Gilles Brackman

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Gilles Brackman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilles Brackman has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Gilles Brackman's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (32 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (9 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (8 papers). Gilles Brackman is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (32 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (9 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (8 papers). Gilles Brackman collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Poland. Gilles Brackman's co-authors include Tom Coenye, Hans J. Nelis, Serge Van Calenbergh, Paul Cos, Louis Maes, Tom Defoirdt, Peter Bossier, Petra Rigole, Ulrik Hillaert and Carol M. Miyamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Gilles Brackman

47 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Quorum Sensing Inhibitors Increase the Susceptibility of ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 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. Quorum Sensing Inhibitors Increase the Susceptibility of Bacterial Biofilms to Antibiotics In Vitro and In Vivo
    2011 431 citations Gilles Brackman, Paul Cos et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gilles Brackman Belgium 29 2.1k 617 554 426 395 47 3.1k
Richard K. Phipps Denmark 21 2.3k 1.1× 439 0.7× 629 1.1× 351 0.8× 262 0.7× 30 3.5k
Saadia Andleeb Pakistan 26 1.5k 0.7× 732 1.2× 627 1.1× 357 0.8× 354 0.9× 75 3.5k
Kusum Harjai India 36 2.3k 1.1× 916 1.5× 1.2k 2.1× 518 1.2× 527 1.3× 179 4.5k
Morten Alhede Denmark 32 2.8k 1.4× 633 1.0× 756 1.4× 574 1.3× 247 0.6× 46 4.1k
Abdul N. Hamood United States 33 2.4k 1.2× 422 0.7× 907 1.6× 587 1.4× 238 0.6× 133 3.9k
Arumugam Veera Ravi India 37 2.2k 1.1× 428 0.7× 504 0.9× 473 1.1× 801 2.0× 99 4.0k
Vishvanath Tiwari India 28 1.7k 0.8× 421 0.7× 1.0k 1.8× 325 0.8× 345 0.9× 73 3.3k
Tim Holm Jakobsen Denmark 22 1.7k 0.8× 392 0.6× 543 1.0× 300 0.7× 207 0.5× 45 2.2k
Rodolfo García‐Contreras Mexico 33 2.2k 1.1× 390 0.6× 996 1.8× 622 1.5× 347 0.9× 97 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gilles Brackman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gilles Brackman

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

All Works

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Douglas, Timothy, Marco A. Lopez-Heredia, David Schaubroeck, et al.. (2019). Phenolic plant extract enrichment of enzymatically mineralized hydrogels. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Acker, Heleen Van, et al.. (2018). Elucidation of the mechanism behind the potentiating activity of baicalin against Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilms. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190533–e0190533. 19 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, et al.. (2017). Screening a repurposing library for potentiators of antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 49(3). 315–320. 23 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, et al.. (2016). Novel hamamelitannin analogues for the treatment of biofilm related MRSA infections–A scaffold hopping approach. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 127. 757–770. 28 indexed citations
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Scoffone, Viola Camilla, Laurent R. Chiarelli, Vadim Makarov, et al.. (2016). Discovery of new diketopiperazines inhibiting Burkholderia cenocepacia quorum sensing in vitro and in vivo. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 32487–32487. 44 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, Martijn Risseeuw, Paul Cos, et al.. (2016). Hamamelitannin Analogues that Modulate Quorum Sensing as Potentiators of Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus. Angewandte Chemie. 128(22). 6661–6665. 2 indexed citations
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Fuente‐Núñez, César de la, Fany Reffuveille, Sarah Mansour, et al.. (2015). D-Enantiomeric Peptides that Eradicate Wild-Type and Multidrug-Resistant Biofilms and Protect against Lethal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections. Chemistry & Biology. 22(2). 196–205. 258 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles & Tom Coenye. (2015). Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus spp.. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 21(16). 2101–2108. 23 indexed citations
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Fuente‐Núñez, César de la, Fany Reffuveille, Sarah Mansour, et al.. (2015). D-Enantiomeric Peptides that Eradicate Wild-Type and Multidrug-Resistant Biofilms and Protect against Lethal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections. Chemistry & Biology. 22(9). 1280–1282. 7 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, et al.. (2014). Inactivation of Biofilms Using a Low Power Atmospheric Pressure Argon Plasma Jet; the Role of Entrained Nitrogen. Plasma Processes and Polymers. 12(1). 75–81. 32 indexed citations
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Defoirdt, Tom, Gilles Brackman, & Tom Coenye. (2013). Quorum sensing inhibitors: how strong is the evidence?. Trends in Microbiology. 21(12). 619–624. 129 indexed citations
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Defoirdt, Tom, Tore Benneche, Gilles Brackman, et al.. (2012). A Quorum Sensing-Disrupting Brominated Thiophenone with a Promising Therapeutic Potential to Treat Luminescent Vibriosis. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41788–e41788. 41 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, Ulrik Hillaert, Serge Van Calenbergh, et al.. (2011). Structure-Activity Relationship of Cinnamaldehyde Analogs as Inhibitors of AI-2 Based Quorum Sensing and Their Effect on Virulence of Vibrio spp. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16084–e16084. 102 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, et al.. (2011). Isolation and identification of quorum quenching bacteria from environmental samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 87(2). 213–219. 69 indexed citations
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Bucio, Emilio, et al.. (2011). Biofilm inhibition and drug-eluting properties of novel DMAEMA-modified polyethylene and silicone rubber surfaces. Biofouling. 27(2). 123–135. 33 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, Ulrik Hillaert, Serge Van Calenbergh, Hans J. Nelis, & Tom Coenye. (2009). Use of quorum sensing inhibitors to interfere with biofilm formation and development in Burkholderia multivorans and Burkholderia cenocepacia. Research in Microbiology. 160(2). 144–151. 114 indexed citations
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Brackman, Gilles, Tom Defoirdt, Carol M. Miyamoto, et al.. (2008). Cinnamaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde derivatives reduce virulence in Vibrio spp. by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the quorum sensing response regulator LuxR. BMC Microbiology. 8(1). 149–149. 244 indexed citations

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