Oscar P. Kuipers

49.0k total citations · 13 hit papers
568 papers, 34.9k citations indexed

About

Oscar P. Kuipers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Oscar P. Kuipers has authored 568 papers receiving a total of 34.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 399 papers in Molecular Biology, 196 papers in Food Science and 189 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Oscar P. Kuipers's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (195 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (173 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (104 papers). Oscar P. Kuipers is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (195 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (173 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (104 papers). Oscar P. Kuipers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Oscar P. Kuipers's co-authors include Willem M. de Vos, Jan Kok, Anne de Jong, Jan‐Willem Veening, Roland J. Siezen, Michiel Kleerebezem, Wiep Klaas Smits, Marke M. Beerthuyzen, Girbe Buist and Pascalle G.G.A. de Ruyter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Oscar P. Kuipers

564 papers receiving 34.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Complete genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1

2003 1.2k citations Michiel Kleerebezem, Richard van Kranenburg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Bistability, Epigenetics, and Bet-Hedging in Bacteria

2008 743 citations Jan‐Willem Veening, Wiep Klaas Smits et al. profile →
Controlled gene expression systems for Lactococcus lactis with the food-grade inducer nisin

1996 735 citations Oscar P. Kuipers, Willem M. de Vos et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
BAGEL4: a user-friendly web server to thoroughly mine RiPPs and bacteriocins

2018 730 citations Anne de Jong, Jan Kok et al. profile →
The Relationship among Tyrosine Decarboxylase and Agmatine Deiminase Pathways in Enterococcus faecalis

2017 691 citations Anne de Jong, Oscar P. Kuipers et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
Use of the Cell Wall Precursor Lipid II by a Pore-Forming Peptide Antibiotic

1999 638 citations Oscar P. Kuipers et al. profile →
Specific Binding of Nisin to the Peptidoglycan Precursor Lipid II Combines Pore Formation and Inhibition of Cell Wall Biosynthesis for Potent Antibiotic Activity

2001 614 citations Oscar P. Kuipers et al. profile →
Quorum sensing-controlled gene expression in lactic acid bacteria

1998 602 citations Oscar P. Kuipers, Michiel Kleerebezem et al. profile →
Quorum sensing by peptide pheromones and two‐component signal‐transduction systems in Gram‐positive bacteria

1997 593 citations Michiel Kleerebezem, Oscar P. Kuipers et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →
Comparative Transcriptomics of Bacillus mycoides Strains in Response to Potato-Root Exudates Reveals Different Genetic Adaptation of Endophytic and Soil Isolates

2017 557 citations Anne de Jong, Oscar P. Kuipers et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria: extending the family

2016 532 citations Manuel Montalbán‐López, Oscar P. Kuipers et al. profile →
The Iturin and Fengycin Families of Lipopeptides Are Key Factors in Antagonism of Bacillus subtilis Toward Podosphaera fusca

2007 503 citations Jan‐Willem Veening, Oscar P. Kuipers et al. profile →
LysM, a widely distributed protein motif for binding to (peptido)glycans

2008 475 citations Jan Kok, Oscar P. Kuipers et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oscar P. Kuipers Netherlands	92	22.4k	12.3k	7.9k	5.5k	4.1k	568	34.9k
Douwe van Sinderen Ireland	95	23.9k 1.1×	15.5k 1.3×	4.9k 0.6×	6.7k 1.2×	8.9k 2.2×	571	35.4k
Colin Hill Ireland	109	31.1k 1.4×	30.8k 2.5×	4.2k 0.5×	7.7k 1.4×	9.2k 2.3×	644	56.8k
Julian Parkhill United Kingdom	116	24.8k 1.1×	8.9k 0.7×	6.1k 0.8×	8.8k 1.6×	1.7k 0.4×	566	56.2k
Peter Vandamme Belgium	98	18.5k 0.8×	11.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.3×	7.2k 1.3×	3.0k 0.7×	679	43.7k
John J. Mekalanos United States	111	14.6k 0.7×	6.8k 0.6×	8.8k 1.1×	6.3k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	308	39.9k
Samuel I. Miller United States	97	12.6k 0.6×	7.3k 0.6×	7.0k 0.9×	3.5k 0.6×	972 0.2×	235	29.7k
Roberto Kolter United States	116	32.2k 1.4×	3.7k 0.3×	12.4k 1.6×	10.5k 1.9×	948 0.2×	265	48.9k
Stanley Falkow United States	133	24.9k 1.1×	10.6k 0.9×	17.7k 2.2×	9.4k 1.7×	1.9k 0.5×	417	62.1k
Gordon Dougan United Kingdom	107	13.6k 0.6×	14.3k 1.2×	5.3k 0.7×	5.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	612	43.5k
Hiroshi Nikaido United States	107	19.3k 0.9×	3.8k 0.3×	12.0k 1.5×	5.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	279	43.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oscar P. Kuipers

