Amel Latifi

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Amel Latifi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amel Latifi has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Amel Latifi's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (15 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers). Amel Latifi is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (15 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers). Amel Latifi collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Amel Latifi's co-authors include Maryline Foglino, Cheng‐Cai Zhang, Paul Williams, Andrée Lazdunski, A. Lazdunski, Kan Tanaka, Barrie W. Bycroft, Michael K. Winson, Marc Bally and Virginie Chapon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Amel Latifi

40 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Oxidative stress in cyanobacteria 1996 2026 2006 2016 2008 1996 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Oxidative stress in cyanobacteria
    2008 590 citations Amel Latifi, Cheng‐Cai Zhang et al. profile →
  2. A hierarchical quorum‐sensing cascade in Pseudomonas aeruginosa links the transcriptional activators LasR and RhIR (VsmR) to expression of the stationary‐phase sigma factor RpoS
    1996 541 citations Amel Latifi, Maryline Foglino et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amel Latifi France 19 2.3k 833 691 537 490 43 3.4k
Alexandra Calteau France 26 1.1k 0.5× 198 0.2× 685 1.0× 308 0.6× 155 0.3× 37 2.5k
Shannon L. Johnson United States 26 1.2k 0.5× 138 0.2× 448 0.6× 425 0.8× 635 1.3× 105 2.7k
Boyke Bunk Germany 37 2.2k 0.9× 389 0.5× 1.4k 2.1× 138 0.3× 76 0.2× 195 4.0k
William J. Buikema United States 18 1.4k 0.6× 310 0.4× 827 1.2× 354 0.7× 531 1.1× 19 2.6k
László N. Csonka United States 35 3.1k 1.3× 1.5k 1.8× 1.0k 1.5× 181 0.3× 168 0.3× 59 5.7k
Rebecca J. Case Canada 21 1.3k 0.6× 171 0.2× 1.3k 1.8× 162 0.3× 193 0.4× 48 2.6k
Cliff Han United States 34 2.1k 0.9× 358 0.4× 1.0k 1.5× 244 0.5× 159 0.3× 103 3.9k
Thomas Schweder Germany 42 3.0k 1.3× 806 1.0× 2.1k 3.0× 402 0.7× 195 0.4× 137 5.3k
Cheng‐Cai Zhang China 31 2.8k 1.2× 336 0.4× 998 1.4× 538 1.0× 1.1k 2.2× 121 4.0k
Jörg Kahnt Germany 35 1.9k 0.8× 604 0.7× 674 1.0× 700 1.3× 730 1.5× 92 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Amel Latifi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amel Latifi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amel Latifi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amel Latifi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amel Latifi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Amel Latifi. Amel Latifi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duhamel, Solange, et al.. (2024). Adaptive Responses of Cyanobacteria to Phosphate Limitation: A Focus on Marine Diazotrophs. Environmental Microbiology. 26(12). e70023–e70023. 2 indexed citations
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Foglino, Maryline, Kevin S. Lang, Stéphanie Champ, et al.. (2024). Unravelling HetC as a peptidase-based ABC exporter driving functional cell differentiation in the cyanobacterium Nostoc PCC 7120. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(4). e0405823–e0405823. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaomei, et al.. (2022). Interaction network among factors involved in heterocyst-patterning in cyanobacteria. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 297(4). 999–1015. 5 indexed citations
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Avilán, Luisana, C. Bernard, Arlette Kpebe, et al.. (2018). Phototrophic hydrogen production from a clostridial [FeFe] hydrogenase expressed in the heterocysts of the cyanobacterium Nostoc PCC 7120. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(13). 5775–5783. 31 indexed citations
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Tempel, Sébastien, et al.. (2016). Distribution of Hydrogenases in Cyanobacteria: A Phylum-Wide Genomic Survey. Frontiers in Genetics. 7. 223–223. 14 indexed citations
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Lemeille, Sylvain, Andrés González, Yann Denis, et al.. (2015). The Pkn22 Ser/Thr kinase in Nostoc PCC 7120: role of FurA and NtcA regulators and transcript profiling under nitrogen starvation and oxidative stress. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 557–557. 9 indexed citations
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Calteau, Alexandra, David P. Fewer, Amel Latifi, et al.. (2014). Phylum-wide comparative genomics unravel the diversity of secondary metabolism in Cyanobacteria. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 977–977. 117 indexed citations
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Vinella, Daniel, et al.. (2010). The alr2505 (osiS) gene from Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120 encodes a cysteine desulfurase induced by oxidative stress. FEBS Journal. 277(18). 3715–3725. 5 indexed citations
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Frangeul, Lionel, Philippe Quillardet, Jean François Humbert, et al.. (2008). Highly plastic genome of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806, a ubiquitous toxic freshwater cyanobacterium. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 274–274. 180 indexed citations
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Jeanjean, Robert, Amel Latifi, Hans C. P. Matthijs, & Michel Havaux. (2007). The PsaE subunit of photosystem I prevents light-induced formation of reduced oxygen species in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(3). 308–316. 34 indexed citations
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Latifi, Amel, et al.. (2006). PrxQ-A, a member of the peroxiredoxin Q family, plays a major role in defense against oxidative stress in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 42(3). 424–431. 37 indexed citations
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Lemeille, Sylvain, Johannes Geiselmann, & Amel Latifi. (2005). Crosstalk regulation among group 2- Sigma factors in Synechocystis PCC6803. BMC Microbiology. 5(1). 18–18. 20 indexed citations
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Chapon, Virginie, Mohammed Akrim, Amel Latifi, et al.. (1997). Regulation of the xcp secretion pathway by multiple quorum‐sensing modulons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology. 24(6). 1169–1178. 108 indexed citations
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Latifi, Amel, Maryline Foglino, Kan Tanaka, Paul Williams, & A. Lazdunski. (1996). A hierarchical quorum‐sensing cascade in Pseudomonas aeruginosa links the transcriptional activators LasR and RhIR (VsmR) to expression of the stationary‐phase sigma factor RpoS. Molecular Microbiology. 21(6). 1137–1146. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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