Sonja Oberbeckmann

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
25 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Sonja Oberbeckmann is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Oberbeckmann has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pollution, 12 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sonja Oberbeckmann's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (12 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers). Sonja Oberbeckmann is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (12 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers). Sonja Oberbeckmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Sonja Oberbeckmann's co-authors include Matthias Labrenz, A. Mark Osborn, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Dieter Fischer, Klaus‐Jochen Eichhorn, Melissa B. Duhaime, Gunnar Gerdts, Brigitte Voit, Martin G. J. Löder and Gerald Schernewski and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Oberbeckmann

25 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Analysis of environmental microplastics by vibrational microspectroscopy: FTIR, Raman or both?

2016 755 citations Dieter Fischer, Sonja Oberbeckmann et al. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry profile →
Microbes on a Bottle: Substrate, Season and Geography Influence Community Composition of Microbes Colonizing Marine Plastic Debris

2016 421 citations Sonja Oberbeckmann, A. Mark Osborn et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters

2014 403 citations Sonja Oberbeckmann, Gunnar Gerdts et al. FEMS Microbiology Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonja Oberbeckmann Germany	22	3.6k	2.3k	1.1k	568	493	25	4.0k
Nicole Brennholt Germany	16	4.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	938 0.8×	140 0.2×	475 1.0×	18	4.7k
Lisa Devriese Belgium	20	3.9k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	257 0.5×	460 0.9×	44	4.4k
Melanie Sapp United Kingdom	22	1.6k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	439 0.4×	619 1.1×	116 0.2×	34	2.6k
Muting Yan China	24	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	413 0.4×	143 0.3×	120 0.2×	52	2.5k
S. J. Niven United Kingdom	14	4.9k 1.4×	3.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	131 0.2×	543 1.1×	20	5.5k
Anne-Laure Cassone France	11	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	560 0.5×	81 0.1×	367 0.7×	14	2.3k
Inga V. Kirstein Germany	11	1.3k 0.4×	895 0.4×	345 0.3×	255 0.4×	124 0.3×	19	1.5k
Vinko Zadjelovic Chile	9	1.2k 0.3×	660 0.3×	406 0.4×	181 0.3×	175 0.4×	12	1.3k
Alex Sivan Israel	14	915 0.3×	481 0.2×	577 0.5×	259 0.5×	47 0.1×	25	1.7k
Marta Sendra Spain	22	1.1k 0.3×	419 0.2×	254 0.2×	75 0.1×	201 0.4×	44	1.9k

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Scales, Brittan S., Christiane Hassenrück, Julia Hassa, et al.. (2024). Hunting for pigments in bacterial settlers of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Environmental Microbiology. 26(6). e16639–e16639. 3 indexed citations

Čerkasova, Natalja, Kristina Enders, Robin Lenz, et al.. (2023). A Public Database for Microplastics in the Environment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 132–146. 11 indexed citations

Schernewski, Gerald, et al.. (2020). Transport and Behavior of Microplastics Emissions From Urban Sources in the Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 8. 53 indexed citations

Kesy, Katharina, Matthias Labrenz, Brittan S. Scales, Bernd Kreikemeyer, & Sonja Oberbeckmann. (2020). Vibrio Colonization Is Highly Dynamic in Early Microplastic-Associated Biofilms as Well as on Field-Collected Microplastics. Microorganisms. 9(1). 76–76. 71 indexed citations

Tagg, Alexander S., Sonja Oberbeckmann, Dieter Fischer, Bernd Kreikemeyer, & Matthias Labrenz. (2019). Paint particles are a distinct and variable substrate for marine bacteria. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 146. 117–124. 29 indexed citations

Oberbeckmann, Sonja, et al.. (2019). The Eukaryotic Life on Microplastics in Brackish Ecosystems. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 538–538. 134 indexed citations

Enders, Kristina, Peter Feldens, Xaver Lange, et al.. (2019). Tracing microplastics in aquatic environments based on sediment analogies. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15207–15207. 156 indexed citations

Kesy, Katharina, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Bernd Kreikemeyer, & Matthias Labrenz. (2019). Spatial Environmental Heterogeneity Determines Young Biofilm Assemblages on Microplastics in Baltic Sea Mesocosms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1665–1665. 132 indexed citations

Fischer, Marten, Barbara M. Scholz‐Böttcher, Sonja Oberbeckmann, et al.. (2018). Comparison of μ-ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and py-GCMS as identification tools for microplastic particles and fibers isolated from river sediments. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 410(21). 5313–5327. 222 indexed citations

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, Bernd Kreikemeyer, & Matthias Labrenz. (2018). Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2709–2709. 402 indexed citations

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Kesy, Katharina, et al.. (2017). Fate and stability of polyamide-associated bacterial assemblages after their passage through the digestive tract of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 125(1-2). 132–138. 22 indexed citations

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Rojas-Jiménez, Keilor, et al.. (2017). Microplastics alter composition of fungal communities in aquatic ecosystems. Environmental Microbiology. 19(11). 4447–4459. 208 indexed citations

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, A. Mark Osborn, & Melissa B. Duhaime. (2016). Microbes on a Bottle: Substrate, Season and Geography Influence Community Composition of Microbes Colonizing Marine Plastic Debris. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0159289–e0159289. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kesy, Katharina, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Felix Müller, & Matthias Labrenz. (2016). Polystyrene influences bacterial assemblages in Arenicola marina-populated aquatic environments in vitro. Environmental Pollution. 219. 219–227. 37 indexed citations

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, Martin G. J. Löder, & Matthias Labrenz. (2015). Marine microplastic-associated biofilms – a review. Environmental Chemistry. 12(5). 551–562. 373 indexed citations

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, et al.. (2014). Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 90(2). 478–492. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, et al.. (2011). Seasonal Dynamics and Modeling of a Vibrio Community in Coastal Waters of the North Sea. Microbial Ecology. 63(3). 543–551. 94 indexed citations

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, Antje Wichels, Karen Helen Wiltshire, & Gunnar Gerdts. (2011). Occurrence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus in the German Bight over a seasonal cycle. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 100(2). 291–307. 59 indexed citations

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, et al.. (2010). A polyphasic approach for the differentiation of environmental Vibrio isolates from temperate waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 75(1). 145–162. 24 indexed citations

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Oberbeckmann, Sonja, et al.. (2007). Diversity of epiphytic marine bacteria associated with fronds of the brown algae Laminaria. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations

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