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Ákos T. Kovács

Ákos T. Kovács

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
47
Citations
7673
World Ranking
4806
National Ranking
180

Ákos T. Kovács publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ákos T. Kovács sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 195 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Ákos T. Kovács D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ákos T. Kovács sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation and social interactions.

    Unknown

  • Biofilm formation and dispersal in Gram-positive bacteria

    Tjakko Abee;Akos T. Kovacs;Oscar P. Kuipers;Stijn van der Veen

  • Bacillus velezensis stimulates resident rhizosphere Pseudomonas stutzeri for plant health through metabolic interactions

    Xinli Sun;Xinli Sun;Zhihui Xu;Jiyu Xie;Viktor Hesselberg-Thomsen

  • Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ

    Raimo Hartmann;Hannah Jeckel;Hannah Jeckel;Eric Jelli;Eric Jelli;Praveen K. Singh

  • Molecular Aspects of Plant Growth Promotion and Protection by Bacillus subtilis.

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  • Density of founder cells affects spatial pattern formation and cooperation in Bacillus subtilis biofilms.

    Jordi van Gestel;Franz J Weissing;Oscar P Kuipers;Ákos T Kovács

  • Division of Labor during Biofilm Matrix Production.

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  • The Peculiar Functions of the Bacterial Extracellular Matrix

    Unknown

  • Bacillus subtilis

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  • Bacillus subtilis attachment to Aspergillus niger hyphae results in mutually altered metabolism

    Isabelle Benoit;Marielle H. van den Esker;Aleksandrina Patyshakuliyeva;Derek J. Mattern;Derek J. Mattern

  • Genomic and Chemical Diversity of Bacillus subtilis Secondary Metabolites against Plant Pathogenic Fungi.

    Heiko T. Kiesewalter;Carlos N. Lozano-Andrade;Mario Wibowo;Mikael L. Strube

  • Motility, Chemotaxis and Aerotaxis Contribute to Competitiveness during Bacterial Pellicle Biofilm Development.

    Theresa Hölscher;Benjamin Bartels;Yu Cheng Lin;Ramses Gallegos-Monterrosa

  • A Duo of Potassium-Responsive Histidine Kinases Govern the Multicellular Destiny of Bacillus subtilis.

    Roberto R Grau;Paula de Oña;Maritta Kunert;Cecilia Leñini

  • Benchmarking Various Green Fluorescent Protein Variants in Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Lactococcus lactis for Live Cell Imaging

    Wout Overkamp;Katrin Beilharz;Ruud Detert Oude Weme;Ana Solopova

  • Sliding on the surface: bacterial spreading without an active motor

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  • CodY, a pleiotropic regulator, influences multicellular behaviour and efficient production of virulence factors in Bacillus cereus

    Toril Lindbäck;Maarten Mols;Coraline Basset;Per Einar Granum

  • Cyanobacterial-Type, Heteropentameric, NAD+-Reducing NiFe Hydrogenase in the Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina

    Gábor Rákhely;Ákos T. Kovács;Gergely Maróti;Barna D. Fodor

  • A circadian clock in a nonphotosynthetic prokaryote

    Zheng Eelderink-Chen;Jasper Bosman;Francesca Sartor;Antony N. Dodd

  • Phylogenetic Distribution of Secondary Metabolites in the Bacillus subtilis Species Complex.

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  • The YmdB Phosphodiesterase Is a Global Regulator of Late Adaptive Responses in Bacillus subtilis

    Christine Diethmaier;Joseph A. Newman;Ákos T. Kovács;Volkhard Kaever

Frequent Co-Authors

Oscar P. Kuipers
Oscar P. Kuipers University of Groningen
Kornél L. Kovács
Kornél L. Kovács University of Szeged
Gábor Rákhely
Gábor Rákhely University of Szeged
Knut Drescher
Knut Drescher Max Planck Society
Stefan Schuster
Stefan Schuster Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen
Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Jens Christian Frisvad
Jens Christian Frisvad Technical University of Denmark
Ruifu Zhang
Ruifu Zhang Nanjing Agricultural University
Victor Sourjik
Victor Sourjik Max Planck Society
Fitnat H. Yildiz
Fitnat H. Yildiz University of California, Santa Cruz

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