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Overview

MeasureValue
Articles3,626
Citations112,596
h-index131
Years1917–2025
Cyanobacteria - articles and citations by publication year
Articles on Cyanobacteria by publication year (left axis), and the citations those articles have received to date (right axis).

Most cited articles

#ArticleYearCitations
1POLYPHASIC CHLOROPHYLL a FLUORESCENCE TRANSIENT IN PLANTS AND CYANOBACTERIA*19951,112
2Cyanobacteria secondary metabolites—the cyanotoxins19921,020
3Cyanobacterial photosystem II at 2.9-Å resolution and the role of quinones, lipids, channels and chloride2009950
4Conservative Fragments in Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes and Primer Design for 16S Ribosomal DNA Amplicons in Metagenomic Studies2009945
5The toxins of cyanobacteria.1994767
6Liver tumor promotion by the cyanobacterial cyclic peptide toxin microcystin-LR1992636
7Oxidative stress in cyanobacteria.2009631
8Physiology and molecular phylogeny of coexisting Prochlorococcus ecotypes1998560
9Complexity of cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides: composition, structures, inducing factors and putative genes involved in their biosynthesis and assembly.2009511
10CHILLING SENSITIVITY IN PLANTS AND CYANOBACTERIA: The Crucial Contribution of Membrane Lipids1996449
11Nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with leguminous and non-leguminous plants2008415
12FATTY ACID CONTENT AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FRESHWATER MICROALGAE11992414
13Structure and biosynthesis of toxins from blue-green algae (cyanobacteria)1994388
14rRNA Sequences and Evolutionary Relationships among Toxic and Nontoxic Cyanobacteria of the Genus Microcystis1997380
15Release and degradation of microcystin following algicide treatment of a bloom in a recreational lake, as determined by HPLC and protein phosphatase inhibition assay1994373
16Structure of the 16 S ribosomal RNA of the thermophilic cyanobacterium chlorogloeopsis HTF (‘mastigocladus laminosus HTF’) strain PCC7518, and phylogenetic analysis1993360
17Microalgae as multi-functional options in modern agriculture: current trends, prospects and challenges2018336
18Circadian rhythms in prokaryotes: luciferase as a reporter of circadian gene expression in cyanobacteria.1993334
19Applications of cyanobacteria in biotechnology2009326
20Cyanobacteria dominance: Quantifying the effects of climate change2009323
21Global change-driven effects on dissolved organic matter composition: Implications for food webs of northern lakes2018321
22Phycobiliproteins — a family of valuable, widely used fluorophores1994297
23Isolation and purification of Australian isolates of the toxic cyanobacteriumMicrocystis aeruginosa Kütz1996295
24Exocellular polysaccharides from cyanobacteria and their possible applications1998295
25Impact of Nutrients and Physical Factors on the Shift from Cyanobacterial to Chlorophyte Dominance in Shallow Danish Lakes1994291
26Prochlorococcus marinus nov. gen. nov. sp.: an oxyphototrophic marine prokaryote containing divinyl chlorophyll a and b1992288
27Quenching Analysis of Chlorophyll Fluorescence by the Saturation Pulse Method: Particular Aspects Relating to the Study of Eukaryotic Algae and Cyanobacteria1995280
28Long-term effects of metals in sewage sludge on soils, microorganisms and plants.1995280
29Physiological ecology of cyanobacteria in microbial mats and other communities1995277
30Adaptation of cyanobacteria to environmental stimuli: new steps towards molecular mechanisms1993276
31Supramolecular structure of the photosystem II complex from green plants and cyanobacteria.1995268
32The role of cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides in structuring desert microbial crusts1996267
33Lake Erie : Relationship between microcystin production, dynamics of genotypes and environmental parameters in a large lake2009263
34Cyanobacterial neurotoxin BMAA in ALS and Alzheimer’s disease2009262
35Production of strong, extracellular Cu chelators by marine cyanobacteria in response to Cu stress1996251
36The biology of carbonate precipitation by cyanobacteria1992249
37Acyl-lipid desaturases and their importance in the tolerance and acclimatization to cold of cyanobacteria1995248
38Circadian orchestration of gene expression in cyanobacteria.1995247
39Precipitation of amorphous CaCO (aragonite-like) by cyanobacteria: A STXM study of the influence of EPS on the nucleation process2009244
40Circadian gating of cell division in cyanobacteria growing with average doubling times of less than 24 hours.1996242
41Whiting events: Biogenic origin due to the photosynthetic activity of cyanobacterial picoplankton1997242
42Biotechnological and industrial significance of cyanobacterial secondary metabolites2009238
43MICROENVIRONMENTS AND MICROSCALE PRODUCTIVITY OF CYANOBACTERIAL DESERT CRUSTS11996230
44A viewpoint: Why chlorophyll a?2009229
45High diversity of cultivable heterotrophic bacteria in association with cyanobacterial water blooms2008229
46GROWTH AND NITROGEN FIXATION OF THE DIAZOTROPHIC FILAMENTOUS NONHETEROCYSTOUS CYANOBACTERIUM TRICHODESMIUM SP. IMS 101 IN DEFINED MEDIA: EVIDENCE FOR A CIRCADIAN RHYTHM11996226
47Binding and functional properties of two new extrinsic components, cytochrome c-550 and a 12-kDa protein, in cyanobacterial photosystem II1993225
48Stability of microcystins from cyanobacteria: effect of light on decomposition and isomerization1994224
49Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for ethanol production†2009223
50Spatial and temporal variations in the relationship between lake water surface temperatures and water quality - A case study of Dianchi Lake2018220
