Sharon Smolinski

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sharon Smolinski is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon Smolinski has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sharon Smolinski's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (8 papers). Sharon Smolinski is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (8 papers). Sharon Smolinski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Sharon Smolinski's co-authors include Pin‐Ching Maness, Daniel M. Blake, William A. Jacoby, Zheng Huang, Edward J. Wolfrum, Michael Seibert, Maria L. Ghirardi, Matthew C. Posewitz, Paul W. King and Liping Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sharon Smolinski

28 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Bactericidal Activity of Photocatalytic TiO ₂ Reaction: toward an Understanding of Its Killing Mechanism

1999 1.1k citations Pin‐Ching Maness, Sharon Smolinski et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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Ho Yin Yip Hong Kong

Shuangxi Li China

Yuping Li China

Zhang Ya China

Menglu Zhang China

Jing Geng China

Xiaoyuan Zhang China

Yang Xiao China

Changzheng Fan China

Ho Yin Yip Hong Kong

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Countries citing papers authored by Sharon Smolinski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sharon Smolinski

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sharon Smolinski

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lee, Uisung, Hui Xu, Yuan Li, et al.. (2025). Sustainable aviation fuel from ethanol: Techno-economic analysis and life cycle analysis. Applied Energy. 398. 126373–126373. 2 indexed citations

Bharadwaj, Vivek S., Carolyn E. Lubner, David W. Mulder, et al.. (2023). Structural and biophysical properties of a [4Fe 4S] ferredoxin-like protein from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with a unique two domain structure. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 251. 112428–112428.

Smolinski, Sharon, Carolyn E. Lubner, Zhanjun Guo, et al.. (2022). The influence of electron utilization pathways on photosystem I photochemistry in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. RSC Advances. 12(23). 14655–14664. 3 indexed citations

Heikkila, Tanya, et al.. (2022). The distribution of conflict and attention across energy infrastructure. Public Administration. 101(3). 1033–1054. 4 indexed citations

Smolinski, Sharon, Emily F. Freed, & Carrie A. Eckert. (2020). Gene Editing Technologies for Biofuel Production in Thermophilic Microbes. Methods in molecular biology. 2096. 149–163. 3 indexed citations

Brown, Katherine A., Zhanjun Guo, Monika Tokmina‐Lukaszewska, et al.. (2019). The oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 flavodiiron proteins. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 3(11). 3191–3200. 18 indexed citations

Brown, Katherine A., Zhanjun Guo, Monika Tokmina‐Lukaszewska, et al.. (2019). Correction: the oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 flavodiiron proteins. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(1). 417–417. 2 indexed citations

Eckert, Carrie A., et al.. (2019). Inactivation of the uptake hydrogenase in the purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Rubrivivax gelatinosus CBS enables a biological water–gas shift platform for H2 production. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 46(7). 993–1002. 4 indexed citations

Ghirardi, Maria L., Venkataramanan Subramanian, Sharon Smolinski, et al.. (2018). Survey of the anaerobic metabolism of various laboratory wild-type Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains. Algal Research. 35. 355–361. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Shihui, Michael T. Guarnieri, Sharon Smolinski, Maria L. Ghirardi, & Philip T. Pienkos. (2013). De novo transcriptomic analysis of hydrogen production in the green alga Chlamydomonas moewusii through RNA-Seq. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 6(1). 118–118. 32 indexed citations

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Black, Stuart, et al.. (2012). New method for discovery of starch phenotypes in growing microalgal colonies. Analytical Biochemistry. 432(2). 71–73. 3 indexed citations

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Guarnieri, Michael T., Ambarish Nag, Sharon Smolinski, et al.. (2011). Examination of Triacylglycerol Biosynthetic Pathways via De Novo Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses in an Unsequenced Microalga. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e25851–e25851. 175 indexed citations

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Smolinski, Sharon, et al.. (2008). Spatial variability of soil dehydrogenases and cellulases activities in a field scale. Polish Journal of Soil Science. 41(1). 73–80. 6 indexed citations

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Posewitz, Matthew C., et al.. (2005). Identification of genes required for hydrogenase activity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochem Soc Trans. 5 indexed citations

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Maness, Pin‐Ching, et al.. (2005). Energy Generation from the CO Oxidation-Hydrogen Production Pathway in Rubrivivax gelatinosus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(6). 2870–2874. 42 indexed citations

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Posewitz, Matthew C., Sharon Smolinski, K. Saradadevi, et al.. (2004). Hydrogen Photoproduction Is Attenuated by Disruption of an Isoamylase Gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The Plant Cell. 16(8). 2151–2163. 109 indexed citations

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Wolfrum, Edward J., Gary Vanzin, Jie Huang, et al.. (2003). Biological Water Gas Shift Development. 4 indexed citations

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Vanzin, Gary, et al.. (2002). BIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN FROM FUEL GASES. 1 indexed citations

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Maness, Pin‐Ching, Sharon Smolinski, Daniel M. Blake, et al.. (1999). Bactericidal Activity of Photocatalytic TiO ₂ Reaction: toward an Understanding of Its Killing Mechanism. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65(9). 4094–4098. 1138 indexed citations breakdown →

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Czuchajowska, Z. & Sharon Smolinski. (1997). Instrumental measurements of raw and cooked gluten texture.. Cereal Foods World. 42(7). 526–532. 2 indexed citations

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