Robert E. W. Hancock

119.0k total citations · 39 hit papers
783 papers, 89.1k citations indexed

About

Robert E. W. Hancock is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. W. Hancock has authored 783 papers receiving a total of 89.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 469 papers in Molecular Biology, 350 papers in Microbiology and 170 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Robert E. W. Hancock's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (333 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (166 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (147 papers). Robert E. W. Hancock is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (333 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (166 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (147 papers). Robert E. W. Hancock collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Robert E. W. Hancock's co-authors include Kai Hilpert, Irith Wiegand, Hans‐Georg Sahl, César de la Fuente‐Núñez, Monisha G. Scott, Håvard Jenssen, Evan F. Haney, Lucía Fernández, Christopher D. Fjell and Shaan L. Gellatly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. W. Hancock

775 papers receiving 86.3k citations

Hit Papers

Agar and broth dilution methods to ... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2008 2006 2006 2011 2019 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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  1. Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances
    2008 4.7k citations Irith Wiegand, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  2. Antimicrobial and host-defense peptides as new anti-infective therapeutic strategies
    2006 3.4k citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  3. Peptide Antimicrobial Agents
    2006 2.0k citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  4. Designing antimicrobial peptides: form follows function
    2011 1.6k citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  5. NetworkAnalyst 3.0: a visual analytics platform for comprehensive gene expression profiling and meta-analysis
    2019 1.2k citations Guangyan Zhou, Othman Soufan et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  6. Cationic peptides: a new source of antibiotics
    1998 1.1k citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  7. Peptide Antibiotics
    1999 1.0k citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy profile →
  8. The role of cationic antimicrobial peptides in innate host defences
    2000 1.0k citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. Trends in Microbiology profile →
  9. Pseudomonas aeruginosa: new insights into pathogenesis and host defenses
    2013 972 citations Shaan L. Gellatly, Robert E. W. Hancock profile →
  10. Peptide antibiotics
    1997 958 citations Robert E. W. Hancock profile →
  11. Pseudomonas aeruginosa: all roads lead to resistance
    2011 925 citations Elena B. M. Breidenstein, César de la Fuente‐Núñez et al. Trends in Microbiology profile →
  12. InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond—recent updates and continuing curation
    2012 858 citations Geoffrey L. Winsor, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  13. The role of antimicrobial peptides in animal defenses
    2000 821 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  14. Cationic peptides: effectors in innate immunity and novel antimicrobials
    2001 810 citations Robert E. W. Hancock The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
  15. The value of antimicrobial peptides in the age of resistance
    2020 806 citations César de la Fuente‐Núñez, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
  16. The relationship between peptide structure and antibacterial activity
    2003 762 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  17. The immunology of host defence peptides: beyond antimicrobial activity
    2016 719 citations Robert E. W. Hancock, Evan F. Haney et al. profile →
  18. NetworkAnalyst for statistical, visual and network-based meta-analysis of gene expression data
    2015 706 citations Jianguo Xia, Erin E. Gill et al. profile →
  19. Cationic host defense (antimicrobial) peptides
    2005 696 citations Kelly L. Brown, Robert E. W. Hancock profile →
  20. Mechanism of Interaction of Different Classes of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides with Planar Bilayers and with the Cytoplasmic Membrane ofEscherichia coli
