Norbert Pfennig

15.7k citations
162 papers · 10.8k · 3 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

    • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
    • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Pollution top 0.2%
    • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Papers in

    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 31
    • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function 13
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 67

Norbert Pfennig

158 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Norbert Pfennig's Hit Papers

Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids 1981 · 723 citations
7230+20+40Years since publication200400600

Peers

Norbert Pfennig
Comparison fields: 5 of 147
  • Environmental Chemistry 2.5k
  • Pollution 1.8k
  • Ecology 3.9k
  • Building and Construction 1.3k
  • Oceanography 1.0k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Norbert Pfennig, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids
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1981723
2
�ber das Vitamin B12-Bed�rfnis phototropher Schwefelbakterien
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1966667
3 1984434
4
Anaerobic bacterium that degrades fatty acids in syntrophic association with methanogens
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1979405
5 1978333
6 1976290
7 1981277
8 1982271
9 1984241
10 1992233
11 1977232
12 1967228
13 1978218
14 1981189
15 1982172
16 1985166
17 1985158
18
Microbial production and utilization of gases
1976158
19 1987154
20 1990151

About Norbert Pfennig

Norbert Pfennig is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution, having authored 162 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (67 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (31 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (28 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (14 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (14 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (13 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (11 papers) and Diatoms and Algae Research (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (2.5k citations), Pollution (1.8k citations), Ecology (3.9k citations), Building and Construction (1.3k citations) and Oceanography (1.0k citations). Norbert Pfennig has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Friedrich Widdel, Hanno Biebl, Heribert Cypionka, Andreas Tschech, Hans G. Trüper, Jörg Overmann, Bernhard Schink, Friedhelm Bak, M. P. Bryant and Michael J. McInerney. Their work appears in journals such as Archives of Microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Journal of Bacteriology, Die Naturwissenschaften and FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

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