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D-Index
98
Citations
34738
World Ranking
457
National Ranking
50

Simon J. Foster 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 Simon J. Foster sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 292 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon J. Foster 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 Simon J. Foster sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 1997 - WH Pierce Prize, The Society for Applied Microbiology

Overview

Simon J. Foster is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Computer Science. Within these fields, they have focused significantly on key subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Artificial Intelligence, and Immunology.

Their work prominently addresses topics related to antimicrobial resistance and bacterial biology. Main areas of investigation include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Logic, Programming, and Type Systems, and Immune Response and Inflammation.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Simon J. Foster include:

  • The architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall, 2020, Nature
  • The Role of Macrophages in Staphylococcus aureus Infection, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Evolving MRSA: High-level β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is associated with RNA Polymerase alterations and fine tuning of gene expression, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Staphylococcus aureus cell wall structure and dynamics during host-pathogen interaction, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Polymersomes Eradicating Intracellular Bacteria, 2020, ACS Nano

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon J. Foster include:

  • Jamie K. Hobbs
  • Stephen A. Renshaw
  • Joshua A. F. Sutton
  • Katarzyna Wacnik
  • Lucía Lafage

Simon J. Foster has contributed multiple publications to venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), mBio, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Pathogens, and ACS Nano. These venues reflect a diverse range of platforms for disseminating research related to microbiology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

In 1997, Simon J. Foster received the WH Pierce Prize awarded by The Society for Applied Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Host Recognition of Bacterial Muramyl Dipeptide Mediated through NOD2 IMPLICATIONS FOR CROHN′S DISEASE

    Naohiro Inohara;Yasunori Ogura;Ana Fontalba;Olga Gutierrez

  • Essential Bacillus subtilis genes

    K. Kobayashi;S.D. Ehrlich;A. Albertini;G. Amati

  • An essential role for NOD1 in host recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan containing diaminopimelic acid.

    Mathias Chamaillard;Masahito Hashimoto;Yasuo Horie;Junya Masumoto

  • Bacterial peptidoglycan (murein) hydrolases.

    Waldemar Vollmer;Bernard Joris;Paulette Charlier;Simon Foster

  • Alternatives to antibiotics—a pipeline portfolio review

    Lloyd Czaplewski;Richard Bax;Martha Clokie;Mike Dawson

  • sigmaB modulates virulence determinant expression and stress resistance: characterization of a functional rsbU strain derived from Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4.

    Malcolm J. Horsburgh;Joanne L. Aish;Ian J. White;Les Shaw

  • Autolysins of Bacillus subtilis: multiple enzymes with multiple functions.

    Thomas J. Smith;Steve A. Blackman;Simon J. Foster

  • Evidence that the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor sigmaE is required for normal cell wall structure in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).

    Mark S. B. Paget;Mark S. B. Paget;Leony Chamberlin;Abdelmadjid Atrih;Simon J. Foster

  • A ruthenium( II ) polypyridyl complex for direct imaging of DNA structure in living cells

    Martin R. Gill;Jorge Garcia-Lara;Simon J. Foster;Carl Smythe

  • Crohn's disease-associated NOD2 variants share a signaling defect in response to lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan.

    Denise K. Bonen;Yasunori Ogura;Dan L. Nicolae;Naohiro Inohara

  • An introduction to Staphylococcus aureus, and techniques for identifying and quantifying S. aureus adhesins in relation to adhesion to biomaterials: review.

    Harris Lg;Foster Sj;Richards Rg

  • The architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall.

    L. Pasquina-Lemonche;J. Burns;R. D. Turner;S. Kumar;S. Kumar

  • Selective Roles for Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)2 and TLR4 in the Regulation of Neutrophil Activation and Life Span

    Ian Sabroe;Lynne R. Prince;Elizabeth C. Jones;Malcolm J. Horsburgh

  • PerR controls oxidative stress resistance and iron storage proteins and is required for virulence in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Malcolm J. Horsburgh;Mark O. Clements;Howard Crossley;Eileen Ingham

  • Catalase (KatA) and Alkyl Hydroperoxide Reductase (AhpC) Have Compensatory Roles in Peroxide Stress Resistance and Are Required for Survival, Persistence, and Nasal Colonization in Staphylococcus aureus

    Kate Cosgrove;Graham Coutts;Ing-Marie Jonsson;Andrej Tarkowski

  • In Staphylococcus aureus, fur is an interactive regulator with PerR, contributes to virulence, and Is necessary for oxidative stress resistance through positive regulation of catalase and iron homeostasis.

    Malcolm J. Horsburgh;Eileen Ingham;Simon J. Foster

  • Surface adhesins of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Simon R Clarke;Simon J Foster

  • Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH)

    Roy Ronjon Chaudhuri;Andrew G Allen;Paul J Owen;Gil Shalom

  • Mechanism of Gram-positive Shock: Identification of Peptidoglycan and Lipoteichoic Acid Moieties Essential in the Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase, Shock, and Multiple Organ Failure

    Ken M. Kengatharan;Sjef De Kimpe;Caroline Robson;Simon J. Foster

  • The role and regulation of the extracellular proteases of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Lindsey Shaw;Ewa Golonka;Jan Potempa;Simon J. Foster

  • AcmA of Lactococcus lactis is an N-acetylglucosaminidase with an optimal number of LysM domains for proper functioning

    Anton Steen;Girbe Buist;Gavin J. Horsburgh;Gerard Venema

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Thiemermann
Christoph Thiemermann Queen Mary University of London
Stephen A. Renshaw
Stephen A. Renshaw University of Sheffield
David H. Dockrell
David H. Dockrell University of Edinburgh
Jos A. G. van Strijp
Jos A. G. van Strijp Utrecht University
Eileen Ingham
Eileen Ingham University of Leeds
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Gabriel Núñez
Gabriel Núñez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Naohiro Inohara
Naohiro Inohara University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Philip W. Ingham
Philip W. Ingham University of Bath

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