Cegelski has authored or co-authored multiple publications that have been cited 100 or more times. As of January 2021, these include:
* "The biology and future prospects of antivirulence therapies," Nature Reviews Microbiology.
* "Morphological plasticity as a bacterial survival strategy," Nature Reviews Microbiology.
* "Small-molecule inhibitors target Escherichia coli amyloid biogenesis and biofilm formation," Nature Chemical Biology.
* "Conformation of microtubule-bound paclitaxel determined by fluorescence spectroscopy and REDOR NMR," Biochemistry.
* "Oritavancin exhibits dual mode of action to inhibit cell-wall biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus," Journal of Molecular Biology.
* "Mechanochemical unzipping of insulating polyladderene to semiconducting polyacetylene," Science.
* "Phosphoethanolamine cellulose: a naturally produced chemically modified cellulose," Science.