51Biodiversity of cyanobacteria and green algae on monuments in the Mediterranean Basin: an overview2009212
52Degradation of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin by aquatic bacteria1994208
53Inhibition of reduced glutathione synthesis by cyanobacterial alkaloid cylindrospermopsin in cultured rat hepatocytes1995208
54Effect of light cycles (night/day) on CO fixation and biomass production by microalgae in photobioreactors2009207
55Identification of anatoxin-A in benthic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and in associated dog poisonings at Loch Insh, Scotland1992204
56Two classes of metabolites fromTheonella swinhoei are localized in distinct populations of bacterial symbionts1996204
57Multiple evolutionary origins of prochlorophytes within the cyanobacterial radiation1992203
58CC alkyl diols and unsaturated alcohols in microalgae of the class Eustigmatophyceae1992198
59The CO2concentrating mechanism in cyanobactiria and microalgae1992197
60A small polypeptide triggers complete degradation of light‐harvesting phycobiliproteins in nutrient‐deprived cyanobacteria.1994197
61Microbial extracellular polymeric substances improve water retention in dryland biological soil crusts2018196
62Persistence of cyanobacterial hepatotoxin, microcystin-LR in particulate material and dissolved in lake water1997195
63Evolution of the Phycobiliproteins1995194
64Isolation, crystallization, crystal structure analysis and refinement of allophycocyanin from the cyanobacterium at 2.3 Å resolution1995193
65PsaL subunit is required for the formation of photosystem I trimers in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 68031993192
66Bioactive compounds produced by cyanobacteria1996192
67The phylogeny of unicellular, extremely halotolerant cyanobacteria1998188
68Downstream processing of microalgae for pigments, protein and carbohydrate in industrial application: A review2018182
69Cyanobacteria: Promising biocatalysts for sustainable chemical production.2018182
70Physical properties of the psammophile cryptogamic crust and their consequences to the water regime of sandy soils, north-western Negev Desert, Israel1995181
71The ecological stoichiometry of toxins produced by harmful cyanobacteria: an experimental test of the carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis2009180
72Growth and photosynthesis in an extreme thermophile, Synechococcus lividus (Cyanophyta)1971179
73Passive optical remote sensing of cyanobacteria and other intense phytoplankton blooms in coastal and inland waters2009179
74Biodegradation of dyes by some green algae and cyanobacteria2009177
75Efficient biodegradation of low-density polyethylene by cyanobacteria isolated from submerged polyethylene surface in domestic sewage water2018177
76Rapid Diversification of Marine Picophytoplankton with Dissimilar Light-Harvesting Structures Inferred from Sequences of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria)1998176
77Cu speciation and cyanobacterial distribution in harbors subject to anthropogenic Cu inputs1997174
78Identification of a microcystin in benthic cyanobacteria linked to cattle deaths on alpine pastures in Switzerland1997173
79MICROENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS-COUPLED RESPIRATION IN AN EPILITHIC CYANOBACTERIAL BIOFILM11996172
80Feasibility of cyanobacterial inoculation for biological soil crusts formation in desert area2009172
81Energy biotechnology with cyanobacteria2009172
82Carbon/Nitrogen Metabolic Balance: Lessons from Cyanobacteria2018170
83Cyanobacterial toxins: occurrence, properties and biological significance Available to Purchase1995168
84Homogenization of lake cyanobacterial communities over a century of climate change and eutrophication2017167
85THE EFFECT OF PHOSPHATE STATUS ON THE KINETICS OF CYANOPHAGE INFECTION IN THE OCEANIC CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. WH780311996166
86Stability of microcystins from cyanobacteria—II. Effect of UV light on decomposition and isomerization1995165
87VARIABILITY OF THE HEPATOTOXIN MICROCYSTIN-LR IN HYPEREUTROPHIC DRINKING WATER LAKES11995164
88Biomass of bacteria, cyanobacteria, prochlorophytes and photosynthetic eukaryotes in the Sargasso Sea1992162
89Cyclic peptides and depsipeptides from cyanobacteria: a review.1996162
90Immobilized Cyanobacteria for Online Trace Metal Enrichment by Flow Injection Atomic Absorption Spectrometry1994161
91Structural organisation of phycobilisomes from sp. strain PCC6803 and their interaction with the membrane2009159
92Molecular mechanism for the operation of nitrogen control in cyanobacteria.1994158
93Allelopathic mechanism of pyrogallol to PCC7806 (Cyanobacteria): From views of gene expression and antioxidant system2009158
94The selective advantage of buoyancy provided by gas vesicles for planktonic cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea1997156
95On the dynamics of oxygen, phosphorus and cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea; A model study2009155
96Microbiology of the Atmosphere-Rock Interface: How Biological Interactions and Physical Stresses Modulate a Sophisticated Microbial Ecosystem2009154
97Molecular characterization of cyanophycin synthetase, the enzyme catalyzing the biosynthesis of the cyanobacterial reserve material multi- L-arginyl-poly- L-aspartate (cyanophycin)1998153
98Widespread metabolic potential for nitrite and nitrate assimilation among Prochlorococcus ecotypes2009153
99Spatiotemporal changes in the genetic diversity of a bloom-forming Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) population2008153
100Variation in Herbivore Response to Chemical Defenses: Zooplankton Foraging on Toxic Cyanobacteria1992152

