Sven Leininger

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
17 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Sven Leininger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Leininger has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biotechnology and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sven Leininger's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (7 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (4 papers). Sven Leininger is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (7 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (4 papers). Sven Leininger collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and United Kingdom. Sven Leininger's co-authors include Christa Schleper, Graeme W. Nicol, James I. Prosser, Stephan C. Schuster, Tim Urich, Ji Qi, Lorenz Schwark, Michael Schloter, Alexander H. Treusch and Arnulf Kletzin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sven Leininger

17 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Archaea predominate among ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soils

2006 1.9k citations Sven Leininger, Tim Urich et al. Nature profile →
The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria

2008 1.1k citations Graeme W. Nicol, Sven Leininger et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
Novel genes for nitrite reductase and Amo‐related proteins indicate a role of uncultivated mesophilic crenarchaeota in nitrogen cycling

2005 689 citations Alexander H. Treusch, Sven Leininger et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sven Leininger Norway	16	2.9k	2.0k	1.4k	1.1k	861	17	4.8k
Svetlana N. Dedysh Russia	51	4.6k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	4.0k 2.9×	596 0.5×	2.6k 3.0×	177	8.2k
Peter F. Dunfield Canada	46	3.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	3.5k 2.5×	749 0.7×	2.9k 3.3×	104	7.3k
J. Michael Beman United States	24	4.1k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	723 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	32	5.8k
Marc G. Dumont United Kingdom	34	2.4k 0.8×	947 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	489 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	66	4.0k
Marja Tiirola Finland	38	2.2k 0.7×	836 0.4×	955 0.7×	320 0.3×	746 0.9×	115	4.1k
Alyson E. Santoro United States	35	4.7k 1.6×	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	492 0.4×	1.4k 1.7×	79	6.4k
Michael Pester Germany	29	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	287 0.3×	1.3k 1.5×	50	4.0k
Pierre Offre Netherlands	20	1.6k 0.5×	742 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	486 0.4×	531 0.6×	24	2.7k
Michel Aragno Switzerland	35	1.3k 0.4×	696 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	812 0.7×	393 0.5×	89	4.3k
Andrew Bissett Australia	41	3.0k 1.0×	542 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	655 0.8×	132	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sven Leininger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sven Leininger

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17 of 17 papers shown

Mendoza, Alex de, William L. Hatleberg, Kevin Pang, et al.. (2019). Convergent evolution of a vertebrate-like methylome in a marine sponge. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(10). 1464–1473. 47 indexed citations

Wargelius, Anna, Sven Leininger, Kai Ove Skaftnesmo, et al.. (2016). Dnd knockout ablates germ cells and demonstrates germ cell independent sex differentiation in Atlantic salmon. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21284–21284. 180 indexed citations

Starflinger, Jörg, et al.. (2015). Recent numerical simulations and experiments on coolability of debris beds during severe accidents of light water reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 294. 153–160. 6 indexed citations

Leininger, Sven, Marcin Adamski, Brith Bergum, et al.. (2014). Developmental gene expression provides clues to relationships between sponge and eumetazoan body plans. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3905–3905. 99 indexed citations

Fortunato, Sofia, Sven Leininger, & Maja Adamska. (2014). Evolution of the Pax-Six-Eya-Dach network: the calcisponge case study. EvoDevo. 5(1). 23–23. 24 indexed citations

Leininger, Sven, et al.. (2014). Experimental investigation on reflooding of debris beds. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 74. 42–49. 20 indexed citations

Fortunato, Sofia, Marcin Adamski, O. Ramos, et al.. (2014). Calcisponges have a ParaHox gene and dynamic expression of dispersed NK homeobox genes. Nature. 514(7524). 620–623. 69 indexed citations

Chikhi, Nourdine, Olivia Coindreau, Liangxing Li, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of an effective diameter to study quenching and dry-out of complex debris bed. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 74. 24–41. 34 indexed citations

Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau, Matthew T. Weirauch, Sven Leininger, et al.. (2013). Early evolution of the T-box transcription factor family. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(40). 16050–16055. 60 indexed citations

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Fortunato, Sofia, Marcin Adamski, Brith Bergum, et al.. (2012). Genome-wide analysis of the sox family in the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum: multiple genes with unique expression patterns. EvoDevo. 3(1). 14–14. 51 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Friederike, et al.. (2011). Ammonia‐oxidizing archaea as main drivers of nitrification in cold‐water sponges. Environmental Microbiology. 14(4). 909–923. 100 indexed citations

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Schauss, Kristina, Andreas Focks, Sven Leininger, et al.. (2009). Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia‐oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils. Environmental Microbiology. 11(2). 446–456. 261 indexed citations

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Nicol, Graeme W., Sven Leininger, Christa Schleper, & James I. Prosser. (2008). The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 10(11). 2966–2978. 1080 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thiel, Vera, Sven Leininger, Rolf Schmaljohann, Franz Brümmer, & Johannes F. Imhoff. (2007). Sponge-specific Bacterial Associations of the Mediterranean Sponge Chondrilla nucula (Demospongiae, Tetractinomorpha). Microbial Ecology. 54(1). 101–111. 74 indexed citations

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Leininger, Sven, Tim Urich, Michael Schloter, et al.. (2006). Archaea predominate among ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soils. Nature. 442(7104). 806–809. 1946 indexed citations breakdown →

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Treusch, Alexander H., Sven Leininger, Arnulf Kletzin, et al.. (2005). Novel genes for nitrite reductase and Amo‐related proteins indicate a role of uncultivated mesophilic crenarchaeota in nitrogen cycling. Environmental Microbiology. 7(12). 1985–1995. 689 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nickel, Michael, et al.. (2001). Comparative studies on two potential methods for the biotechnological production of sponge biomass. Journal of Biotechnology. 92(2). 169–178. 30 indexed citations

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