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Markus M. Simon

Markus M. Simon

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
74
Citations
14264
World Ranking
1609
National Ranking
118

Markus M. Simon 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 Markus M. Simon sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 249 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Markus M. Simon 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 Markus M. Simon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Markus M. Simon is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed to research in both library science and photonics.

The scientist's publication record includes papers covering diverse topics. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Fifty Years of School Library Literature: A Scoping Review with Bibliometric Analysis" (2025), published in the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
  • "Increasing Throughput in Many Applications" (2021), published in PhotonicsViews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Markus M. Simon include:

  • Krystal Gagen-Spriggs
  • Kay Oddone
  • Kasey Garrison
  • Stefan Vorndran

The scientist's work has appeared notably in the following venues:

  • Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
  • PhotonicsViews

Best Publications

  • Lipid A: chemical structure and biological activity.

    Otto Lüderitz;Chris Galanos;Volker Lehmann;Marjatta Nurminen

  • Human and Mouse Granzyme A Induce a Proinflammatory Cytokine Response

    Sunil S. Metkar;Cheikh Menaa;Julian Pardo;Julian Pardo;Baikun Wang

  • Monoclonal antibodies specific for the outer surface protein A (OspA) of Borrelia burgdorferi prevent Lyme borreliosis in severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mice.

    Ulrich E. Schaible;Michael D. Kramer;Klaus Eichmann;Manuel Modolell

  • Complement Resistance of Borrelia burgdorferi Correlates with the Expression of BbCRASP-1, a Novel Linear Plasmid-encoded Surface Protein That Interacts with Human Factor H and FHL-1 and Is Unrelated to Erp Proteins

    Peter Kraiczy;Jens Hellwage;Christine Skerka;Heiko Becker

  • Granzymes are the essential downstream effector molecules for the control of primary virus infections by cytolytic leukocytes

    Arno Müllbacher;Paul Waring;Ron Tha Hla;Thao Tran

  • Differential recognition of structural details of bacterial lipopeptides by toll-like receptors.

    Michael Morr;Osamu Takeuchi;Shizhuo Akira;Markus M. Simon

  • Gliotoxin Is a Virulence Factor of Aspergillus fumigatus: gliP Deletion Attenuates Virulence in Mice Immunosuppressed with Hydrocortisone

    Janyce A. Sugui;Julian Pardo;Yun C. Chang;Kol A. Zarember

  • The outer surface protein A of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi is a plasmin(ogen) receptor

    Hans Fuchs;Reinhard Wallich;Markus M. Simon;Michael D. Kramer

  • In Vitro– and Ex Vivo–derived Cytolytic Leukocytes from Granzyme A × B Double Knockout Mice Are Defective in Granule-mediated Apoptosis but not Lysis of Target Cells

    Markus M. Simon;Michael Hausmann;Thao Tran;Klaus Ebnet

  • Lack of the purinergic receptor P2X7 results in resistance to contact hypersensitivity

    Felix C. Weber;Philippp R. Esser;Philippp R. Esser;Tobias Müller;Jayanthi Ganesan;Jayanthi Ganesan

  • Granzyme A-deficient mice retain potent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

    Ebnet K;Hausmann M;Lehmann-Grube F;Müllbacher A

  • Apoptotic Pathways Are Selectively Activated by Granzyme A and/or Granzyme B in CTL-mediated Target Cell Lysis

    Julián Pardo;Alberto Bosque;Reina Brehm;Reinhard Wallich

  • Recombinant Outer Surface Protein A from Borrelia burgdorferi Induces Antibodies Protective against Spirochetal Infection in Mice

    Markus M. Simon;Ulrich E. Schaible;Michael D. Kramer;Christoph Eckerskorn

  • The severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mouse. A laboratory model for the analysis of Lyme arthritis and carditis.

    U E Schaible;M D Kramer;C Museteanu;G Zimmer

  • Granzyme A is critical for recovery of mice from infection with the natural cytopathic viral pathogen, ectromelia

    Arno Mullbacher;Klaus Ebnet;Robert V. Blanden;Ron Tha Hla

  • Infestation of rodents with larval Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) is an important factor in the transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in German woodlands.

    Klaus Kurtenbach;Helge Kampen;Astrid Dizij;Stephan Arndt

  • Granzyme B is expressed in mouse mast cells in vivo and in vitro and causes delayed cell death independent of perforin.

    Julian Pardo;R Wallich;K Ebnet;S Iden

  • Experimental Borrelia burgdorferi infection in inbred mouse strains: Antibody response and association of H-2 genes with resistance and susceptibility to development of arthritis

    Ulrich E. Schaible;Michael D. Kramer;Reinhard Wallich;Thao Tran

  • Purification and characterization of a T cell specific serine proteinase (TSP-1) from cloned cytolytic T lymphocytes

    M M Simon;H Hoschützky;U Fruth;H G Simon

  • Identification and functional characterization of complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 1 of the Lyme disease spirochetes Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii.

    Reinhard Wallich;Joseph Pattathu;Veronique Kitiratschky;Christiane Brenner

  • Granzymes are essential for natural killer cell-mediated and perf-facilitated tumor control.

    Julián Pardo;Sandra Balkow;Alberto Anel;Markus M. Simon

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Wallich
Reinhard Wallich Heidelberg University
Arno Müllbacher
Arno Müllbacher Australian National University
Peter Kraiczy
Peter Kraiczy Goethe University Frankfurt
Peter F. Zipfel
Peter F. Zipfel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ulrich E. Schaible
Ulrich E. Schaible Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Klaus Eichmann
Klaus Eichmann Max Planck Society
Christine Skerka
Christine Skerka Leibniz Association
Klaus Ebnet
Klaus Ebnet University of Münster
Lise Gern
Lise Gern University of Neuchâtel
Christopher J. Froelich
Christopher J. Froelich NorthShore University HealthSystem

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