Rudolf K. Thauer

48.2k citations

473 papers · 35.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 88

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.05%
- Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
Environmental Chemistry top 0.02%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Biochemistry 78
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism 66
Clinical Biochemistry 66
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders 66

Co-authors: Kurt Jungermann K. Decker Wolfgang Buckel Seigo Shima Reiner Hedderich Anne‐Kristin Kaster Henning Seedorf Johanna Moll
Journals: European Journal of Biochemistry (87 papers)Archives of Microbiology (83 papers)FEBS Letters (45 papers)Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology (26 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (23 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Rudolf K. Thauer

465 papers receiving 34.4k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO₂ Fixation 2013 · 1.9k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Chemical Reviews
2012 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
2008 Nature Reviews Microbiology
1998 Microbiology
1977 Bacteriological Reviews
1977 Bacteriological Reviews

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Rudolf K. Thauer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Coupling of ferredoxin and heterodisulfide reduction via electron bifurcation in hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Johanna Moll, Kristian Parey, Rudolf K. Thauer	2011	293
2	NADP ⁺ Reduction with Reduced Ferredoxin and NADP ⁺ Reduction with NADH Are Coupled via an Electron-Bifurcating Enzyme Complex in Clostridium kluyveri Journal of Bacteriology ·Shuning Wang, Haiyan Huang, Johanna Moll, Rudolf K. Thauer	2010	177
3	The Crystal Structure of [Fe]-Hydrogenase Reveals the Geometry of the Active Site Science ·Seigo Shima, Oliver Pilak, Sonja Vogt, Michael Schick, M.S. Stagni, Wolfram Meyer‐Klaucke, Eberhard Warkentin, Rudolf K. Thauer, Ulrich Ermler	2008	484
4	Insight into the mechanism of biological methanol activation based on the crystal structure of the methanol-cobalamin methyltransferase complex Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christoph H. Hagemeier, Markus Kr̈er, Rudolf K. Thauer, Eberhard Warkentin, Ulrich Ermler	2006	72
5	Carbon Monoxide as an Intrinsic Ligand to Iron in the Active Site of the Iron−Sulfur-Cluster-Free Hydrogenase H ₂ -Forming Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin Dehydrogenase As Revealed by Infrared Spectroscopy Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Erica J. Lyon, Seigo Shima, Reinhard Boecher, Rudolf K. Thauer, Friedrich‐Wilhelm Grevels, Eckhard Bill, Winfried Roseboom, Simon P. J. Albracht	2004	162
6	Structure and function of the nickel enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics ·Rudolf K. Thauer	2003	0
7	Coenzyme F₄₂₀-dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase fromMethanopyrus kandleri: the selenomethionine-labelled and non-labelled enzyme crystallized in two different forms Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Christoph H. Hagemeier, Seigo Shima, Eberhard Warkentin, Rudolf K. Thauer, Ulrich Ermler	2003	8
8	The nickel enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase from methanogenic archaea: in vitro interconversions among the EPR detectable MCR-red1 and MCR-red2 states (vol 7, pg 101, 2002) JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry ·Felix Mahlert, Wolfgang Grabarse, Jörg Kahnt, Rudolf K. Thauer, Evert C. Duin	2002	1
9	Catalase and Superoxide Dismutase in the Cells of Strictly Anaerobic Microorganisms Microbiology ·Andrei L. Brioukhanov, Rudolf K. Thauer, А. И. Нетрусов	2002	25
10	Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of formylmethanofuran: Tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase fromMethanopyrus kandleri Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Seigo Shima, Rudolf K. Thauer, Hartmut Michel, Ulrich Ermler	1996	12
11	The Energy Conserving N5-Methyltetrahydromethanopterin:Coenzyme M Methyltransferase Complex from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum is Composed of Eight Different Subunits European Journal of Biochemistry ·Ulrike Harms, David S. Weiss, Peter Gärtner, Dietmar Linder, Rudolf K. Thauer	1995	6
12	The Energy Conserving N⁵‐Methyltetrahydromethanopterin:Coenzyme M Methyltransferase Complex from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum is Composed of Eight Different Subunits European Journal of Biochemistry ·Ulrike Harms, David S. Weiss, Peter Gärtner, Dietmar Linder, Rudolf K. Thauer	1995	66
13	Rheotanytarsus rioensis (Diptera: Chironomidae), a new species of the pentapoda group from the Canary Islands PubMed ·Andrei L. Brioukhanov, Rudolf K. Thauer	1995	36
14	Structure and function of the nickel porphinoid, coenzyme F₄₃₀, and of its enzyme, methyl coenzyme M reductase FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Herbert Friedmann, Albrecht Klein, Rudolf K. Thauer	1990	48
15	A âcapillary racetrackâ method for isolation of magnetotactic bacteria FEMS Microbiology Letters ·R. S. Wolfe, Rudolf K. Thauer, Norbert Pfennig	1987	115
16	Non-enzymatic ammonia formation from glutamine under growth conditions forMethanobacterium thermoautotrophicum FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Herbert Friedmann, Rudolf K. Thauer	1987	7
17	An extended-X-ray-absorption-fine-structure (e.x.a.f.s.) study of coenzyme F430 from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Biochemical Journal ·G. P. Diakun, B. Piggott, H J Tinton, Dorothe Ankel‐Fuchs, Rudolf K. Thauer	1985	10
18	Carbon monoxide production by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Ralf Conrad, Rudolf K. Thauer	1983	48
19	Purification and properties of ferredoxin fromRuminococcus albus FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Friederike Tewes, Rudolf K. Thauer	1979	1
20	Energy conservation in chemotrophic anaerobic bacteria Bacteriological Reviews ·Rudolf K. Thauer, Kurt Jungermann, K. Decker Hit paper breakdown →	1977	2913

About Rudolf K. Thauer

Rudolf K. Thauer is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Building and Construction, having authored 473 papers that have together received 35.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (124 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (95 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (92 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (73 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (66 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (66 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (53 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (48 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (9.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (5.5k citations), Building and Construction (7.1k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (1.2k citations) and Environmental Engineering (4.3k citations). Rudolf K. Thauer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Kurt Jungermann, K. Decker, Wolfgang Buckel, Seigo Shima, Reiner Hedderich, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Henning Seedorf, Johanna Moll, Georg Fuchs and Gabriele Diekert. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Biochemistry, Archives of Microbiology, FEBS Letters, Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology and Journal of Bacteriology.

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