Simon Swift

25.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
187 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Simon Swift is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Swift has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 24 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Simon Swift's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (38 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (16 papers). Simon Swift is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (38 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (16 papers). Simon Swift collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Simon Swift's co-authors include Paul Williams, Gordon S.A.B. Stewart, Michael K. Winson, Barrie W. Bycroft, Siri Ram Chhabra, Miguel Cámara, Mavis Daykin, John H. Lamb, Adrian Taylor and John Throup and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Swift

180 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

Quorum sensing and Chromo... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2022 2021 400 800 1.2k
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. Quorum sensing and Chromobacterium violaceum: exploitation of violacein production and inhibition for the detection of N-acylhomoserine lactones
    1997 1.5k citations Simon Swift et al. profile →
  2. Essential Oils and Their Major Components: An Updated Review on Antimicrobial Activities, Mechanism of Action and Their Potential Application in the Food Industry
    2022 272 citations Simon Swift et al. profile →
  3. Gut microbiota modulates COPD pathogenesis: role of anti-inflammatory Parabacteroides goldsteinii lipopolysaccharide
    2021 215 citations Hsin‐Chih Lai, Tzu-Lung Lin et al. Gut profile →

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Swift 5.0k 1.4k 1.3k 1.0k 996 187 9.1k
Manfred Nimtz 7.1k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 960 0.7× 1.8k 1.7× 772 0.8× 251 11.4k
Nobuhiko Nomura 6.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 828 0.6× 772 0.8× 940 0.9× 249 11.9k
Christopher M. Waters 4.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 886 0.9× 596 0.6× 102 7.1k
Jean‐Marc Ghigo 6.3k 1.3× 2.4k 1.6× 2.4k 1.8× 817 0.8× 949 1.0× 147 10.9k
Paolo Visca 5.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.7× 2.3k 1.7× 1.5k 1.4× 611 0.6× 288 12.3k
Daniel J. Hassett 7.4k 1.5× 2.1k 1.5× 1.6k 1.2× 757 0.7× 915 0.9× 153 11.7k
Heiko Liesegang 4.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 689 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 981 1.0× 77 8.0k
Peter Østrup Jensen 8.2k 1.6× 900 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 473 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 167 12.9k
Liang Yang 6.9k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 773 0.8× 966 1.0× 217 10.1k
Morten Hentzer 8.9k 1.8× 1.8k 1.2× 1.9k 1.4× 794 0.8× 922 0.9× 51 11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Swift

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Swift

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Swift

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Swift. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Swift 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 Swift. Simon Swift 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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Marasini, Sanjay, et al.. (2025). In vitro anti-biofilm efficacy of therapeutic low dose 265 nm UVC. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 263. 113091–113091. 1 indexed citations
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Swift, Simon, et al.. (2025). Harnessing kānuka (Kunzea ericoides) subcritical water extract for food safety and odour neutralisation: an in vitro study. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 100(5). 1065–1076. 1 indexed citations
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Bosman, M, Jennifer P. Craig, Simon Swift, S. Dean, & Sanjay Marasini. (2025). Therapeutic Efficacy of Ultraviolet C Light on Fungal Keratitis—In Vitro and Ex Vivo Studies. Antibiotics. 14(4). 361–361. 1 indexed citations
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Swift, Simon, et al.. (2025). Biological Efficiency of Kunzea ericoides Based On Bioactive Compounds and Impact of Extraction. ChemBioEng Reviews. 12(1). 1 indexed citations
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Gizdavic‐Nikolaidis, Marija, Dragomir Stanisavljev, Milena Marinović‐Cincović, et al.. (2024). Enhanced antimicrobial activity of photocatalytic titanium oxide upon formation of composites with polyaniline via an eco-friendly and facile microwave synthesis approach. Ceramics International. 50(20). 38943–38951.
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Wang, Tao, Scott M. Bolam, Simon Swift, et al.. (2023). Rat model of recalcitrant prosthetic joint infection using biofilm inocula. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 41(11). 2462–2473. 2 indexed citations
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Akbarinejad, Alireza, John Taylor, Simon Swift, et al.. (2023). Charged laser-induced graphene electrodes exhibit strong capacitance-based antibacterial and antiviral properties. Applied Materials Today. 31. 101753–101753. 15 indexed citations
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Marasini, Sanjay, S. Dean, Simon Swift, et al.. (2022). Preclinical confirmation of UVC efficacy in treating infectious keratitis. The Ocular Surface. 25. 76–86. 11 indexed citations
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Lai, Hsin‐Chih, Tzu-Lung Lin, Ting-Wen Chen, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiota modulates COPD pathogenesis: role of anti-inflammatory Parabacteroides goldsteinii lipopolysaccharide. Gut. 71(2). 309–321. 215 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mackenzie, Brett Wagner, et al.. (2021). Improve Integration of In Vitro Biofilm Body of Knowledge to Support Clinical Breakthroughs in Surgical Site Infection. JAAOS Global Research and Reviews. 5(11). 2 indexed citations
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Perez‐Garcia, Octavio, Gavin Lear, David Greenwood, et al.. (2019). Induction of Microbial Oxidative Stress as a New Strategy to Enhance the Enzymatic Degradation of Organic Micropollutants in Synthetic Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(16). 9553–9563. 36 indexed citations
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Chen, Ao, Cheng Zhang, Hang T. Ta, et al.. (2019). Antimicrobial anilinium polymers: The properties of poly(N,N‐dimethylaminophenylene methacrylamide) in solution and as coatings. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 57(18). 1908–1921. 7 indexed citations
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Hamzah, Nurhidayah, Naresh Singhal, Lokesh P. Padhye, & Simon Swift. (2018). Effect of surfactants on Aspergillus brasiliensis ATCC 16404 physicochemical properties. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 6(2). 3392–3398. 13 indexed citations
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Dauros‐Singorenko, Priscila, Vanessa Chang, Alana L. Whitcombe, et al.. (2017). Isolation of membrane vesicles from prokaryotes: a technical and biological comparison reveals heterogeneity. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 6(1). 1324731–1324731. 94 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Simon J, Janie Sheridan, Timothy G. Short, et al.. (2016). Microbiological Contamination of Drugs during Their Administration for Anesthesia in the Operating Room. Anesthesiology. 124(4). 785–794. 24 indexed citations
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Perez‐Garcia, Octavio, Silas G. Villas‐Bôas, Simon Swift, Kartik Chandran, & Naresh Singhal. (2014). Clarifying the regulation of NO/N2O production in Nitrosomonas europaea during anoxic–oxic transition via flux balance analysis of a metabolic network model. Water Research. 60. 267–277. 40 indexed citations
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Wood, A. J., John D. Fraser, Simon Swift, Satya Amirapu, & Richard Douglas. (2011). Are biofilms associated with an inflammatory response in chronic rhinosinusitis?. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. 1(5). 335–339. 22 indexed citations

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