Arnau Vich Vila

16.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
47 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Arnau Vich Vila is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Arnau Vich Vila has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Arnau Vich Vila's work include Gut microbiota and health (33 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (15 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (7 papers). Arnau Vich Vila is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (33 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (15 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (7 papers). Arnau Vich Vila collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. Arnau Vich Vila's co-authors include Alexandra Zhernakova, Rinse K. Weersma, Jingyuan Fu, Cisca Wijmenga, Alexander Kurilshikov, Floris Imhann, Zlatan Mujagic, Daisy Jonkers, Lude Franke and Gerard Dijkstra and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Arnau Vich Vila

44 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Causal relationships among the gut microbiome, short-ch... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2019 2015 2016 2020 2021 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Causal relationships among the gut microbiome, short-chain fatty acids and metabolic diseases
    2019 1.1k citations Serena Sanna, Alexander Kurilshikov et al. profile →
  2. Proton pump inhibitors affect the gut microbiome
    2015 935 citations Floris Imhann, Marc Jan Bonder et al. Gut profile →
  3. Interplay of host genetics and gut microbiota underlying the onset and clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease
    2016 576 citations Floris Imhann, Arnau Vich Vila et al. Gut profile →
  4. Impact of commonly used drugs on the composition and metabolic function of the gut microbiota
    2020 504 citations Arnau Vich Vila, Valerie Collij et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Long-term dietary patterns are associated with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory features of the gut microbiome
    2021 396 citations Laura A. Bolte, Arnau Vich Vila et al. Gut profile →
  6. The long-term genetic stability and individual specificity of the human gut microbiome
    2021 217 citations Lianmin Chen, Daoming Wang et al. profile →
  7. Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome
    2022 173 citations Lianmin Chen, Daria V. Zhernakova et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  8. Faecal metabolome and its determinants in inflammatory bowel disease
    2023 77 citations Arnau Vich Vila, Shixian Hu et al. Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Arnau Vich Vila Netherlands 27 3.6k 1.3k 906 846 768 47 5.4k
Marc Jan Bonder Netherlands 29 3.4k 1.0× 952 0.7× 721 0.8× 955 1.1× 660 0.9× 46 5.1k
Floris Imhann Netherlands 16 2.5k 0.7× 881 0.7× 709 0.8× 718 0.8× 661 0.9× 23 3.9k
Alexander Kurilshikov Netherlands 31 5.2k 1.5× 2.2k 1.7× 1.0k 1.1× 670 0.8× 530 0.7× 71 7.5k
Julien Tap France 20 3.9k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 881 1.0× 452 0.5× 771 1.0× 38 5.3k
Lindsey Albenberg United States 24 3.3k 0.9× 860 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.9× 801 1.0× 66 5.2k
Liming Hao United States 28 3.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 907 1.0× 951 1.1× 899 1.2× 51 7.2k
Angélica T. Vieira Brazil 42 4.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 561 0.7× 723 0.9× 81 7.1k
Meenakshi Bewtra United States 23 3.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.4× 952 1.1× 1.5k 1.7× 782 1.0× 60 6.4k
Federica Del Chierico Italy 36 3.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 831 0.9× 438 0.5× 379 0.5× 127 5.3k
Rodrigo Quera Chile 22 2.3k 0.6× 775 0.6× 536 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 887 1.2× 147 4.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boevre, Marthe De, Muriel Derrien, Janneke Hogervorst, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in the association between long-term ambient particulate air pollution and the intestinal microbiome composition of children. Environment International. 199. 109457–109457.
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Gys, Celine, Yu Ait Bamai, Roger Peró-Gascón, et al.. (2025). Chemical exposure in childhood: A study on organophosphate flame retardants and plasticizers in a Flemish birth cohort. Environmental Research. 288(Pt 1). 123275–123275.
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Bamai, Yu Ait, Ellen De Paepe, Giulia Poma, et al.. (2025). Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and sex-specific neonatal outcomes in the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort. Environmental Research. 291. 123572–123572.
