Uwe Kappelmeyer

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Uwe Kappelmeyer is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Uwe Kappelmeyer has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 23 papers in Pollution and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Uwe Kappelmeyer's work include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (23 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (16 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (12 papers). Uwe Kappelmeyer is often cited by papers focused on Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (23 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (16 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (12 papers). Uwe Kappelmeyer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Africa and China. Uwe Kappelmeyer's co-authors include Matthias Kästner, Peter Kuschk, Arndt Wießner, U. Stottmeister, Roland Müller, Hermann J. Heipieper, Craig Sheridan, Ata Akçıl, Marcell Nikolausz and Dietmar H. Pieper and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Uwe Kappelmeyer

44 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of plants and microorganisms in constructed wetla... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 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. Effects of plants and microorganisms in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
    2003 865 citations U. Stottmeister, Arndt Wießner et al. Biotechnology Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Uwe Kappelmeyer Germany 21 1.5k 1.0k 669 316 243 44 2.4k
Qiaohong Zhou China 32 1.2k 0.8× 997 1.0× 722 1.1× 915 2.9× 321 1.3× 131 3.0k
Lin Xiao China 29 615 0.4× 1.3k 1.3× 592 0.9× 450 1.4× 240 1.0× 88 2.6k
Wei Liang China 26 760 0.5× 664 0.7× 398 0.6× 384 1.2× 163 0.7× 108 2.5k
Carina Sundberg Sweden 7 729 0.5× 655 0.7× 406 0.6× 158 0.5× 178 0.7× 10 1.6k
Satoshi Soda Japan 31 682 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 281 0.4× 249 0.8× 238 1.0× 86 2.5k
Dongdong Zhang China 27 868 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 383 0.6× 80 0.3× 336 1.4× 74 2.5k
Åsa Jarvis Sweden 10 329 0.2× 922 0.9× 780 1.2× 269 0.9× 178 0.7× 10 1.7k
Yingmu Wang China 29 753 0.5× 1.6k 1.6× 511 0.8× 160 0.5× 522 2.1× 66 2.4k
Lixia Wang China 28 463 0.3× 723 0.7× 277 0.4× 391 1.2× 168 0.7× 105 2.3k
M. I. M. Soares Israel 22 401 0.3× 733 0.7× 463 0.7× 157 0.5× 288 1.2× 35 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Uwe Kappelmeyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Uwe Kappelmeyer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cárdenas, María José, Dietmar Schlößer, Stephan Thies, et al.. (2022). Extracellular degradation of a polyurethane oligomer involving outer membrane vesicles and further insights on the degradation of 2,4-diaminotoluene in Pseudomonas capeferrum TDA1. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 2666–2666. 35 indexed citations
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Arslan, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Spatial characterization of microbial sulfur cycling in horizontal-flow constructed wetland models. Chemosphere. 309(Pt 1). 136605–136605. 5 indexed citations
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Sheridan, Craig, et al.. (2020). A curve-shift technique for the use of non-conservative organic tracers in constructed wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 752. 141818–141818. 2 indexed citations
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Cárdenas, María José, Uwe Kappelmeyer, Dirk Tischler, et al.. (2020). Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil Bacterium That Grows on a Polyurethane Oligomer and Monomer. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 404–404. 78 indexed citations
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Sheridan, Craig, et al.. (2018). Hydraulic study of a non-steady horizontal sub-surface flow constructed wetland during start-up. The Science of The Total Environment. 646. 880–892. 6 indexed citations
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Wells, Naomi S., Uwe Kappelmeyer, & Kay Knöller. (2018). Anoxic nitrogen cycling in a hydrocarbon and ammonium contaminated aquifer. Water Research. 142. 373–382. 10 indexed citations
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Sheridan, Craig, et al.. (2017). Environmentally sustainable acid mine drainage remediation: Research developments with a focus on waste/by-products. Minerals Engineering. 126. 207–220. 161 indexed citations
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Coban, Oksana, Peter Kuschk, Uwe Kappelmeyer, et al.. (2015). Nitrogen transforming community in a horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetland. Water Research. 74. 203–212. 115 indexed citations
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Kamau, Joseph Nyingi, Peter Kuschk, John F. Machiwa, et al.. (2015). Investigating the distribution and fate of Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in sewage-impacted mangrove-fringed creeks of Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 15(12). 2453–2465. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhongbing, Uwe Kappelmeyer, & Peter Kuschk. (2014). Benzene Removal in Laboratory Scale Model Wetland under Different Electron Acceptor Conditions Treating Sulfate-Rich Wastewater. Advanced materials research. 955-959. 2083–2086. 1 indexed citations
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Nikolausz, Marcell, et al.. (2007). Novel approach using substrate-mediated radiolabelling of RNA to link metabolic function with the structure of microbial communities. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 274(1). 154–161. 7 indexed citations
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Wendlandt, K.‐D., et al.. (2006). Characterizing a stable methane-utilizing mixed culture used in the synthesis of a high-quality biopolymer in an open system. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 101(2). 387–395. 36 indexed citations
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Neumann, Grit, et al.. (2005). Cells of Pseudomonas putida and Enterobacter sp. adapt to toxic organic compounds by increasing their size. Extremophiles. 9(2). 163–168. 120 indexed citations
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Nikolausz, Marcell, et al.. (2005). Molecular characterization of dichloromethane-degrading Hyphomicrobium strains using 16S rDNA and DCM dehalogenase gene sequences. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 28(7). 582–587. 26 indexed citations
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Wießner, Arndt, Uwe Kappelmeyer, Peter Kuschk, & Matthias Kästner. (2005). Sulphate reduction and the removal of carbon and ammonia in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland. Water Research. 39(19). 4643–4650. 86 indexed citations
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Wießner, Arndt, Uwe Kappelmeyer, Peter Kuschk, & Matthias Kästner. (2004). Influence of the redox condition dynamics on the removal efficiency of a laboratory-scale constructed wetland. Water Research. 39(1). 248–256. 123 indexed citations
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Stottmeister, U., Arndt Wießner, Peter Kuschk, et al.. (2003). Effects of plants and microorganisms in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. Biotechnology Advances. 22(1-2). 93–117. 865 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuschk, Peter, et al.. (2003). Annual cycle of nitrogen removal by a pilot-scale subsurface horizontal flow in a constructed wetland under moderate climate. Water Research. 37(17). 4236–4242. 186 indexed citations

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