Werner Manz

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Werner Manz is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Manz has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pollution, 28 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Werner Manz's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (24 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (13 papers). Werner Manz is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (24 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (13 papers). Werner Manz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United Kingdom. Werner Manz's co-authors include Karl‐Heinz Schleifer, Rudolf Amann, Ulrich Szewzyk, Wolfgang Ludwig, Michael Wagner, Marc Vancanneyt, Thomas R. Neu, J. W. T. Wimpenny, Regine Szewzyk and Sibylle Kalmbach 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

Werner Manz

73 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Phylogenetic Oligodeoxynucleotide Probes for the Major Su... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 1996 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Phylogenetic Oligodeoxynucleotide Probes for the Major Subclasses of Proteobacteria: Problems and Solutions
    1992 1.8k citations Werner Manz, Rudolf Amann et al. profile →
  2. Application of a suite of 16S rRNA-specific oligonucleotide probes designed to investigate bacteria of the phylum cytophaga-flavobacter-bacteroides in the natural environment
    1996 1.0k citations Werner Manz, Rudolf Amann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Werner Manz Germany 39 3.1k 3.1k 2.1k 1.7k 907 75 7.8k
Ulrich Szewzyk Germany 44 2.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 3.9k 1.8× 1.6k 0.9× 708 0.8× 113 10.4k
Thomas R. Neu Germany 59 3.4k 1.1× 2.8k 0.9× 4.2k 2.0× 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 196 12.1k
Helmut Bürgmann Switzerland 40 4.2k 1.3× 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 871 0.5× 667 0.7× 91 8.4k
A. Mark Osborn United Kingdom 44 3.7k 1.2× 3.9k 1.3× 2.4k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 873 1.0× 91 9.3k
Anthony V. Palumbo United States 43 1.6k 0.5× 3.2k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 133 8.1k
Richard I. Webb Australia 45 2.5k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 737 0.4× 432 0.5× 118 7.9k
Lee R. Krumholz United States 52 2.3k 0.8× 3.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 2.3k 2.5× 118 9.6k
Charles W. Greer Canada 61 5.1k 1.6× 5.0k 1.6× 2.9k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 1.9k 2.1× 255 11.6k
John A. Fuerst Australia 38 3.6k 1.2× 3.1k 1.0× 2.9k 1.4× 1.2k 0.7× 475 0.5× 96 7.7k
Craig W. Herbold Austria 47 3.2k 1.0× 4.2k 1.4× 2.2k 1.1× 926 0.5× 1.0k 1.2× 95 8.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Werner Manz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Werner Manz

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All Works

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Metreveli, George, Ricki R. Rosenfeldt, Frank Seitz, et al.. (2021). Distribution of engineered Ag nanoparticles in the aquatic-terrestrial transition zone: a long-term indoor floodplain mesocosm study. Environmental Science Nano. 8(6). 1771–1785. 5 indexed citations
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Meier, Jutta, et al.. (2016). Sublethal concentrations of silver nanoparticles affect the mechanical stability of biofilms. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(23). 24277–24288. 23 indexed citations
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Pohl, Sebastian, et al.. (2015). Biofouling on polymeric heat exchanger surfaces withE. coliand native biofilms. Biofouling. 31(9-10). 699–707. 11 indexed citations
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Otte, Jens C., Steffen Keiter, Eric Higley, et al.. (2013). Contribution of Priority PAHs and POPs to Ah Receptor-Mediated Activities in Sediment Samples from the River Elbe Estuary, Germany. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75596–e75596. 38 indexed citations
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Kosmehl, Thomas, Jens C. Otte, Lixin Yang, et al.. (2012). A combined DNA-microarray and mechanism-specific toxicity approach with zebrafish embryos to investigate the pollution of river sediments. Reproductive Toxicology. 33(2). 245–253. 30 indexed citations
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Gerbersdorf, Sabine U., Henner Hollert, Markus Brinkmann, et al.. (2011). Anthropogenic pollutants affect ecosystem services of freshwater sediments: the need for a “triad plus x” approach. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 11(6). 1099–1114. 67 indexed citations
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Keiter, Steffen, et al.. (2009). Assessment of fish health status in the Upper Danube River by investigation of ultrastructural alterations in the liver of barbel Barbus barbus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 88(3). 235–248. 26 indexed citations
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Kaše, Robert, Peter Hansen, Birgit Fischer, et al.. (2008). Integral assessment of estrogenic potentials in sediment-associated samples. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 16(1). 54–64. 14 indexed citations
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Gerbersdorf, Sabine U., Werner Manz, & David M. Paterson. (2008). The engineering potential of natural benthic bacterial assemblages in terms of the erosion resistance of sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 66(2). 282–294. 38 indexed citations
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Kaše, Robert, et al.. (2007). Integral assessment of estrogenic potentials of sediment-associated samples. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 15(1). 75–83. 15 indexed citations
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Manz, Werner, et al.. (2006). Multivariate analysis of microbial communities in the River Elbe (Germany) on different phylogenetic and spatial levels of resolution. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 56(1). 79–94. 15 indexed citations
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Rosenberger, S., et al.. (2002). Performance of a bioreactor with submerged membranes for aerobic treatment of municipal waste water. Water Research. 36(2). 413–420. 245 indexed citations
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Manz, Werner, et al.. (2002). Microbiological aspects of a bioreactor with submerged membranes for aerobic treatment of municipal wastewater. Water Research. 36(2). 394–402. 105 indexed citations
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Manz, Werner, et al.. (2000). Widefield deconvolution epifluorescence microscopy combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization reveals the spatial arrangement of bacteria in sponge tissue. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 40(2). 125–134. 71 indexed citations
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Wimpenny, J. W. T., Werner Manz, & Ulrich Szewzyk. (2000). Heterogeneity in biofilms: Table 1. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 24(5). 661–671. 398 indexed citations
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Manz, Werner. (1999). [5] In Situ analysis of microbial biofilms by rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probing. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 310. 79–91. 31 indexed citations
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Kalmbach, Sibylle, Werner Manz, & Ulrich Szewzyk. (1997). Isolation of new bacterial species from drinking water biofilms and proof of their in situ dominance with highly specific 16S rRNA probes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63(11). 4164–4170. 124 indexed citations
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