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Hu, Shixian, Arno R. Bourgonje, Ranko Gaćeša, et al.. (2024). Mucosal host-microbe interactions associate with clinical phenotypes in inflammatory bowel disease. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1470–1470. 35 indexed citations
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Collij, Valerie, Arnau Vich Vila, Eleonora A. Festen, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Predictive Value of Gut Microbiome Signatures for Therapy Intensification in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A 10-Year Follow-up Study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 30(10). 1642–1653. 8 indexed citations
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Bolte, Laura A., Karla A. Lee, Johannes R. Björk, et al.. (2023). Association of a Mediterranean Diet With Outcomes for Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Blockade for Advanced Melanoma. JAMA Oncology. 9(5). 705–705. 51 indexed citations
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Gaćeša, Ranko, Arnau Vich Vila, Milla F. Brandao Gois, et al.. (2023). Gut feelings: the relations between depression, anxiety, psychotropic drugs and the gut microbiome. Gut Microbes. 15(2). 2281360–2281360. 22 indexed citations
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Vila, Arnau Vich, Shixian Hu, Sergio Andreu‐Sánchez, et al.. (2023). Faecal metabolome and its determinants in inflammatory bowel disease. Gut. 72(8). 1472–1485. 77 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gulyaeva, Anastasia, Sanzhima Garmaeva, Renate A.A.A. Ruigrok, et al.. (2022). Discovery, diversity, and functional associations of crAss-like phages in human gut metagenomes from four Dutch cohorts. Cell Reports. 38(2). 110204–110204. 35 indexed citations
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Gulyaeva, Anastasia, Sanzhima Garmaeva, Alexander Kurilshikov, et al.. (2022). Diversity and Ecology of Caudoviricetes Phages with Genome Terminal Repeats in Fecal Metagenomes from Four Dutch Cohorts. Viruses. 14(10). 2305–2305. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Lianmin, Daria V. Zhernakova, Alexander Kurilshikov, et al.. (2022). Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome. Nature Medicine. 28(11). 2333–2343. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bolte, Laura A., Marjolein A. Y. Klaassen, Valerie Collij, et al.. (2021). Patient attitudes towards faecal sampling for gut microbiome studies and clinical care reveal positive engagement and room for improvement. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0249405–e0249405. 7 indexed citations
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Fagundes, Raphael R., Arno R. Bourgonje, Ali Saeed, et al.. (2021). Inulin-grown Faecalibacterium prausnitzii cross-feeds fructose to the human intestinal epithelium. Gut Microbes. 13(1). 1993582–1993582. 24 indexed citations
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Vila, Arnau Vich, Valerie Collij, Serena Sanna, et al.. (2020). Impact of commonly used drugs on the composition and metabolic function of the gut microbiota. Nature Communications. 11(1). 362–362. 504 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Lianmin, Valerie Collij, Martin Jaeger, et al.. (2020). Gut microbial co-abundance networks show specificity in inflammatory bowel disease and obesity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4018–4018. 105 indexed citations
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Imhann, Floris, K. Joeri van der Velde, Rudi Alberts, et al.. (2019). The 1000IBD project: multi-omics data of 1000 inflammatory bowel disease patients; data release 1. BMC Gastroenterology. 19(1). 5–5. 62 indexed citations
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Collij, Valerie, Floris Imhann, Arnau Vich Vila, et al.. (2019). SLC39A8 missense variant is associated with Crohn's disease but does not have a major impact on gut microbiome composition in healthy subjects. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0211328–e0211328. 11 indexed citations
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Sinha, Trishla, Arnau Vich Vila, Sanzhima Garmaeva, et al.. (2018). Analysis of 1135 gut metagenomes identifies sex-specific resistome profiles. Gut Microbes. 10(3). 358–366. 140 indexed citations
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Voskuil, Michiel, Arnau Vich Vila, Gerben van der Vries, et al.. (2018). Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Blood and Ileal T Cells From Patients With Crohn's Disease Reveals Tissue-Specific Characteristics and Drug Targets. Gastroenterology. 156(3). 812–815.e22. 38 indexed citations
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Imhann, Floris, Marc Jan Bonder, Arnau Vich Vila, et al.. (2015). Proton pump inhibitors affect the gut microbiome. Gut. 65(5). 740–748. 935 indexed citations breakdown →

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