Thomas Schwander

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Schwander is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Process Chemistry and Technology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Schwander has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 2 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Thomas Schwander's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (3 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (2 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (2 papers). Thomas Schwander is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (3 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (2 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (2 papers). Thomas Schwander collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. Thomas Schwander's co-authors include Tobias J. Erb, Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski, Niña Socorro Cortina, Simon Burgener, David A. Stahl, Michael Hügler, Ivan A. Berg, Martin Könneke, Philip C. Brown and Richard P. McLean and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Schwander

10 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 synthetic pathway for the fixation of carbon dioxide in vitro
    2016 497 citations Thomas Schwander, Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski et al. Science 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 Schwander Germany 8 768 291 224 221 120 10 1.2k
Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski Germany 16 918 1.2× 357 1.2× 236 1.1× 185 0.8× 97 0.8× 21 1.4k
Sriram Satagopan United States 15 816 1.1× 384 1.3× 95 0.4× 305 1.4× 108 0.9× 20 1.2k
Daniel Kockelkorn Germany 10 1.0k 1.3× 583 2.0× 248 1.1× 187 0.8× 254 2.1× 10 1.6k
Charles A. R. Cotton United Kingdom 14 780 1.0× 114 0.4× 278 1.2× 369 1.7× 92 0.8× 18 1.2k
Xinyu Song China 22 688 0.9× 173 0.6× 232 1.0× 328 1.5× 169 1.4× 53 1.5k
Justine Marchand France 24 351 0.5× 239 0.8× 132 0.6× 563 2.5× 79 0.7× 64 1.6k
Lars Wöhlbrand Germany 24 796 1.0× 575 2.0× 141 0.6× 72 0.3× 90 0.8× 56 1.4k
W. Hugo Ramos‐Vera Germany 7 483 0.6× 337 1.2× 94 0.4× 72 0.3× 126 1.1× 7 792
Daniel C. Ducat United States 22 1.8k 2.4× 323 1.1× 223 1.0× 1.1k 4.8× 94 0.8× 44 2.5k
Marianne Guiral France 19 586 0.8× 155 0.5× 200 0.9× 261 1.2× 112 0.9× 36 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Schwander

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Schwander

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Schwander

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Schwander, Thomas, Moritz Voß, Michael Eichenberger, et al.. (2024). Enriching productive mutational paths accelerates enzyme evolution. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(12). 1662–1669. 9 indexed citations
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McLean, Richard P., Thomas Schwander, Christoph Diehl, et al.. (2023). Exploring alternative pathways for the in vitro establishment of the HOPAC cycle for synthetic CO 2 fixation. Science Advances. 9(24). eadh4299–eadh4299. 29 indexed citations
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Eichenberger, Michael, Thomas Schwander, Peer R. E. Mittl, et al.. (2023). The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis. Nature Catalysis. 6(10). 927–938. 36 indexed citations
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Miller, Tarryn E., Thomas Beneyton, Thomas Schwander, et al.. (2020). Light-powered CO 2 fixation in a chloroplast mimic with natural and synthetic parts. Science. 368(6491). 649–654. 288 indexed citations
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Schwander, Thomas, Richard P. McLean, Jan Zarzycki, & Tobias J. Erb. (2017). Structural basis for substrate specificity of methylsuccinyl-CoA dehydrogenase, an unusual member of the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(5). 1702–1712. 8 indexed citations
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Burgener, Simon, Thomas Schwander, Elvira Romero, Marco W. Fraaije, & Tobias J. Erb. (2017). Molecular Basis for Converting (2S)-Methylsuccinyl-CoA Dehydrogenase into an Oxidase. Molecules. 23(1). 68–68. 9 indexed citations
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Schwander, Thomas, Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski, Simon Burgener, Niña Socorro Cortina, & Tobias J. Erb. (2016). A synthetic pathway for the fixation of carbon dioxide in vitro. Science. 354(6314). 900–904. 497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schwander, Thomas & Tobias J. Erb. (2016). Do it your (path)way –synthetische Wege zur CO2-Fixierung. BIOspektrum. 22(6). 590–592. 3 indexed citations
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Könneke, Martin, Philip C. Brown, Michael Hügler, et al.. (2014). Ammonia-oxidizing archaea use the most energy-efficient aerobic pathway for CO 2 fixation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(22). 8239–8244. 358 indexed citations

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