    1999 636 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  21. Bacterial biofilm development as a multicellular adaptation: antibiotic resistance and new therapeutic strategies
    2013 636 citations César de la Fuente‐Núñez, Fany Reffuveille et al. profile →
  22. Adaptive and Mutational Resistance: Role of Porins and Efflux Pumps in Drug Resistance
    2012 635 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  23. The Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Is a Multifunctional Modulator of Innate Immune Responses
    2002 574 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  24. Procedure for isolation of bacterial lipopolysaccharides from both smooth and rough Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella typhimurium strains
    1983 560 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
  25. Human Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Prevents Bacterial Biofilm Formation
    2008 556 citations Joerg Overhage, Andrea Campisano et al. Infection and Immunity profile →
  26. Rational Design of α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptides with Enhanced Activities and Specificity/Therapeutic Index
    2005 521 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  27. Pseudomonas Genome Database: improved comparative analysis and population genomics capability for Pseudomonas genomes
    2010 510 citations Geoffrey L. Winsor, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  28. Immune modulation by multifaceted cationic host defense (antimicrobial) peptides
    2013 504 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  29. Multifunctional cationic host defence peptides and their clinical applications
    2011 503 citations Amy Yeung, Shaan L. Gellatly et al. profile →
  30. ALTERATIONS IN OUTER MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY
    1984 468 citations Robert E. W. Hancock profile →
  31. Alternative mechanisms of action of cationic antimicrobial peptides on bacteria
    2007 453 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  32. Modulating immunity as a therapy for bacterial infections
    2012 428 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  33. Use of the fluorescent probe 1-N-phenylnaphthylamine to study the interactions of aminoglycoside antibiotics with the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    1984 410 citations Robert E. W. Hancock et al. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy profile →
  34. Broad-Spectrum Anti-biofilm Peptide That Targets a Cellular Stress Response
    2014 408 citations César de la Fuente‐Núñez, Fany Reffuveille et al. profile →
  35. Host defense peptides: front-line immunomodulators
    2014 400 citations Sarah Mansour, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  36. Reassessing the Host Defense Peptide Landscape
    2019 276 citations Evan F. Haney, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  37. Antibiofilm activity of host defence peptides: complexity provides opportunities
    2021 184 citations Robert E. W. Hancock, Evan F. Haney et al. profile →
  38. Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update
    2024 145 citations César de la Fuente‐Núñez, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →
  39. Antibiotic failure: Beyond antimicrobial resistance
    2023 127 citations César de la Fuente‐Núñez, Robert E. W. Hancock et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert E. W. Hancock Canada 147 50.9k 43.1k 16.5k 13.5k 9.4k 783 89.1k
E. Peter Greenberg United States 92 34.2k 0.7× 5.4k 0.1× 1.9k 0.1× 6.5k 0.5× 11.8k 1.3× 228 47.1k
Ulrich K. Laemmli Switzerland 62 154.2k 3.0× 5.7k 0.1× 24.1k 1.5× 1.9k 0.1× 29.5k 3.1× 84 261.7k
Joseph Sambrook United States 49 78.4k 1.5× 2.8k 0.1× 9.6k 0.6× 2.8k 0.2× 25.9k 2.8× 339 127.1k
Stanley Falkow United States 133 24.9k 0.5× 6.2k 0.1× 7.7k 0.5× 5.2k 0.4× 17.7k 1.9× 417 62.1k
Niels Høiby Denmark 104 22.3k 0.4× 5.1k 0.1× 2.0k 0.1× 9.6k 0.7× 3.3k 0.4× 637 40.5k
Michael Givskov Denmark 107 29.2k 0.6× 5.1k 0.1× 1.2k 0.1× 6.6k 0.5× 5.9k 0.6× 329 40.5k
Michaël Otto United States 108 23.2k 0.5× 7.2k 0.2× 3.5k 0.2× 1.8k 0.1× 2.4k 0.3× 382 39.6k
Hiroshi Nikaido United States 107 19.3k 0.4× 3.0k 0.1× 1.6k 0.1× 17.3k 1.3× 12.0k 1.3× 279 43.2k
Samuel I. Miller United States 97 12.6k 0.2× 4.4k 0.1× 4.6k 0.3× 5.1k 0.4× 7.0k 0.7× 235 29.7k
Julian Parkhill United Kingdom 116 24.8k 0.5× 5.7k 0.1× 3.1k 0.2× 7.4k 0.5× 6.1k 0.7× 566 56.2k

