David Gerlach

543 total citations
12 papers, 350 citations indexed

About

David Gerlach is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, David Gerlach has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 350 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in David Gerlach's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (3 papers). David Gerlach is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (3 papers). David Gerlach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. David Gerlach's co-authors include Christiane Wolz, Andreas Peschel, Guoqing Xia, Hanne Ingmer, Jesper Larsen, Thilo Stehle, Jeroen D. C. Codée, Sara Ali, Cristina De Castro and Antonio Molinaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David Gerlach

11 papers receiving 344 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Gerlach Germany 7 177 136 135 92 39 12 350
Michael Wetter United Kingdom 10 187 1.1× 144 1.1× 84 0.6× 44 0.5× 37 0.9× 10 354
Shilpa Elizabeth George Germany 12 287 1.6× 121 0.9× 211 1.6× 83 0.9× 85 2.2× 17 459
Victor Van Puyenbroeck Belgium 6 235 1.3× 264 1.9× 44 0.3× 90 1.0× 79 2.0× 6 429
Bharathi Sriram India 10 141 0.8× 256 1.9× 87 0.6× 131 1.4× 41 1.1× 13 352
Sarah Rundell United States 8 168 0.9× 74 0.5× 94 0.7× 104 1.1× 59 1.5× 12 383
Bartłomiej Salamaga United Kingdom 8 149 0.8× 63 0.5× 121 0.9× 46 0.5× 72 1.8× 12 312
Joel A. Cain Australia 9 230 1.3× 79 0.6× 61 0.5× 40 0.4× 36 0.9× 14 370
Frédéric Peyrusson Belgium 8 227 1.3× 36 0.3× 143 1.1× 76 0.8× 65 1.7× 12 425
Agnieszka Gozdek Poland 10 168 0.9× 162 1.2× 71 0.5× 89 1.0× 26 0.7× 13 327
Noemí Bustamante Spain 8 144 0.8× 263 1.9× 38 0.3× 111 1.2× 61 1.6× 11 385

Countries citing papers authored by David Gerlach

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Gerlach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Gerlach

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

All Works

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Beck, Christian, David Gerlach, Christoph Mayer, et al.. (2025). Characterization and host range prediction of Staphylococcus aureus phages through receptor-binding protein analysis. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115369–115369. 6 indexed citations
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Gerlach, David, et al.. (2024). Nasal commensals reduce Staphylococcus aureus proliferation by restricting siderophore availability. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 11 indexed citations
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Gerlach, David, Raphael N. Sieber, Jesper Larsen, et al.. (2022). Horizontal transfer and phylogenetic distribution of the immune evasion factor tarP. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 951333–951333. 5 indexed citations
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Gerlach, David, et al.. (2022). Influence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain Background on Sa3int Phage Life Cycle Switches. Viruses. 14(11). 2471–2471. 6 indexed citations
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Dalen, Rob van, Sara Ali, David Gerlach, et al.. (2021). Impact of Glycan Linkage to Staphylococcus aureus Wall Teichoic Acid on Langerin Recognition and Langerhans Cell Activation. ACS Infectious Diseases. 7(3). 624–635. 26 indexed citations
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Ingmer, Hanne, David Gerlach, & Christiane Wolz. (2019). Temperate Phages of Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology Spectrum. 7(5). 51 indexed citations
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Dalen, Rob van, David Gerlach, Guoqing Xia, et al.. (2019). The C‐type lectin receptor MGL sensesN‐acetylgalactosamine on the uniqueStaphylococcus aureusST395 wall teichoic acid. Cellular Microbiology. 21(10). e13072–e13072. 26 indexed citations
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Gerlach, David, Cristina De Castro, Sun-Hwa Kim, et al.. (2018). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus alters cell wall glycosylation to evade immunity. Nature. 563(7733). 705–709. 132 indexed citations
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Li, Xuehua, David Gerlach, Xin Du, et al.. (2015). An accessory wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase protects Staphylococcus aureus from the lytic activity of Podoviridae. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17219–17219. 66 indexed citations
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Prokop, O, et al.. (1979). [Further investigations concerning the reaction between haptoglobin and T4-antigen-carrying streptocci (author's transl)].. PubMed. 244(2-3). 202–9. 1 indexed citations

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