Simon Heilbronner

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Simon Heilbronner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Heilbronner has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Simon Heilbronner's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (17 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (11 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers). Simon Heilbronner is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (17 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (11 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers). Simon Heilbronner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Ireland and United States. Simon Heilbronner's co-authors include Andreas Peschel, Timothy J. Foster, Bernhard Krismer, Heike Brötz‐Oesterhelt, Pietro Speziale, Matthew T. G. Holden, Joan A. Geoghegan, Eric P. Skaar, Julian Parkhill and Andries J. van Tonder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Simon Heilbronner

32 papers receiving 904 citations

Hit Papers

The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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. The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins
    2021 251 citations Simon Heilbronner, Bernhard Krismer et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Heilbronner Germany 16 566 435 178 116 106 34 910
Kyu Hong Cho United States 20 695 1.2× 290 0.7× 131 0.7× 101 0.9× 132 1.2× 33 1.2k
Masato Higashide Japan 14 342 0.6× 388 0.9× 115 0.6× 57 0.5× 62 0.6× 22 689
Janet M. Manson New Zealand 11 277 0.5× 329 0.8× 161 0.9× 75 0.6× 73 0.7× 13 679
Allison Griggs United States 8 411 0.7× 548 1.3× 190 1.1× 54 0.5× 69 0.7× 9 944
Patricia Sanchez‐Carballo Germany 13 341 0.6× 293 0.7× 74 0.4× 94 0.8× 83 0.8× 21 844
Nicolas Verneuil France 15 361 0.6× 288 0.7× 107 0.6× 54 0.5× 171 1.6× 22 690
Marcelo Palma Sircili Brazil 17 404 0.7× 427 1.0× 256 1.4× 92 0.8× 202 1.9× 30 1.1k
David McKenney United States 12 627 1.1× 400 0.9× 86 0.5× 121 1.0× 120 1.1× 15 894
André Kriegeskorte Germany 17 596 1.1× 764 1.8× 76 0.4× 91 0.8× 99 0.9× 23 1.0k
Claire Hennequin France 14 441 0.8× 452 1.0× 108 0.6× 39 0.3× 114 1.1× 20 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Heilbronner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Heilbronner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Heilbronner

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

All Works

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Nega, Mulugeta, et al.. (2024). SLUSH peptides of the PSMβ family enable Staphylococcus lugdunensis to use erythrocytes as a sole source of nutrient iron. The FASEB Journal. 38(16). e23881–e23881. 2 indexed citations
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Johnson, Matthew D., Laura Camus, Tanja Schneider, et al.. (2024). Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteriocin A37 kills natural competitors with a unique mechanism of action. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 7 indexed citations
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Rosenstein, Ralf, et al.. (2024). The Staphylococcus aureus-antagonizing human nasal commensal Staphylococcus lugdunensis depends on siderophore piracy. Microbiome. 12(1). 213–213. 9 indexed citations
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Gerlach, David, et al.. (2024). Nasal commensals reduce Staphylococcus aureus proliferation by restricting siderophore availability. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 11 indexed citations
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Camus, Laura, et al.. (2023). Genome-scale metabolic models consistently predict in vitro characteristics of Corynebacterium striatum. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1214074–1214074. 1 indexed citations
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Garrett, S, Justin C. Deme, Dorothee Kretschmer, et al.. (2023). A type VII-secreted lipase toxin with reverse domain arrangement. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8438–8438. 10 indexed citations
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Flannagan, Ronald S., et al.. (2022). In vivo growth of Staphylococcus lugdunensis is facilitated by the concerted function of heme and non-heme iron acquisition mechanisms. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(5). 101823–101823. 11 indexed citations
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Du, Xin, Jesper Larsen, Min Li, et al.. (2021). Staphylococcus epidermidis clones express Staphylococcus aureus-type wall teichoic acid to shift from a commensal to pathogen lifestyle. Nature Microbiology. 6(6). 757–768. 34 indexed citations
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Heilbronner, Simon. (2021). Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Trends in Microbiology. 29(12). 1143–1145. 6 indexed citations
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Heilbronner, Simon, et al.. (2021). Secondary Metabolites Governing Microbiome Interaction of Staphylococcal Pathogens and Commensals. Microbial Physiology. 31(3). 198–216. 18 indexed citations
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Heilbronner, Simon, Bernhard Krismer, Heike Brötz‐Oesterhelt, & Andreas Peschel. (2021). The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(11). 726–739. 251 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heilbronner, Simon & Timothy J. Foster. (2020). Staphylococcus lugdunensis: a Skin Commensal with Invasive Pathogenic Potential. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 34(2). 66 indexed citations
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Holden, Matthew T. G., et al.. (2020). “Gene accordions” cause genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity in clonal populations of Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3526–3526. 21 indexed citations
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Liesenborghs, Laurens, Marijke Peetermans, Jorien Claes, et al.. (2016). Shear-Resistant Binding to von Willebrand Factor AllowsStaphylococcus lugdunensisto Adhere to the Cardiac Valves and Initiate Endocarditis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 213(7). 1148–1156. 36 indexed citations
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Heilbronner, Simon, Ian R. Monk, & Timothy J. Foster. (2013). The phage integrase vector pIPI03 allows RecA -independent, site-specific labelling of Staphylococcus lugdunensis strains. Plasmid. 70(3). 377–384. 5 indexed citations
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Heilbronner, Simon, Frank Hanses, Ian R. Monk, Pietro Speziale, & Timothy J. Foster. (2013). Sortase A promotes virulence in experimental Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis. Microbiology. 159(Pt_10). 2141–2152. 34 indexed citations
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Heilbronner, Simon, Matthew T. G. Holden, Andries J. van Tonder, et al.. (2011). Genome sequence of Staphylococcus lugdunensis N920143 allows identification of putative colonization and virulence factors. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 322(1). 60–67. 85 indexed citations

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