Meera Unnikrishnan

6.1k total citations
35 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Meera Unnikrishnan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Meera Unnikrishnan has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Infectious Diseases, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Meera Unnikrishnan's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (14 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (7 papers). Meera Unnikrishnan is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (14 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (7 papers). Meera Unnikrishnan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Meera Unnikrishnan's co-authors include Eric J. Rubin, Shiranee Sriskandan, Jonathan Cohen, Davide Serruto, Tatos Akopian, Olga Kandror, Alfred L. Goldberg, Ravikiran M. Raju, Thomas Krausz and Maria Scarselli and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Meera Unnikrishnan

33 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Meera Unnikrishnan United Kingdom 22 926 688 401 296 172 35 1.7k
Kyra Chua Australia 22 995 1.1× 699 1.0× 259 0.6× 153 0.5× 137 0.8× 68 2.0k
Thomas P. Kohler Germany 18 524 0.6× 712 1.0× 318 0.8× 216 0.7× 197 1.1× 45 1.5k
Felice Lin United States 7 1.3k 1.4× 929 1.4× 171 0.4× 305 1.0× 92 0.5× 12 1.7k
Oana Dumitrescu France 25 1.5k 1.6× 732 1.1× 616 1.5× 391 1.3× 153 0.9× 89 2.0k
Wilmara Salgado‐Pabón United States 25 1.0k 1.1× 735 1.1× 246 0.6× 198 0.7× 402 2.3× 34 1.8k
Jason H. Chen United States 8 1.3k 1.4× 930 1.4× 187 0.5× 310 1.0× 92 0.5× 8 1.7k
Diane M. Welty United States 8 930 1.0× 575 0.8× 779 1.9× 385 1.3× 219 1.3× 8 1.9k
Ronan K. Carroll United States 27 657 0.7× 898 1.3× 205 0.5× 352 1.2× 98 0.6× 61 1.8k
Sarah L. Baines Australia 22 723 0.8× 585 0.9× 222 0.6× 143 0.5× 90 0.5× 51 1.5k
Kati Seidl Switzerland 19 934 1.0× 832 1.2× 188 0.5× 130 0.4× 69 0.4× 34 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Meera Unnikrishnan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meera Unnikrishnan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meera Unnikrishnan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sadati, S. Muhammad Bagher, Marcus J. Swann, Rui Chen, et al.. (2025). Smart antimicrobial wound dressings based on mechanically and biologically tuneable hybrid films. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 14(1). 354–371.
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Frost, Lucy R., et al.. (2023). Dual RNA-seq identifies genes and pathways modulated during Clostridioides difficile colonization. mSystems. 8(5). e0055523–e0055523. 2 indexed citations
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Unnikrishnan, Meera, et al.. (2023). Identification of genetic variants by whole genome sequencing in Ankamali pigs of Kerala. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 54(2).
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Frost, Lucy R., Jeffrey K. J. Cheng, & Meera Unnikrishnan. (2021). Clostridioides difficile biofilms: A mechanism of persistence in the gut?. PLoS Pathogens. 17(3). e1009348–e1009348. 37 indexed citations
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Unnikrishnan, Meera, et al.. (2020). Evasion of host defenses by intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. Advances in applied microbiology. 112. 105–141. 52 indexed citations
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Tchoupa, Arnaud Kengmo, Kate E. Watkins, Agnès Kuroki, et al.. (2020). The type VII secretion system protects Staphylococcus aureus against antimicrobial host fatty acids. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14838–14838. 28 indexed citations
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Kuroki, Agnès, Arnaud Kengmo Tchoupa, Matthias Hartlieb, et al.. (2019). Targeting intracellular, multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus with guanidinium polymers by elucidating the structure-activity relationship. Biomaterials. 217. 119249–119249. 60 indexed citations
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Frost, Lucy R., et al.. (2019). Clostridioides difficile LuxS mediates inter-bacterial interactions within biofilms. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9903–9903. 50 indexed citations
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Rohn, Jennifer, Serge Mostowy, Jason King, Meera Unnikrishnan, & Maximiliano G. Gutiérrez. (2019). The UK cellular microbiology network: Exploring the host‐bacterial interface. Cellular Microbiology. 21(9). e13081–e13081. 1 indexed citations
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Unnikrishnan, Meera, Chrystala Constantinidou, Tracy Palmer, & Mark J. Pallen. (2016). The Enigmatic Esx Proteins: Looking Beyond Mycobacteria. Trends in Microbiology. 25(3). 192–204. 76 indexed citations
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Scarlato, Vincenzo, et al.. (2014). Biofilm formation by the anaerobic pathogen Clostridium difficile. 1 indexed citations
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Biagini, Massimiliano, Manuele Martinelli, Rosanna Leuzzi, et al.. (2013). Identification of a Novel Zinc Metalloprotease through a Global Analysis of Clostridium difficile Extracellular Proteins. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e81306–e81306. 53 indexed citations
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Raju, Ravikiran M., Meera Unnikrishnan, Daniel H. F. Rubin, et al.. (2012). Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpP1 and ClpP2 Function Together in Protein Degradation and Are Required for Viability in vitro and During Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 8(2). e1002511–e1002511. 141 indexed citations
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Unnikrishnan, Meera, Rino Rappuoli, & Davide Serruto. (2012). Recombinant bacterial vaccines. Current Opinion in Immunology. 24(3). 337–342. 23 indexed citations
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Leuzzi, Rosanna, Mah Lee Ng, Soza T. Baban, et al.. (2012). Multiple Factors Modulate Biofilm Formation by the Anaerobic Pathogen Clostridium difficile. Journal of Bacteriology. 195(3). 545–555. 229 indexed citations
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Siegrist, M. Sloan, Meera Unnikrishnan, Matthew McConnell, et al.. (2009). Mycobacterial Esx-3 is required for mycobactin-mediated iron acquisition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(44). 18792–18797. 253 indexed citations
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Zolotarev, A.S., Meera Unnikrishnan, Boris E. Shmukler, et al.. (2007). Increased sulfate uptake by E. coli overexpressing the SLC26-related SulP protein Rv1739c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 149(3). 255–266. 35 indexed citations
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Unnikrishnan, Meera, Daniel M. Altmann, Thomas Proft, et al.. (2002). The Bacterial Superantigen Streptococcal Mitogenic Exotoxin Z Is the Major Immunoactive Agent of Streptococcus pyogenes. The Journal of Immunology. 169(5). 2561–2569. 65 indexed citations
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Sriskandan, Shiranee, Meera Unnikrishnan, Thomas Krausz, et al.. (2001). Enhanced Susceptibility to Superantigen‐Associated Streptococcal Sepsis in Human Leukocyte Antigen–DQ Transgenic Mice. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 184(2). 166–173. 67 indexed citations
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Unnikrishnan, Meera, Jonathan Cohen, & Shiranee Sriskandan. (2001). Complementation of a speA negative Streptococcus pyogenes with speA: effects on virulence and production of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A. Microbial Pathogenesis. 31(3). 109–114. 11 indexed citations

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