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D-Index
88
Citations
27183
World Ranking
762
National Ranking
18

Mark A. Schembri 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 Mark A. Schembri sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 311 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark A. Schembri 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 Mark A. Schembri sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 87th percentile

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

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

Overview

Mark A. Schembri is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has a significant body of work primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, along with contributions to medicine. Their research spans various subfields such as endocrinology, molecular medicine, molecular biology, epidemiology, and genetics.

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Escherichia coli studies, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, urinary tract infections management, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, gut microbiota and health, and bacterial identification and susceptibility testing.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Schembri include Minh-Duy Phan, Scott A. Beatson, Brian M. Forde, Nguyen Thi Khanh Nhu, and Kate M. Peters.

Their research has been published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Microbiology Australia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • mBio
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Schembri cover a range of topics relevant to microbial resistance and bacterial genetics:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in ESKAPE Pathogens, 2020, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Cyclic ADP ribose isomers: Production, chemical structures, and immune signaling, 2022, Science
  • Antidepressants can induce mutation and enhance persistence toward multiple antibiotics, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Antidepressants promote the spread of antibiotic resistance via horizontally conjugative gene transfer, 2022, Environmental Microbiology
  • Integrating multiple genomic technologies to investigate an outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter hormaechei, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens

    David M. P. De Oliveira;Brian M. Forde;Timothy J. Kidd;Patrick N. A. Harris

  • Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by quorum sensing inhibitors

    Morten Hentzer;Hong Wu;Jens Bo Andersen;Kathrin Riedel

  • Type 1 fimbrial expression enhances Escherichia coli virulence for the urinary tract

    I Connell;W Agace;P Klemm;M Schembri

  • Global gene expression in Escherichia coli biofilms

    Mark A Schembri;Kristian Kjaergaard;Per Klemm

  • Global dissemination of a multidrug resistant Escherichia coli clone

    Nicola K. Petty;Nouri L. Ben Zakour;Mitchell Stanton-Cook;Elizabeth Skippington

  • Receptor binding studies disclose a novel class of high-affinity inhibitors of the Escherichia coli FimH adhesin

    Julie Bouckaert;Jenny Berglund;Mark Schembri;Erwin De Genst

  • Bacterial adhesins: function and structure.

    Per Klemm;Mark A. Schembri

  • Development and maturation of Escherichia coli K-12 biofilms.

    Andreas Reisner;Janus A. J. Haagensen;Mark A. Schembri;Ellen L. Zechner

  • Pathogenic adaptation of Escherichia coli by natural variation of the FimH adhesin

    Evgeni V. Sokurenko;Veronika Chesnokova;Daniel E. Dykhuizen;Itzhak Ofek

  • Host–pathogen checkpoints and population bottlenecks in persistent and intracellular uropathogenic Escherichia coli bladder infection

    Thomas J. Hannan;Makrina Totsika;Kylie J. Mansfield;Kate H. Moore

  • The emerging threat of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in urology

    Hosam M. Zowawi;Patrick N. A. Harris;Matthew J. Roberts;Paul A. Tambyah

  • DSB proteins and bacterial pathogenicity

    Begona Heras;Stephen R Shouldice;Makrina Totsika;Martin Scanlon

  • Identification of genes implicated in toxin production in the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii

    Mark A. Schembri;Brett A. Neilan;Christopher P. Saint

  • Capsule Shields the Function of Short Bacterial Adhesins

    Mark A. Schembri;Dorte Dalsgaard;Per Klemm

  • MrkH, a Novel c-di-GMP-Dependent Transcriptional Activator, Controls Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilm Formation by Regulating Type 3 Fimbriae Expression

    Jonathan J. Wilksch;Ji Yang;Abigail Clements;Jacinta L. Gabbe

  • Functional Analysis of Antigen 43 in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Reveals a Role in Long-Term Persistence in the Urinary Tract

    Glen Charles Ulett;Jaione Valle;Christophe Beloin;Orla Sherlock

  • Discovery of an archetypal protein transport system in bacterial outer membranes

    Joel Selkrig;Khedidja Mosbahi;Chaille T Webb;Matthew J Belousoff

  • Structure-function analysis of the self-recognizing Antigen 43 autotransporter protein from Escherichia coli.

    Per Klemm;Louise Hjerrild;Morten Gjermansen;Mark A. Schembri

  • Insights into a Multidrug Resistant Escherichia coli Pathogen of the Globally Disseminated ST131 Lineage: Genome Analysis and Virulence Mechanisms

    Makrina Totsika;Scott A. Beatson;Sohinee Sarkar;Minh Duy Phan

  • Capsule and fimbria interaction in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Mark A. Schembri;Jens Blom;Karen A. Krogfelt;Per Klemm

  • Uropathogenic Escherichia coli virulence and innate immune responses during urinary tract infection

    Glen Charles Ulett;Makrina Totsika;Kolja Schaale;Alison Carey

Frequent Co-Authors

Makrina Totsika
Makrina Totsika Queensland University of Technology
Scott A. Beatson
Scott A. Beatson University of Queensland
Glen C. Ulett
Glen C. Ulett Griffith University
Per Klemm
Per Klemm Technical University of Denmark
David L. Paterson
David L. Paterson University of Queensland
Matthew J. Sweet
Matthew J. Sweet University of Queensland
Alastair G. McEwan
Alastair G. McEwan University of Queensland
Kok-Gan Chan
Kok-Gan Chan University of Malaya
Jean-Marc Ghigo
Jean-Marc Ghigo Institut Pasteur
Christophe Beloin
Christophe Beloin Institut Pasteur

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