Steven S. Branda

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Steven S. Branda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven S. Branda has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steven S. Branda's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (5 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Steven S. Branda is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (5 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Steven S. Branda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Steven S. Branda's co-authors include Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick, Åshild Vik, Lisa Friedman, Frances Chu, Daniel B. Kearns, José Eduardo González‐Pastor, Sigal Ben‐Yehuda, Grazia Isaya and Anupama Sinha and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Steven S. Branda

42 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Biofilms: the matrix revisited 2001 2026 2009 2017 2004 2001 2005 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. Biofilms: the matrix revisited
    2004 1.3k citations Steven S. Branda, Åshild Vik et al. Trends in Microbiology profile →
  2. Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis
    2001 905 citations Steven S. Branda, José Eduardo González‐Pastor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix
    2005 530 citations Steven S. Branda, Frances Chu et al. Molecular 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
Steven S. Branda United States 22 3.6k 1.3k 1.3k 571 559 43 5.1k
Ronen Hazan Israel 41 3.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 363 0.6× 436 0.8× 89 6.1k
Heidi B. Kaplan United States 27 3.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 349 0.6× 521 0.9× 46 5.1k
Martin Welch United Kingdom 42 3.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 530 0.4× 556 1.0× 519 0.9× 134 5.6k
Alex Toftgaard Nielsen Denmark 32 4.3k 1.2× 911 0.7× 768 0.6× 254 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 80 6.2k
Nicola R. Stanley‐Wall United Kingdom 42 4.7k 1.3× 2.6k 2.0× 2.3k 1.8× 692 1.2× 295 0.5× 87 6.5k
José Eduardo González‐Pastor Spain 28 3.3k 0.9× 2.0k 1.5× 1.8k 1.4× 475 0.8× 264 0.5× 47 4.7k
Marvin Whiteley United States 39 4.9k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 993 0.8× 436 0.8× 822 1.5× 74 7.3k
Claus Sternberg Denmark 31 5.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 407 0.7× 988 1.8× 55 7.1k
Matthew R. Chapman United States 49 5.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 812 0.6× 341 0.6× 492 0.9× 85 8.4k
Daniel E. Kadouri United States 31 2.0k 0.6× 475 0.4× 711 0.5× 566 1.0× 247 0.4× 59 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven S. Branda

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven S. Branda

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All Works

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Hirakawa, Matthew P., et al.. (2022). Upregulation of CD14 in mesenchymal stromal cells accelerates lipopolysaccharide-induced response and enhances antibacterial properties. iScience. 25(2). 103759–103759. 8 indexed citations
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D’haeseleer, Patrik, Nicole M. Collette, Victoria Lao, et al.. (2021). Shotgun Immunoproteomic Approach for the Discovery of Linear B-Cell Epitopes in Biothreat Agents Francisella tularensis and Burkholderia pseudomallei. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 716676–716676. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Robert K., Kyle J. Seamon, Edwin A. Saada, et al.. (2019). Use of anti-CRISPR protein AcrIIA4 as a capture ligand for CRISPR/Cas9 detection. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 141. 111361–111361. 25 indexed citations
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Franco, Magdalena, Patrik D’haeseleer, Steven S. Branda, et al.. (2018). Proteomic Profiling of Burkholderia thailandensis During Host Infection Using Bio-Orthogonal Noncanonical Amino Acid Tagging (BONCAT). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 8. 370–370. 16 indexed citations
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Krishnakumar, Raga, Anupama Sinha, Sara W. Bird, et al.. (2018). Systematic and stochastic influences on the performance of the MinION nanopore sequencer across a range of nucleotide bias. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3159–3159. 54 indexed citations
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Miller, Philip R., Robert M. Taylor, Bao Tran, et al.. (2018). Extraction and biomolecular analysis of dermal interstitial fluid collected with hollow microneedles. Communications Biology. 1(1). 173–173. 203 indexed citations
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Bartsch, Michael, Harrison Edwards, Daniel Lee, et al.. (2015). The Rotary Zone Thermal Cycler: A Low-Power System Enabling Automated Rapid PCR. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0118182–e0118182. 15 indexed citations
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Bent, Zachary, Mary Bao Tran-Gyamfi, Stanley A. Langevin, et al.. (2013). Enriching pathogen transcripts from infected samples: A capture-based approach to enhanced host–pathogen RNA sequencing. Analytical Biochemistry. 438(1). 90–96. 14 indexed citations
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Sinha, Anupama, Mais J. Jebrail, Hanyoup Kim, Kamlesh D. Patel, & Steven S. Branda. (2013). A Versatile Automated Platform for Micro-scale Cell Stimulation Experiments. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Meiye, Thomas D. Perroud, Nimisha Srivastava, et al.. (2012). Microfluidically-unified cell culture, sample preparation, imaging and flow cytometry for measurement of cell signaling pathways with single cell resolution. Lab on a Chip. 12(16). 2823–2823. 28 indexed citations
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Branda, Steven S., Frances Chu, Daniel B. Kearns, Richard Losick, & Roberto Kolter. (2005). A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix. Molecular Microbiology. 59(4). 1229–1238. 530 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chu, Frances, Daniel B. Kearns, Steven S. Branda, Roberto Kolter, & Richard Losick. (2005). Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 59(4). 1216–1228. 228 indexed citations
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Kearns, Daniel B., Frances Chu, Steven S. Branda, Roberto Kolter, & Richard Losick. (2004). A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 55(3). 739–749. 475 indexed citations
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Branda, Steven S., José Eduardo González‐Pastor, Etienne Dervyn, et al.. (2004). Genes Involved in Formation of Structured Multicellular Communities by Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(12). 3970–3979. 224 indexed citations
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Branda, Steven S., Åshild Vik, Lisa Friedman, & Roberto Kolter. (2004). Biofilms: the matrix revisited. Trends in Microbiology. 13(1). 20–26. 1330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rockmill, Beth, Jennifer C. Fung, Steven S. Branda, & G. Shirleen Roeder. (2003). The Sgs1 Helicase Regulates Chromosome Synapsis and Meiotic Crossing Over. Current Biology. 13(22). 1954–1962. 127 indexed citations
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Branda, Steven S., José Eduardo González‐Pastor, Sigal Ben‐Yehuda, Richard Losick, & Roberto Kolter. (2001). Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(20). 11621–11626. 905 indexed citations breakdown →
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Branda, Steven S. & Grazia Isaya. (1995). Prediction and Identification of New Natural Substrates of the Yeast Mitochondrial Intermediate Peptidase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(45). 27366–27373. 85 indexed citations

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