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Göker, Markus  PhD

Senior researcher with 412 publications in the last 23 years
Markus Göker received his PhD in 2003 and his habilitation in 2008 at the University of Tübingen. Since 2008 he is employed at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ in the areas of phylogenomics and nomenclature. Markus Göker has published several hundreds of peer-reviewed papers together with several hundreds of distinct coauthors and was Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He currently acts as principal investigator of three large-scale genome-sequencing projects, conducted as a collaboration between the DOE-JGI and the DSMZ, each targetting 1000 bacterial or archaeal type strains, particularly Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Rhodobacteraceae. He currently also acts as Secretary of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) and contributes to its publications, particularly regarding the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP), and as List Editor of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Methodologically, Markus Göker was mainly interested in using information from whole genome sequences to infer phylogenies, to elucidate the evolution of genomic and phenotypic features and to link genomics and ecology using high-throughput phylogenetic comparative methods. He has now also a keen interest in bioinformatic solutions for collecting, integrating, checking and displaying genomic, taxonomic and nomenclatural information. Web services and software published by him or his group include: • Nomenclature of prokaryotes: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/; https://api.lpsn.dsmz.de/ • Genome-based phylogeny and classification of prokaryotes: https://tygs.dsmz.de/ • Digital DNA:DNA hybridization (comparative genome analysis for microbial taxonomists): https://ggdc.dsmz.de/ • Virus phylogeny and classification: https://victor.dsmz.de/ • Statistical analysis of phenotype microarray data: http://opm.dsmz.de/ Markus Göker is an expert programmer in Ruby, R, SQL (PostgreSQL), git, Bash, awk, sed, m4 and other Linux command-line tools. He has routinely applied Julia, Ada, Tcl, database and system administration, HTML/CSS, Shiny, Slurm, project management, and continuous integration with automated tests, and has occasionally used Python, PHP, Fortran, Crystal, SQLite, MySQL, and SVN. Routinely applied were high-performance and high-throughput computing, genome sequence annotation, homolog/ortholog detection, sequence alignment, phylogenetic inference, analysis and manipulation of trees, cophylogenetics, machine learning tools like naïve Bayesian filters and random forests, and countless text processing tools. show More

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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
412

Total documents

5.09

Normalized Impact

83

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

80.58

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications


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Dimensions One by One

Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic attributes. Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index. More information here...

Activity

995
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

943
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

910
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

731
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

937
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Openness

976
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

720
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

466
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

0
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

All indicators

Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents 412 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 17.91 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 394 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 388 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 0 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 6 Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses 0 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 0 A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters 0 Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets 5 Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials 0 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 0 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 6 Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials N/A Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types 0 Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations 33096 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 1499 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 4.529 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 95.471 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 1816 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 80.33 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 5.09 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index 2.986 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index 61 Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index 169 Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index 280 Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score 0.715 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.723 Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) 83 Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers 2.015 Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%) 26 Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers 6.311 Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) 11 Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers 22 Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership 109 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 26.46 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 79 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 19.17 Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator 0 Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded 0 Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded 0 Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded 0 Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils 0 Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Authors/Paper 19.37 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 42.23 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 2.57 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 332 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 80.58 Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts 8 Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership 0 Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships 0 Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships 0 Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists 0 Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions 4 Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships 0 Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports 0 Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents 316 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 76.7 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 187 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 64 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 33 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 32 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 96 Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards 0 Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies 0 Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts 0 Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees 0 Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.
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