Stephen Van Dien

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen Van Dien is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Van Dien has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Stephen Van Dien's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (7 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers). Stephen Van Dien is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (7 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers). Stephen Van Dien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Stephen Van Dien's co-authors include Anthony P. Burgard, Mark J. Burk, Robin Osterhout, Harry Yim, Tae Hoon Yang, Robert J. Haselbeck, Sy Teisan, H. Brett Schreyer, Julia Khandurina and Wei Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer Research, Nature Chemical Biology and Cell Host & Microbe.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Van Dien

12 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for direct production of 1,4-butanediol

2011 857 citations Harry Yim, Robert J. Haselbeck et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Van Dien United States	9	1.3k	751	161	78	76	14	1.5k
Tae Hoon Yang Germany	14	1.1k 0.9×	612 0.8×	120 0.7×	73 0.9×	58 0.8×	19	1.4k
Jong Myoung Park South Korea	19	1.4k 1.1×	884 1.2×	96 0.6×	71 0.9×	46 0.6×	27	1.6k
Sol Choi South Korea	14	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	213 1.3×	70 0.9×	120 1.6×	21	2.2k
Tong Un Chae South Korea	13	972 0.8×	586 0.8×	195 1.2×	14 0.2×	80 1.1×	17	1.3k
Je Woong Kim South Korea	9	965 0.7×	565 0.8×	154 1.0×	13 0.2×	87 1.1×	9	1.3k
Jae Sung Cho South Korea	13	1.3k 1.0×	560 0.7×	103 0.6×	19 0.2×	97 1.3×	18	1.6k
Sy Teisan United States	9	970 0.7×	479 0.6×	106 0.7×	42 0.5×	50 0.7×	9	1.3k
Gregory M. Whited United States	8	720 0.6×	421 0.6×	60 0.4×	35 0.4×	45 0.6×	9	877
Jinjun Dong China	19	952 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	180 1.1×	21 0.3×	88 1.2×	35	1.6k
Kwang Myung Cho South Korea	13	1.1k 0.8×	805 1.1×	44 0.3×	18 0.2×	65 0.9×	14	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Van Dien

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Van Dien

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

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14 of 14 papers shown

Jarman, John B., Pedro J. Torres, Hirokazu Sato, et al.. (2025). Bifidobacterium deficit in United States infants drives prevalent gut dysbiosis. Communications Biology. 8(1). 867–867. 7 indexed citations

Insel, Richard A., John B. Jarman, Pedro J. Torres, et al.. (2025). Restoring a gut Bifidobacterium community in early infancy. Cell Host & Microbe. 33(12). 2012–2016.

Murad, John P., Yukiko Yamaguchi, Ching Ouyang, et al.. (2024). Abstract 6676: Microbiome modification impacts PSCA directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for prostate cancer. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 6676–6676.

Moore, Jonathan C., et al.. (2022). Practical genetic control strategies for industrial bioprocesses. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 49(2). 7 indexed citations

Nestl, Bettina M., Robert J. Haselbeck, Michael A. Noble, et al.. (2017). Structural and functional insights into asymmetric enzymatic dehydration of alkenols. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(3). 275–281. 31 indexed citations

Burgard, Anthony P., Mark J. Burk, Robin Osterhout, Stephen Van Dien, & Harry Yim. (2016). Development of a commercial scale process for production of 1,4-butanediol from sugar. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 42. 118–125. 207 indexed citations

Chakrabarti, Anirikh, Keng Cher Soh, Anthony P. Burgard, et al.. (2016). Identification of metabolic engineering targets for the enhancement of 1,4-butanediol production in recombinant E. coli using large-scale kinetic models. Metabolic Engineering. 35. 148–159. 70 indexed citations

Dien, Stephen Van. (2016). Metabolic Engineering for Bioprocess Commercialization. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 8 indexed citations

Burk, Mark J. & Stephen Van Dien. (2015). Biotechnology for Chemical Production: Challenges and Opportunities. Trends in biotechnology. 34(3). 187–190. 38 indexed citations

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Dien, Stephen Van. (2013). From the first drop to the first truckload: commercialization of microbial processes for renewable chemicals. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 24(6). 1061–1068. 135 indexed citations

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Yim, Harry, Robert J. Haselbeck, Wei Niu, et al.. (2011). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for direct production of 1,4-butanediol. Nature Chemical Biology. 7(7). 445–452. 857 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yim, Harry, Robert J. Haselbeck, Wei Niu, et al.. (2011). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for direct production of 1,4-butanediol. Nat Chem Biol. 37 indexed citations

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Suthers, Patrick F., Anthony P. Burgard, Madhukar S. Dasika, et al.. (2007). Metabolic flux elucidation for large-scale models using 13C labeled isotopes. Metabolic Engineering. 9(5-6). 387–405. 86 indexed citations

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Dien, Stephen Van, Kazutaka Shimbo, Kazuyuki Kubota, et al.. (2006). Determination of metabolic flux changes during fed-batch cultivation from measurements of intracellular amino acids by LC-MS/MS. Journal of Biotechnology. 128(1). 93–111. 64 indexed citations

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