Thomas Eckhardt

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Eckhardt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Eckhardt has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Microbiology and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Eckhardt's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (9 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers). Thomas Eckhardt is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (9 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers). Thomas Eckhardt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Thomas Eckhardt's co-authors include K Stehr, Ulrich Heininger, James D. Cherry, Suzanne Laussucq, Peter D. Christenson, Michael A. Überall, Sabina Schmitt‐Grohé, Martin Meyer, Rita Engelhardt and Werner K. Maas and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Eckhardt

32 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

A rapid method for the identification of plasmid desoxyri... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 250 500 750
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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.

  1. A rapid method for the identification of plasmid desoxyribonucleic acid in bacteria
    1978 801 citations Thomas Eckhardt profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Eckhardt Germany 20 652 495 439 375 329 33 2.1k
Lee Murphy United Kingdom 22 1.3k 2.0× 228 0.5× 567 1.3× 279 0.7× 411 1.2× 44 2.5k
Mark A. McIntosh United States 29 1.6k 2.4× 361 0.7× 164 0.4× 305 0.8× 1.1k 3.5× 67 3.1k
Martien P. M. Caspers Netherlands 28 1.2k 1.9× 324 0.7× 476 1.1× 113 0.3× 130 0.4× 74 2.6k
Yogitha N. Srikhanta Australia 27 1.1k 1.7× 133 0.3× 547 1.2× 764 2.0× 389 1.2× 40 2.2k
Katherine Hendricks United States 23 712 1.1× 843 1.7× 353 0.8× 328 0.9× 266 0.8× 49 2.9k
Mauro Nicoletti Italy 29 730 1.1× 112 0.2× 265 0.6× 146 0.4× 289 0.9× 77 2.0k
Matthew L. Workentine Canada 31 1.1k 1.7× 183 0.4× 207 0.5× 269 0.7× 192 0.6× 63 2.3k
Barbara I. Kazmierczak United States 33 2.5k 3.8× 208 0.4× 262 0.6× 247 0.7× 857 2.6× 61 3.6k
Birgit Huber Germany 21 1.4k 2.1× 345 0.7× 227 0.5× 95 0.3× 306 0.9× 29 2.3k
Stephen G. J. Smith Ireland 22 622 1.0× 63 0.1× 238 0.5× 215 0.6× 294 0.9× 50 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Eckhardt

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All Works

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Eckhardt, Thomas, Lucía Herrera-Domínguez, Elke Brockmann, et al.. (2021). Gene-Trait Matching and Prevalence of Nisin Tolerance Systems in Lactococus lactis. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 622835–622835. 9 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Thomas, Anne de Jong, Filipe Branco dos Santos, et al.. (2015). Protein costs do not explain evolution of metabolic strategies and regulation of ribosomal content: does protein investment explain an anaerobic bacterial C rabtree effect?. Molecular Microbiology. 97(1). 77–92. 49 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Thomas, Linda E. Franken, Fabrizia Fusetti, et al.. (2013). Lactococcus lactis YfiA is necessary and sufficient for ribosome dimerization. Molecular Microbiology. 91(2). 394–407. 44 indexed citations
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Amin, Mona, Thomas Eckhardt, Burkhard Fleckenstein, et al.. (1999). Correlation between tissue transglutaminase antibodies and endomysium antibodies as diagnostic markers of coeliac disease. Clinica Chimica Acta. 282(1-2). 219–225. 32 indexed citations
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Stehr, K, et al.. (1995). Immunogenicity and safety of a monovalent, multicomponent acellular pertussis vaccine in 15 month–6-year-old German children. European Journal of Pediatrics. 154(3). 209–214. 3 indexed citations
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Cherry, James D., Ulrich Heininger, Peter D. Christenson, et al.. (1995). Surrogate Serologic Tests for the Prediction of Pertussis Vaccine Efficacya. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 754(1). 359–363. 6 indexed citations
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Heininger, Ulrich, James D. Cherry, Peter D. Christenson, et al.. (1994). Comparative study of Lederle/Takeda acellular and Lederle whole-cell pertussis-component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines in infants in Germany. Vaccine. 12(1). 81–86. 57 indexed citations
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Heininger, Ulrich, James D. Cherry, Thomas Eckhardt, et al.. (1993). Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of pertussis in the regions of a large vaccine efficacy trial in Germany. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 12(6). 504–508. 49 indexed citations
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Weitz, Jeffrey I., Moira Cruickshank, Bob Thong, et al.. (1988). Human tissue-type plasminogen activator releases fibrinopeptides A and B from fibrinogen.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 82(5). 1700–1707. 57 indexed citations
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Burnett, William, et al.. (1987). The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for XP55, a major secreted protein fromStreptomyces lividans. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(9). 3926–3926. 18 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Thomas, et al.. (1987). Characterization of the promoter, signal sequence, and amino terminus of a secreted beta-galactosidase from "Streptomyces lividans". Journal of Bacteriology. 169(9). 4249–4256. 51 indexed citations
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Lim, Dongbin, Joel D. Oppenheim, Thomas Eckhardt, & Werner K. Maas. (1987). Nucleotide sequence of the argR gene of Escherichia coli K-12 and isolation of its product, the arginine repressor.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(19). 6697–6701. 102 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Thomas & Michael O. Koch. (1986). Fibrinogen ? proteolysis in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Annals of Hematology. 53(1). 39–48. 10 indexed citations
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Taylor, Dean P., et al.. (1983). Gene Cloning in the Actinomycetes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 413(1). 47–56. 1 indexed citations
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Breithaupt, H., et al.. (1982). Clinical results and pharmacokinetics of high-dose cytosine arabinoside (HD ARA-C). Cancer. 50(7). 1248–1257. 68 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Thomas. (1980). Isolation of plasmids carrying the arginine repressor gene argR of Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 178(2). 447–452. 9 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Thomas & G. Müller‐Berghaus. (1975). The Role of Blood Platelets in the Precipitation of Soluble Fibrin by Endotoxin. Scandinavian Journal of Haematology. 14(3). 181–189. 12 indexed citations

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