Paul Stoodley

40.5k total citations · 14 hit papers
262 papers, 29.5k citations indexed

About

Paul Stoodley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Stoodley has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 29.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Surgery and 41 papers in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in Paul Stoodley's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (155 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (52 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (41 papers). Paul Stoodley is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (155 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (52 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (41 papers). Paul Stoodley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Paul Stoodley's co-authors include Luanne Hall‐Stoodley, J. William Costerton, J. W. Costerton, Karin Sauer, Dirk de Beer, Zbigniew Lewandowski, Christoph A. Fux, David G. Davies, Philip S. Stewart and Hilary Lappin‐Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Paul Stoodley

261 papers receiving 28.6k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial biofilms: from ... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2004 2002 2004 2017 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Bacterial biofilms: from the Natural environment to infectious diseases
    2004 5.3k citations Luanne Hall‐Stoodley, Paul Stoodley et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  2. Biofilms as Complex Differentiated Communities
    2002 2.3k citations Paul Stoodley et al. profile →
  3. Survival strategies of infectious biofilms
    2004 1.4k citations Paul Stoodley et al. profile →
  4. Targeting microbial biofilms: current and prospective therapeutic strategies
    2017 1.3k citations Hyun Koo, Paul Stoodley et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  5. Evolving concepts in biofilm infections
    2009 841 citations Luanne Hall‐Stoodley, Paul Stoodley profile →
  6. The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation
    2022 755 citations Paul Stoodley, Luanne Hall‐Stoodley et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  7. Direct Detection of Bacterial Biofilms on the Middle-Ear Mucosa of Children With Chronic Otitis Media
    2006 676 citations Luanne Hall‐Stoodley, Armin Gieseke et al. profile →
  8. Effects of biofilm structures on oxygen distribution and mass transport
    1994 660 citations Paul Stoodley et al. profile →
  9. The biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space
    2022 498 citations Paul Stoodley et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  10. Mechano-bactericidal actions of nanostructured surfaces
    2020 426 citations Denver P. Linklater, Vladimir A. Baulin et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  11. The prevalence of biofilms in chronic wounds: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data
    2017 424 citations Paul Stoodley et al. profile →
  12. Biofilms in Periprosthetic Orthopedic Infections
    2014 269 citations Jason H. Calhoun, Paul Stoodley et al. profile →
  13. Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and medicine
    2024 99 citations Paul Stoodley et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  14. Drug delivery strategies for antibiofilm therapy
    2023 99 citations Paul Stoodley et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Paul Stoodley 16.0k 4.5k 3.5k 3.2k 3.0k 262 29.5k
Philip S. Stewart 22.6k 1.4× 4.9k 1.1× 4.9k 1.4× 3.7k 1.1× 3.8k 1.3× 222 37.6k
J. William Costerton 21.2k 1.3× 4.9k 1.1× 5.3k 1.5× 2.9k 0.9× 4.4k 1.5× 142 39.3k
Thomas Bjarnsholt 14.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 3.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 274 24.0k
J. W. Costerton 14.8k 0.9× 2.9k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 3.5k 1.1× 3.0k 1.0× 237 28.6k
Niels Høiby 22.3k 1.4× 2.3k 0.5× 5.1k 1.5× 2.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.9× 637 40.5k
Tom Coenye 14.1k 0.9× 2.3k 0.5× 2.5k 0.7× 4.1k 1.3× 1.5k 0.5× 360 28.4k
Michael Givskov 29.2k 1.8× 3.4k 0.8× 5.1k 1.5× 5.0k 1.6× 3.8k 1.3× 329 40.5k
E. Peter Greenberg 34.2k 2.1× 3.9k 0.9× 5.4k 1.6× 5.8k 1.8× 3.4k 1.1× 228 47.1k
George A. O’Toole 23.6k 1.5× 2.6k 0.6× 4.0k 1.2× 4.8k 1.5× 2.9k 1.0× 247 34.3k
Henny C. van der Mei 10.6k 0.7× 8.1k 1.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.3× 2.8k 0.9× 546 29.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Stoodley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Stoodley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Stoodley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Stoodley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Stoodley 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 Paul Stoodley. Paul Stoodley 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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Nistico, Laura, et al.. (2024). Bacterial Biofilm on Tissue Expander and Acellular Dermal Graft After Breast Reconstruction. Surgical Infections. 25(8). 632–635.
