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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 91 649 576 9 9 198 30147
Genetics 91 1039 981 10 10 182 29979

Kenn Gerdes publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kenn Gerdes between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kenn Gerdes published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2018. 4 of the 211 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2018. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 3 publications
1984 2025

211 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kenn Gerdes: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 1
1986 2
1987 3
1988 3
1989 0
1990 2
1991 2
1992 2
1993 0
1994 4
1995 5
1996 3
1997 7
1998 3
1999 7
2000 6
2001 4
2002 9
2003 8
2004 8
2005 7
2006 6
2007 7
2008 7
2009 7
2010 5
2011 5
2012 5
2013 11
2014 4
2015 7
2016 8
2017 6
2018 13
2019 10
2020 4
2021 5
2022 2
2023 8
2024 1
2025 3
Total 211
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Kenn Gerdes 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 Kenn Gerdes sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 195–204 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 198 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234 198
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Kenn Gerdes 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 Kenn Gerdes sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 91 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34 91
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Kenn Gerdes is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research encompasses fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also on Environmental Science. Subfields in their work include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Medicine, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas, reflecting a broad interest in bacterial and molecular mechanisms. These topics include:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Kenn Gerdes has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Some recent papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Phylogeny Reveals Novel HipA-Homologous Kinase Families and Toxin-Antitoxin Gene Organizations, 2021, mBio
  • Diverse genetic contexts of HicA toxin domains propose a role in anti-phage defense, 2024, mBio
  • Hibernation factors directly block ribonucleases from entering the ribosome in response to starvation, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Type II and type IV toxin-antitoxin systems show different evolutionary patterns in the global Klebsiella pneumoniae population, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • PasT of Escherichia coli sustains antibiotic tolerance and aerobic respiration as a bacterial homolog of mitochondrial Coq10, 2020, MicrobiologyOpen

Gerdes frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • mBio
  • eLife
  • MicrobiologyOpen

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Michael A. Sørensen
  • René L. Bærentsen
  • Ditlev E. Brodersen
  • Stine Vang Nielsen
  • Jeppe Lyngsø

Best Publications

  • Prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin stress response loci.

    Kenn Gerdes;Susanne K. Christensen;Anders Løbner-Olesen

  • Toxin–antitoxin loci are highly abundant in free-living but lost from host-associated prokaryotes

    Deo Prakash Pandey;Kenn Gerdes

  • Mechanisms of bacterial persistence during stress and antibiotic exposure.

    Alexander Harms;Etienne Maisonneuve;Kenn Gerdes

  • Recent functional insights into the role of (p)ppGpp in bacterial physiology

    Vasili Hauryliuk;Gemma C. Atkinson;Katsuhiko S. Murakami;Tanel Tenson

  • Unique type of plasmid maintenance function: postsegregational killing of plasmid-free cells.

    Kenn Gerdes;Poul B. Rasmussen;Soren Molin

  • Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Bacterial Persisters

    Etienne Maisonneuve;Kenn Gerdes;Kenn Gerdes

  • Bacterial persistence by RNA endonucleases

    Etienne Maisonneuve;Lana J. Shakespeare;Mikkel Girke Jørgensen;Kenn Gerdes

  • The bacterial toxin RelE displays codon-specific cleavage of mRNAs in the ribosomal A site.

    Kim Pedersen;Andrey V. Zavialov;Michael Yu. Pavlov;Johan Elf

  • Toxins, Targets, and Triggers: An Overview of Toxin-Antitoxin Biology

    Alexander Harms;Ditlev Egeskov Brodersen;Namiko Mitarai;Kenn Gerdes

  • Retraction Notice to: (p)ppGpp Controls Bacterial Persistence by Stochastic Induction of Toxin-Antitoxin Activity

    Etienne Maisonneuve;Manuela Castro-Camargo;Kenn Gerdes

  • RelE, a global inhibitor of translation, is activated during nutritional stress

    Susanne K. Christensen;Marie Mikkelsen;Kim Pedersen;Kenn Gerdes

  • Plasmid and chromosome partitioning: surprises from phylogeny.

    Kenn Gerdes;Jakob Møller-Jensen;Rasmus Bugge Jensen

  • Toxin–antitoxin Loci as Stress-response-elements: ChpAK/MazF and ChpBK Cleave Translated RNAs and are Counteracted by tmRNA

    Susanne K Christensen;Kim Pedersen;Flemming G Hansen;Flemming G Hansen;Kenn Gerdes

  • The morphogenetic MreBCD proteins of Escherichia coli form an essential membrane‐bound complex

    Thomas Kruse;Jette Bork-Jensen;Kenn Gerdes

  • Molecular Mechanism of Bacterial Persistence by HipA

    Elsa Germain;Daniel Castro-Roa;Nikolay Zenkin;Kenn Gerdes

  • Rapid induction and reversal of a bacteriostatic condition by controlled expression of toxins and antitoxins

    Kim Pedersen;Susanne K. Christensen;Kenn Gerdes

  • Bacterial persistence and toxin-antitoxin loci.

    Kenn Gerdes;Etienne Maisonneuve

  • Programmed cell death in bacteria: proteic plasmid stabilization systems.

    Rasmus Bugge Jensen;Kenn Gerdes

  • RelE toxins from Bacteria and Archaea cleave mRNAs on translating ribosomes, which are rescued by tmRNA

    Susanne K. Christensen;Kenn Gerdes

  • The Escherichia coli relBE genes belong to a new toxin–antitoxin gene family

    Marie Gotfredsen;Kenn Gerdes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Löwe
Jan Löwe MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Remy Loris
Remy Loris Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Hanne Ingmer
Hanne Ingmer University of Copenhagen
Philippe J. Sansonetti
Philippe J. Sansonetti Institut Pasteur
Leopold Parts
Leopold Parts Wellcome Sanger Institute
Anders Løbner-Olesen
Anders Løbner-Olesen University of Copenhagen
Boris Macek
Boris Macek University of Tübingen
David Tollervey
David Tollervey University of Edinburgh
David J. Sherratt
David J. Sherratt University of Oxford

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