Top universities

#UniversityArticlesCitations
1University of Seville421,592
2Banaras Hindu University42991
3University of Dundee401,929
4University of Porto371,307
5Arizona State University361,401
6Stockholm University33897
7University of Helsinki312,014
8Uppsala University311,837
9University of Tokyo311,331
10Hebrew University of Jerusalem301,296
11University of California, San Diego281,814
12Autonomous University of Madrid27860
13University of Florida25801
14University of Rostock24685
15University of Amsterdam221,451
16Meijo University221,183
17University of New South Wales221,135
18University of Turku22647
19University of Toronto21707
20Michigan State University21705
21University of Freiburg21665
22Nagoya University21636
23University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice21578
24Technische Universität Berlin191,889
25University of Bristol19943
26University of California, Berkeley19864
27Pennsylvania State University19823
28ETH Zürich18840
29Washington University in St. Louis171,017
30Texas A&M University17898
31Purdue University17630
32University of Michigan17532
33Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology17315
34University of Copenhagen16390
35Indian Agricultural Research Institute15865
36Nanjing University15309
37University of Cambridge15224
38University of Florence141,231
39Umeå University14849
40Laval University14809
41Australian National University14680
42Aarhus University14675
43University of California, Davis14486
44University of Konstanz14435
45Åbo Akademi University14428
46Bielefeld University14342
47Bharathidasan University14328
48University of São Paulo14229
49Tokyo Institute of Technology14218
50University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign132,170

