Daniel J. Wozniak

21.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
185 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Wozniak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Wozniak has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Genetics and 40 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Wozniak's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (136 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (58 papers) and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (39 papers). Daniel J. Wozniak is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (136 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (58 papers) and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (39 papers). Daniel J. Wozniak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Daniel J. Wozniak's co-authors include Matthew R. Parsek, Thomas R. Neu, Hans‐Curt Flemming, Christopher J. Jones, Z. Luyan, Dominique H. Limoli, Ethan E. Mann, Matthew S. Byrd, Haiping Lu and Dennis E. Ohman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Wozniak

181 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

The EPS Matrix: The “House of Biofilm Cells”

2007 1.3k citations Daniel J. Wozniak et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides in Biofilm Formation and Function

2015 686 citations Daniel J. Wozniak et al. profile →
Assembly and Development of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Matrix

2009 501 citations Z. Luyan, Matthew R. Parsek et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →
Pel is a cationic exopolysaccharide that cross-links extracellular DNA in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix

2015 461 citations Laura K. Jennings, Kelly M. Storek et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Pseudomonasbiofilm matrix composition and niche biology

2011 452 citations Daniel J. Wozniak et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →
The Pel and Psl polysaccharides provide Pseudomonas aeruginosa structural redundancy within the biofilm matrix

2011 436 citations Yasuhiko Irie, P. Lynne Howell et al. profile →
The Pel Polysaccharide Can Serve a Structural and Protective Role in the Biofilm Matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2011 413 citations Bradley R. Borlee, Daniel J. Wozniak et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →
Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the Host-Microbe Interface

2019 328 citations Sankalp Malhotra, Don Hayes et al. profile →
Role of Cardiac Macrophages on Cardiac Inflammation, Fibrosis and Tissue Repair

2020 260 citations Daniel J. Wozniak et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Wozniak United States	66	11.6k	2.8k	2.6k	2.6k	2.3k	185	16.0k
Tim Tolker‐Nielsen Denmark	72	14.6k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.2×	3.5k 1.3×	3.2k 1.4×	239	20.7k
Thomas Bjarnsholt Denmark	74	14.8k 1.3×	3.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	274	24.0k
Morten Hentzer Denmark	36	8.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	51	11.3k
Miguel Cámara United Kingdom	63	11.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	3.7k 1.4×	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	176	14.4k
Gerald B. Pier United States	83	12.1k 1.0×	4.1k 1.5×	2.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	341	22.3k
Oana Ciofu Denmark	52	8.1k 0.7×	3.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	122	12.8k
Leo Eberl Switzerland	84	12.6k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	3.5k 1.3×	3.6k 1.6×	254	21.2k
Ute Römling Sweden	64	9.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	3.8k 1.4×	4.2k 1.6×	2.5k 1.1×	174	15.3k
Pradeep K. Singh United States	43	6.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	67	11.2k
Peter Østrup Jensen Denmark	56	8.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	900 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	937 0.4×	167	12.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel J. Wozniak

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Daniel J. Wozniak's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Daniel J. Wozniak with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Daniel J. Wozniak more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel J. Wozniak

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Daniel J. Wozniak. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Daniel J. Wozniak. The network helps show where Daniel J. Wozniak may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel J. Wozniak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel J. Wozniak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel J. Wozniak 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 Daniel J. Wozniak. Daniel J. Wozniak is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Turner, Siobhán A., Karla M. Castro, Gregory B. Whitfield, et al.. (2025). Auto-aggregation in Streptococcus intermedius is driven by the Pel polysaccharide. mBio. 16(8). e0119625–e0119625.

Elgharably, Haytham, Jan Claesen, Naseer Sangwan, et al.. (2024). In vivo virulence of Staphylococcus aureus in native versus prosthetic left-sided valve endocarditis. JTCVS Open. 24. 156–169.

Malhotra, Sankalp, et al.. (2024). Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection and Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis: A Pilot Study With Lung Explants and a Novel Histopathology Scoring System. Lung. 202(5). 711–722.

