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Søren J. Sørensen

Søren J. Sørensen

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Microbiology
Denmark
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
103
Citations
40893
World Ranking
346
National Ranking
5

Søren J. Sørensen 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 Søren J. Sørensen sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 491 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Søren J. Sørensen 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 Søren J. Sørensen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

Overview

Søren J. Sørensen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans several fields of study, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. The scientist's work includes extensive investigation in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Pollution, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Some of the recent papers published by Søren J. Sørensen include:

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation: the second round of challenges, 2022, Nature Methods
  • CRISPRCasTyper: Automated Identification, Annotation, and Classification of CRISPR-Cas Loci, 2020, The CRISPR Journal
  • Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Søren J. Sørensen collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Joseph Nesme
  • Jakob Stokholm
  • Jonathan Thorsen
  • Hans Bisgaard
  • Shiraz A. Shah

The scientist publishes principally in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Gut Microbiota in Human Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Differs from Non-Diabetic Adults

    Nadja Larsen;Finn K. Vogensen;Frans W. J. van den Berg;Dennis Sandris Nielsen

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Identification and assembly of genomes and genetic elements in complex metagenomic samples without using reference genomes

    H Bjørn Nielsen;Mathieu Almeida;Agnieszka Sierakowska Juncker;Simon Rasmussen

  • Enhanced Biofilm Formation and Increased Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents and Bacterial Invasion Are Caused by Synergistic Interactions in Multispecies Biofilms

    Mette Burmølle;Jeremy S. Webb;Dhana Rao;Lars H. Hansen

  • Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation - A benchmark of metagenomics software

    Alexander Sczyrba;Peter Hofmann;Peter Hofmann;Peter Belmann;David Koslicki

  • Studying plasmid horizontal transfer in situ : a critical review

    Søren J. Sørensen;Mark Bailey;Lars H. Hansen;Niels Kroer

  • 454 pyrosequencing analyses of bacterial and archaeal richness in 21 full‐scale biogas digesters

    Carina Sundberg;Waleed A. Al-Soud;Madeleine Larsson;Erik Alm

  • Ecosystem response of pasture soil communities to fumigation-induced microbial diversity reductions: an examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship

    B. S. Griffiths;K. Ritz;Richard D. Bardgett;Roger Cook

  • The interconnection between biofilm formation and horizontal gene transfer

    Jonas Stenløkke Madsen;Mette Burmølle;Lars Hestbjerg Hansen;Søren Johannes Sørensen

  • Conjugative plasmids: vessels of the communal gene pool

    Anders Norman;Lars H. Hansen;Søren J. Sørensen

  • Interactions in multispecies biofilms: do they actually matter?

    Mette Burmølle;Dawei Ren;Thomas Bjarnsholt;Søren J. Sørensen

  • Maturation of the gut microbiome and risk of asthma in childhood.

    Jakob Stokholm;Jakob Stokholm;Martin J. Blaser;Jonathan Thorsen;Morten Arendt Rasmussen;Morten Arendt Rasmussen

  • Biofilms in chronic infections – a matter of opportunity – monospecies biofilms in multispecies infections

    Mette Burmølle;Trine Rolighed Thomsen;Mustafa Fazli;Irene Dige

  • Early life treatment with vancomycin propagates Akkermansia muciniphila and reduces diabetes incidence in the NOD mouse

    C H F Hansen;L Krych;D S Nielsen;F K Vogensen

  • Microbial indicators for soil quality

    Michael Schloter;Paolo Nannipieri;Søren J. Sørensen;Jan Dirk van Elsas

  • Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation: the second round of challenges

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  • Broad host range plasmids can invade an unexpectedly diverse fraction of a soil bacterial community.

    Uli Klümper;Leise Riber;Arnaud Dechesne;Analia Sannazzarro

  • An examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in arable soil microbial communities

    B.S Griffiths;K Ritz;R Wheatley;H.L Kuan

  • It is elemental: soil nutrient stoichiometry drives bacterial diversity

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Peter B. Reich;Amit N. Khachane;Colin D. Campbell

  • High prevalence of biofilm synergy among bacterial soil isolates in cocultures indicates bacterial interspecific cooperation

    Dawei Ren;Jonas Stenløkke Madsen;Søren Johannes Sørensen;Mette Burmølle

  • The microbiome of New World vultures

    Michael Roggenbuck;Ida Baerholm Schnell;Ida Baerholm Schnell;Nikolaj Blom;Jacob Bælum

  • Gut microbiota composition is correlated to grid floor induced stress and behavior in the BALB/c mouse.

    Katja Maria Bangsgaard Bendtsen;Lukasz Krych;Dorte Bratbo Sørensen;Wanyong Pang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Hestbjerg Hansen
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen University of Copenhagen
Mette Burmølle
Mette Burmølle University of Copenhagen
Waleed Abu Al-Soud
Waleed Abu Al-Soud Al Jouf University
Barth F. Smets
Barth F. Smets Technical University of Denmark
Hans Bisgaard
Hans Bisgaard University of Copenhagen
Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Finn K. Vogensen
Finn K. Vogensen University of Copenhagen
Martin Iain Bahl
Martin Iain Bahl Technical University of Denmark
Philippe Thonart
Philippe Thonart University of Liège
Tamar Barkay
Tamar Barkay Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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