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All Works

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Yang, Kai, Bing Yuan, Mei‐Ling Han, et al.. (2020). Molecular dynamics simulations informed by membrane lipidomics reveal the structure–interaction relationship of polymyxins with the lipid A-based outer membrane of Acinetobacter baumannii. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 75(12). 3534–3543. 39 indexed citations
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Pletzer, Daniel, Heidi Wolfmeier, Yicong Li, et al.. (2020). The Stringent Stress Response Controls Proteases and Global Regulators under Optimal Growth Conditions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. mSystems. 5(4). 25 indexed citations
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Copp, Janine N., Daniel Pletzer, Joris van der Heijden, et al.. (2020). Mechanistic Understanding Enables the Rational Design of Salicylanilide Combination Therapies for Gram-Negative Infections. mBio. 11(5). 32 indexed citations
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Zhou, Guangyan, Othman Soufan, Jessica Ewald, et al.. (2019). NetworkAnalyst 3.0: a visual analytics platform for comprehensive gene expression profiling and meta-analysis. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(W1). W234–W241. 1241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Reffuveille, Fany, Jérôme Josse, Frédéric Velard, et al.. (2018). Bone Environment Influences Irreversible Adhesion of a Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strain. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2865–2865. 19 indexed citations
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Gill, Erin E., et al.. (2018). Broad-Spectrum Adaptive Antibiotic Resistance Associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mucin-Dependent Surfing Motility. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 62(9). 24 indexed citations
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Goyal, Ravinder K., Robert E. W. Hancock, Autar K. Mattoo, & Santosh Misra. (2013). Expression of an Engineered Heterologous Antimicrobial Peptide in Potato Alters Plant Development and Mitigates Normal Abiotic and Biotic Responses. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77505–e77505. 36 indexed citations
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Breidenstein, Elena B. M., César de la Fuente‐Núñez, & Robert E. W. Hancock. (2011). Pseudomonas aeruginosa: all roads lead to resistance. Trends in Microbiology. 19(8). 419–426. 925 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alvarez‐Ortega, Carolina, Irith Wiegand, Jorge Olivares‐Pacheco, Robert E. W. Hancock, & José Luis Martínez. (2010). Genetic Determinants Involved in the Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to β-Lactam Antibiotics. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 54(10). 4159–4167. 129 indexed citations
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Madera, Laurence, et al.. (2010). Immunomodulators as adjuvants for vaccines and antimicrobial therapy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1213(1). 46–61. 83 indexed citations
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Cosseau, Céline, Deirdre DeVine, Edie Dullaghan, et al.. (2008). The Commensal Streptococcus salivarius K12 Downregulates the Innate Immune Responses of Human Epithelial Cells and Promotes Host-Microbe Homeostasis. Infection and Immunity. 76(9). 4163–4175. 236 indexed citations
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Overhage, Joerg, et al.. (2008). Human Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Prevents Bacterial Biofilm Formation. Infection and Immunity. 76(9). 4176–4182. 556 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brown, Kelly L., Johan Bylund, Kelly L. MacDonald, et al.. (2008). ROS-deficient monocytes have aberrant gene expression that correlates with inflammatory disorders of chronic granulomatous disease. Clinical Immunology. 129(1). 90–102. 59 indexed citations
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Brazas, Michelle D., Elena B. M. Breidenstein, Joerg Overhage, & Robert E. W. Hancock. (2007). Role of Lon, an ATP-Dependent Protease Homolog, in Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Ciprofloxacin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 51(12). 4276–4283. 35 indexed citations
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McPhee, Joseph B., Manjeet Bains, Geoffrey L. Winsor, et al.. (2006). Contribution of the PhoP-PhoQ and PmrA-PmrB Two-Component Regulatory Systems to Mg 2+ -Induced Gene Regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(11). 3995–4006. 170 indexed citations
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Wu, Licheng, Oscar Estrada, Olga Zaborina, et al.. (2005). Recognition of Host Immune Activation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Science. 309(5735). 774–777. 256 indexed citations
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Osusky, Milan, et al.. (2004). Transgenic Potatoes Expressing a Novel Cationic Peptide are Resistant to Late Blight and Pink Rot. Transgenic Research. 13(2). 181–190. 78 indexed citations
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Hancock, Robert E. W.. (2001). Cationic peptides: effectors in innate immunity and novel antimicrobials. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 1(3). 156–164. 810 indexed citations breakdown →
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Downum, Kelsey R., Robert E. W. Hancock, & G.H.N. Towers. (1983). Photodynamic action on Escherichia coli of natural acetylenic thiophenes, particularly 5-(buten-1-ynyl)-2,2'-bithienyl. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 6(3). 145–152. 12 indexed citations

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