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W. Irene C. Rijpstra

W. Irene C. Rijpstra

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
16791
World Ranking
7780
National Ranking
203

W. Irene C. Rijpstra 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 W. Irene C. Rijpstra sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 136 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. Irene C. Rijpstra 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 W. Irene C. Rijpstra sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

W. Irene C. Rijpstra is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Their work often focuses on Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research addresses topics spanning Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Mine Drainage and Remediation Techniques, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Recent published papers include:

  • Frigoriglobus tundricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant cellulolytic planctomycete of the family Gemmataceae from a littoral tundra wetland (2020, Systematic and Applied Microbiology)
  • Acetate Degradation at Low pH by the Moderately Acidophilic Sulfate Reducer Acididesulfobacillus acetoxydans gen. nov. sp. nov. (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Dominance of mixed ether/ester, intact polar membrane lipids in five species of the order Rubrobacterales: Another group of bacteria not obeying the "lipid divide" (2023, Systematic and Applied Microbiology)
  • Methylicorpusculum oleiharenae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic methanotroph isolated from an oil sands tailings pond (2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY)
  • Molecular and Physiological Adaptations to Low Temperature in Thioalkalivibrio Strains Isolated from Soda Lakes with Different Temperature Regimes (2021, mSystems)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
  • Nicole J. Bale
  • Irina S. Kulichevskaya
  • Anastasia A. Ivanova
  • D. G. Naumoff

Publication venues where W. Irene C. Rijpstra has frequently contributed include:

  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • mSystems
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

    Ashna A. Raghoebarsing;Arjan Pol;Katinka T. van de Pas-Schoonen;Alfons J. P. Smolders

  • Candidatus "Scalindua brodae", sp. nov., Candidatus "Scalindua wagneri", sp. nov., two new species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria.

    Markus Schmid;Kerry Walsh;Rick Webb;W Irene C Rijpstra

  • Linearly concatenated cyclobutane lipids form a dense bacterial membrane

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Marc Strous;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans

  • Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

    Ashna A. Raghoebarsing;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Markus C. Schmid;W. Irene C. Rijpstra

  • Black Sea sterol—a molecular fossil for dinoflagellate blooms

    Jaap J. Boon;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Frits De Lange;J. W. De Leeuw

  • Quenching of labile functionalised lipids by inorganic sulphur species: evidence for the formation of sedimentary organic sulphur compounds at the early stages of diagenesis

    Jaap S Sinninghe Damst'e;W.Irene C Rijpstra;A.C Kock-van Dalen;Jan W De Leeuw

  • 13,16-Dimethyl Octacosanedioic Acid (iso-Diabolic Acid), a Common Membrane-Spanning Lipid of Acidobacteria Subdivisions 1 and 3

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans;Johan W. H. Weijers

  • Nitrification expanded: discovery, physiology and genomics of a nitrite-oxidizing bacterium from the phylum Chloroflexi.

    D.Y. Sorokin;S. Lücker;D. Vejmelkova;N.A. Kostrikina

  • Biosynthetic effects on the stable carbon isotopic compositions of algal lipids: implications for deciphering the carbon isotopic biomarker record

    Stefan Schouten;Wim C.M Klein Breteler;Peter Blokker;Nelleke Schogt

  • Constraints on the Biological Source(s) of the Orphan Branched Tetraether Membrane Lipids

    J.W.H. Weijers;E. Panoto;J. van Bleiswijk;S. Schouten

  • Effects of an oceanic anoxic event on the stable carbon isotopic composition of Early Toarcian carbon

    Stefan Schouten;Heidy M. E. van Kaam-Peters;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Martin Schoell

  • Enrichment and characterization of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of mesophilic crenarchaeal group I.1a from an agricultural soil

    Man-Young Jung;Soo-Je Park;Deullae Min;Jin-Seog Kim

  • Distribution of Membrane Lipids of Planktonic Crenarchaeota in the Arabian Sea

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans;Fredrick G. Prahl

  • The occurrence and identification of series of organic sulphur compounds in oils and sediment extracts: II. Their presence in samples from hypersaline and non-hypersaline palaeoenvironments and possible application as source, palaeoenvironmental and maturity indicators

    Jaap S Sinninghe Damsté;W.Irene C Rijpstra;Jan W De Leeuw;P.A Schenck

  • Combined DNA and lipid analyses of sediments reveal changes in Holocene haptophyte and diatom populations in an Antarctic lake

    Marco J.L Coolen;Gerard Muyzer;W.Irene C Rijpstra;Stefan Schouten

  • Stable carbon isotopic Fractionations associated with inorganic carbon fixation by anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria

    Stefan Schouten;Marc Strous;Marcel M. M. Kuypers;W. Irene C. Rijpstra

  • Structural identification of ladderane and other membrane lipids of planctomycetes capable of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox)

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Jan A. J. Geenevasen;Marc Strous

  • Crenarchaeol dominates the membrane lipids of Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis, a thermophilic Group I.1b Archaeon

    Angela Pitcher;Nicolas Rychlik;Ellen C Hopmans;Eva Spieck

  • The occurrence of hopanoids in planctomycetes : Implications for the sedimentary biomarker record

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W.Irene C. Rijpstra;Stefan Schouten;John A. Fuerst

  • Cultivation of a highly enriched ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of thaumarchaeotal group I.1b from an agricultural soil.

    Jong-Geol Kim;Man-Young Jung;Soo-Je Park;W. Irene C. Rijpstra

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Svetlana N. Dedysh
Svetlana N. Dedysh Russian Academy of Sciences
Ellen C. Hopmans
Ellen C. Hopmans Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Peter F. Dunfield
Peter F. Dunfield University of Calgary
Marc Strous
Marc Strous University of Calgary
Jan W. de Leeuw
Jan W. de Leeuw International Soil Reference and Information Centre
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research

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