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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
133
Citations
68100
World Ranking
70
National Ranking
2

Michael Givskov 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 Michael Givskov sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 387 publications — 89th percentile

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

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

Michael Givskov 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 Michael Givskov sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Michael Givskov is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in medicine. Their work covers several subfields including molecular biology, microbiology, endocrinology, molecular medicine, and genetics.

Their research interests focus on a range of topics related to bacterial behavior and infections. Key topics include bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, antimicrobial peptides and activities, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, streptococcal infections and treatments, Legionella and Acanthamoeba research, and oral microbiology and periodontitis research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Jens Bo Andersen, Katrine Qvortrup, Tim Holm Jakobsen, and Louise Dahl Hultqvist.

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of journals with repeated contributions in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, and Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Identification of small molecules that interfere with c-di-GMP signaling and induce dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, 2021, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • A GPCR-based yeast biosensor for biomedical, biotechnological, and point-of-use cannabinoid determination, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A genetic switch controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface colonization, 2023, Nature Microbiology
  • Bacterial genotoxins induce T cell senescence, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Periodontitis associates with species-specific gene expression of the oral microbiota, 2021, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Best Publications

  • Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms

    Niels Høiby;Thomas Bjarnsholt;Michael Givskov;Søren Molin

  • Quantification of biofilm structures by the novel computer program COMSTAT.

    Arne Heydorn;Alex Toftgaard Nielsen;Morten Hentzer;Claus Sternberg

  • Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by quorum sensing inhibitors

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

  • Food spoilage--interactions between food spoilage bacteria.

    Lone Gram;Lars Ravn;Maria Rasch;Jesper Bartholin Bruhn

  • Inhibition of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm bacteria by a halogenated furanone compound.

    Morten Hentzer;Kathrin Riedel;Thomas B. Rasmussen;Arne Heydorn

  • New unstable variants of green fluorescent protein for studies of transient gene expression in bacteria

    Jens Bo Andersen;Claus Sternberg;Lars Kongsbak Poulsen;Sara Petersen Bjørn

  • A characterization of DNA release in Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures and biofilms

    Marie Allesen‐Holm;Kim Bundvig Barken;Liang Yang;Mikkel Klausen

  • Why chronic wounds will not heal: a novel hypothesis.

    Thomas Bjarnsholt;Klaus Kirketerp-Møller;Peter Østrup Jensen;Kit G. Madsen

  • The clinical impact of bacterial biofilms

    Niels Høiby;Oana Ciofu;Helle Krogh Johansen;Zhi-jun Song

  • Eukaryotic interference with homoserine lactone-mediated prokaryotic signalling.

    M. Givskov;R. de Nys;M. Manefield;Lone Gram

  • Pharmacological inhibition of quorum sensing for the treatment of chronic bacterial infections

    Morten Hentzer;Michael Christian Givskov

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis patients

    Thomas Bjarnsholt;Peter Østrup Jensen;Mark J. Fiandaca;Jette Pedersen

  • Alginate Overproduction Affects Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Structure and Function

    Morten Hentzer;Gail M. Teitzel;Grant J. Balzer;Arne Heydorn

  • Quorum-sensing inhibitors as anti-pathogenic drugs

    Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen;Michael Christian Givskov

  • Screening for Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors (QSI) by Use of a Novel Genetic System, the QSI Selector

    Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen;Thomas Bjarnsholt;Mette Elena Skindersoe;Morten Hentzer

  • Evidence that halogenated furanones from Delisea pulchra inhibit acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-mediated gene expression by displacing the AHL signal from its receptor protein.

    Michael Manefield;Rocky de Nys;Kumar Naresh;Read Roger

  • Halogenated furanones inhibit quorum sensing through accelerated LuxR turnover.

    Michael Manefield;Michael Manefield;Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen;Morten Henzter;Jens Bo Andersen

  • Cell Death in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development

    Jeremy S. Webb;Lyndal S. Thompson;Sally James;Tim Charlton

  • Quorum-sensing cross talk: isolation and chemical characterization of cyclic dipeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other gram-negative bacteria.

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Siri Ram Chhabra;Rocky De Nys;Paul Stead

  • The impact of quorum sensing and swarming motility on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation is nutritionally conditional

    Joshua D. Shrout;David L. Chopp;Collin L. Just;Morten Hentzer

  • Quorum sensing inhibitors: a bargain of effects.

    Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen;Michael Christian Givskov

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Bjarnsholt
Thomas Bjarnsholt University of Copenhagen
Tim Tolker-Nielsen
Tim Tolker-Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Niels Høiby
Niels Høiby University of Copenhagen
Søren Molin
Søren Molin Technical University of Denmark
Leo Eberl
Leo Eberl University of Zurich
Liang Yang
Liang Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University
Peter Østrup Jensen
Peter Østrup Jensen University of Copenhagen
Claus Moser
Claus Moser University of Copenhagen
Scott A. Rice
Scott A. Rice Nanyang Technological University

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