Simon Burgener

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

Simon Burgener is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Burgener has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Simon Burgener's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (5 papers) and Biochemical Acid Research Studies (3 papers). Simon Burgener is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (5 papers) and Biochemical Acid Research Studies (3 papers). Simon Burgener collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. Simon Burgener's co-authors include Tobias J. Erb, Niña Socorro Cortina, Thomas Schwander, Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski, Arren Bar‐Even, Bastian Vögeli, Nico J. Claassens, Tarryn E. Miller, Shanshan Luo and Richard P. McLean and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon Burgener

14 papers receiving 799 citations

Hit Papers

A synthetic pathway for the fixation of carbon dioxide in... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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. A synthetic pathway for the fixation of carbon dioxide in vitro
    2016 497 citations Thomas Schwander, Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Burgener Germany 9 566 187 131 89 70 14 810
Christoph Diehl Germany 14 504 0.9× 177 0.9× 171 1.3× 116 1.3× 42 0.6× 20 823
Niña Socorro Cortina Germany 19 1.2k 2.1× 338 1.8× 295 2.3× 200 2.2× 105 1.5× 24 1.6k
Ulrike Demmer Germany 19 557 1.0× 58 0.3× 191 1.5× 290 3.3× 67 1.0× 38 1.0k
Т.В. Тихонова Russia 17 361 0.6× 46 0.2× 66 0.5× 137 1.5× 93 1.3× 68 768
Guohong Peng Germany 12 509 0.9× 43 0.2× 56 0.4× 49 0.6× 82 1.2× 28 719
Lars Lauterbach Germany 21 455 0.8× 211 1.1× 700 5.3× 191 2.1× 48 0.7× 55 1.2k
Mathias Girault France 11 258 0.5× 206 1.1× 96 0.7× 70 0.8× 21 0.3× 17 602
Angeli Lal Menon United States 19 678 1.2× 162 0.9× 331 2.5× 211 2.4× 40 0.6× 25 1.2k
Brian J. Vaccaro United States 14 421 0.7× 124 0.7× 124 0.9× 114 1.3× 15 0.2× 19 971
Sofia R. Pauleta Portugal 21 414 0.7× 42 0.2× 316 2.4× 233 2.6× 23 0.3× 66 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Burgener

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Burgener

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Burgener

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Perret, Alain, Jean‐Louis Petit, Madeleine Bouzon, et al.. (2025). Design and implementation of aerobic and ambient CO2-reduction as an entry-point for enhanced carbon fixation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3134–3134. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Tong, Maren Nattermann, Simon Burgener, et al.. (2024). New-to-nature CO2-dependent acetyl-CoA assimilation enabled by an engineered B12-dependent acyl-CoA mutase. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10235–10235. 7 indexed citations
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Tachibana, Ryo, et al.. (2023). A Customized Bayesian Algorithm to Optimize Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(33). 12336–12344. 22 indexed citations
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Burgener, Simon, et al.. (2023). Binding Interactions and Inhibition Mechanisms of Gold Complexes in Thiamine Diphosphate-Dependent Enzymes. Biochemistry. 62(22). 3303–3311. 1 indexed citations
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Burgener, Simon & Thomas R. Ward. (2022). Dihydrogen-dependent carbon dioxide reductase: Hardwired for CO2 reduction. Chem Catalysis. 2(10). 2427–2429. 3 indexed citations
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Nattermann, Maren, Simon Burgener, Pascal Pfister, et al.. (2021). Engineering a Highly Efficient Carboligase for Synthetic One-Carbon Metabolism. ACS Catalysis. 11(9). 5396–5404. 29 indexed citations
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Burgener, Simon, Niña Socorro Cortina, & Tobias J. Erb. (2020). Oxalyl‐CoA Decarboxylase katalysiert die nukleophile ein‐Kohlenstoff‐Verlängerung von Aldehyden zu chiralen α‐Hydroxysäuren. Angewandte Chemie. 132(14). 5569–5573. 1 indexed citations
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Burgener, Simon, Niña Socorro Cortina, & Tobias J. Erb. (2020). Oxalyl‐CoA Decarboxylase Enables Nucleophilic One‐Carbon Extension of Aldehydes to Chiral α‐Hydroxy Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(14). 5526–5530. 27 indexed citations
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Burgener, Simon, Shanshan Luo, Richard P. McLean, Tarryn E. Miller, & Tobias J. Erb. (2020). A roadmap towards integrated catalytic systems of the future. Nature Catalysis. 3(3). 186–192. 36 indexed citations
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Cotton, Charles A. R., Hai He, Simon Burgener, et al.. (2020). Underground isoleucine biosynthesis pathways in E. coli. eLife. 9. 30 indexed citations
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Claassens, Nico J., Simon Burgener, Bastian Vögeli, Tobias J. Erb, & Arren Bar‐Even. (2019). A critical comparison of cellular and cell-free bioproduction systems. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 60. 221–229. 82 indexed citations
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Burgener, Simon, Thomas Schwander, Elvira Romero, Marco W. Fraaije, & Tobias J. Erb. (2017). Molecular Basis for Converting (2S)-Methylsuccinyl-CoA Dehydrogenase into an Oxidase. Molecules. 23(1). 68–68. 9 indexed citations
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Schwander, Thomas, Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski, Simon Burgener, Niña Socorro Cortina, & Tobias J. Erb. (2016). A synthetic pathway for the fixation of carbon dioxide in vitro. Science. 354(6314). 900–904. 497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burger, Marcel, Alexander Gundlach‐Graham, Gunnar Schwarz, et al.. (2015). High-Speed, High-Resolution, Multielemental LA-ICP-TOFMS Imaging: Part II. Critical Evaluation of Quantitative Three-Dimensional Imaging of Major, Minor, and Trace Elements in Geological Samples. Analytical Chemistry. 87(16). 8259–8267. 62 indexed citations

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