Ryan Tappel

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ryan Tappel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Process Chemistry and Technology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Tappel has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 7 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Ryan Tappel's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers). Ryan Tappel is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers). Ryan Tappel collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Estonia. Ryan Tappel's co-authors include Christopher T. Nomura, Michael Köpke, Björn D. Heijstra, Fungmin Liew, Jingnan Lu, Michael E. Martin, Kaspar Valgepea, Lars K. Nielsen, Séan D. Simpson and Esteban Marcellin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Tappel

15 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Gas Fermentation—A Flexible Platform for Commercial Scale... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Gas Fermentation—A Flexible Platform for Commercial Scale Production of Low-Carbon-Fuels and Chemicals from Waste and Renewable Feedstocks
    2016 349 citations Fungmin Liew, Michael E. Martin et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryan Tappel Australia 13 700 572 406 256 170 15 1.3k
Jian Yu United States 24 540 0.8× 625 1.1× 897 2.2× 85 0.3× 168 1.0× 56 1.7k
Parthiban Anburajan South Korea 19 233 0.3× 430 0.8× 239 0.6× 446 1.7× 180 1.1× 31 1.0k
Stephan Kabasci Germany 13 236 0.3× 499 0.9× 641 1.6× 49 0.2× 48 0.3× 30 1.2k
Haris Nalakath Abubackar Spain 22 655 0.9× 877 1.5× 53 0.1× 605 2.4× 263 1.5× 26 1.4k
Nikolaos Venetsaneas United Kingdom 5 208 0.3× 365 0.6× 460 1.1× 315 1.2× 79 0.5× 6 970
Bernhard Drosg Austria 18 218 0.3× 299 0.5× 368 0.9× 246 1.0× 33 0.2× 28 1.1k
Longan Shang China 17 710 1.0× 548 1.0× 401 1.0× 81 0.3× 42 0.2× 34 1.2k
David A. Glassner United States 10 285 0.4× 577 1.0× 912 2.2× 53 0.2× 136 0.8× 13 1.6k
Shengjun Hu United States 13 193 0.3× 748 1.3× 453 1.1× 37 0.1× 19 0.1× 19 1.2k
M.G.E. Albuquerque Portugal 16 490 0.7× 470 0.8× 1.6k 4.0× 104 0.4× 94 0.6× 19 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan Tappel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Tappel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Tappel

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Valgepea, Kaspar, Gert Talbo, Nobuaki Takemori, et al.. (2022). Absolute Proteome Quantification in the Gas-Fermenting Acetogen Clostridium autoethanogenum. mSystems. 7(2). e0002622–e0002622. 18 indexed citations
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Heffernan, James K., Kaspar Valgepea, Renato de Souza Pinto Lemgruber, et al.. (2020). Enhancing CO2-Valorization Using Clostridium autoethanogenum for Sustainable Fuel and Chemicals Production. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8. 204–204. 93 indexed citations
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Valgepea, Kaspar, Renato de Souza Pinto Lemgruber, Manuel R. Plan, et al.. (2020). Redox controls metabolic robustness in the gas-fermenting acetogenClostridium autoethanogenum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(23). 13168–13175. 56 indexed citations
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Lemgruber, Renato de Souza Pinto, Kaspar Valgepea, Ryan Tappel, et al.. (2019). Systems-level engineering and characterisation of Clostridium autoethanogenum through heterologous production of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB). Metabolic Engineering. 53. 14–23. 65 indexed citations
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Lemgruber, Renato de Souza Pinto, Kaspar Valgepea, R. Axayácatl González-García, et al.. (2019). A TetR-Family Protein (CAETHG_0459) Activates Transcription From a New Promoter Motif Associated With Essential Genes for Autotrophic Growth in Acetogens. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2549–2549. 11 indexed citations
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Valgepea, Kaspar, Renato de Souza Pinto Lemgruber, Tanus Abdalla, et al.. (2018). H2 drives metabolic rearrangements in gas-fermenting Clostridium autoethanogenum. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 55–55. 103 indexed citations
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Lemgruber, Renato de Souza Pinto, Kaspar Valgepea, Mark P. Hodson, et al.. (2018). Quantitative analysis of tetrahydrofolate metabolites from clostridium autoethanogenum. Metabolomics. 14(3). 35–35. 8 indexed citations
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Valgepea, Kaspar, Renato de Souza Pinto Lemgruber, Robin Palfreyman, et al.. (2017). Maintenance of ATP Homeostasis Triggers Metabolic Shifts in Gas-Fermenting Acetogens. Cell Systems. 4(5). 505–515.e5. 132 indexed citations
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Liew, Fungmin, et al.. (2016). Gas Fermentation—A Flexible Platform for Commercial Scale Production of Low-Carbon-Fuels and Chemicals from Waste and Renewable Feedstocks. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 694–694. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tappel, Ryan, et al.. (2012). Precise control of repeating unit composition in biodegradable poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) polymers synthesized by Escherichia coli. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 113(4). 480–486. 53 indexed citations
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Ashby, Richard D., Daniel K. Y. Solaiman, Gary D. Strahan, et al.. (2012). Glycerine and levulinic acid: Renewable co-substrates for the fermentative synthesis of short-chain poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biopolymers. Bioresource Technology. 118. 272–280. 41 indexed citations
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Tappel, Ryan, et al.. (2012). Biosynthesis of Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoate] Copolymers with Controlled Repeating Unit Compositions and Physical Properties. Biomacromolecules. 13(9). 2964–2972. 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Qin, Ryan Tappel, Chengjun Zhu, & Christopher T. Nomura. (2011). Development of a New Strategy for Production of Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Recombinant Escherichia coli via Inexpensive Non-Fatty Acid Feedstocks. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(2). 519–527. 90 indexed citations
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Lu, Jingnan, Ryan Tappel, & Christopher T. Nomura. (2009). Mini-Review: Biosynthesis of Poly(hydroxyalkanoates). Polymer Reviews. 49(3). 226–248. 173 indexed citations

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