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Hiller, E, et al.. (2025). Genetic Code Expansion for Controlled Surfactin Production in a High Cell-Density Bacillus subtilis Strain. Microorganisms. 13(2). 353–353. 4 indexed citations

Cebrián, Rubén, et al.. (2024). Synechococsins: Lanthipeptides acting as defensive signals to disarm offensive competitors?. Microbiological Research. 291. 127965–127965. 1 indexed citations

Cebrián, Rubén, Marta Martínez‐García, Matilde Fernández, et al.. (2023). Advances in the preclinical characterization of the antimicrobial peptide AS-48. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1110360–1110360. 11 indexed citations

Cebrián, Rubén, Ricardo Lucas, Pablo Peñalver, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of aminoalkyl resveratrol derivatives inspired by cationic peptides. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 38(1). 267–281. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Xinghong & Oscar P. Kuipers. (2021). Nisin- and Ripcin-Derived Hybrid Lanthipeptides Display Selective Antimicrobial Activity against Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Synthetic Biology. 10(7). 1703–1714. 28 indexed citations

Rijavec, Tomaž, Aleš Lapanje, Iris van Swam, et al.. (2020). Microbial competition reduces metabolic interaction distances to the low µm-range. The ISME Journal. 15(3). 688–701. 32 indexed citations

Mulder, Jan, Michiel Wels, Oscar P. Kuipers, Michiel Kleerebezem, & Peter A. Bron. (2017). Unleashing Natural Competence in Lactococcus lactis by Induction of the Competence Regulator ComX. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(20). 24 indexed citations

Eckhardt, Thomas, Anne de Jong, Filipe Branco dos Santos, et al.. (2015). Protein costs do not explain evolution of metabolic strategies and regulation of ribosomal content: does protein investment explain an anaerobic bacterial C rabtree effect?. Molecular Microbiology. 97(1). 77–92. 49 indexed citations

Solopova, Ana, Jordi van Gestel, Franz J. Weissing, et al.. (2014). Bet-hedging during bacterial diauxic shift. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(20). 7427–7432. 183 indexed citations

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Solopova, Ana, et al.. (2012). Transcriptome analysis shows activation of the arginine deiminase pathway in lactococcus lactis as a short-term adaptation to ethanol stress. FEBS Journal. 279(1). 333–333.

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Santos, Filipe Branco dos, et al.. (2010). Characterization of cellular composition of evolved strains of Lactococcus lactis. FEBS Journal. 277. 114–114. 1 indexed citations

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Zutphen, Tim van, Richard J. S. Baerends, Kim A. Susanna, et al.. (2010). Adaptation of Hansenula polymorpha to methanol: a transcriptome analysis. BMC Genomics. 11(1). 1–1. 183 indexed citations

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Veening, Jan‐Willem, Eric J. Stewart, Thomas W. Berngruber, et al.. (2008). Bet-hedging and epigenetic inheritance in bacterial cell development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(11). 4393–4398. 268 indexed citations

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Zaidi, Arsalan, Patrick J. Bakkes, Jacek Lubelski, et al.. (2008). The ABC-Type Multidrug Resistance Transporter LmrCD Is Responsible for an Extrusion-Based Mechanism of Bile Acid Resistance in Lactococcus lactis. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(22). 7357–7366. 29 indexed citations

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Agustiandari, Herfita, Jacek Lubelski, H. Bart van den Berg van Saparoea, Oscar P. Kuipers, & Arnold J. M. Driessen. (2007). LmrR Is a Transcriptional Repressor of Expression of the Multidrug ABC Transporter LmrCD in Lactococcus lactis. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(2). 759–763. 63 indexed citations

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Rink, Rick, Jenny Wierenga, Anneke Kuipers, et al.. (2007). Dissection and Modulation of the Four Distinct Activities of Nisin by Mutagenesis of Rings A and B and by C-Terminal Truncation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(18). 5809–5816. 125 indexed citations

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Albano, Mark, Wiep Klaas Smits, Linh Ho, et al.. (2005). The Rok Protein of Bacillus subtilis Represses Genes for Cell Surface and Extracellular Functions. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(6). 2010–2019. 71 indexed citations

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Fernández, Marı́a, Michiel Kleerebezem, Oscar P. Kuipers, Roland J. Siezen, & Richard van Kranenburg. (2002). Regulation of the metC-cysK Operon, Involved in Sulfur Metabolism in Lactococcus lactis. Default journal. 1 indexed citations

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Luesink, Evert J., et al.. (1999). Molecular Characterization of the Lactococcus lactis ptsHI Operon and Analysis of the Regulatory Role of HPr. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 1 indexed citations

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Vos, Willem M. de, John W. M. Mulders, Roland J. Siezen, Jeroen Hugenholtz, & Oscar P. Kuipers. (1993). Properties of Nisin Z and Distribution of Its Gene, nisZ, in Lactococcus lactis. FEBS Journal. 216(1). 9 indexed citations

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