Malcolm E. Winkler

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Malcolm E. Winkler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm E. Winkler has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Epidemiology and 49 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Malcolm E. Winkler's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (48 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (47 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (45 papers). Malcolm E. Winkler is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (48 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (47 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (45 papers). Malcolm E. Winkler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Malcolm E. Winkler's co-authors include Ho‐Ching Tiffany Tsui, Krystyna M. Kazmierczak, Wai‐Leung Ng, Genshi Zhao, Lok‐To Sham, Gang Feng, Hon‐Chiu Eastwood Leung, Kyle J. Wayne, Brenda A. Wilson and Dixie D. Whitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm E. Winkler

139 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell
    2010 509 citations Robert J. Nichols, Śaunak Sen et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Malcolm E. Winkler United States 56 4.6k 2.7k 1.7k 1.1k 902 140 8.0k
Dominique Mengin‐Lecreulx France 59 5.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.1× 813 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 167 10.1k
Philippe Glaser France 60 5.5k 1.2× 2.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.5× 727 0.8× 180 12.6k
Thierry Vernet France 48 4.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 1.7k 1.0× 566 0.5× 318 0.4× 160 7.9k
Dominique Missiakas United States 62 7.8k 1.7× 3.0k 1.1× 945 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 855 0.9× 179 12.3k
Alexandra Gruss France 56 5.2k 1.1× 2.5k 0.9× 525 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 247 0.3× 128 8.7k
Jörg Stülke Germany 64 7.9k 1.7× 5.4k 2.0× 721 0.4× 2.7k 2.5× 2.2k 2.4× 193 11.7k
Laurence Van Melderen Belgium 44 3.0k 0.7× 3.0k 1.1× 474 0.3× 2.1k 1.9× 334 0.4× 92 6.3k
Thomas G. Bernhardt United States 50 4.6k 1.0× 4.6k 1.7× 571 0.3× 2.5k 2.3× 604 0.7× 108 7.8k
Joanna B. Goldberg United States 54 5.2k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 151 0.2× 210 9.5k
Jean‐Marie Ghuysen Belgium 46 4.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 740 0.7× 710 0.8× 184 7.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malcolm E. Winkler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burnier, John P., Clément Gallay, Kevin E. Bruce, et al.. (2025). Pneumococcal S protein coordinates cell wall modification and repair to resist host antimicrobials. Nature Microbiology. 11(1). 282–300. 1 indexed citations
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Rush, Jeffrey S., Catherine T. Chaton, Ho‐Ching Tiffany Tsui, et al.. (2025). Glycosylation of serine/threonine-rich intrinsically disordered regions of membrane-associated proteins in streptococci. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4011–4011. 2 indexed citations
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Perez, Amilcar J., Kevin E. Bruce, Julia E. Page, et al.. (2024). Elongasome core proteins and class A PBP1a display zonal, processive movement at the midcell of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(25). e2401831121–e2401831121. 6 indexed citations
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McQuillen, Ryan, Amilcar J. Perez, Xinxing Yang, et al.. (2024). Light-dependent modulation of protein localization and function in living bacteria cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10746–10746. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Guangxin, Ho‐Ching Tiffany Tsui, Jingjing Sun, et al.. (2024). Alternate routes to mnm 5 s 2 U synthesis in Gram-positive bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(4). e0045223–e0045223. 3 indexed citations
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Manzoor, Irfan, Mattia Benedet, Zhongqing Ren, et al.. (2022). Roles of RodZ and class A PBP1b in the assembly and regulation of the peripheral peptidoglycan elongasome in ovoid‐shaped cells of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. Molecular Microbiology. 118(4). 336–368. 10 indexed citations
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Winkler, Malcolm E., et al.. (2021). Pivotal Roles for Ribonucleases in Streptococcus pneumoniae Pathogenesis. mBio. 12(5). e0238521–e0238521. 6 indexed citations
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Taguchi, Atsushi, Julia E. Page, Ho‐Ching Tiffany Tsui, Malcolm E. Winkler, & Suzanne Walker. (2021). Biochemical reconstitution defines new functions for membrane-bound glycosidases in assembly of the bacterial cell wall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(36). 26 indexed citations
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McCausland, Joshua W., Xinxing Yang, Georgia R. Squyres, et al.. (2021). Treadmilling FtsZ polymers drive the directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism. Nature Communications. 12(1). 609–609. 49 indexed citations
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Perez, Amilcar J., Michael J. Boersma, Kevin E. Bruce, et al.. (2020). Organization of peptidoglycan synthesis in nodes and separate rings at different stages of cell division of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Molecular Microbiology. 115(6). 1152–1169. 24 indexed citations
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Rued, Britta E., Martín Alcorlo, Katherine A. Edmonds, et al.. (2019). Structure of the Large Extracellular Loop of FtsX and Its Interaction with the Essential Peptidoglycan Hydrolase PcsB in Streptococcus pneumoniae. mBio. 10(1). 28 indexed citations
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Perez, Amilcar J., Yann Cesbron, Sidney L. Shaw, et al.. (2019). Movement dynamics of divisome proteins and PBP2x:FtsW in cells of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(8). 3211–3220. 88 indexed citations
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Cleverley, Robert M., Jeanine Rismondo, Ho‐Ching Tiffany Tsui, et al.. (2019). The cell cycle regulator GpsB functions as cytosolic adaptor for multiple cell wall enzymes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 261–261. 57 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jia-Qi, et al.. (2016). Physiological Roles of the Dual Phosphate Transporter Systems in Low and High Phosphate Conditions and in Capsule Maintenance of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 6. 63–63. 28 indexed citations
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Sham, Lok‐To, Skye M. Barendt, Kimberly Kopecky, & Malcolm E. Winkler. (2011). Essential PcsB putative peptidoglycan hydrolase interacts with the essential FtsX Spn cell division protein in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(45). E1061–9. 120 indexed citations
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Nichols, Robert J., Śaunak Sen, Pedro Beltrão, et al.. (2010). Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell. Cell. 144(1). 143–156. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiu, Su, Daniel Schuppli, Ho‐Ching Tiffany Tsui, Malcolm E. Winkler, & Hans Weber. (1997). Strongly Reduced Phage Qβ Replication, but Normal Phage MS2 Replication in anEscherichia coliK12 Mutant with Inactivated Qβ Host Factor (hfq) Gene. Virology. 227(1). 211–214. 21 indexed citations
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