Jost Wingender

24.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
74 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Jost Wingender is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jost Wingender has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jost Wingender's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (40 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (13 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers). Jost Wingender is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (40 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (13 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers). Jost Wingender collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Singapore and United States. Jost Wingender's co-authors include Hans‐Curt Flemming, Ulrich Szewzyk, Peter D. Steinberg, Staffan Kjelleberg, Stuart A. Rice, Thomas R. Neu, Martin Strathmann, W. Borchard, Karl‐Erich Jaeger and Paul Stoodley and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Jost Wingender

71 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

The biofilm matrix 1999 2026 2008 2017 2010 2016 2001 1999 2022 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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.

  1. The biofilm matrix
    2010 7.3k citations Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  2. Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life
    2016 4.1k citations Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  3. Relevance of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) - Part I: Structural and ecological aspects
    2001 632 citations Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender profile →
  4. Microbial extracellular polymeric substances : characterization, structure, and function
    1999 579 citations Jost Wingender, Thomas R. Neu et al. profile →
  5. The biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space
    2022 498 citations Hans‐Curt Flemming, Eric D. van Hullebusch et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  6. Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and medicine
    2024 99 citations Hans‐Curt Flemming, Eric D. van Hullebusch et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jost Wingender 8.8k 2.7k 2.7k 2.6k 2.0k 74 17.7k
Hans‐Curt Flemming 10.8k 1.2× 4.2k 1.5× 4.1k 1.5× 3.4k 1.3× 3.2k 1.6× 114 24.3k
J. W. Costerton 14.8k 1.7× 2.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 3.5k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 237 28.6k
Zbigniew Lewandowski 5.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 159 12.8k
Terry J. Beveridge 7.9k 0.9× 3.4k 1.2× 1.8k 0.7× 3.5k 1.3× 2.1k 1.0× 225 21.9k
Paul Stoodley 16.0k 1.8× 4.5k 1.6× 1.6k 0.6× 3.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 262 29.5k
Manuel Simões 6.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 853 0.3× 1.5k 0.8× 306 17.2k
Ulrich Szewzyk 3.9k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 113 10.4k
Philip S. Stewart 22.6k 2.6× 4.9k 1.8× 2.0k 0.8× 3.7k 1.4× 2.2k 1.1× 222 37.6k
Thomas R. Neu 4.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 3.4k 1.3× 2.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 196 12.1k
Staffan Kjelleberg 20.3k 2.3× 3.1k 1.1× 3.4k 1.3× 10.9k 4.2× 2.3k 1.1× 395 39.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jost Wingender

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All Works

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Flemming, Hans‐Curt, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Brenda J. Little, et al.. (2024). Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and medicine. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 23(2). 87–105. 99 indexed citations breakdown →
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Flemming, Hans‐Curt, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Thomas R. Neu, et al.. (2022). The biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(2). 70–86. 498 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benninghoff, Jens, Xiaoxiao Zhou, Andreas Albersmeier, et al.. (2021). Exposure to 1-Butanol Exemplifies the Response of the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius to Solvent Stress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(11). 11 indexed citations
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Wingender, Jost, et al.. (2020). Analysis of volatile metabolites from in vitro biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with thin-film microextraction by thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 412(12). 2881–2892. 12 indexed citations
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Nocker, Andreas, et al.. (2018). Assessment of UV-C-induced water disinfection by differential PCR-based quantification of bacterial DNA damage. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 149. 89–95. 15 indexed citations
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Strathmann, Martin, et al.. (2016). The River Ruhr – an urban river under particular interest for recreational use and as a raw water source for drinking water: The collaborative research project “Safe Ruhr” – microbiological aspects. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 219(7). 643–661. 26 indexed citations
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Wingender, Jost, et al.. (2014). Mikrobiologische Trinkwasserqualität in der Wasserverteilung bei veränderten Temperaturen aufgrund des Klimawandels.
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Wingender, Jost & Hans‐Curt Flemming. (2011). Biofilms in drinking water and their role as reservoir for pathogens. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 214(6). 417–423. 429 indexed citations
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Richard, Jessica, et al.. (2011). Influence of copper ions on the viability and cytotoxicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa under conditions relevant to drinking water environments. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 214(6). 485–492. 75 indexed citations
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Tielen, Petra, Frank Rosenau, Susanne Wilhelm, et al.. (2010). Extracellular enzymes affect biofilm formation of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology. 156(7). 2239–2252. 102 indexed citations
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Tielen, Petra, Martin Strathmann, Karl‐Erich Jaeger, Hans‐Curt Flemming, & Jost Wingender. (2005). Alginate acetylation influences initial surface colonization by mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiological Research. 160(2). 165–176. 79 indexed citations
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Strathmann, Martin & Jost Wingender. (2004). Use of an oxonol dye in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy to monitor damage to Staphylococcus aureus cells during colonisation of silver-coated vascular grafts. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 24(3). 234–240. 45 indexed citations
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Flemming, Hans‐Curt & Jost Wingender. (2002). Was Biofilme zusammenhält: Proteine, Polysaccharide ... Chemie in unserer Zeit. 36(1). 30–42. 28 indexed citations
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Wingender, Jost, et al.. (2002). Monomer composition and sequence of alginates from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 30(2). 105–111. 68 indexed citations
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Wingender, Jost, et al.. (2001). [25] Isolation and biochemical characterization of extracellular polymeric substances from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 336. 302–314. 129 indexed citations
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Körstgens, Volker, Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender, & W. Borchard. (2001). Uniaxial compression measurement device for investigation of the mechanical stability of biofilms. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 46(1). 9–17. 135 indexed citations
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Wingender, Jost, et al.. (1995). Characterization of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from technical water systems. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 79(1). 94–102. 57 indexed citations
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Lange, B. Markus, Jost Wingender, & U. Winkler. (1989). Isolation and characterization of an alginate lyase from Klebsiella aerogenes. Archives of Microbiology. 152(3). 302–308. 41 indexed citations
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Wingender, Jost. (1984). A novel biological function of alginate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its mucoid mutants: stimulation of exolipase. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 21(1). 63–69. 2 indexed citations

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