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Kornél L. Kovács

Kornél L. Kovács

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6216
World Ranking
19415
National Ranking
37

Kornél L. Kovács 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 Kornél L. Kovács sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 171 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kornél L. Kovács 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 Kornél L. Kovács sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kornél L. Kovács is affiliated with the University of Szeged in Hungary, focusing primarily on research in engineering and environmental science. Their work bridges multiple interdisciplinary areas including building and construction, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, periodontics, and environmental chemistry.

Their main research topics include:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Oral Microbiology and Periodontitis Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bioenergy Crop Production and Management

Kovács has published extensively in several venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Fermentation
  • Biologia Futura
  • Journal of Biotechnology
  • Water Research
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kovács include:

  • Enhancing methane production in anaerobic digestion through hydrogen assisted pathways - A state-of-the-art review (2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Chlorella vulgaris and Its Phycosphere in Wastewater: Microalgae-Bacteria Interactions During Nutrient Removal (2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)
  • Biohydrogen production through dark fermentation from waste biomass: Current status and future perspectives on biorefinery development (2023, Fuel)
  • A case study of salivary microbiome in smokers and non-smokers in Hungary: analysis by shotgun metagenome sequencing (2020, Journal of Oral Microbiology)
  • Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biogas substrates by filamentous fungi (2022, Journal of Biotechnology)

Kovács collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Zoltán Bagi
  • Roland Wirth
  • Gergely Maróti
  • Gábor Rákhely
  • Márk Szuhaj

Best Publications

  • Characterization of a biogas-producing microbial community by short-read next generation DNA sequencing

    Roland Wirth;Etelka Kovács;Gergely Maróti;Zoltán Bagi

  • Analysis of 16S rRNA and methane monooxygenase gene sequences reveals a novel group of thermotolerant and thermophilic methanotrophs, Methylocaldum gen. nov.

    Levente Bodrossy;E. M. Holmes;A. J. Holmes;Kornél L. Kovács

  • Biotechnological intensification of biogas production.

    Zoltán Bagi;Zoltán Bagi;Norbert Ács;Norbert Ács;Balázs Bálint;Balázs Bálint;Lenke Horváth;Lenke Horváth

  • Thermophilic biohydrogen production from energy plants by Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus and comparison with related studies

    Galina Ivanova;Gábor Rákhely;Gábor Rákhely;Kornél L. Kovács;Kornél L. Kovács

  • Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria: Physiology and Advances in Hydrogen Production Technology

    K. Sasikala;Ch.V. Ramana;P. Raghuveer Rao;K.L. Kovacs

  • A novel approach for biohydrogen production

    Kornél L. Kovács;Kornél L. Kovács;Gergely Maróti;Gergely Maróti;Gábor Rákhely;Gábor Rákhely

  • Bacterial triterpenoids of the hopane series from the methanotrophic bacteria Methylocaldum spp.: phylogenetic implications and first evidence for an unsaturated aminobacteriohopanepolyol

    Jelena H. Cvejic;Levente Bodrossy;Levente Bodrossy;Kornél L. Kovács;Michel Rohmer

  • A novel thermophilic methane-oxidising γ-Proteobacterium

    Levente Bodrossy;Levente Bodrossy;Kornél L. Kovács;Kornél L. Kovács;Ian R. McDonald;J.Colin Murrell

  • Improved hydrogen production by uptake hydrogenase deficient mutant strain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001

    Gökhan Kars;Ufuk Gündüz;Gabor Rakhely;Meral Yücel

  • Biogas Production from Protein-Rich Biomass: Fed-Batch Anaerobic Fermentation of Casein and of Pig Blood and Associated Changes in Microbial Community Composition

    Etelka Kovács;Roland Wirth;Gergely Maróti;Zoltán Bagi

  • Utilization of keratin-containing biowaste to produce biohydrogen

    Balázs Bálint;Zoltán Bagi;András Tóth;Gábor Rákhely;Gábor Rákhely

  • Cyanobacterial-Type, Heteropentameric, NAD+-Reducing NiFe Hydrogenase in the Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina

    Gábor Rákhely;Ákos T. Kovács;Gergely Maróti;Barna D. Fodor

  • Genes involved in the copper-dependent regulation of soluble methane monooxygenase of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath): Cloning, sequencing and mutational analysis

    Róbert Csáki;Róbert Csáki;Levente Bodrossy;Levente Bodrossy;József Klem;József Klem;J. Colin Murrell

  • Augmented biogas production from protein-rich substrates and associated metagenomic changes

    Etelka Kovács;Etelka Kovács;Roland Wirth;Gergely Maróti;Zoltán Bagi

  • Enhancing methane production in anaerobic digestion through hydrogen assisted pathways – A state-of-the-art review

    Tinku Casper D’ Silva;Adya Isha;Ram Chandra;Virendra Kumar Vijay

  • Unusual Organization of the Genes Coding for HydSL, the Stable [NiFe]Hydrogenase in the Photosynthetic Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS

    Gabor Rakhely;Annette Colbeau;Jerome Garin;Paulette M. Vignais

  • Conversion of H2 and CO2 to CH4 and acetate in fed-batch biogas reactors by mixed biogas community: a novel route for the power-to-gas concept

    Márk Szuhaj;Norbert Ács;Roland Tengölics;Attila Bodor

  • Biodegradation of sulfanilic acid by Pseudomonas paucimobilis.

    K. Perei;G. Rákhely;I. Kiss;B. Polyák

  • Bioaugmentation of biogas production by a hydrogen-producing bacterium.

    Norbert Ács;Zoltán Bagi;Gábor Rákhely;Gábor Rákhely;János Minárovics

  • Evaluation of hydrogen production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001 and its hupSL deficient mutant using acetate and malate as carbon sources

    Goekhan Kars;Goekhan Kars;Ufuk Gunduz;Meral Yucel;Gabor Rakhely

Frequent Co-Authors

Gábor Rákhely
Gábor Rákhely University of Szeged
Ákos T. Kovács
Ákos T. Kovács Leiden University
Levente Bodrossy
Levente Bodrossy Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Katalin F. Medzihradszky
Katalin F. Medzihradszky University of California, San Francisco
Csaba Szepesvári
Csaba Szepesvári University of Alberta
Inci Eroglu
Inci Eroglu Middle East Technical University
J. Colin Murrell
J. Colin Murrell University of East Anglia
Eva Kondorosi
Eva Kondorosi Institute of Plant Biology
Ufuk Gündüz
Ufuk Gündüz Middle East Technical University
János Csirik
János Csirik University of Szeged

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