Ulrich Szewzyk

14.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Ulrich Szewzyk is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrich Szewzyk has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, 36 papers in Pollution and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ulrich Szewzyk's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (24 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (20 papers). Ulrich Szewzyk is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (24 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (20 papers). Ulrich Szewzyk collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Ulrich Szewzyk's co-authors include Staffan Kjelleberg, Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender, Stuart A. Rice, Peter D. Steinberg, Werner Manz, Regine Szewzyk, Matthias Bergbauer, Thomas R. Neu and Karl‐Heinz Schleifer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ulrich Szewzyk

112 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

Biofilms: an emergent for... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life
    2016 4.1k citations Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ulrich Szewzyk Germany 44 3.9k 2.5k 2.4k 1.6k 1.5k 113 10.4k
Thomas R. Neu Germany 59 4.2k 1.1× 3.4k 1.4× 2.8k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 196 12.1k
Raymond J. Turner Canada 60 6.1k 1.6× 1.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 2.2k 1.5× 304 16.7k
Jost Wingender Germany 40 8.8k 2.3× 2.7k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 2.7k 1.9× 74 17.7k
Thomas Egli Switzerland 61 3.4k 0.9× 3.5k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 3.2k 2.0× 1.7k 1.2× 154 12.9k
Terry C. Hazen United States 62 4.1k 1.0× 4.9k 2.0× 5.9k 2.5× 2.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 286 14.5k
Anne K. Camper United States 40 3.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 93 8.3k
Zbigniew Lewandowski United States 48 5.3k 1.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 159 12.8k
Rocky de Nys Australia 68 3.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 2.9k 1.2× 604 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 261 16.7k
Mirja Salkinoja‐Salonen Finland 57 4.6k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 262 10.3k
Hauke Harms Germany 66 5.3k 1.4× 6.0k 2.4× 3.6k 1.5× 2.6k 1.6× 2.8k 1.9× 368 17.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ulrich Szewzyk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ulrich Szewzyk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulrich Szewzyk

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

All Works

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Reichl, Udo, et al.. (2023). Degradation Kinetics of Lignocellulolytic Enzymes in a Biogas Reactor Using Quantitative Mass Spectrometry. Fermentation. 9(1). 67–67. 2 indexed citations
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Wibberg, Daniel, Liren Huang, Tobias Busche, et al.. (2022). Phage Genome Diversity in a Biogas-Producing Microbiome Analyzed by Illumina and Nanopore GridION Sequencing. Microorganisms. 10(2). 368–368. 9 indexed citations
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Steuer, Andrea E., Kenneth Wasmund, Bela Hausmann, et al.. (2022). Microbial communities and processes in biofilters for post-treatment of ozonated wastewater treatment plant effluent. The Science of The Total Environment. 856(Pt 2). 159265–159265. 20 indexed citations
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Savio, Domenico, Philipp Stadler, Georg H. Reischer, et al.. (2018). Opening the black box of spring water microbiology from alpine karst aquifers to support proactive drinking water resource management. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 5(3). e1282–e1282. 33 indexed citations
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Flemming, Hans‐Curt, Jost Wingender, Ulrich Szewzyk, et al.. (2016). Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 14(9). 563–575. 4054 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmidt, Nadine, et al.. (2010). Desiccation tolerance of iron bacteria biofilms on Mars regolith simulants. elib (German Aerospace Center). 15204. 1 indexed citations
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Gebel, Jürgen, et al.. (2010). Long-term effects of disinfectants on the community composition of drinking water biofilms. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 213(3). 183–189. 52 indexed citations
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Braun, Burga, et al.. (2009). Detection of iron-depositing Pedomicrobium species in native biofilms from the Odertal National Park by a new, specific FISH probe. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 79(1). 37–43. 20 indexed citations
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Schreiber, Frank & Ulrich Szewzyk. (2008). Environmentally relevant concentrations of pharmaceuticals influence the initial adhesion of bacteria. Aquatic Toxicology. 87(4). 227–233. 28 indexed citations
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Krick, Anja, Stefan Kehraus, Leo Eberl, et al.. (2007). A Marine Mesorhizobium sp. Produces Structurally Novel Long-Chain N -Acyl- l -Homoserine Lactones. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(11). 3587–3594. 38 indexed citations
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Junne, Stefan, et al.. (2006). Screening nach und Charakterisierung von Biotensiden aus Tiefsee‐Isolaten. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 78(9). 1405–1405. 2 indexed citations
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Böckelmann, Uta, Ulrich Szewzyk, & Elisabeth Grohmann. (2003). A new enzymatic method for the detachment of particle associated soil bacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 55(1). 201–211. 67 indexed citations
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Keil, Claudia, et al.. (2002). Toxicity and microcystin content of extracts from a Planktothrix bloom and two laboratory strains. Water Research. 36(8). 2133–2139. 66 indexed citations
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Reemtsma, Thorsten, et al.. (2001). Sulfophthalimide as major metabolite formed from sulfonated phthalocyanine dyes by the white-rot fungusBjerkandera adusta. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 203(2). 179–183. 32 indexed citations
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Långmark, Jonas, Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Ulrich Szewzyk, & Thor Axel Stenström. (2001). Adequacy of in situ glass slides and direct sand extractions to assess the microbiota within sand columns used for drinking water treatment. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 47(7). 601–607. 3 indexed citations
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Adrian, Lorenz, Ulrich Szewzyk, Jörg Wecke, & Helmut Görisch. (2000). Bacterial dehalorespiration with chlorinated benzenes. Nature. 408(6812). 580–583. 352 indexed citations
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Rosenberger, S., et al.. (2000). Operation of different membrane bioreactors: experimental results and physiological state of the micro-organisms. Water Science & Technology. 41(10-11). 269–277. 55 indexed citations
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Ruiz‐Dueñas, Francisco J., et al.. (1998). A study on reducing substrates of manganese‐oxidizing peroxidases from Pleurotus eryngii and Bjerkandera adusta. FEBS Letters. 428(3). 141–146. 163 indexed citations
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