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Ivonne Nijenhuis publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ivonne Nijenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 105 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ivonne Nijenhuis D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ivonne Nijenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

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10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ivonne Nijenhuis is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany and specializes primarily in Environmental Science.

Their research spans several subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Science. The main topics of their work focus on Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants, Chemical Reactions and Isotopes, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Water Treatment and Disinfection, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Steffen Kümmel, Hans H. Richnow, Yaqing Liu, Carsten Vogt, and Matthias Gehre.

Ivonne Nijenhuis has published numerous scientific articles in several journals. The most prevalent publication venues where their work appears are:

  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Ivonne Nijenhuis include:

  • Photosynthesis-driven methane production in oxic lake water as an important contributor to methane emission, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Interspecies metabolite transfer and aggregate formation in a co-culture of Dehalococcoides and Sulfurospirillum dehalogenating tetrachloroethene to ethene, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Mucosal-associated invariant T-Cell (MAIT) activation is altered by chlorpyrifos- and glyphosate-treated commensal gut bacteria, 2020, Journal of Immunotoxicology
  • Dual C-Cl isotope analysis for characterizing the anaerobic transformation of α, β, γ, and δ-hexachlorocyclohexane in contaminated aquifers, 2020, Water Research
  • Dual C-Cl Isotope Analysis for Characterizing the Reductive Dechlorination of α- and γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane by Two Dehalococcoides mccartyi Strains and an Enrichment Culture, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 reductively dechlorinates diverse chlorinated aromatic pollutants.

    Donna E. Fennell;Ivonne Nijenhuis;Susan F. Wilson;Stephen H. Zinder

  • Reductive dechlorination of cis-1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride by "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes".

    Xavier Maymo-Gatell;Ivonne Nijenhuis;Stephen H. Zinder

  • Stable isotope fractionation of tetrachloroethene during reductive dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum multivorans and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE-S and abiotic reactions with cyanocobalamin.

    Ivonne Nijenhuis;Janet Andert;Kirsten Beck;Matthias Kästner

  • Assessment of the natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in an anaerobic contaminated aquifer in the Bitterfeld/Wolfen area using stable isotope techniques, microcosm studies and molecular biomarkers.

    Ivonne Nijenhuis;Marcell Nikolausz;Andreas Köth;Tamás Felföldi

  • Characterization of Hydrogenase and Reductive Dehalogenase Activities of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes Strain 195

    Ivonne Nijenhuis;Stephen H. Zinder

  • Factors controlling the carbon isotope fractionation of tetra- and trichloroethene during reductive dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum ssp. and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE-S

    Danuta Cichocka;Michael Siegert;Gwenaël Imfeld;Janet Andert

  • Combined C and Cl Isotope Effects Indicate Differences between Corrinoids and Enzyme (Sulfurospirillum multivorans PceA) in Reductive Dehalogenation of Tetrachloroethene, But Not Trichloroethene

    Julian Renpenning;Sebastian Keller;Stefan Cretnik;Orfan Shouakar-Stash

  • Genome sequences of two dehalogenation specialists – Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains BTF08 and DCMB5 enriched from the highly polluted Bitterfeld region

    Marlén Pöritz;Marlén Pöritz;Tobias Goris;Tesfaye Wubet;Mika T. Tarkka

  • Anaerobic microbial dehalogenation of organohalides-state of the art and remediation strategies.

    Ivonne Nijenhuis;Kevin Kuntze

  • Variability in microbial carbon isotope fractionation of tetra- and trichloroethene upon reductive dechlorination

    Danuta Cichocka;Gwenaël Imfeld;Hans-Hermann Richnow;Ivonne Nijenhuis

  • Transformation and carbon isotope fractionation of tetra- and trichloroethene to trans-dichloroethene by Dehalococcoides sp. strain CBDB1.

    Ernest Marco-Urrea;Ivonne Nijenhuis;Lorenz Adrian

  • Substrate Hydrophobicity and Cell Composition Influence the Extent of Rate Limitation and Masking of Isotope Fractionation during Microbial Reductive Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Ethenes

    Julian Renpenning;Insa Rapp;Insa Rapp;Ivonne Nijenhuis

  • Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain DCMB5 respires a broad spectrum of chlorinated aromatic compounds

    Marlén Pöritz;Christian L. Schiffmann;Gerd Hause;Ulrike Heinemann

  • Photosynthesis-driven methane production in oxic lake water as an important contributor to methane emission

    Marco Günthel;Isabell Klawonn;Jason Woodhouse;Mina Bižić

  • Assessment of in situ degradation of chlorinated ethenes and bacterial community structure in a complex contaminated groundwater system.

    Gwenaël Imfeld;Ivonne Nijenhuis;Marcell Nikolausz;Simone Zeiger

  • Enantioselective carbon stable isotope fractionation of hexachlorocyclohexane during aerobic biodegradation by Sphingobium spp.

    Safdar Bashir;Anko Fischer;Ivonne Nijenhuis;Hans-Hermann Richnow

  • In situ microcosms to evaluate natural attenuation potentials in contaminated aquifers

    Nicole Stelzer;Christian Büning;Frank Pfeifer;Anja B. Dohrmann

  • Isotopic fractionation indicates anaerobic monochlorobenzene biodegradation

    Arno Kaschl;Carsten Vogt;Sylvia Uhlig;Ivonne Nijenhuis

  • Sensitive detection of anaerobic monochlorobenzene degradation using stable isotope tracers.

    Ivonne Nijenhuis;Nicole Stelzer;Matthias Kastner;Hans-H. Richnow

  • Assessment of Microbial In Situ Activity in Contaminated Aquifers

    M. Kästner;A. Fischer;I. Nijenhuis;R. Geyer

  • Anaerobically grown Thauera aromatica, Desulfococcus multivorans, Geobacter sulfurreducens are more sensitive towards organic solvents than aerobic bacteria

    Ilka Duldhardt;Ivonne Nijenhuis;Frieder Schauer;Hermann J. Heipieper

  • Using compound-specific isotope analysis to assess the degradation of chloroacetanilide herbicides in lab-scale wetlands

    O.F. Elsayed;E. Maillard;S. Vuilleumier;I. Nijenhuis

  • Compound specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) to characterize transformation mechanisms of α-hexachlorocyclohexane.

    Ning Zhang;Safdar Bashir;Jinyi Qin;Janine Schindelka

  • Microbial Toluene Removal in Hypoxic Model Constructed Wetlands Occurs Predominantly via the Ring Monooxygenation Pathway

    P. M. Martínez-Lavanchy;Z. Chen;V. Lünsmann;V. Marin-Cevada

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans H. Richnow
Hans H. Richnow Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Gwenaël Imfeld
Gwenaël Imfeld University of Strasbourg
Martin von Bergen
Martin von Bergen Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Matthias Kästner
Matthias Kästner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Hermann J. Heipieper
Hermann J. Heipieper Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Nico Jehmlich
Nico Jehmlich Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Gabriele Diekert
Gabriele Diekert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Max M. Häggblom
Max M. Häggblom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Martin Elsner
Martin Elsner Technical University of Munich
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research

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