Stephen R. Decker

8.0k citations

106 papers · 5.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Biotechnology top 0.1%
- Enzyme Production and Characterization
Biomedical Engineering top 0.2%
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion

Papers in

Biotechnology 32
- Enzyme Production and Characterization 26
Biomedical Engineering 92
- Biofuel production and bioconversion 88
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry 11

Co-authors: Michael E. Himmel Todd B. Vinzant Michael J. Selig Melvin P. Tucker William S. Adney Bryon S. Donohoe Roman Brunecky John O. Baker
Journals: Biotechnology for Biofuels (19 papers)Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (13 papers)BioEnergy Research (4 papers)The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (4 papers)Frontiers in Plant Science (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Denmark India

In The Last Decade

Stephen R. Decker

105 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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In planta expression of A. cellulolyticus Cel5A endocellulase reduces cell wall recalcitrance in tobacco and maize 2011 · 443 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Biotechnology for Biofuels
2008 Biotechnology and Bioengineering

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1	Advancing continuous enzymatic hydrolysis for improved biomass saccharification Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts ·Roman Brunecky, Yudong Li, Stephen R. Decker, Michael E. Himmel	2025	1
2	Engineering of glycoside hydrolase family 7 cellobiohydrolases directed by natural diversity screening Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Roman Brunecky, Brandon C. Knott, Venkataramanan Subramanian, Jeffrey Linger, Gregg T. Beckham, Antonella Amore, Larry E. Taylor, Abdulaziz Hakeem, V.V. Lunin, Fei Zheng, 高天霞, G. H. D. Gimlette, 沈浓儿, Samuel G. Farmer, Michael E. Himmel, Stephen R. Decker	2024	6
3	Nanomechanics of cellulose deformation reveal molecular defects that facilitate natural deconstruction Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Peter N. Ciesielski, Ryan Wagner, Vivek S. Bharadwaj, Jason P. Killgore, Ashutosh Mittal, Gregg T. Beckham, Stephen R. Decker, Michael E. Himmel, Michael F. Crowley	2019	53
4	Engineering enhanced cellobiohydrolase activity Nature Communications ·Larry E. Taylor, Brandon C. Knott, John O. Baker, Prashant Patil, Sarah E. Hobdey, Jeffrey Linger, V.V. Lunin, Antonella Amore, Venkataramanan Subramanian, Kara Podkaminer, Qi Xu, Andrew I.T. Hebbard, G. H. D. Gimlette, عبد القیوم دهواری, William S. Adney, Michael F. Crowley, Michael E. Himmel, Stephen R. Decker, Gregg T. Beckham	2018	73
5	Expression and secretion of fungal endoglucanase II and chimeric cellobiohydrolase I in the oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi Microbial Cell Factories ·Qi Xu, Eric P. Knoshaug, Wei Wang, Markus Alahuhta, John O. Baker, Shihui Yang, Hisakazu Sato, Stephen R. Decker, Michael E. Himmel, Min Zhang, Hui Wei	2017	13
6	Distinct roles of N- and O-glycans in cellulase activity and stability Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Antonella Amore, Brandon C. Knott, Nitin T. Supekar, Asif Shajahan, Parastoo Azadi, Peng Zhao, Lance Wells, Jeffrey Linger, Sarah E. Hobdey, Abdulaziz Hakeem, Todd Shollenberger, John M. Yarbrough, Zhongping Tan, Michael F. Crowley, Michael E. Himmel, Stephen R. Decker, Gregg T. Beckham, Larry E. Taylor	2017	76
7	Multifunctional Cellulolytic Enzymes Outperform Processive Fungal Cellulases for Coproduction of Nanocellulose and Biofuels ACS Nano ·John M. Yarbrough, 陆奇勇, Ashutosh Mittal, Hisakazu Sato, Yannick J. Bomble, Stephen R. Decker, Michael E. Himmel, Peter N. Ciesielski	2017	97
8	Predicting the ethanol potential of wheat straw using near-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics: The challenge of inherently intercorrelated response functions Analytica Chimica Acta ·Åsmund Rinnan, Sander Bruun, Jane Lindedam, Stephen R. Decker, Geoffrey B. Turner, Claus Felby, Søren Balling Engelsen	2017	13
9	Study of traits and recalcitrance reduction of field-grown COMT down-regulated switchgrass Biotechnology for Biofuels ·Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Erica Gjersing, Stephen R. Decker, Crissa Doeppke, Todd Shollenberger, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Nancy L. Engle, Robert W. Sykes, Mark F. Davis, Holly L. Baxter, Mitra Mazarei, Chunxiang Fu, Richard A. Dixon, Zeng‐Yu Wang, C. Neal Stewart, Arthur J. Ragauskas	2017	39
10	Dramatic performance of Clostridium thermocellum explained by its wide range of cellulase modalities Science Advances ·Qi Xu, Michael G. Resch, Kara Podkaminer, Shihui Yang, John O. Baker, Bryon S. Donohoe, Charlotte M. Wilson, Dawn M. Klingeman, Daniel G. Olson, Stephen R. Decker, Richard J. Giannone, Robert L. Hettich, Steven D. Brown, Lee R. Lynd, Edward A. Bayer, Michael E. Himmel, Yannick J. Bomble	2016	97
