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Microbial infections and disease research

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jim Melberg
Sheba Medical Center
99
2
Tida Ge
Ningbo University
84
3
W Joost Wiersinga
Amsterdam Neuroscience
83
4
Huapu Chen
Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province
81
5
Marek Wiśniewski
Nicolaus Copernicus University
71
6
Subash C.B. Gopinath
Universiti Malaysia Perlis
65
7
Sunil Kumar Meena
Banaras Hindu University
65
8
Tiangang Liu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
62
9
Ina Schuppe‐Koistinen
Karolinska Institutet
60
10
Zheng Gao
Shandong Agricultural University
59

Rising Stars Papers

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Aeshah M. Mohammed
University of Baghdad
99
2
Kamalesh Kumar Meena
Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology
99
3
S. K. Sarin
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
87
4
Abdelaaziz Farhaoui
Laboratoire de Recherche Scientifique
84
5
Bo Xing
BGI Group (China)
79
6
Jayanth Kumar Narayana
Nanyang Technological University
67
7
Na Li
Tsinghua University
63
8
Soundararajan Vishnu Chitthan
Bharathidasan University
63
9
Weifeng Shang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
63
10
Oumar Dolo
Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako
60

Emerging Leaders Papers

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
M Snyder
Stanford Medicine
79
2
Roeland L. Berendsen
Utrecht University
76
3
Sean P. Colgan
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
65
4
Johannes Krause
University of Tübingen
64
5
James M. Musser
Houston Methodist
64
6
Manfred Eggersdorfer
DSM (Switzerland)
63
7
Denise M. Monack
Stanford University
63
8
Samir Droby
Agricultural Research Organization
61
9
Iain Chapple
Unknown
61
10
A. C. R. Tanner
Harvard University
61

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Global Analysis of Protein Activities Using Proteome Chips
Science|2001
1.9k cit.
2
Disease-induced assemblage of a plant-beneficial bacterial consortium
The ISME Journal|2018
1k cit.
3
Linking disease associations with regulatory information in the human genome
Genome Research|2012
765 cit.
4
A Revised Timescale for Human Evolution Based on Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes
Current Biology|2013
737 cit.
5
Redundant roles for inflammasome receptors NLRP3 and NLRC4 in host defense against<i>Salmonella</i>
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|2010
548 cit.
6
Microbial-Derived Butyrate Promotes Epithelial Barrier Function through IL-10 Receptor–Dependent Repression of Claudin-2
The Journal of Immunology|2017
514 cit.
7
Microbiota-Derived Indole Metabolites Promote Human and Murine Intestinal Homeostasis through Regulation of Interleukin-10 Receptor
American Journal Of Pathology|2018
505 cit.
8
Genome-Wide Analysis of Group A Streptococci Reveals a Mutation That Modulates Global Phenotype and Disease Specificity
PLoS Pathogens|2006
461 cit.
9
The role of the microbiome for human health: from basic science to clinical applications
European Journal of Nutrition|2018
436 cit.
10
Genome-wide map of regulatory interactions in the human genome
Genome Research|2014
299 cit.

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