Abbondante, Serena, Michaela Marshall, Justyna M. Dobruchowska, et al.. (2024). A biofilm-tropic Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage uses the exopolysaccharide Psl as receptor. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Wozniak, Daniel J., et al.. (2023). Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm exopolysaccharides: assembly, function, and degradation. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 47(6). 35 indexed citations

Rayner, Rachael E., Sun‐Hee Kim, Phylip Chen, et al.. (2023). Architecture and matrix assembly determinants of Bordetella pertussis biofilms on primary human airway epithelium. PLoS Pathogens. 19(2). e1011193–e1011193. 6 indexed citations

Whitfield, Gregory B., Courtney Reichhardt, Alexandra R. Willis, et al.. (2023). Glycoside hydrolase processing of the Pel polysaccharide alters biofilm biomechanics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 9(1). 7–7. 25 indexed citations

Gloag, Erin S., et al.. (2023). Extracellular DNA enhances biofilm integrity and mechanical properties of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology. 205(10). e0023823–e0023823. 6 indexed citations

Prarat, Melanie, Preeti Pancholi, Joan Miquel Balada-Llasat, et al.. (2022). Genomic Study on Blood Culture Isolates From Patients With Staphylococcus Infection-associated Glomerulonephritis. Kidney International Reports. 7(10). 2264–2278. 2 indexed citations

10.

Aoki, Kazuhiro, Bradley S. Turner, Sylvain Lehoux, et al.. (2022). Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(7). 762–773. 54 indexed citations

11.

O’Neal, Lindsey, et al.. (2022). The Sia System and c-di-GMP Play a Crucial Role in Controlling Cell-Association of Psl in Planktonic P. aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(12). e0033522–e0033522. 7 indexed citations

12.

Chen, Heng-Yi, Eric C. Johnson, Edahí González‐Avalos, et al.. (2022). Epigenetic remodeling by vitamin C potentiates plasma cell differentiation. eLife. 11. 17 indexed citations

13.

Jennings, Laura K., Courtney Reichhardt, Kelly M. Storek, et al.. (2021). Pseudomonas aeruginosa aggregates in cystic fibrosis sputum produce exopolysaccharides that likely impede current therapies. Cell Reports. 34(8). 108782–108782. 117 indexed citations

14.

Wozniak, Daniel J., et al.. (2017). Detection of endospore producing Bacillus species from commercial probiotics and their preliminary microbiological characterization. Journal of Environmental Biology. 38(6). 1435–1440. 10 indexed citations

15.

Baker, Perrin, Preston J. Hill, Brendan D. Snarr, et al.. (2016). Exopolysaccharide biosynthetic glycoside hydrolases can be utilized to disrupt and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Science Advances. 2(5). e1501632–e1501632. 220 indexed citations

16.

Armbruster, Catherine R., Daniel J. Wolter, Meenu Mishra, et al.. (2016). Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Mediates Interspecies Interactions at the Cell Surface of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. mBio. 7(3). 83 indexed citations

17.

Bhattacharya, Mohini, Daniel J. Wozniak, Paul Stoodley, & Luanne Hall‐Stoodley. (2015). Prevention and treatment ofStaphylococcus aureusbiofilms. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 13(12). 1499–1516. 211 indexed citations

18.

Wang, Shiwei, Xi Liu, Hongsheng Liu, et al.. (2014). The exopolysaccharide Psl–eDNA interaction enables the formation of a biofilm skeleton in P seudomonas aeruginosa. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 7(2). 330–340. 110 indexed citations

19.

Irie, Yasuhiko, Bradley R. Borlee, Jennifer R. O’Connor, et al.. (2012). Self-produced exopolysaccharide is a signal that stimulates biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(50). 20632–20636. 233 indexed citations

20.

Wozniak, Daniel J., Timna J.O. Wyckoff, Melissa Starkey, et al.. (2003). Alginate is not a significant component of the extracellular polysaccharide matrix of PA14 and PAO1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(13). 7907–7912. 352 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact