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Microbiome

Last updated May 19, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Célio Dias Santos Júnior
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
966 cit.
2
Guojun Wu
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
579 cit.
3
Marcelo D. T. Torres
Unknown
423 cit.
4
Christopher G. Knight
University of Manchester
420 cit.
5
Yun-Jae Kim
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
380 cit.
6
Zhepu Ruan
South China Agricultural University
364 cit.
7
Kristen A. Muñoz
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
360 cit.
8
Xu Zha
Capital Medical University
345 cit.
9
Niccolò Carlino
University of Trento
333 cit.
10
Jiaying Zheng
Chinese University of Hong Kong
327 cit.

Rising Stars Papers

1
Discovery of antimicrobial peptides in the global microbiome with machine learning
Cell|2024
321 cit.
2
A core microbiome signature as an indicator of health
Cell|2024
192 cit.
3
Mining human microbiomes reveals an untapped source of peptide antibiotics
Cell|2024
140 cit.
4
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events
Nature|2024
139 cit.
5
Fecal microbiota transplantation improves anti-PD-1 inhibitor efficacy in unresectable or metastatic solid cancers refractory to anti-PD-1 inhibitor
Cell Host & Microbe|2024
151 cit.
6
Engineering natural microbiomes toward enhanced bioremediation by microbiome modeling
Nature Communications|2024
181 cit.
7
A Gram-negative-selective antibiotic that spares the gut microbiome
Nature|2024
119 cit.
8
Microbiota-derived lysophosphatidylcholine alleviates Alzheimer’s disease pathology via suppressing ferroptosis
Cell Metabolism|2024
114 cit.
9
Unexplored microbial diversity from 2,500 food metagenomes and links with the human microbiome
Cell|2024
110 cit.
10
Noninvasive, microbiome-based diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
Nature Medicine|2024
108 cit.

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Christopher D. Johnston
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa
546 cit.
2
Saman Maleki Vareki
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
431 cit.
3
Hiroshi Ohno
Yokohama City University Medical Center
400 cit.
4
Shyamal Peddada
Research Triangle Park Foundation
397 cit.
5
Kevin R. Foster
University of Oxford
371 cit.
6
Ramnik J. Xavier
Broad Institute
308 cit.
7
Emile E. Voest
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
275 cit.
8
David G. Binion
University of Pittsburgh
260 cit.
9
Ann H. Klopp
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
227 cit.
10
Justin L. Sonnenburg
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)
209 cit.

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
A distinct Fusobacterium nucleatum clade dominates the colorectal cancer niche
Nature|2024
364 cit.
2
Fecal microbiota transplantation plus anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in advanced melanoma: a phase I trial
Nature Medicine|2023
431 cit.
3
Gut microbial carbohydrate metabolism contributes to insulin resistance
Nature|2023
400 cit.
4
Multigroup analysis of compositions of microbiomes with covariate adjustments and repeated measures
Nature Methods|2023
397 cit.
5
Microbiome diversity protects against pathogens by nutrient blocking
Science|2023
371 cit.
6
Gut microbiome and metabolome profiling in Framingham heart study reveals cholesterol-metabolizing bacteria
Cell|2024
205 cit.
7
A pan-cancer analysis of the microbiome in metastatic cancer
Cell|2024
183 cit.
8
AGA Clinical Practice Update on Diet and Nutritional Therapies in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Expert Review
Gastroenterology|2024
260 cit.
9
Tumor-resident Lactobacillus iners confer chemoradiation resistance through lactate-induced metabolic rewiring
Cancer Cell|2023
227 cit.
10
Ultra-deep sequencing of Hadza hunter-gatherers recovers vanishing gut microbes
Cell|2023
209 cit.

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Jeffrey I. Gordon
Unknown
138.9k cit.
2
Curtis Huttenhower
Cancer Research And Biostatistics
77.3k cit.
3
Jun Wang
BGI Group (China)
43.1k cit.
4
Peter J. Turnbaugh
Harvard University
30.3k cit.
5
Rob Knight
University of Colorado Boulder
23.8k cit.
6
Peer Bork
Max Delbrück Center
22.8k cit.
7
Aviv Regev
Broad Institute
22.6k cit.
8
Susan Holmes
Stanford University
20.8k cit.
9
Sarkis K. Mazmanian
California Institute of Technology
20.3k cit.
10
James D. Lewis
University of Pennsylvania
19.6k cit.

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation
Genome biology|2011
16.5k cit.
2
An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest
Nature|2006
12.4k cit.
3
Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome
Nature|2012
11.8k cit.
4
A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing
Nature|2010
11.6k cit.
5
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
Nature|2013
10.1k cit.
6
Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences
Nature Biotechnology|2013
9.3k cit.
7
Hallmarks of Cancer: New Dimensions
Cancer Discovery|2022
8.9k cit.
8
Human gut microbes associated with obesity
Nature|2006
8.7k cit.
9
A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins
Nature|2008
7.9k cit.
10
Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography
Nature|2012
7.8k cit.

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