André Bleich

11.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
190 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

André Bleich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Small Animals and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, André Bleich has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Small Animals and 37 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in André Bleich's work include Gut microbiota and health (43 papers), Animal testing and alternatives (27 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (20 papers). André Bleich is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (43 papers), Animal testing and alternatives (27 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (20 papers). André Bleich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. André Bleich's co-authors include Marijana Basic, Lydia M. Keubler, Manuela Büettner, Christine Häger, Mathias W. Hornef, Anna Smoczek, Sebastian Suerbaum, Steven R. Talbot, Cathalijn H. C. Leenaars and Ursula Seidler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

André Bleich

185 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

Dysbiotic gut microbiota causes transmissible Crohn's disease-like ileitis independent of failure in antimicrobial defence

2015 315 citations Monika Schaubeck, Thomas Clavel et al. Gut profile →
Animal to human translation: a systematic scoping review of reported concordance rates

2019 195 citations Cathalijn H. C. Leenaars, Frans Stafleu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
André Bleich Germany	40	2.7k	1.5k	945	929	780	190	6.0k
Derek M. McKay Canada	51	3.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	920 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	202	9.0k
Lúcia Helena Faccioli Brazil	45	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	396 0.5×	277	7.2k
Marcel R. de Zoete Netherlands	34	3.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	930 1.0×	556 0.6×	520 0.7×	50	5.6k
Albert E. Jergens United States	39	2.0k 0.7×	579 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	710 0.8×	769 1.0×	143	5.5k
Susan E. Erdman United States	38	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	549 0.6×	865 0.9×	675 0.9×	88	5.8k
Helena Tlaskalová‐Hogenová Czechia	44	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	723 0.8×	994 1.1×	778 1.0×	137	5.7k
Terez Shea‐Donohue United States	45	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	830 0.9×	567 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	138	7.3k
Axel Kornerup Hansen Denmark	42	3.2k 1.2×	570 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	889 1.0×	601 0.8×	237	6.5k
P’ng Loke United States	51	3.9k 1.4×	3.9k 2.6×	1.8k 1.9×	660 0.7×	707 0.9×	108	9.8k
Ana Maria Caetano Faria Brazil	40	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	446 0.5×	694 0.7×	524 0.7×	182	6.1k

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Bleich, André, et al.. (2025). Biological adaptation to a germ-free environment should not be mistaken as a burden for animals. Laboratory Animals. 59(3). 384–389. 1 indexed citations

Mallien, Anne Stephanie, Christiane Brandwein, Cathalijn H. C. Leenaars, et al.. (2023). A systematic scoping review of rodent models of catatonia: Clinical correlations, translation and future approaches. Schizophrenia Research. 263. 109–121. 4 indexed citations

Leenaars, Cathalijn H. C., et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review of the Effect of Cystic Fibrosis Treatments on the Nasal Potential Difference Test in Animals and Humans. Diagnostics. 13(19). 3098–3098. 2 indexed citations

Ngezahayo, Anaclet, et al.. (2023). Epithelial restitution in 3D - Revealing biomechanical and physiochemical dynamics in intestinal organoids via fs laser nanosurgery. iScience. 26(11). 108139–108139. 2 indexed citations

Boecker, Maren, et al.. (2023). Using photographs for rating severity degrees of clinical appearance in research mice enables valid discrimination of extreme but not mild and moderate conditions: A pilot study. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0287965–e0287965. 1 indexed citations

Bleich, André, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of score parameters for severity assessment of surgery and liver cirrhosis in rats. Animal Welfare. 32. e29–e29. 3 indexed citations

Segelcke, Daniel, Steven R. Talbot, Rupert Palme, et al.. (2023). Experimenter familiarization is a crucial prerequisite for assessing behavioral outcomes and reduces stress in mice not only under chronic pain conditions. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2289–2289. 11 indexed citations

Jarić, Ivana, Bernhard Voelkl, Mélanie Clerc, et al.. (2022). The rearing environment persistently modulates mouse phenotypes from the molecular to the behavioural level. PLoS Biology. 20(10). e3001837–e3001837. 18 indexed citations

Wieschowski, Susanne, et al.. (2022). Measurement challenges and causes of incomplete results reporting of biomedical animal studies: Results from an interview study. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0271976–e0271976. 4 indexed citations

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Müller, Dominik, et al.. (2022). Investigation of Colonic Regeneration via Precise Damage Application Using Femtosecond Laser-Based Nanosurgery. Cells. 11(7). 1143–1143. 3 indexed citations

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Bleich, André, et al.. (2021). Web-based survey among animal researchers on publication practices and incentives for increasing publication rates. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0250362–e0250362. 1 indexed citations

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Basic, Marijana, Anna Smoczek, Joachim Gläsner, et al.. (2021). Monitoring and contamination incidence of gnotobiotic experiments performed in microisolator cages. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 311(3). 151482–151482. 7 indexed citations

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Madrahimov, N., Manuela Büettner, André Bleich, et al.. (2020). Establishment of a guided, in vivo, multi-channel, abdominal, tissue imaging approach. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 9224–9224. 2 indexed citations

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Hegermann, Jan, et al.. (2020). Dietary lipids accumulate in macrophages and stromal cells and change the microarchitecture of mesenteric lymph nodes. Journal of Advanced Research. 24. 291–300. 11 indexed citations

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Leenaars, Cathalijn H. C., Frans Stafleu, David De Jong, et al.. (2020). A Systematic Review Comparing Experimental Design of Animal and Human Methotrexate Efficacy Studies for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Lessons for the Translational Value of Animal Studies. Animals. 10(6). 1047–1047. 11 indexed citations

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Talbot, Steven R., et al.. (2019). One for two: A novel and highly sensitive virulence factor-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous detection of Rodentibacter pneumotropicus and Rodentibacter heylii in environmental sample material. Laboratory Animals. 54(3). 239–250. 7 indexed citations

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Fulde, Marcus, Felix Sommer, Benoît Chassaing, et al.. (2018). Neonatal selection by Toll-like receptor 5 influences long-term gut microbiota composition. Nature. 560(7719). 489–493. 138 indexed citations

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Schaubeck, Monika, Thomas Clavel, Ilias Lagkouvardos, et al.. (2015). OP001. Transmissive Crohn's disease-like ileitis is caused by functional dysbiosis in the intestinal microbiota independent of inflammation-driven Paneth cell failure. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 9(suppl 1). S1–S1. 1 indexed citations

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Schaubeck, Monika, Thomas Clavel, Jelena Ćalasan, et al.. (2015). Dysbiotic gut microbiota causes transmissible Crohn's disease-like ileitis independent of failure in antimicrobial defence. Gut. 65(2). 225–237. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wos‐Oxley, Melissa L., André Bleich, Andrew P. A. Oxley, et al.. (2012). Comparative evaluation of establishing a human gut microbial community within rodent models. Gut Microbes. 3(3). 234–249. 108 indexed citations

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