Gad Frankel

24.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
324 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Gad Frankel is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gad Frankel has authored 324 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 244 papers in Endocrinology, 137 papers in Infectious Diseases and 87 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gad Frankel's work include Escherichia coli research studies (219 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (119 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (73 papers). Gad Frankel is often cited by papers focused on Escherichia coli research studies (219 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (119 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (73 papers). Gad Frankel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Gad Frankel's co-authors include Gordon Dougan, Alan D. Phillips, Stuart Knutton, Valérie F. Crepin, Robert K. Shaw, Cédric N. Berger, Thomas T. MacDonald, Elizabeth L. Hartland, James B. Kaper and Siouxsie Wiles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gad Frankel

323 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fresh fruit and vegetables as vehicles for the transmission of human pathogens

2010 664 citations Cédric N. Berger, Robert K. Shaw et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
NLRP6 Inflammasome Orchestrates the Colonic Host-Microbial Interface by Regulating Goblet Cell Mucus Secretion

2014 566 citations Gad Frankel et al. profile →
Enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli : more subversive elements

1998 565 citations Gad Frankel, Alan D. Phillips et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →
Citrobacter rodentium: infection, inflammation and the microbiota

2014 376 citations Valérie F. Crepin, Gad Frankel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gad Frankel United Kingdom	74	11.7k	7.3k	5.0k	4.5k	3.8k	324	18.5k
James P. Nataro United States	74	17.8k 1.5×	12.2k 1.7×	4.2k 0.8×	6.4k 1.4×	3.7k 1.0×	216	23.8k
Michael S. Donnenberg United States	56	10.6k 0.9×	5.9k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	130	13.8k
Roy Curtiss United States	67	4.7k 0.4×	4.1k 0.6×	5.3k 1.1×	5.4k 1.2×	3.1k 0.8×	297	15.8k
Jörg Hacker Germany	73	7.8k 0.7×	4.0k 0.5×	8.4k 1.7×	2.7k 0.6×	3.7k 1.0×	252	18.7k
Helge Karch Germany	58	9.8k 0.8×	7.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.4×	3.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	204	13.2k
Vanessa Sperandio United States	55	6.2k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	7.5k 1.5×	3.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	138	13.9k
David W. Holden United Kingdom	72	5.5k 0.5×	3.3k 0.4×	5.1k 1.0×	5.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.6×	186	16.0k
Jorge E. Galán United States	91	11.4k 1.0×	4.8k 0.7×	8.3k 1.7×	10.4k 2.3×	6.6k 1.7×	190	28.6k
Chihiro Sasakawa Japan	78	6.9k 0.6×	4.2k 0.6×	7.2k 1.4×	1.9k 0.4×	4.3k 1.1×	233	18.9k
Renée M. Tsolis United States	71	4.9k 0.4×	3.9k 0.5×	6.5k 1.3×	6.9k 1.5×	1.7k 0.4×	173	17.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gad Frankel

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

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Wong, Joshua L. C., Sally L. Shirran, Carlos Balsalobre, et al.. (2025). Cryo-EM structure of the conjugation H-pilus reveals the cyclic nature of the TrhA pilin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(16). e2427228122–e2427228122. 1 indexed citations

David, Sophia, Joshua L. C. Wong, Jonathan Bradshaw, et al.. (2025). Cryo-EM structure and evolutionary history of the conjugation surface exclusion protein TraT. Nature Communications. 16(1). 659–659. 5 indexed citations

Wong, Joshua L. C., et al.. (2025). Toroidal displacement of Klebsiella pneumoniae by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a unique mechanism to avoid competition for iron. mBio. 16(7). e0114925–e0114925. 1 indexed citations

Wong, Joshua L. C., Sophia David, Julia Sanchez‐Garrido, et al.. (2022). Recurrent emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenem resistance mediated by an inhibitory ompK36 mRNA secondary structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(38). e2203593119–e2203593119. 26 indexed citations

