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Boran Kartal publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boran Kartal sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 109 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Boran Kartal D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boran Kartal sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Boran Kartal is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work addresses various aspects of microbial ecology, environmental chemistry, and pollution, with a focus on microbial processes related to nitrogen cycling and methane emissions.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics relevant to environmental microbiology and biogeochemical cycles. These publications include:

  • Structural and functional characterization of the intracellular filament-forming nitrite oxidoreductase multiprotein complex, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • Discovery of a new genus of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria with a mechanism for oxygen tolerance, 2022, Water Research
  • Nitrogen input promotes denitrifying methanotrophs' abundance and contribution to methane emission reduction in coastal wetland and paddy soil, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Rhizobia-diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean, 2024, Nature
  • Multiheme hydroxylamine oxidoreductases produce NO during ammonia oxidation in methanotrophs, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Research topics that Boran Kartal has contributed to include wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, microbial community ecology and physiology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, water treatment and disinfection, hemoglobin structure and function, and amino acid enzymes and metabolism.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kartal are:

  • Mike S. M. Jetten
  • Joachim Reimann
  • Laura van Niftrik
  • Daan R. Speth
  • Marcel M. M. Kuypers

Prominent venues for Kartal's published work include Nature Microbiology, Water Research, Environmental Pollution, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In terms of specific academic domains, Boran Kartal's contributions span a variety of subfields within Environmental Science and Molecular Biology. These subfields include pollution, molecular biology, ecology, environmental chemistry, and environmental engineering.

Best Publications

  • The microbial nitrogen-cycling network

    Marcel M. M. Kuypers;Hannah K. Marchant;Boran Kartal

  • Complete nitrification by a single microorganism

    Maartje A. H. J. van Kessel;Daan R. Speth;Mads Albertsen;Per Halkjær Nielsen

  • Deciphering the evolution and metabolism of an anammox bacterium from a community genome

    Marc Strous;Eric Pelletier;Sophie Mangenot;Thomas Rattei

  • Sewage Treatment with Anammox

    B. Kartal;J. G. Kuenen;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht

  • Molecular mechanism of anaerobic ammonium oxidation

    Boran Kartal;Wouter J. Maalcke;Naomi M. de Almeida;Irina Cirpus

  • Candidatus "Anammoxoglobus propionicus" a new propionate oxidizing species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria

    Boran Kartal;Jayne Rattray;Laura A. van Niftrik;Laura A. van Niftrik;Jack van de Vossenberg

  • Anammox bacteria disguised as denitrifiers: nitrate reduction to dinitrogen gas via nitrite and ammonium

    Boran Kartal;Marcel M. M. Kuypers;Gaute Lavik;Jos Schalk

  • Biochemistry and molecular biology of anammox bacteria

    Mike S M Jetten;Laura van Niftrik;Marc Strous;Boran Kartal

  • Propionate Oxidation by and Methanol Inhibition of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Didem Güven;Ana Dapena;Boran Kartal;Markus C. Schmid

  • How to make a living from anaerobic ammonium oxidation.

    Boran Kartal;Naomi M. de Almeida;Wouter J. Maalcke;Huub J.M. Op den Camp

  • Candidatus ‘Brocadia fulgida’: an autofluorescent anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacterium

    Boran Kartal;Laura Van Niftrik;Jayne Rattray;Jack L.C.M. Van De Vossenberg

  • Archaea catalyze iron-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Katharina F. Ettwig;Baoli Zhu;Daan Speth;Jan T. Keltjens

  • Biomarkers for In Situ Detection of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria

    Markus C. Schmid;Bart Maas;Ana Dapena;Katinka van de Pas-Schoonen

  • Nitrogen Removal by a Nitritation-Anammox Bioreactor at Low Temperature

    Ziye Hu;Tommaso Lotti;Merle de Kreuk;Robbert Kleerebezem

  • Iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane in brackish coastal sediments

    Matthias Egger;Olivia Rasigraf;Célia J Sapart;Célia J Sapart;Tom Jilbert

  • Adaptation of a freshwater anammox population to high salinity wastewater

    Boran Kartal;Mariana Koleva;Roumen Arsov;Wouter van der Star

  • A microdiversity study of anammox bacteria reveals a novel Candidatus Scalindua phylotype in marine oxygen minimum zones.

    Dagmar Woebken;Phyllis Lam;Marcel M. M. Kuypers;S. Wajih A. Naqvi

  • Pilot-scale evaluation of anammox-based mainstream nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater

    Tommaso Lotti;R. Kleerebezem;Z. Hu;B. Kartal

  • Simultaneous partial nitritation and anammox at low temperature with granular sludge

    Tommaso Lotti;R. Kleerebezem;Z. Hu;B. Kartal

  • The metagenome of the marine anammox bacterium 'Candidatus Scalindua profunda' illustrates the versatility of this globally important nitrogen cycle bacterium

    Jack van de Vossenberg;Dagmar Woebken;Wouter J Maalcke;Hans J C T Wessels

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Huub J. M. Op den Camp
Huub J. M. Op den Camp Radboud University
Marc Strous
Marc Strous University of Calgary
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Baolan Hu
Baolan Hu Zhejiang University
Marcel M. M. Kuypers
Marcel M. M. Kuypers Max Planck Society
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Bas E. Dutilh
Bas E. Dutilh Utrecht University
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Ping Zheng
Ping Zheng Zhejiang University

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