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Papers

(The median citation count of Plasmid is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	57
Development of a thermostable Cre/lox-based gene disruption system and in vivo manipulations of the megaplasmid pTT27 in Thermus thermophilus HB27	45
Atypical low-copy number plasmid segregation systems, all in one?	37
Plasmids on the move: Latest advances in Plasmid Biology from ISPB2022	21
Effect of the S008-sgaCD operon on IncC plasmid stability in the presence of SGI1-K or absence of an SGI1 variant	15
Complete sequence of classic F-type plasmid pRK100 shows unique conservation over time and geographic location	15
SGI1 excludes IncA and IncC plasmids	12
Carriage of three plasmids in a single human clinical isolate of Clostridioides difficile	10
Rep_3 plasmids found in Acinetobacter species that include orfX also harbour dif modules	9
Editorial Board	8
Evolution of Acinetobacter baumannii plasmids carrying the oxa58 carbapenemase resistance gene via plasmid fusion, IS26-mediated events and dif module shuffling	7
pSK41/pGO1-family conjugative plasmids of Staphylococcus aureus encode a cryptic repressor of replication	7
Plasmid classifications	7
Estimating plasmid conjugation rates: A new computational tool and a critical comparison of methods	6
Characterization and functional insights of the novel RC-type plasmid pAnox1 from Anoxybacillus gonensis 05S15	5
Sequence polarity between the promoter and the adjacent gene modulates promoter activity	4
Is the distribution of plasmid lengths bimodal?	4
The extensively antibiotic resistant ST111 Acinetobacter baumannii isolate RBH2 carries an extensive mobile element complement of plasmids, transposons and insertion sequences	3
Genomic analysis of plasmid content in food isolates of E. coli strongly supports its role as a reservoir for the horizontal transfer of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes	3
Editorial Board	3
The fluorination effect on the transfection efficacy of cell penetrating peptide complexes	3
An easily modifiable conjugative plasmid for studying horizontal gene transfer	3
A subclass of the IS1202 family of bacterial insertion sequences targets XerCD recombination sites	3
Genetic editing of multi-resistance plasmids in Escherichia coli isolated from meat during transfer	3
Intercellular transfer of plasmid DNA between in vitro cultured HEK293 cells following transient transfection	2

Editorial Board	2
An overview of plasmid transfer in the plant microbiome	2
Frequency and diversity of small plasmids in mesophilic Aeromonas isolates from fish, water and sediment	2
Simultaneous transformation of five vectors in Gluconobacter oxydans	2
SSR identification and phylogenetic analysis in four plant species based on complete chloroplast genome sequences	2
Our friend and colleague Laura Frost: A brief tribute	1
Characterization of the Agrobacterium octopine-cucumopine catabolic plasmid pAtAg67	1
Variation in the plasmid backbone and dif module content of R3-T33 Acinetobacter plasmids	1
Editorial Board	1
Can SGI1 family integrative mobilizable elements overcome entry exclusion exerted by IncA and IncC plasmids on IncC plasmids?	1
Characterization of IncI1/ST71 and IncF18:A−:B1 multidrug-resistance plasmids from an avian Escherichia coli isolate	1
Polluted wetlands contain multidrug-resistance plasmids encoding CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases	1