Ruano‐Gallego, David, Julia Sanchez‐Garrido, Caroline Mullineaux-Sanders, et al.. (2021). Type III secretion system effectors form robust and flexible intracellular virulence networks. Science. 371(6534). 70 indexed citations

Sanchez‐Garrido, Julia, et al.. (2020). Vying for the control of inflammasomes: The cytosolic frontier of enteric bacterial pathogen–host interactions. Cellular Microbiology. 22(4). e13184–e13184. 19 indexed citations

McDowell, Melanie A., et al.. (2019). The S. Typhi effector StoD is an E3/E4 ubiquitin ligase which binds K48- and K63-linked diubiquitin. Life Science Alliance. 2(3). e201800272–e201800272. 10 indexed citations

Gómez-Valero, Laura, Christophe Rusniok, Danielle Carson, et al.. (2019). More than 18,000 effectors in the Legionella genus genome provide multiple, independent combinations for replication in human cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(6). 2265–2273. 151 indexed citations

Connolly, James P. R., Nicky O’Boyle, Robert Goldstone, et al.. (2018). Host-associated niche metabolism controls enteric infection through fine-tuning the regulation of type 3 secretion. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4187–4187. 45 indexed citations

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Portaliou, Athina G., Konstantinos C. Tsolis, Josep Rayó, et al.. (2017). Hierarchical protein targeting and secretion is controlled by an affinity switch in the type III secretion system of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. The EMBO Journal. 36(23). 3517–3531. 49 indexed citations

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Berger, Cédric N., et al.. (2011). Salmonella enterica strains belonging to O serogroup 1,3,19 induce chlorosis and wilting of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Environmental Microbiology. 13(5). 1299–1308. 30 indexed citations

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Shaw, Robert K., Cédric N. Berger, Mark J. Pallen, Åsa Sjöling, & Gad Frankel. (2010). Flagella mediate attachment of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli to fresh salad leaves. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 3(1). 112–117. 22 indexed citations

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Muyldermans, Serge, et al.. (2010). Direct Injection of Functional Single-Domain Antibodies from E. coli into Human Cells. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e15227–e15227. 46 indexed citations

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Vossenkämper, Anna, Olivier Marchès, Peter D. Fairclough, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of NF-κB Signaling in Human Dendritic Cells by the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Effector Protein NleE. The Journal of Immunology. 185(7). 4118–4127. 65 indexed citations

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Berger, Cédric N., Robert K. Shaw, Fernando Ruı́z-Pérez, et al.. (2009). Interaction of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli with salad leaves. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 1(4). 234–239. 31 indexed citations

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Arbeloa, Ana, James A. Garnett, James Lillington, et al.. (2009). EspM2 is a RhoA guanine nucleotide exchange factor. Cellular Microbiology. 12(5). 654–664. 46 indexed citations

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Tobe, Toru, Scott A. Beatson, Hisaaki Taniguchi, et al.. (2006). An extensive repertoire of type III secretion effectors in Escherichia coli O157 and the role of lambdoid phages in their dissemination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(40). 14941–14946. 362 indexed citations

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Mundy, Rosanna, Derek Pickard, Rebecca K. Wilson, et al.. (2003). Identification of a novel type IV pilus gene cluster required for gastrointestinal colonization of Citrobacter rodentium. Molecular Microbiology. 48(3). 795–809. 89 indexed citations

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Frankel, Gad, Alan Philips, Michaela Nováková, et al.. (1998). Generation of Escherichia coli intimin derivatives with differing biological activities using site‐directed mutagenesis of the intimin C‐terminus domain. Molecular Microbiology. 29(2). 559–570. 50 indexed citations

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Frankel, Gad, Alan D. Phillips, Jeannette Adu‐Bobie, et al.. (1996). Intimin-mediated adherence to epithelial cells. Revista de Microbiologia. 27. 99–103. 5 indexed citations

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