Top countries

#CountryArticlesCitations
1United States73834,380
2Germany31412,719
3China2917,399
4United Kingdom27110,046
5Japan2288,343
6India2004,799
7Spain1534,515
8Canada1376,144
9France1275,850
10Australia1145,315
11Sweden1094,658
12Brazil982,320
13Italy963,173
14Russia961,522
15Netherlands863,841
16Finland723,582
17Czech Republic681,558
18Israel652,453
19Poland57991
20Portugal532,263
21Switzerland462,809
22Egypt43648
23Denmark391,356
24Austria35884
25New Zealand301,122
26Belgium28855
27South Korea27403
28South Africa26914
29Argentina26558
30Thailand25396
31Taiwan24522
32Saudi Arabia211,299
33Greece21681
34Turkey21606
35Hungary21449
36Mexico21437
37Iran20343
38Norway15750
39Malaysia13520
40Chile12237
41Estonia10327
42Pakistan10178
43Singapore10149
44Ireland9319
45Serbia9237
46Ukraine913
47Panama7558
48Slovenia7107
49Bulgaria755
50Indonesia730

Top journals

#JournalArticlesCitations
1Journal of Phycology854,204
2Journal of Applied Phycology813,619
3Hydrobiologia731,692
4Photosynthesis Research651,918
5Algological Studies51160
6Water Science and Technology501,014
7Water Research492,772
8Plant Molecular Biology481,367
9Science of the Total Environment481,341
10Archives of Microbiology451,833
11Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics431,329
12Algal Research40823
13Phycologia381,079
14Harmful Algae371,213
15Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America363,298
16FEBS Letters351,700
17Toxicon321,531
18FEMS Microbiology Letters30796
19Physiologia Plantarum28853
20FEMS Microbiology Ecology271,057
21Bioresource Technology26759
22Biochemistry241,532
23Phytochemistry23592
24New Phytologist221,092
25Chemosphere22512
26FEBS Journal21759
27Journal of Plant Physiology21415
28Microbiology (United Kingdom)20787
29Zeitschrift Fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences20218
30Limnology and Oceanography191,629
31Journal of Biological Chemistry19874
32European Journal of Phycology19737
33Plant and Soil181,144
34Plant Physiology18680
35Frontiers in Microbiology18300
36Toxins18254
37Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica1710
38PLoS ONE151,155
39Biotechnology and Bioengineering15605
40Journal of Plankton Research15433
41World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology15111
42Environmental Science & Technology14662
43Microbial Ecology14339
44Lake and Reservoir Management14140
45Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders13702
46Natural Toxins13696
47Biology and Fertility of Soils13515
48Journal of Bacteriology13356
49Scientific Reports13241
50Planta Medica13192

Top research bodies

#Research bodyArticlesCitations
1Chinese Academy of Sciences1042,791
2Czech Academy of Sciences32638
3Spanish National Research Council17514
4National Scientific and Technical Research Council16291
5Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation151,452
6Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences15817
7Polish Academy of Sciences15261
8Russian Academy of Sciences15217
9Max Planck Society14660
10Biotechnology Institute14502
11Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory131,411
12Pasteur Institute13963
13Institute for EthnoMedicine13632
14Leibniz Association12643
15Smithsonian Institution12471
16Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres11339
17State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse11332
18Carnegie Institution for Science10729
19National Center for Scientific Research10427
20Japan Science and Technology Agency10316
21Cawthron Institute10251
22Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas10243
23Hungarian Academy of Sciences10160
24National Aeronautics and Space Administration9542
25Eawag9497
26Microbial Ecology9421
27United States Department of Agriculture9336
28Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission8519
29National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS"8323
30Austrian Academy of Sciences8320
31UNESCO8220
32Muséum national d'histoire naturelle8156
33RIKEN7391
34Council of Scientific and Industrial Research7209
35Academia Sinica7162
36United States Environmental Protection Agency7151
37Limnological Institute776
38Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution61,023
39Royal Institute of Technology6285
40Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research6174
41Bhabha Atomic Research Centre637
42National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine69
43Finnish Environment Institute5759
44Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics5466
45Kazusa DNA Research Institute5330
46Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory5247
47British Antarctic Survey5222
48Annis Water Resources Institute5185
49Norwegian Institute for Water Research5161
50Edmund Mach Foundation5135

