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Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the formation, properties, and implications of bacterial biofilms, with a focus on the role of quorum sensing in regulating biofilm development and antibiotic resistance. It covers various aspects such as microbial communities, virulence, extracellular matrix, and chronic infections associated with biofilms.

  • Biofilms
  • Bacteria
  • Quorum Sensing
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Microbial Communities
  • Virulence
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Chronic Infections
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Which countries lead Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 United States 1.2k works
  3. 3 India 733 works
  4. 4 Germany 262 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 258 works
  6. 6 Iran 251 works
  7. 7 Iraq 219 works
  8. 8 Brazil 218 works
  9. 9 France 218 works
  10. 10 Italy 187 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 32.1%United States: 22.4%India: 14.2%Germany: 5.1%6 others listed: 26.2%32%largest
China1,658 · 32.1%United States1,156 · 22.4%India733 · 14.2%Germany262 · 5.1%6 others listed1,351 · 26.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 69 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 59 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 56 works
  4. 4 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 49 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 44 works
  6. 6 University of BaghdadIraq 44 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 40 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 33 works
  9. 9 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 32 works
  10. 10 University of CopenhagenDenmark 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing include Rob Knight, Jun Wang and Róbert Langer.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  3. 3 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  4. 4 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  5. 5 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  6. 6 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  7. 7 Hans C. Clevers Netherlands 260k citations
  8. 8 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  9. 9 Lídia Morawska Australia 244k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing?

The most cited paper in Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing is "Bacterial Biofilms: A Common Cause of Persistent Infections" (John William Costerton, Philip Shook Stewart, Everett Peter Greenberg, 1999), with 12,236 citations. Next come "The biofilm matrix" (10,070) and "On the nature of allosteric transitions: A plausible model" (8,938).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bacterial Biofilms: A Common Cause of Persistent Infections John William Costerton, Philip Shook Stewart, Everett Peter Greenberg · Science 21 May 1999 12,236
2 The biofilm matrix Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 2 Aug 2010 10,070
3 On the nature of allosteric transitions: A plausible model Jacques Monod, Jeffries Wyman, Jean‐Pierre Changeux · Journal of Molecular Biology May 1965 8,938
4 Bacterial biofilms: from the Natural environment to infectious diseases Luanne Hall‐Stoodley, John William Costerton, Paul Stoodley · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 14 Jan 2004 7,252
5 Biofilms: Survival Mechanisms of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms Rodney M. Donlan, John William Costerton · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Apr 2002 6,669
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Where is Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing research done?

The largest centres of Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Baghdad (Iraq).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 209 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 113 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 109 works
  4. 4 BaghdadIraq 93 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 84 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 83 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 80 works
  8. 8 TehranIran 80 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 65 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 62 works
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Where is the best place to study Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing?

Among universities, judged by research, Pukyong National University, Zhejiang University and University of Copenhagen score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Pukyong National Uni…University of Copenh…Universidade do PortoZhejiang University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Pukyong National UniversitySouth Korea 67.540.7%9.4×10 +39.9%
2Zhejiang UniversityChina 61.115.0%2.4×44 +32.9%
3University of CopenhagenDenmark 57.915.7%4.3×29 -4.4%
4Universidade do PortoPortugal 54.715.7%5.6×26 +7.8%
5Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 54.631.5%2.2×16 +50.6%
6Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 54.016.4%1.6×33 +23.7%
7Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 51.816.7%6.5×10 +22.2%
8King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 51.011.6%2.8×19 +47.6%
9Soochow UniversityChina 51.025.1%2.1×14 +245.1%
10University of BaghdadIraq 49.91.8%8.9×44 +197.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, country by country

Is Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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