2026 Simon M. Cutting: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	59	3240	2969	289	272	140	14687

Overview

Simon M. Cutting is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily situated within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work extends into several subfields with notable focus on:

Infectious Diseases
Molecular Biology
Food Science
Surgery
Immunology

Simon M. Cutting's research addresses multiple key topics, including:

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
Gut microbiota and health
Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
Escherichia coli research studies
Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Several recent papers illustrate their academic contributions, such as:

"Prophylactic immunization to Helicobacter pylori infection using spore vectored vaccines" (2023), published in Helicobacter
"Micellar Antibiotics of Bacillus" (2021), published in Pharmaceutics
"Bacillus velezensis DSM 33864 reduces Clostridioides difficile colonization without disturbing commensal gut microbiota composition" (2023), published in Scientific Reports
"Heterologous Systemic Prime-Intranasal Boosting Using a Spore SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Confers Mucosal Immunity and Cross-Reactive Antibodies in Mice as well as Protection in Hamsters" (2022), published in Vaccines
"Spore-FP1 tuberculosis mucosal vaccine candidate is highly protective in guinea pigs but fails to improve on BCG-conferred protection in non-human primates" (2023), published in Frontiers in Immunology

Their frequent co-authors include:

Huynh A. Hong
William T. Ferreira
Edward Horwell
Daniel Hynes
Philip Bearn

The main publication venues where their work frequently appears are:

Vaccines
Frontiers in Immunology
Biomedicines
Journal of Medical Microbiology
Helicobacter

Best Publications

Molecular biological methods for Bacillus

Colin R. Harwood;Simon M. Cutting

1632
Citations
The use of bacterial spore formers as probiotics

Huynh A. Hong;Le Hong Duc;Simon M. Cutting

1387
Citations
Bacillus probiotics.

Unknown

857
Citations
Characterization of Bacillus Probiotics Available for Human Use

Le H. Duc;Huynh A. Hong;Teresa M. Barbosa;Adriano O. Henriques

636
Citations
The Intestinal Life Cycle of Bacillus subtilis and Close Relatives

Nguyen K. M. Tam;Nguyen Q. Uyen;Huynh A. Hong;Le H. Duc

456
Citations
Bacillus probiotics: spore germination in the gastrointestinal tract

Gabriella Casula;Simon M. Cutting

442
Citations
Bacillus subtilis isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract.

Huynh A. Hong;Reena Khaneja;Nguyen M.K. Tam;Alessia Cazzato

365
Citations
Characterization of Bacillus Species Used for Oral Bacteriotherapy and Bacterioprophylaxis of Gastrointestinal Disorders

Ngo Thi Hoa;Loredana Baccigalupi;Ashley Huxham;Andrei Smertenko

365
Citations
Bacterial spores as vaccine vehicles.

Le H. Duc;Huynh A. Hong;Neil Fairweather;Ezio Ricca

283
Citations
The safety of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus indicus as food probiotics.

H.A. Hong;J.-M. Huang;R. Khaneja;L.V. Hiep

273
Citations
Bacillus subtilis spores competitively exclude Escherichia coli O78:K80 in poultry.

R M La Ragione;G Casula;S M Cutting;M J Woodward

259
Citations
Display of heterologous antigens on the Bacillus subtilis spore coat using CotC as a fusion partner

Emilia M.F. Mauriello;Le H. Duc;Rachele Isticato;Giuseppina Cangiano

247
Citations
Fate and dissemination of Bacillus subtilis spores in a murine model.

Tran Thu Hoa;Le Hong Duc;Rachele Isticato;Loredana Baccigalupi

242
Citations
A forespore checkpoint for mother cell gene expression during development in B. subtilis

Simon Cutting;Valerie Oke;Adam Driks;Richard Losick

234
Citations
The safety of two Bacillus probiotic strains for human use.

Iryna B. Sorokulova;Iryna V. Pinchuk;Muriel Denayrolles;Irina G. Osipova

233
Citations
Mutation changing the specificity of an RNA polymerase sigma factor.

Peter Zuber;Peter Zuber;Judy Healy;H.Luke Carter;Simon Cutting

223
Citations
Characterization of two Bacillus probiotics.

David H. Green;Phil R. Wakeley;Anthony Page;Andrew Barnes

207
Citations
Sporulation operon spoIVF and the characterization of mutations that uncouple mother-cell from forespore gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.

Simon Cutting;Steven Roels;Richard Losick

204
Citations
Forespore-specific transcription of a gene in the signal transduction pathway that governs Pro-sigma K processing in Bacillus subtilis.

S Cutting;A Driks;R Schmidt;B Kunkel

182
Citations
Defining the natural habitat of Bacillus spore-formers

Huynh A. Hong;Ellen To;Saad Fakhry;Loredana Baccigalupi

182
Citations
Regulatory studies on the promoter for a gene governing synthesis and assembly of the spore coat in Bacillus subtilis.

Simon Cutting;Scott Panzer;Richard Losick

174
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ezio Ricca University of Naples Federico II

Adriano O. Henriques Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Richard Losick Harvard University

Anthony J. Wilkinson University of York

Neil F. Fairweather Imperial College London

Paul D. Fraser Royal Holloway University of London

Richard W. Titball University of Exeter

Gerhard Sandmann Goethe University Frankfurt

David H. Green University of Tasmania

Roberto M. La Ragione University of Surrey

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