Top schools

#SchoolArticlesCitations
1Botany at Banaras Hindu University36753
2Microbiology at University of Helsinki261,843
3Oceanography at University of California, San Diego221,595
4Biology at University of Turku17594
5Botany at Stockholm University17543
6Chemistry at University of Helsinki161,546
7Pharmacy at Meijo University161,081
8Botany at Arizona State University15358
9Microbiology at University of Amsterdam131,038
10Biochemistry at Åbo Akademi University13402
11Biology at Texas A&M University12638
12Biotechnology at University of New South Wales12512
13Biology at University of Freiburg12468
14Biotechnology at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology12250
15Pharmacy at University of California, San Diego10609
16Pharmacy at Oregon State University10305
17Biochemistry at University of Cambridge10115
18Biochemistry at Pennsylvania State University9402
19Molecular Biology at Pennsylvania State University9402
20Botany at University of Toronto9344
21Medicinal Chemistry at University of Florida9343
22Botany at University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice9310
23Biology at University of Novi Sad9304
24Physical Chemistry at University of Vienna9246
25Chemistry at Uppsala University9236
26Biochemistry at Michigan State University9128
27Ecology at Wageningen University & Research8487
28Quality Management at Wageningen University & Research8487
29Biotechnology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev8370
30Biology at University of Tokyo8337
31Microbiology at Bharathidasan University8184
32Environmental Science at Shandong University8104
33Marine Biology at University of Gdańsk882
34Biology at University of Porto875
35Biology at Kansas State University7405
36Marine Biotechnology at University of California, San Diego7356
37Molecular Microbiology at University of Dundee7296
38Chemistry at Federal University of Rio Grande7202
39Biochemical Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande7202
40Food Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande7202
41Biology at University of Rostock7167
42Biology at Lomonosov Moscow State University7162
43Botany at University of Allahabad7153
44Biology at University of Copenhagen7138
45Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań7134
46Oceanography at University of Gdańsk794
47Environmental Health at University of Alberta6627
48Neurology at University of Miami6608
49Microbiology at University of New South Wales6511
50Immunology at University of New South Wales6511

Top departments

#DepartmentArticlesCitations
1Biology55920,777
2Chemistry31110,954
3Botany2806,868
4Microbiology27210,093
5Biochemistry2567,097
6Biotechnology2556,789
7Ecology1876,306
8Environmental Science912,522
9Molecular Biology892,946
10Pharmacy803,337
11Environmental Engineering732,312
12Education691,647
13Oceanography653,732
14Chemical Engineering622,020
15Genetics582,172
16Geography541,829
17Cell Biology461,733
18Zoology421,329
19Biophysics41867
20Physics40869
21Geology351,330
22Bioengineering321,163
23Public Health301,634
24Marine Biology30763
25Physiology23830
26Freshwater Ecology221,265
27Mathematics22391
28Soil Science21628
29Food Science20561
30Genomics20268
31Evolutionary Biology19917
32Marine Biotechnology19689
33Civil Engineering19371
34Immunology181,092
35Environmental Health18880
36Toxicology171,086
37Medicinal Chemistry17658
38Pharmacology16725
39Geochemistry16557
40Biochemical Engineering16426
41Molecular Genetics16410
42Nutrition16383

Journal disciplines publishing it

#DisciplineArticlesCitations
1Microbiology37113,029
2Botany2567,508
3Biochemistry2489,155
4Phycology2045,418
5Algae2017,434
6Science1878,483
7Biology1693,377
8Biotechnology1665,417
9Limnology1593,068
10Ecology1354,409
11Water1234,036
12Hydrobiology1214,296
13Molecular Biology1204,943
14Aquatic Biology1082,151
15Water Pollution1073,864
16Environmental Sciences1032,619
17Algology1024,383
18Water Quality1013,799
19Chemistry962,329
20Toxicology863,491
21Eukaryota854,204
22Environmental Pollution821,942
23Plants812,799
24Pollution811,913
25Plant Physiology762,076
26Plant Physiological Phenomena732,095
27Photosynthesis721,990
28Microbial Ecology643,139
29Toxin632,481
30Multidisciplinary Sciences592,310
31Biophysics531,661
32Water Quality Management531,063
33Sewage531,059
34Waste Management511,014
35Water Purification501,014
36Toxins462,329
37Biological Toxins452,227
38Bioenergetics451,413
39Energy Metabolism451,413
40Environmental Engineering42587
41Bioengineering401,410
42Industrial Microbiology381,396
43Microorganisms381,260
44Algal Blooms371,213
45Harmful Algal Bloom371,213
46Toxic Algae371,213
47Environmental Toxicology36988
48Environmental Pollutants33917
49Venom321,531
50Environmental Monitoring31628