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Victor Sourjik

Victor Sourjik

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14404
World Ranking
10212
National Ranking
738

Victor Sourjik publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Victor Sourjik sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 165 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Victor Sourjik D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Victor Sourjik sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Victor Sourjik is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 105 publications in this area. Their research spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Ecology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Victor Sourjik has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Journal of Bacteriology

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on microbial community analysis, bacterial physiology, and signaling mechanisms. Notable publications include:

  • Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • Multiple functions of flagellar motility and chemotaxis in bacterial physiology, 2021, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Dependence of diffusion in Escherichia coli cytoplasm on protein size, environmental conditions, and cell growth, 2022, eLife
  • Chemotaxis and autoinducer-2 signalling mediate colonization and contribute to co-existence of Escherichia coli strains in the murine gut, 2023, Nature Microbiology
  • Chemotaxis of the Human Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the Neurotransmitter Acetylcholine, 2022, mBio

Collaboration is a notable element in Victor Sourjik's research profile. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rémy Colin
  • Gabriele Malengo
  • Timo Glatter
  • Olga Lamprecht
  • Bin Ni

Best Publications

  • Receptor sensitivity in bacterial chemotaxis.

    Victor Sourjik;Howard C. Berg

  • Responding to Chemical Gradients: Bacterial Chemotaxis

    Victor Sourjik;Ned S Wingreen

  • Functional interactions between receptors in bacterial chemotaxis

    Victor Sourjik;Howard C. Berg

  • Second Messenger-Mediated Adjustment of Bacterial Swimming Velocity

    Alex Boehm;Matthias Kaiser;Hui Li;Christian Spangler

  • The energy–speed–accuracy trade-off in sensory adaptation

    Ganhui Lan;Pablo Sartori;Silke Neumann;Victor Sourjik

  • Receptor Clustering and Signal Processing in E. Coli Chemotaxis

    Victor Sourjik

  • Soft erythrocyte-based bacterial microswimmers for cargo delivery

    Yunus Alapan;Oncay Yasa;Oliver Schauer;Joshua Giltinan

  • Design principles of a bacterial signalling network

    Markus Kollmann;Linda Løvdok;Kilian Bartholomé;Jens Timmer

  • Localization of components of the chemotaxis machinery of Escherichia coli using fluorescent protein fusions.

    Victor Sourjik;Howard C. Berg

  • Binding of the Escherichia coli response regulator CheY to its target measured in vivo by fluorescence resonance energy transfer.

    Victor Sourjik;Howard C. Berg

  • Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ

    Raimo Hartmann;Hannah Jeckel;Hannah Jeckel;Eric Jelli;Eric Jelli;Praveen K. Singh

  • MaxSynBio - Avenues towards creating cells from the bottom up

    Petra Schwille;Joachim Spatz;Katharina Landfester;Eberhard Bodenschatz

  • Quantitative and spatio‐temporal features of protein aggregation in Escherichia coli and consequences on protein quality control and cellular ageing

    Juliane Winkler;Anja Seybert;Lars König;Sabine Pruggnaller

  • Mobility of Cytoplasmic, Membrane, and DNA-Binding Proteins in Escherichia coli

    Mohit Kumar;Mario S. Mommer;Victor Sourjik

  • Stimulus sensing and signal processing in bacterial chemotaxis

    Shuangyu Bi;Victor Sourjik

  • Phosphotransfer between CheA, CheY1, and CheY2 in the Chemotaxis Signal Transduction Chain of Rhizobium meliloti†

    Victor Sourjik;Rüdiger Schmitt

  • Hsp70 proteins bind Hsp100 regulatory M domains to activate AAA+ disaggregase at aggregate surfaces

    Fabian Seyffer;Eva Kummer;Yuki Oguchi;Juliane Winkler

  • Chemotaxis towards autoinducer 2 mediates autoaggregation in Escherichia coli

    Leanid Laganenka;Remy Colin;Victor Sourjik

  • Multiple functions of flagellar motility and chemotaxis in bacterial physiology.

    Remy Colin;Bin Ni;Bin Ni;Leanid Laganenka;Victor Sourjik

  • Chemotaxis: how bacteria use memory.

    Nikita Vladimirov;Victor Sourjik

Frequent Co-Authors

Ned S. Wingreen
Ned S. Wingreen Princeton University
Knut Drescher
Knut Drescher Max Planck Society
Howard C. Berg
Howard C. Berg Harvard University
Rüdiger Schmitt
Rüdiger Schmitt University of Regensburg
Petra Schwille
Petra Schwille Max Planck Society
Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ákos T. Kovács
Ákos T. Kovács Leiden University
Fitnat H. Yildiz
Fitnat H. Yildiz University of California, Santa Cruz
Katharina Landfester
Katharina Landfester Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

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