William E. Holmes

15.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
169 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

William E. Holmes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Holmes has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in William E. Holmes's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (22 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers). William E. Holmes is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (22 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers). William E. Holmes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and China. William E. Holmes's co-authors include Donald R. Zak, Kurt S. Pregitzer, James Lee, Wun-Jing Kuang, David C. White, Rafael Hernández, William I. Wood, Glenn C. Rice, Aaron D. Peacock and David Tilman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William E. Holmes

160 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Cloning and expression of human tissue-type plasminogen activator cDNA in E. coli

1983 1.0k citations William E. Holmes et al. profile →
PLANT DIVERSITY, SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: ARE THERE ANY LINKS?

2003 944 citations William E. Holmes, Aaron D. Peacock et al. profile →
Structure and Functional Expression of a Human Interleukin-8 Receptor

1991 900 citations William E. Holmes et al. profile →
Identification of Heregulin, a Specific Activator of p185 ^erbB2

1992 845 citations William E. Holmes et al. profile →
Human leukocyte interferon produced by E. coli is biologically active

1980 413 citations William E. Holmes et al. profile →
A review of PFAS adsorption from aqueous solutions: Current approaches, engineering applications, challenges, and opportunities

2023 190 citations Qiyu Lian, William E. Holmes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William E. Holmes United States	53	3.5k	2.1k	1.8k	1.5k	1.4k	169	12.0k
Qian Zhang China	45	3.1k 0.9×	573 0.3×	868 0.5×	867 0.6×	616 0.4×	334	8.5k
Jian Ni China	72	10.4k 3.0×	902 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	4.3k 2.9×	3.8k 2.7×	342	24.7k
Christian Witt Germany	62	4.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	328 0.2×	261 0.2×	236	12.2k
Samuel Dequiedt Belgium	47	4.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	929 0.5×	800 0.5×	683 0.5×	120	8.3k
Ming Zhu China	39	1.9k 0.5×	497 0.2×	426 0.2×	879 0.6×	473 0.3×	191	5.9k
Jie Zhuang China	53	4.9k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	712 0.4×	306 0.2×	264 0.2×	231	13.7k
Todd A. Anderson United States	54	3.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	3.2k 1.8×	205 0.1×	2.6k 1.9×	246	14.0k
Meng Li China	68	6.2k 1.8×	158 0.1×	633 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	3.1k 2.3×	633	18.1k
Han Y. H. Chen Canada	85	2.5k 0.7×	7.3k 3.5×	4.7k 2.7×	672 0.5×	438 0.3×	473	24.1k
Makoto Kimura Japan	58	4.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.0×	5.4k 3.1×	258 0.2×	235 0.2×	577	14.1k

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Holmes, William E., et al.. (2025). Utilizing Chlorella vulgaris and In Situ Resources for Biomineralization-Driven Fabrication of Mars Bricks. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 9(4). 817–828. 2 indexed citations

Lei, Xiaobo, William E. Holmes, Mehdi Mokhtari, et al.. (2025). An evaluation of hydrogen peroxide-mediated hydroxylation of titanium-based ion sieves for enhancing the performance of lithium capture from aqueous solutions. Chemical Engineering Journal. 527. 171896–171896.

Chirdon, William M., Wayne Sharp, Daniel Dianchen Gang, et al.. (2025). Production of green adhesives from sustainable proteins derived from municipal wastewater treatment plant sludges and potential enhancements from soy protein amending. Journal of Environmental Management. 391. 126497–126497.

Sharp, Wayne, Daniel Dianchen Gang, Rafael Hernández, et al.. (2024). An Overview of the Potential for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants to Be Integrated into Urban Biorefineries for the Production of Sustainable Bio-Based Fuels and Other Chemicals. Current Pollution Reports. 10(3). 548–564. 2 indexed citations

Fortela, Dhan Lord B., Rafael Hernández, Emmanuel Revellame, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Time Warping as Elementary Effects Metric for Morris-Based Global Sensitivity Analysis of High-Dimension Dynamical Models. Mathematical and Computational Applications. 29(6). 111–111. 1 indexed citations

Holmes, William E., Prashanth Buchireddy, Daniel Dianchen Gang, et al.. (2024). Methyl Mercaptan Removal from Methane Using Metal-Oxides and Aluminosilicate Materials. Catalysts. 14(12). 907–907.

