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npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
H-index 46

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 56 123 132 32
Biology and Biochemistry 169 118 120 32

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 413
Documents by Best Scientists*: 302
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 20
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.37
Impact Factor: 9.2

Top Publications

  • Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge

    Unknown

    (2022)
    302 Citations
  • Seasonal dynamics of diet-gut microbiota interaction in adaptation of yaks to life at high altitude.

    Na Guo;Qunfu Wu;Fuyu Shi;Jiahuan Niu

    (2021)
    201 Citations
  • Three faces of biofilms: a microbial lifestyle, a nascent multicellular organism, and an incubator for diversity.

    Anahit Penesyan;Ian T. Paulsen;Staffan Kjelleberg;Staffan Kjelleberg;Michael R. Gillings

    (2021)
    178 Citations
  • Interactions of plasma-activated water with biofilms : inactivation, dispersal effects and mechanisms of action

    Anne Mai-Prochnow;Renwu Zhou;Tianqi Zhang;Kostya Ken Ostrikov

    (2021)
    143 Citations
  • Host development overwhelms environmental dispersal in governing the ecological succession of zebrafish gut microbiota

    Fanshu Xiao;Wengen Zhu;Yuhe Yu;Zhili He;Zhili He

    (2021)
    124 Citations
  • Diversity, function and assembly of mangrove root-associated microbial communities at a continuous fine-scale.

    Wei Zhuang;Xiaoli Yu;Ruiwen Hu;Zhiwen Luo

    (2020)
    110 Citations
  • Berberine attenuates choline-induced atherosclerosis by inhibiting trimethylamine and trimethylamine-N-oxide production via manipulating the gut microbiome.

    Xingxing Li;Chunyan Su;Zhibo Jiang;Yuxin Yang

    (2021)
    97 Citations
  • The sources and transmission routes of microbial populations throughout a meat processing facility

    Benjamin Zwirzitz;Stefanie U. Wetzels;Emmanuel D. Dixon;Beatrix Stessl

    (2020)
    96 Citations

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