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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
135
Citations
68371
World Ranking
64
National Ranking
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Staffan Kjelleberg 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 Staffan Kjelleberg sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 439 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Staffan Kjelleberg 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 Staffan Kjelleberg sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 135 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 Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Staffan Kjelleberg is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research primarily focuses on microbiology, with significant contributions to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science.

The main subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Oceanography, Genetics, and Pollution. Their research topics broadly encompass bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, microbial community ecology and physiology, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal plant biology, gut microbiota and health, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Staffan Kjelleberg include:

  • Three faces of biofilms: a microbial lifestyle, a nascent multicellular organism, and an incubator for diversity (2021) published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • Secondary Effects of Antibiotics on Microbial Biofilms (2020) published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A compromised developmental trajectory of the infant gut microbiome and metabolome in atopic eczema (2020) published in Gut Microbes
  • The biofilm matrix scaffold of Pseudomonas aeruginosa contains G-quadruplex extracellular DNA structures (2021) published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • Weak acids as an alternative anti-microbial therapy (2020) published in Biofilm

Frequent co-authors in their research include Stuart A. Rice, Thomas Seviour, Sudarsan Mugunthan, Jamie Hinks, and Ezequiel M. Marzinelli.

Staffan Kjelleberg has published extensively in venues such as npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, Microbiology Australia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biofilm, and Nature Communications.

In recognition of their contributions, Staffan Kjelleberg was awarded the title Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life.

    Hans-Curt Flemming;Jost Wingender;Ulrich Szewzyk;Peter Steinberg

  • Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

    Margaret McFall-Ngai;Michael G. Hadfield;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Hannah V. Carey

  • Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by quorum sensing inhibitors

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

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

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

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

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

  • Eukaryotic interference with homoserine lactone-mediated prokaryotic signalling.

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

  • Should we stay or should we go: mechanisms and ecological consequences for biofilm dispersal.

    Diane McDougald;Diane McDougald;Scott A. Rice;Scott A. Rice;Nicolas Barraud;Peter D. Steinberg

  • Involvement of Nitric Oxide in Biofilm Dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Nicolas Barraud;Daniel J. Hassett;Sung Hei Hwang;Scott A. Rice

  • Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species

    Catherine Burke;Peter Steinberg;Doug Rusch;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • 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

  • Use of 16S rRNA and rpoB genes as molecular markers for microbial ecology studies.

    Rebecca J. Case;Yan Boucher;Ingela Dahllöf;Carola Holmström

  • The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria.

    Federico M. Lauro;Diane McDougald;Torsten Thomas;Timothy J. Williams

  • 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

  • Marine Pseudoalteromonas species are associated with higher organisms and produce biologically active extracellular agents

    Carola Holmström;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • Cell Death in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development

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

  • Off the hook - how bacteria survive protozoan grazing

    Carsten Matz;Carsten Matz;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • 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 seaweed holobiont: Understanding seaweed-bacteria interactions

    Suhelen Egan;Tilmann Harder;Catherine Burke;Peter Steinberg;Peter Steinberg

  • Nitric oxide signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms mediates phosphodiesterase activity, decreased cyclic Di-GMP levels, and enhanced dispersal

    Nicholas Barraud;David Schleheck;Janosch Klebensberger;Jeremy S. Webb

  • rpoB-Based Microbial Community Analysis Avoids Limitations Inherent in 16S rRNA Gene Intraspecies Heterogeneity

    Ingela Dahllöf;Harriet Baillie;Staffan Kjelleberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Rice
Scott A. Rice Nanyang Technological University
Peter D. Steinberg
Peter D. Steinberg University of New South Wales
Michael Givskov
Michael Givskov University of Copenhagen
Jeremy S. Webb
Jeremy S. Webb University of Southampton
Torsten Thomas
Torsten Thomas University of New South Wales
Liang Yang
Liang Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
Thomas Nyström
Thomas Nyström University of Gothenburg
Naresh Kumar
Naresh Kumar University of New South Wales
Rocky de Nys
Rocky de Nys James Cook University

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