Chirdon, William M., Wayne Sharp, Daniel Dianchen Gang, et al.. (2024). Physical and Chemical Characterization of Sustainable Green Adhesives Derived from Municipal Treatment Plant Sludges. Sustainability. 16(21). 9346–9346. 1 indexed citations

Revellame, Emmanuel, William E. Holmes, Dhan Lord B. Fortela, et al.. (2023). Microalgae in bioregenerative life support systems for space applications. Algal Research. 77. 103332–103332. 8 indexed citations

Fortela, Dhan Lord B., Wayne Sharp, Emmanuel Revellame, et al.. (2023). Predicting Molecular Docking of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Blood Protein Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Diffdock. BioTechniques. 76(1). 14–26. 11 indexed citations

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Holmes, William E., et al.. (2023). Analysis of Methanotroph Populations from Various Sources for Production of High-Value Products. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 30–30. 1 indexed citations

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Fortela, Dhan Lord B., Wayne Sharp, Emmanuel Revellame, et al.. (2023). Quantitating Wastewater Characteristic Parameters Using Neural Network Regression Modeling on Spectral Reflectance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 1186–1202.

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Chirdon, William M., Wayne Sharp, Daniel Dianchen Gang, et al.. (2023). Production of Sustainable Green Adhesives from Proteinaceous Biomass with an Emphasis on Waste-Derived Protein Residuals: A Review. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 62(33). 12716–12731. 3 indexed citations

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Hernández, Rafael, Dhan Lord B. Fortela, Wayne Sharp, et al.. (2023). Formulation of a Simulated Wastewater Influent Composition for Use in the Research of Technologies for Managing Wastewaters Generated during Manned Long-Term Space Exploration and Other Similar Situations—Literature-Based Composition Development. BioTech. 12(1). 8–8. 2 indexed citations

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Revellame, Emmanuel, et al.. (2021). Microbial Lipid Production through Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Biotreatment Process: An Urban-Based Biorefinery Concept. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(34). 11439–11447. 1 indexed citations

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Lian, Qiyu, Amitava Roy, Orhan Kizilkaya, et al.. (2020). Uniform Mesoporous Amorphous Cobalt-Inherent Silicon Oxide as a Highly Active Heterogeneous Catalyst in the Activation of Peroxymonosulfate for Rapid Oxidation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol: The Important Role of Inherent Cobalt in the Catalytic Mechanism. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(51). 57190–57206. 41 indexed citations

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Depan, Dilip, et al.. (2020). Kinetic and thermodynamic analyses of the corrosion inhibition of synthetic extracellular polymeric substances. 2. e4–e4. 30 indexed citations

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Zappi, Mark E., Emmanuel Revellame, Dhan Lord B. Fortela, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of the Potential to Produce Biogas and Other Energetic Coproducts Using Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater Generated at Shrimp Processing Operations. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58(35). 15930–15944. 9 indexed citations

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Bruss, Matthew D., John C. Price, Cyrus F. Khambatta, et al.. (2015). Reduced in vivo hepatic proteome replacement rates but not cell proliferation rates predict maximum lifespan extension in mice. Aging Cell. 15(1). 118–127. 25 indexed citations

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Kong, Angela Y. Y., Kate M. Scow, Ana Lucía Córdova-Kreylos, William E. Holmes, & Johan Six. (2010). Microbial community composition and carbon cycling within soil microenvironments of conventional, low-input, and organic cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43(1). 20–30. 158 indexed citations

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Jennings, Eleanor, Kerry L. Sublette, Kenneth P. Roberts, et al.. (2006). Monitoring subsurface microbial ecology and demonstrating in situ biodegradation potential using Bio-Sep® Bio-traps. Chemia i Inżynieria Ekologiczna. 13. 3 indexed citations

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