11	Downregulation of GAUT12 in Populus deltoides by RNA silencing results in reduced recalcitrance, increased growth and reduced xylan and pectin in a woody biofuel feedstock Biotechnology for Biofuels ·Ajaya K. Biswal, Zhangying Hao, Sivakumar Pattathil, Xiaohan Yang, Kim Winkeler, Cassandra Collins, Sushree S. Mohanty, Elizabeth A. Richardson, Clifford Geertz, Kimberly Hunt, David Ryno, Robert W. Sykes, Geoffrey B. Turner, Angela Ziebell, Erica Gjersing, Wolfgang Lukowitz, Mark F. Davis, Stephen R. Decker, Michael G. Hahn, Debra Mohnen	2015	111
12	Genetic Determinants for Enzymatic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Are Independent of Those for Lignin Abundance in a Maize Recombinant Inbred Population PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Bryan W. Penning, Robert W. Sykes, Christiana Giorgi, Р. Г. Великохатный, Michael Held, Ken Auberry, Jacob Shreve, 江剑, Angela Ziebell, Mark F. Davis, Stephen R. Decker, Geoffrey B. Turner, Nathan S. Mosier, Nathan M. Springer, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Clifford F. Weil, Maureen C. McCann, Nicholas C. Carpita	2014	45
13	Enzymatic Conversion of Xylan Residues from Dilute Acid-Pretreated Corn Stover Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology ·Joseph Shekiro, Erik M. Kuhn, Michael J. Selig, Nicholas J. Nagle, Stephen R. Decker, Richard T. Elander	2012	23
14	Considering water availability and the effect of solute concentration on high solids saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass Biotechnology Progress ·Michael J. Selig, Chia-Wen Hsieh, Lisbeth Garbrecht Thygesen, Michael E. Himmel, Claus Felby, Stephen R. Decker	2012	55
15	ORIGINAL RESEARCH: Lignocellulose recalcitrance screening by integrated high-throughput hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification Industrial Biotechnology ·Michael J. Selig, Melvin P. Tucker, Robert W. Sykes, Frank Trumpy, Roman Brunecky, Michael E. Himmel, Mark F. Davis, Stephen R. Decker	2010	65
16	The O-Glycosylated Linker from the Trichoderma reesei Family 7 Cellulase Is a Flexible, Disordered Protein Biophysical Journal ·Gregg T. Beckham, Yannick J. Bomble, James F. Matthews, مریم آویژگان, Michael G. Resch, John M. Yarbrough, Stephen R. Decker, Lintao Bu, Xiongce Zhao, Clare McCabe, Jakob Wohlert, Malin Bergenstråhle, John W. Brady, William S. Adney, Michael E. Himmel, Michael F. Crowley	2010	82
17	Heterologous expression of glycosyl hydrolases in planta: a new departure for biofuels Trends in biotechnology ·Larry E. Taylor, Ziyu Dai, Stephen R. Decker, Roman Brunecky, William S. Adney, Shi-You Ding, Michael E. Himmel	2008	88
18	Immobilization of Fungal β-Glucosidase on Silica Gel and Kaolin Carriers Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology ·N S Tolstoi, G D Trachiotis, Stephen R. Decker	2007	40
19	Electrochemical oxidation of water by a cellobiose dehydrogenase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium Biotechnology Letters ·Jun Feng, Michael E. Himmel, Stephen R. Decker	2005	2
20	Automated Filter Paper Assay for Determination of Cellulase Activity Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology ·Stephen R. Decker, William S. Adney, I. Bossi, Todd B. Vinzant, Michael E. Himmel	2003	75

About Stephen R. Decker

Stephen R. Decker is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Filtration and Separation, Agronomy and Crop Science and Biomaterials, having authored 106 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (88 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (31 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (26 papers), Bioenergy crop production and management (13 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (13 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (13 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (12 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (1.4k citations), Biomedical Engineering (4.5k citations), Biomaterials (1.1k citations), Plant Science (1.5k citations) and Molecular Biology (2.6k citations). Stephen R. Decker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Denmark and India. Frequent co-authors include Michael E. Himmel, Todd B. Vinzant, Michael J. Selig, Melvin P. Tucker, William S. Adney, Bryon S. Donohoe, Roman Brunecky, John O. Baker, Larry E. Taylor and Sridhar Viamajala. Their work appears in journals such as Biotechnology for Biofuels, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, BioEnergy Research, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics and Frontiers in Plant Science.

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