David Summers

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

David Summers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, David Summers has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in David Summers's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers), Architecture and Art History Studies (11 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (11 papers). David Summers is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers), Architecture and Art History Studies (11 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (11 papers). David Summers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Saudi Arabia. David Summers's co-authors include David J. Sherratt, Ulrich F. Keyser, Gabriel A. Monteiro, Filipe J. Mergulhão, Catalin Chimerel, Edward C. Emery, Frank Reimann, Fiona M. Gribble, Helen Withers and Christopher M. Field and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

David Summers

79 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial Metabolite Indole Modulates Incretin Secretion ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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. Bacterial Metabolite Indole Modulates Incretin Secretion from Intestinal Enteroendocrine L Cells
    2014 429 citations Catalin Chimerel, Edward C. Emery et al. Cell Reports profile →

Peers

David Summers
Steven E. Finkel United States
Barry R. Bochner United States
Michiko Nakano Japan
Michael J. Benedik United States
Felipe Moreno Spain
Nicholas Noinaj United States
Mark A. McIntosh United States
Kirsten Jung Germany
Kazushi Suzuki Japan
George B. Spiegelman Canada
Steven E. Finkel United States
David Summers
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Countries citing papers authored by David Summers

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Summers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Summers. 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 David Summers. The network helps show where David Summers may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Summers

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

All Works

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Smith, Ashley, Jehangir Cama, Brandon M. Invergo, et al.. (2021). Persister Escherichia coli Cells Have a Lower Intracellular pH than Susceptible Cells but Maintain Their pH in Response to Antibiotic Treatment. mBio. 12(4). e0090921–e0090921. 58 indexed citations
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Liu, Junyan, et al.. (2020). Local and Universal Action: The Paradoxes of Indole Signalling in Bacteria. Trends in Microbiology. 28(7). 566–577. 68 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jinbo, et al.. (2019). Indole Pulse Signalling Regulates the Cytoplasmic pH of E. coli in a Memory-Like Manner. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3868–3868. 30 indexed citations
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Hawken, Emily R., et al.. (2016). The manic phase of Bipolar disorder significantly impairs theory of mind decoding. Psychiatry Research. 239. 275–280. 10 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Krishna Jyoti, et al.. (2015). Indole generates quiescent and metabolically active Escherichia coli cultures. Biotechnology Journal. 10(4). 636–646. 10 indexed citations
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Chimerel, Catalin, Edward C. Emery, David Summers, et al.. (2014). Bacterial Metabolite Indole Modulates Incretin Secretion from Intestinal Enteroendocrine L Cells. Cell Reports. 9(4). 1202–1208. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chimerel, Catalin, Andrew J. Murray, Enno R. Oldewurtel, David Summers, & Ulrich F. Keyser. (2013). The Effect of Bacterial Signal Indole on the Electrical Properties of Lipid Membranes. ChemPhysChem. 14(2). 417–423. 29 indexed citations
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Chimerel, Catalin, et al.. (2012). Indole prevents Escherichia coli cell division by modulating membrane potential. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1818(7). 1590–1594. 131 indexed citations
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Chimerel, Catalin, et al.. (2011). Indole Transport across Escherichia coli Membranes. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(8). 1793–1798. 85 indexed citations
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Rozhon, Wilfried, Elena Petutschnig, Mamoona Khan, David Summers, & Brigitte Poppenberger. (2010). Frequency and diversity of small cryptic plasmids in the genus Rahnella. BMC Microbiology. 10(1). 56–56. 22 indexed citations
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Summers, David. (2009). Art History Reviewed II: Heinrich Wölfflin's 'Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe', 1915. Burlington magazine/˜The œBurlington magazine. 151(1276). 476–479. 4 indexed citations
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Summers, David, et al.. (2008). The Use of Hypnotherapy with School-Age Children:. Psychotherapy in Private Practice. 1 indexed citations
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Summers, David. (2007). Michelangelo's "Battle of Cascina", Pomponius Gauricus, and the Invention of a "Gran Maniera" in Italian Painting. 165–176. 1 indexed citations
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Summers, David, et al.. (2006). Indole signalling contributes to the stable maintenance of Escherichia coli multicopy plasmids. Molecular Microbiology. 63(1). 35–43. 139 indexed citations
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Summers, David. (1998). Timing, self‐control and a sense of direction are the secrets of multicopy plasmid stability. Molecular Microbiology. 29(5). 1137–1145. 105 indexed citations
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Viney, I.V.F., et al.. (1996). Accessory proteins impose site selectivity during ColE1 dimer resolution. Molecular Microbiology. 20(3). 613–620. 26 indexed citations
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Summers, David. (1991). The kinetics of plasmid loss. Trends in biotechnology. 9(1). 273–278. 147 indexed citations
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Summers, David & Helen Withers. (1990). Electrotransfer: direct transfer of bacterial plasmid DNA by electroporataon. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(8). 2192–2192. 18 indexed citations
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Summers, David. (1989). Derivatives of ColE1 cer show altered topological specificity in site-specific recombination.. The EMBO Journal. 8(1). 309–315. 48 indexed citations

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