Jörg Hacker

24.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
252 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

Jörg Hacker is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg Hacker has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Endocrinology, 99 papers in Molecular Biology and 75 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jörg Hacker's work include Escherichia coli research studies (129 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (62 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (38 papers). Jörg Hacker is often cited by papers focused on Escherichia coli research studies (129 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (62 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (38 papers). Jörg Hacker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Hungary and France. Jörg Hacker's co-authors include Ulrich Dobrindt, Ute Hentschel, James B. Kaper, Michael Steinert, Gabriele Blum–Oehler, Élisabeth Carniel, Werner Goebel, Wilma Ziebuhr, H. Tschäpe and Inge Mühldorfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Jörg Hacker

250 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Microbes

2000 934 citations Jörg Hacker, James B. Kaper profile →
Escherichia coli Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Eukaryotic Cells

2006 850 citations Jean‐Philippe Nougayrède, Stefan Homburg et al. Science profile →
Pathogenicity islands of virulent bacteria: structure, function and impact on microbial evolution

1997 848 citations Jörg Hacker, Gabriele Blum–Oehler et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →
Genomic islands in pathogenic and environmental microorganisms

2004 826 citations Ulrich Dobrindt, Bianca Hochhut et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Molecular Evidence for a Uniform Microbial Community in Sponges from Different Oceans

2002 550 citations Ute Hentschel, Jörg Hacker et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jörg Hacker

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	E. coli as an All-Rounder: The Thin Line Between Commensalism and Pathogenicity 2013 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Andreas Leimbach, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt	242
2	Host Imprints on Bacterial Genomes—Rapid, Divergent Evolution in Individual Patients 2010 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Jaroslaw Zdziarski, Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Björn Wullt, Heiko Liesegang, Dvora Biran, Birgit Voigt, (unknown), Bryndís Ragnarsdóttir, Michael Hecker, Eliora Z. Ron, Rolf Daniel, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jörg Hacker, Catharina Svanborg, Ulrich Dobrindt	106
3	High-throughput microarray technology in diagnostics of enterobacteria based on genome-wide probe selection and regression analysis 2010 ·BMC Genomics ·Torben Friedrich, Sven Rahmann, Wilfried Weigel, Wolfgang Rabsch, Angelika Fruth, Eliora Z. Ron, Florian Gunzer, Thomas Dandekar, Jörg Hacker, Tobias Müller, Ulrich Dobrindt	13
4	Pathogenomic comparison of human extraintestinal and avian pathogenic Escherichia coli – Search for factors involved in host specificity or zoonotic potential 2010 ·Microbial Pathogenesis ·(unknown), Pierre Germon, Annie Brée, Éric Oswald, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt	49
5	Differential effects and interactions of endogenous and horizontally acquired H‐NS‐like proteins in pathogenic Escherichia coli 2009 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Claudia Müller, György Schneider, Ulrich Dobrindt, Levente Emödy, Jörg Hacker, Bernt Eric Uhlin	38
6	Genomic fluidity and pathogenic bacteria: applications in diagnostics, epidemiology and intervention 2008 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Niyaz Ahmed, Ulrich Dobrindt, Jörg Hacker, Seyed E. Hasnain	131
7	Understanding the physiology and adaptation of staphylococci: A post-genomic approach 2007 ·International Journal of Medical Microbiology ·Karsten Becker, Gabriele Bierbaum, Christof von Eiff, Susanne Engelmann, Friedrich Götz, Jörg Hacker, Michael Hecker, Georg Peters, Ralf Rosenstein, Wilma Ziebuhr	32
8	How to become a uropathogen: Comparative genomic analysis of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Holger Brüggemann, Heiko Liesegang, (unknown), Tobias Ölschläger, Gábor Nagy, Kaj Albermann, Christian Wagner, Carmen Buchrieser, Levente Emödy, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt	274
9	Escherichia coli Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Eukaryotic Cells breakdown → 2006 ·Science ·Jean‐Philippe Nougayrède, Stefan Homburg, Frédéric Taïeb, Michèle Boury, Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Gerhard Gottschalk, Carmen Buchrieser, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt, Éric Oswald	850
10	Both α-haemolysin determinants contribute to full virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 2006 ·Microbes and Infection ·Gábor Nagy, (unknown), Oliver Knapp, Elke Maier, Ulrich Dobrindt, Gabriele Blum–Oehler, Roland Benz, Levente Emödy, Jörg Hacker	36
11	Genomic islands in pathogenic and environmental microorganisms breakdown → 2004 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Ulrich Dobrindt, Bianca Hochhut, Ute Hentschel, Jörg Hacker	826
12	Impact of antibiotics on conjugational resistance gene transfer in Staphylococcus aureus in sewage 2003 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Knut Ohlsen, Thomas A. Ternes, Guido Werner, (unknown), Dirk Löffler, Wilma Ziebuhr, Wolfgang Witte, Jörg Hacker	94
13	Genome Structure of Pathogenic Fungi 2002 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·(unknown), (unknown), Jörg Hacker	38
14	Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes 2002 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Jörg Hacker, James B. Kaper	39
15	Genomic structure and evolution of Legionella species. 2002 ·PubMed ·Klaus Heuner, Michael Steinert, R. Marre, Jörg Hacker	8
16	Functional analysis of a vacuolar ABC transporter in wild‐type Candida albicans reveals its involvement in virulence 2002 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), Marianne Kretschmar, Thomas Nichterlein, Herbert Hof, Nina Agabian, Jörg Hacker, Gerwald A. Köhler	51
17	Crystal structure of Mip, a prolylisomerase from Legionella pneumophila. 2001 ·Nature Structural Biology ·Alan Riboldi‐Tunnicliffe, Bettina König, S. M. Jessen, M.S. Weiss, (unknown), Jörg Hacker, Gunter Fischer, Rolf Hilgenfeld	92
18	Properties ofEscherichia coli strains of serotype O6 1995 ·Infection ·Gabriele Blum, Jörg Hacker, R. Marre	69
19	Binding of Cloned S-Fimbriated E. coli to Human Buccal Epithelial Cells — Different Inhibition of Binding by Neonatal Saliva and Adult Saliva Binding of Cloned S 1991 ·Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie ·Horst Schroten, (unknown), (unknown), F G Hanisch, Jörg Hacker, G. Uhlenbruck, V. Wahn	3
20	Nucleotide sequence of the genes coding for minor fimbrial subunits of the F1C fimbriae of Escherichia coli 1991 ·Research in Microbiology ·Irma van Die, C Krämer, Jörg Hacker, Hans Bergmans, W.M.F. Jongen, W. P. M. Hoekstra	17

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