Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

2.2k papers and 129.1k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology have published 2.2k papers, which have received a total of 129.1k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 1.3k papers in Molecular Biology, 545 papers in Ecology and 430 papers in Genetics on the topics of Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (383 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (317 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (301 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology (57.8k citations), Ecology (35.3k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (22.9k citations). Authors at Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology collaborate with scholars in Germany, United States and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology's most productive authors include Ralf Conrad, Rudolf K. Thauer, Werner Liesack, Andreas Brune, Peter Frenzel, Michael W. Friedrich, Rachel Conrad, Wolfgang Buckel, Regine Kahmann and Seigo Shima.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

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