individual fate of bacterial colonizers in the phyllosphere. The ISME Journal. 6(4). 756–765. 85 indexed citations

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Tecon, Robin, Olivier Binggeli, & Jan Roelof van der Meer. (2009). Double‐tagged fluorescent bacterial bioreporter for the study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon diffusion and bioavailability. Environmental Microbiology. 11(9). 2271–2283. 32 indexed citations

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Tecon, Robin, Siham Beggah, Kamila Czechowska, et al.. (2009). Development of a Multistrain Bacterial Bioreporter Platform for the Monitoring of Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Marine Environments. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(3). 1049–1055. 54 indexed citations

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Tecon, Robin & Jan Roelof van der Meer. (2009). Effect of two types of biosurfactants on phenanthrene availability to the bacterial bioreporter Burkholderia sartisoli strain RP037. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 85(4). 1131–1139. 24 indexed citations

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Halambage, Upul D., Robin Tecon, Jan Roelof van der Meer, et al.. (2009). Unlike PAHs from Exxon Valdez Crude Oil, PAHs from Gulf of Alaska Coals are not Readily Bioavailable. Environmental Science & Technology. 43(15). 5864–5870. 22 indexed citations

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Halambage, Upul D., et al.. (2008). Comparison of naphthalene bioavailability determined by whole-cell biosensing and availability determined by extraction with Tenax. Environmental Pollution. 156(3). 803–808. 15 indexed citations

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Tecon, Robin, et al.. (2006). Bioreporters: gfp versus lux revisited and single-cell response. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 22(8). 1578–1585. 36 indexed citations

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Tecon, Robin & Jan Roelof van der Meer. (2005). Information from single-cell bacterial biosensors: what is it good for?. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 17(1). 4–10. 34 indexed citations

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Tecon, Robin, Mona Wells, & Jan Roelof van der Meer. (2005). A new green fluorescent protein‐based bacterial biosensor for analysing phenanthrene fluxes. Environmental Microbiology. 8(4). 697–708. 40 indexed citations

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