Table 4.
Top 10 cited articles on quorum sensing (2004–2023).
| Rank | Title | Journal | Corresponding author | Publication year | Total citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quorum sensing: Cell-to-cell communication in bacteria | Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology | Bassler, Bonnie L. | 2005 | 2,676 |
| 2 | Quorum sensing signal-response systems in Gram-negative bacteria | Nature Reviews Microbiology | Bassler, Bonnie L. | 2016 | 1,191 |
| 3 | Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Network Architectures | Annual Review of Genetics | Bassler, Bonnie L. | 2009 | 1,141 |
| 4 | Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Its Role in Virulence and Possibilities for Its Control | Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine | Bossier, Bonnie L. | 2012 | 1,082 |
| 5 | Sociomicrobiology: the connections between quorum sensing and biofilms | Trends in Microbiology | Greenberg, EP | 2005 | 797 |
| 6 | The small RNA chaperone Hfq and multiple small RNAs control quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae | Cell | Bassler, Bonnie L. | 2004 | 741 |
| 7 | The hierarchy quorum sensing network in Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Protein & Cell | Zhang, Lianhui | 2015 | 724 |
| 8 | Progress in and promise of bacterial quorum sensing research | Nature | Greenberg, E. Peter | 2017 | 671 |
| 9 | Quorum Sensing in Staphylococci | Annual Review of Genetics | Geisinger, Edward | 2008 | 649 |
| 10 | Quorum sensing inhibitors: An overview | Biotechnology Advances | Kalia, Vipin Chandra | 2013 | 591 |