Sten Littmann

3.6k total citations
47 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Sten Littmann is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sten Littmann has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 20 papers in Oceanography and 15 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sten Littmann's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (32 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (16 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers). Sten Littmann is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (32 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (16 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers). Sten Littmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Sten Littmann's co-authors include Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Jana Milucka, Carsten J. Schubert, Martin J. Whitehouse, Kirsten Oswald, Andreas Brand, Philipp F. Hach, Bernhard Wehrli, Helle Ploug and Gaute Lavik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Sten Littmann

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sten Littmann Germany 27 1.2k 654 650 543 385 47 2.2k
Heide N. Schulz Germany 9 838 0.7× 686 1.0× 832 1.3× 376 0.7× 340 0.9× 12 2.1k
Jennifer L. Macalady United States 36 1.4k 1.2× 314 0.5× 1.4k 2.1× 775 1.4× 338 0.9× 74 3.6k
Donato Giovannelli Italy 23 827 0.7× 321 0.5× 424 0.7× 490 0.9× 110 0.3× 75 2.1k
J. A. Breier United States 22 884 0.7× 416 0.6× 553 0.9× 450 0.8× 181 0.5× 47 1.6k
Jason B. Sylvan United States 28 1.4k 1.2× 766 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 765 1.4× 192 0.5× 65 2.6k
Christof Meile United States 30 1.4k 1.1× 891 1.4× 1.1k 1.7× 495 0.9× 394 1.0× 83 3.3k
Junichi Miyazaki Japan 26 1.1k 0.9× 411 0.6× 753 1.2× 871 1.6× 279 0.7× 71 2.4k
Chuanlun Zhang China 34 1.9k 1.6× 623 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 1.2k 2.2× 265 0.7× 138 3.6k
Yuki Morono Japan 32 2.0k 1.7× 475 0.7× 1.7k 2.6× 1.0k 1.9× 363 0.9× 105 3.3k
Brian T. Glazer United States 22 614 0.5× 553 0.8× 572 0.9× 203 0.4× 126 0.3× 29 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sten Littmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sten Littmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sten Littmann

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schorn, Sina, Jon S. Graf, Sten Littmann, et al.. (2024). Persistent activity of aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic lake waters due to metabolic versatility. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5293–5293. 26 indexed citations
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Tschitschko, Bernhard, Miriam Philippi, Abiel T. Kidane, et al.. (2024). Rhizobia–diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean. Nature. 630(8018). 899–904. 38 indexed citations
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Klotz, Franziska, Katharina Kitzinger, David Kamanda Ngugi, et al.. (2022). Quantification of archaea-driven freshwater nitrification from single cell to ecosystem levels. The ISME Journal. 16(6). 1647–1656. 15 indexed citations
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Mohr, Wiebke, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Julie LaRoche, et al.. (2021). Niche partitioning by photosynthetic plankton as a driver of CO2-fixation across the oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Ocean. The ISME Journal. 16(2). 465–476. 12 indexed citations
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Foster, Rachel A., Daniela Tienken, Sten Littmann, et al.. (2021). The rate and fate of N2 and C fixation by marine diatom-diazotroph symbioses. The ISME Journal. 16(2). 477–487. 19 indexed citations
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Mohr, Wiebke, Soeren Ahmerkamp, Hannah K. Marchant, et al.. (2021). Terrestrial-type nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between seagrass and a marine bacterium. Nature. 600(7887). 105–109. 65 indexed citations
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Philippi, Miriam, Katharina Kitzinger, Jasmine S. Berg, et al.. (2021). Purple sulfur bacteria fix N2 via molybdenum-nitrogenase in a low molybdenum Proterozoic ocean analogue. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4774–4774. 26 indexed citations
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Kitzinger, Katharina, Hannah K. Marchant, Laura A. Bristow, et al.. (2020). Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean. Nature Communications. 11(1). 767–767. 70 indexed citations
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Ahmerkamp, Soeren, Hannah K. Marchant, Chao Peng, et al.. (2020). The effect of sediment grain properties and porewater flow on microbial abundance and respiration in permeable sediments. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3573–3573. 41 indexed citations
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Klawonn, Isabell, Stefano Bonaglia, Martin J. Whitehouse, et al.. (2019). Untangling hidden nutrient dynamics: rapid ammonium cycling and single-cell ammonium assimilation in marine plankton communities. The ISME Journal. 13(8). 1960–1974. 53 indexed citations
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Mohr, Wiebke, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Sten Littmann, et al.. (2018). Single-cell imaging of phosphorus uptake shows that key harmful algae rely on different phosphorus sources for growth. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17182–17182. 49 indexed citations
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Kitzinger, Katharina, Cory C. Padilla, Hannah K. Marchant, et al.. (2018). Cyanate and urea are substrates for nitrification by Thaumarchaeota in the marine environment. Nature Microbiology. 4(2). 234–243. 110 indexed citations
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Fleming, Emily J., Tanja Woyke, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, et al.. (2018). Insights into the Fundamental Physiology of the Uncultured Fe-Oxidizing Bacterium Leptothrix ochracea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(9). 24 indexed citations
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Eichner, Meri, Isabell Klawonn, Samuel T. Wilson, et al.. (2017). Chemical microenvironments and single-cell carbon and nitrogen uptake in field-collected colonies of Trichodesmium under different p CO2. The ISME Journal. 11(6). 1305–1317. 49 indexed citations
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Oswald, Kirsten, Jon S. Graf, Sten Littmann, et al.. (2017). Crenothrix are major methane consumers in stratified lakes. The ISME Journal. 11(9). 2124–2140. 113 indexed citations
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Füssel, Jessika, Sebastian Lücker, Pelin Yilmaz, et al.. (2017). Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus. Science Advances. 3(11). e1700807–e1700807. 71 indexed citations
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Morono, Yuki, Sten Littmann, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, et al.. (2016). Size and Carbon Content of Sub-seafloor Microbial Cells at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1375–1375. 22 indexed citations
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Gruber‐Vodicka, Harald R., Manuel Kleiner, Halina E. Tegetmeyer, et al.. (2016). Environmental Breviatea harbour mutualistic Arcobacter epibionts. Nature. 534(7606). 254–258. 58 indexed citations
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Milucka, Jana, Mathias K. Kirf, Lu Lu, et al.. (2015). Methane oxidation coupled to oxygenic photosynthesis in anoxic waters. The ISME Journal. 9(9). 1991–2002. 118 indexed citations
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Oswald, Kirsten, Jana Milucka, Andreas Brand, et al.. (2015). Light-Dependent Aerobic Methane Oxidation Reduces Methane Emissions from Seasonally Stratified Lakes. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132574–e0132574. 126 indexed citations

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