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Dennington, Simon, et al.. (2023). Surface properties influence marine biofilm rheology, with implications for ship drag. Soft Matter. 19(20). 3675–3687. 9 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yufeng, Glen McHale, Steven Armstrong, et al.. (2022). Slippery Liquid-Like Solid Surfaces with Promising Antibiofilm Performance under Both Static and Flow Conditions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(5). 6307–6319. 64 indexed citations
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Litsky, Alan S., et al.. (2022). Mapping Bacterial Biofilm on Features of Orthopedic Implants In Vitro. Microorganisms. 10(3). 586–586. 9 indexed citations
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Stoodley, Paul, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Patterned Surface Features on the Accumulation of Bovine Synovial Fluid-Induced Aggregates of Staphylococcus aureus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(22). e0121722–e0121722. 6 indexed citations
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An, Shi‐qi, et al.. (2021). An in vitro biofilm model system to facilitate study of microbial communities of the human oral cavity. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 74(3). 302–310. 11 indexed citations
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Linklater, Denver P., Vladimir A. Baulin, Saulius Juodkazis, et al.. (2020). Mechano-bactericidal actions of nanostructured surfaces. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(1). 8–22. 426 indexed citations breakdown →
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Locke, Landon W., Li Gong, Paul Stoodley, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Peptide-Based Probes toward In Vivo Diagnostic Imaging of Bacterial Biofilm-Associated Infections. ACS Infectious Diseases. 6(8). 2086–2098. 12 indexed citations
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Pestrak, Matthew J., et al.. (2020). Staphylococcus aureus Aggregates on Orthopedic Materials under Varying Levels of Shear Stress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(19). 17 indexed citations
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Devaraj, Aishwarya, John R. Buzzo, Lauren Mashburn‐Warren, et al.. (2019). The extracellular DNA lattice of bacterial biofilms is structurally related to Holliday junction recombination intermediates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(50). 25068–25077. 99 indexed citations
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Stoodley, Paul, et al.. (2019). Sensing the unreachable: challenges and opportunities in biofilm detection. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 64. 79–84. 76 indexed citations
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Palmer, Sara R., Zhi Ren, Geelsu Hwang, et al.. (2018). Streptococcus mutans yidC1 and yidC2 Impact Cell Envelope Biogenesis, the Biofilm Matrix, and Biofilm Biophysical Properties. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(1). 29 indexed citations
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Fabbri, Stefania, et al.. (2017). A marine biofilm flow cell for in situ determination of drag, structure and viscoelastic properties. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Dusane, Devendra H., et al.. (2017). Targeting intracellularStaphylococcus aureusto lower recurrence of orthopaedic infection. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 36(4). 1086–1092. 22 indexed citations
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Nistico, Laura, Rachael Kreft, Armin Gieseke, et al.. (2010). Pathogenic biofilms in adenoids: a reservoir for persistent bacteria. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Sharp, Robert R., et al.. (2005). Visualization and characterization of dynamic patterns of flow, growth and activity of Vibrio fischeri biofilms growing in porous media. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations
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Stoodley, Paul, et al.. (1999). Biofilm structure and behaviour: influence of hydrodynamics and nutrients. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 5 indexed citations
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Camper, Anne K., et al.. (1994). Bacterial colonization of surfaces in flowing systems: methods and analysis. Montana State University ScholarWorks (Montana State University). 6 indexed citations

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