Ana Zhu

2.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
8 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ana Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ana Zhu has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Ana Zhu's work include Gut microbiota and health (6 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (3 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (3 papers). Ana Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (6 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (3 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (3 papers). Ana Zhu collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Ana Zhu's co-authors include Shinichi Sunagawa, Peer Bork, Daniel R. Mende, Julien Tap, George M. Weinstock, Shamil Sunyaev, Makedonka Mitreva, Jens Roat Kultima, Manimozhiyan Arumugam and Alison S. Waller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ana Zhu

8 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Genomic variation landscape of the human gut microbiome
    2012 623 citations Siegfried Schloissnig, Manimozhiyan Arumugam et al. Nature profile →
  2. Durable coexistence of donor and recipient strains after fecal microbiota transplantation
    2016 389 citations Simone S. Li, Ana Zhu et al. Science profile →
  3. A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses
    2019 347 citations Samuel C. Forster, Nitin Kumar et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ana Zhu Germany 6 1.4k 497 306 242 226 8 1.7k
Benjamin Hillmann United States 12 1.5k 1.1× 405 0.8× 309 1.0× 446 1.8× 163 0.7× 17 1.9k
Eric J. C. Gálvez Germany 18 1.3k 1.0× 348 0.7× 356 1.2× 258 1.1× 117 0.5× 31 1.9k
Simone S. Li Australia 13 1.1k 0.8× 368 0.7× 179 0.6× 194 0.8× 163 0.7× 20 1.4k
Katharine M. Ng United States 14 1.2k 0.9× 637 1.3× 390 1.3× 170 0.7× 111 0.5× 22 1.6k
Heather H. Creasy United States 11 1.4k 1.0× 317 0.6× 215 0.7× 275 1.1× 192 0.8× 18 2.1k
Samuel A. Smits United States 9 2.0k 1.5× 559 1.1× 384 1.3× 723 3.0× 163 0.7× 11 2.5k
Jacqueline Moltzau Anderson United States 6 890 0.7× 508 1.0× 121 0.4× 183 0.8× 179 0.8× 10 1.3k
Damian R. Plichta United States 21 1.4k 1.0× 316 0.6× 227 0.7× 329 1.4× 203 0.9× 31 2.2k
Anne L. McCartney United Kingdom 19 1.1k 0.8× 310 0.6× 713 2.3× 183 0.8× 226 1.0× 34 1.9k
Malène Sutren France 11 1.5k 1.1× 462 0.9× 684 2.2× 183 0.8× 121 0.5× 13 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ana Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ana Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ana Zhu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ana Zhu. The network helps show where Ana Zhu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ana Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ana Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ana Zhu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ana Zhu. Ana Zhu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Vervier, Kévin, Nitin Kumar, Anne Adoum, et al.. (2021). Two microbiota subtypes identified in irritable bowel syndrome with distinct responses to the low FODMAP diet. Gut. 71(9). 1821–1830. 94 indexed citations
2.
Zhu, Ana, Christopher Etherton‐Beer, Abel J. Duarte, et al.. (2020). Sail Car—An EPS©ISEP 2019 Project. 53. 487–492. 2 indexed citations
3.
Forster, Samuel C., Nitin Kumar, Blessing O. Anonye, et al.. (2019). A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses. Nature Biotechnology. 37(2). 186–192. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Li, Simone S., Ana Zhu, Vladimı́r Beneš, et al.. (2016). Durable coexistence of donor and recipient strains after fecal microbiota transplantation. Science. 352(6285). 586–589. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Zhu, Ana, Shinichi Sunagawa, Daniel R. Mende, & Peer Bork. (2015). Inter-individual differences in the gene content of human gut bacterial species. Genome Biology. 16(1). 82–82. 139 indexed citations
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Sunagawa, Shinichi, Siegfried Schloissnig, Manimozhiyan Arumugam, et al.. (2014). Individuality and temporal stability of the human gut microbiome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(Suppl). 120–120. 5 indexed citations
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Schloissnig, Siegfried, Manimozhiyan Arumugam, Shinichi Sunagawa, et al.. (2012). Genomic variation landscape of the human gut microbiome. Nature. 493(7430). 45–50. 623 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dickerson, Jonathan E., Ana Zhu, David L. Robertson, & Kathryn E. Hentges. (2011). Defining the Role of Essential Genes in Human Disease. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27368–e27368. 69 indexed citations

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