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D-Index
85
Citations
30298
World Ranking
865
National Ranking
54

Karsten Becker 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 Karsten Becker sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 369 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karsten Becker 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 Karsten Becker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karsten Becker is affiliated with Greifswald University Hospital in Germany and contributes extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans across infectious diseases, molecular medicine, molecular biology, clinical biochemistry, and epidemiology.

The main topics covered in Becker's work include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Becker has contributed to publications in various scientific journals and platforms. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Antibiotics
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

The scientist has co-authored numerous papers with several frequent collaborators including:

  • Evgeny A. Idelevich
  • Katharina Schaufler
  • Jürgen A. Bohnert
  • Stefan E. Heiden
  • Nils-Olaf Hübner

Among recent papers associated with the broader research network around Becker are:

  • Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics (2022), Nature
  • Frequency of positive anti-PF4/polyanion antibody tests after COVID-19 vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and BNT162b2 (2021), Blood
  • A Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 outbreak clone from Germany demonstrates features of extensive drug resistance, hypermucoviscosity, and enhanced iron acquisition (2020), Genome Medicine
  • Emergence of coagulase-negative staphylococci (2020), Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
  • Thirty years of VRE in Germany - "expect the unexpected": The view from the National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci (2020), Drug Resistance Updates

In addition to journal articles, Becker has contributed to book publications with Frontiers Media, including the title MALDI-TOF MS in Microbiological Diagnostics: Future Applications Beyond Identification released in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Nasal Carriage as a Source of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Christof von Eiff;Karsten Becker;Konstanze Machka;Holger Stammer

  • Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

    Karsten Becker;Christine Heilmann;Georg Peters

  • Small colony variants: a pathogenic form of bacteria that facilitates persistent and recurrent infections

    Richard A. Proctor;Christof von Eiff;Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Burden of disease and control challenges in Europe

    Robin Köck;Karsten Becker;B. Cookson;J. E. van Gemert-Pijnen

  • Infections associated with medical devices: pathogenesis, management and prophylaxis.

    Christof von Eiff;Bernd Jansen;Wolfgang Kohnen;Karsten Becker

  • Staphylococcus aureus phenotype switching: an effective bacterial strategy to escape host immune response and establish a chronic infection

    Lorena Tuchscherr;Eva Medina;Muzaffar Hussain;Wolfgang Völker

  • Evaluation of a novel 7-joint ultrasound score in daily rheumatologic practice: a pilot project.

    M. Backhaus;S. Ohrndorf;H. Kellner;J. Strunk

  • Persistent Infection with Small Colony Variant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

    Barbara Kahl;Mathias Herrmann;Anne Schulze Everding;Hans G. Koch

  • Rapid and Specific Detection of Toxigenic Staphylococcus aureus: Use of Two Multiplex PCR Enzyme Immunoassays for Amplification and Hybridization of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Genes, Exfoliative Toxin Genes, and Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Gene

    Karsten Becker;Ricarda Roth;Georg Peters

  • Prevalence of Genes Encoding Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigens and Exfoliative Toxins among Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Blood and Nasal Specimens

    Karsten Becker;Alexander W. Friedrich;Gabriele Lubritz;Maria Weilert

  • Interleukin-6, procalcitonin and TNF-α

    F. Bottner;A. Wegner;W. Winkelmann;K. Becker

  • Clinical Significance and Pathogenesis of Staphylococcal Small Colony Variants in Persistent Infections

    Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker;Bettina Löffler

  • Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants Are Adapted Phenotypes for Intracellular Persistence

    Lorena Tuchscherr;Vanessa Heitmann;Muzaffar Hussain;Dorothee Viemann

  • Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in wildlife, food-producing, and companion animals: a systematic review

    R. Köck;I. Daniels-Haardt;K. Becker;A. Mellmann

  • Developmental roadmap for antimicrobial susceptibility testing systems

    Alex van Belkum;Till T. Bachmann;Gerd Lüdke;Jan Gorm Lisby

  • Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as causes of human infection and colonization in Germany.

    Robin Köck;Frieder Schaumburg;Alexander Mellmann;Mahir Köksal

  • Faecal S100A12 as a non-invasive marker distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome

    Thomas Kaiser;Jost Langhorst;Helmut Wittkowski;Karsten Becker

  • Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants (SCVs): a road map for the metabolic pathways involved in persistent infections

    Richard A. Proctor;André Kriegeskorte;Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker

  • Are coagulase-negative staphylococci virulent?

    C. Heilmann;W. Ziebuhr;K. Becker

  • Development and evaluation of a quality-controlled ribosomal sequence database for 16S ribosomal DNA-based identification of Staphylococcus species.

    Karsten Becker;Dag Harmsen;Alexander Mellmann;Christian Meier

  • Impact of a Molecular Approach to Improve the Microbiological Diagnosis of Infective Heart Valve Endocarditis

    Claudia Breitkopf;Dieter Hammel;Hans H. Scheld;Georg Peters

  • Intracellular Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants within Keratinocytes: A Cause for Antibiotic Treatment Failure in a Patient with Darier's Disease

    Christof von Eiff;Karsten Becker;Dieter Metze;Gabriele Lubritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Peters
Georg Peters University of Münster
Christof von Eiff
Christof von Eiff Pfizer (United States)
Robin Köck
Robin Köck Essen University Hospital
Frieder Schaumburg
Frieder Schaumburg University of Münster
Alexander W. Friedrich
Alexander W. Friedrich University Medical Center Groningen
Alexander Mellmann
Alexander Mellmann University of Münster
Richard A. Proctor
Richard A. Proctor University of Wisconsin–Madison
Barbara C. Kahl
Barbara C. Kahl University of Münster
Martin P. Grobusch
Martin P. Grobusch University of Amsterdam
Peter G. Kremsner
Peter G. Kremsner University of Tübingen

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