W. A. Scheffers

9.8k citations

91 papers · 7.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
Food Science top 0.5%
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis

Papers in

Food Science 25
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis 22
Biochemistry 10
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism 7

Co-authors: Johannes P. van Dijken Cornelis Verduyn Erik Postma P. M. Bruinenberg Peter M. Bruinenberg J. P. van Dijken Jack T. Pronk Wouter F. Visser
Journals: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (24 papers)Yeast (12 papers)Microbiology (12 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (11 papers)Archives of Microbiology (4 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany Spain

In The Last Decade

W. A. Scheffers

90 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Effect of benzoic acid on metabolic fluxes in yeasts: A continuous‐culture study on the regulation of respiration and alcoholic fermentation 1992 · 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1992 Yeast
1989 Applied and Environmental Microbiology
1986 FEMS Microbiology Letters
1985 Biochemical Journal

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1	Alcoholic fermentation of carbon sources in biomass hydrolysates by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: current status Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Antonius J. A. van Maris, Derek A. Abbott, P.A. Bennett, Joost van den Brink, Marko Kuyper, Marijke A. H. Luttik, H. Wouter Wisselink, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken, Jack T. Pronk	2006	380
2	Propionate metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: implications for the metabolon hypothesis Microbiology ·Jack T. Pronk, Alexey B. Morozov, Cornelis Verduyn, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken	1994	65
3	Involvement of mitochondria in the assimilatory metabolism of anaerobic Saccharomyces cerevisiae cultures Microbiology ·Wouter F. Visser, Zhiguang Huang, Sung-Chull Chae, W. A. Scheffers, Reinhard Krämer, Johannes P. van Dijken	1994	37
4	Energetic aspects of glucose metabolism in a pyruvate-dehydrogenase-negative mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Microbiology ·Jack T. Pronk, Thibaut J. Wenzel, Marijke A. H. Luttik, Deepa Goradia, W. A. Scheffers, H. Yde Steensma, Johannes P. van Dijken	1994	78
5	Effect of benzoic acid on metabolic fluxes in yeasts: A continuous‐culture study on the regulation of respiration and alcoholic fermentation Yeast ·Cornelis Verduyn, Erik Postma, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken Hit paper breakdown →	1992	1217
6	Hydrogen peroxide as an electron acceptor for mitochondrial respiration in the yeast Hansenula polymorpha Yeast ·Cornelis Verduyn, Connie J. Van Wijngaarden, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken	1991	15
7	A theoretical evaluation of growth yields of yeasts Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Cornelis Verduyn, Adriaan H. Stouthamer, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken	1991	192
8	Physiology of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae in Anaerobic Glucose-Limited Chemostat Culturesx Journal of General Microbiology ·Cornelis Verduyn, Erik Postma, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken	1990	401
9	Substrate‐accelerated death of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 8066 under maltose stress Yeast ·Erik Postma, Cornelis Verduyn, A. Chaïb, W. A. Scheffers, J. P. van Dijken	1990	36
10	Glucose Transport in Crabtree-positive and Crabtree-negative Yeasts Microbiology ·Gabriel Nasl Seraji, Erik Postma, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken	1989	105
11	Respiratory capacities of mitochondria of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 8066 and Candida utilis CBS 621 grown under glucose limitation Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·HENY E TAHYALA, Peter M. Bruinenberg, Marten Veenhuis, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken	1989	16
12	Kinetics of growth and glucose transport in glucose‐limited chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 8066 Yeast ·Erik Postma, W. A. Scheffers, J. P. van Dijken	1989	96
13	Metabolic responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 8066 and Candida utilis CBS 621 upon transition from glucose limitation to glucose excess Yeast ·Gabriel Nasl Seraji, Baltijas Starptautiskās, W. A. Scheffers, J. P. van Dijken	1988	144
14	Purification and properties of dihydroxyacetone reductase and 2,3‐butanediol dehydrogenase from Candida utilis CBS 621 Yeast ·Cornelis Verduyn, Muaddin Muaddin, W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken	1988	14
15	Preparation of D-xylulose from D-xylose : Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) ·Jack T. Pronk, Anton Bakker, H.E. Van Dam, A. J. J. Straathof, W. A. Scheffers, J. P. van Dijken	1988	1
16	Redox balances in the metabolism of sugars by yeasts (NAD(H); NADP(H); glucose metabolism; xylose fermentation; ethanol; Crabtree effect; Custers effect) FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Johannes P. van Dijken, W. A. Scheffers	1986	7
17	A comparative radiorespirometric study of glucose metabolism in yeasts Yeast ·Peter M. Bruinenberg, Joy Garcia Tien, Johannes P. van Dijken, W. A. Scheffers	1986	15
18	Orthogonal‐field‐alternation gel electrophoresis banding patterns of DNA from yeasts Yeast ·Peter de Jonge, H.P. van de Giessen, Akiyo SADATOH, H. Yde Steensma, W. A. Scheffers	1986	132
19	NADH-linked aldose reductase: the key to anaerobic alcoholic fermentation of xylose by yeasts Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Peter M. Bruinenberg, Suraj Kamble, Johannes P. van Dijken, W. A. Scheffers	1984	266
20	Marine vibrios isolated from water along the dutch coast Netherlands Journal of Sea Research ·Rodrigo Antonio Salazar Rojas, W. A. Scheffers	1975	19

About W. A. Scheffers

W. A. Scheffers is a scholar working on Food Science, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, having authored 91 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (33 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (26 papers), Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (22 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (15 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (12 papers), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (11 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (9 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (6.4k citations), Food Science (1.5k citations), Biomedical Engineering (3.5k citations), Biotechnology (585 citations) and Biochemistry (480 citations). W. A. Scheffers has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Johannes P. van Dijken, Cornelis Verduyn, Erik Postma, P. M. Bruinenberg, Peter M. Bruinenberg, Johannes P. van Dijken, J. P. van Dijken, Jack T. Pronk, Wouter F. Visser and R. J. Rouwenhorst. Their work appears in journals such as Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Yeast, Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Archives of Microbiology.

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