Arnau Vich Vila

16.1k citations

47 papers · 5.4k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 27

Co-authors: Alexandra Zhernakova Rinse K. Weersma Jingyuan Fu Cisca Wijmenga Alexander Kurilshikov Floris Imhann Zlatan Mujagic Daisy Jonkers
Topics: Gut microbiota and health (33 papers)Inflammatory Bowel Disease (15 papers)Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (7 papers)
Cited by: Gastroenterology Biological Psychiatry Molecular Biology
Journals: Cell Nature Medicine Nature Communications
Partner nations: Netherlands United States Belgium

In The Last Decade

Arnau Vich Vila

44 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Causal relationships among the gut microbiome, short-chain fatty acids and metabolic diseases

2019 1.1k citations Serena Sanna, Alexander Kurilshikov et al. profile →
Proton pump inhibitors affect the gut microbiome

2015 935 citations Floris Imhann, Marc Jan Bonder et al. Gut profile →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The long-term genetic stability and individual specificity of the human gut microbiome

2021 217 citations Lianmin Chen, Daoming Wang et al. profile →
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 →
Faecal metabolome and its determinants in inflammatory bowel disease

2023 77 citations Arnau Vich Vila, Shixian Hu et al. Gut profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sex differences in the association between long-term ambient particulate air pollution and the intestinal microbiome composition of children 2025 ·Environment International ·(unknown),(unknown),Marthe De Boevre,Muriel Derrien,Janneke Hogervorst,Roger Peró-Gascón,Michelle Plusquin,Giulia Poma,Arnau Vich Vila,Adrian Covaci,Lynn Vanhaecke,Sarah De Saeger,Jeroen Raes,Tim S. Nawrot	0
2	Chemical exposure in childhood: A study on organophosphate flame retardants and plasticizers in a Flemish birth cohort 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Celine Gys,(unknown),Yu Ait Bamai,Roger Peró-Gascón,Lieselot Hemeryck,Ellen De Paepe,Sebastian Proost,Arnau Vich Vila,Jeroen Raes,Lynn Vanhaecke,Marthe De Boevre,Sarah De Saeger,Tim S. Nawrot,Giulia Poma,Adrian Covaci	0
3	Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and sex-specific neonatal outcomes in the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Yu Ait Bamai,Ellen De Paepe,Giulia Poma,Muriel Derrien,Arnau Vich Vila,Lieselot Hemeryck,Roger Peró-Gascón,Sarah De Saeger,Jeroen Raes,Tim S. Nawrot,Lynn Vanhaecke,Adrian Covaci	0
4	Mucosal host-microbe interactions associate with clinical phenotypes in inflammatory bowel disease 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Shixian Hu,Arno R. Bourgonje,Ranko Gaćeša,Bernadien H. Jansen,Johannes R. Björk,(unknown),(unknown),Hendrik M. van Dullemen,Marijn C. Visschedijk,Klaas Nico Faber,Gerard Dijkstra,Hermie J. M. Harmsen,Eleonora A. Festen,Arnau Vich Vila,Lieke M. Spekhorst,Rinse K. Weersma	35
5	Exploring the Predictive Value of Gut Microbiome Signatures for Therapy Intensification in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A 10-Year Follow-up Study 2024 ·Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ·(unknown),(unknown),Valerie Collij,Arnau Vich Vila,Eleonora A. Festen,Gerard Dijkstra,Rinse K. Weersma,Marjolein A. Y. Klaassen,Ranko Gaćeša	8
6	Association of a Mediterranean Diet With Outcomes for Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Blockade for Advanced Melanoma 2023 ·JAMA Oncology ·Laura A. Bolte,Karla A. Lee,Johannes R. Björk,Emily R. Leeming,Marjo Campmans‐Kuijpers,Jacco J. de Haan,Arnau Vich Vila,Andrew Maltez Thomas,Nicola Segata,Ruth Board,Mark Harries,Paul Lorigan,Elisabeth G.E. de Vries,Paul Nathan,Rudolf S.N. Fehrmann,Véronique Bataille,Tim D. Spector,Geke A.P. Hospers,Rinse K. Weersma	51
7	Gut feelings: the relations between depression, anxiety, psychotropic drugs and the gut microbiome 2023 ·Gut Microbes ·(unknown),Ranko Gaćeša,Arnau Vich Vila,Milla F. Brandao Gois,Sergio Andreu‐Sánchez,J. Casper Swarte,Marjolein A. Y. Klaassen,Valerie Collij,Trishla Sinha,Laura A. Bolte,Jing Wu,Morris A. Swertz,Marlou L. A. de Kroon,Sijmen A. Reijneveld,Cisca Wijmenga,Rinse K. Weersma,Jingyuan Fu,Hanna M. van Loo,Alexander Kurilshikov,Alexandra Zhernakova	22
8	Faecal metabolome and its determinants in inflammatory bowel diseasebreakdown → 2023 ·Gut ·Arnau Vich Vila,Shixian Hu,Sergio Andreu‐Sánchez,Valerie Collij,Bernadien H. Jansen,Hannah E. Augustijn,Laura A. Bolte,Renate A.A.A. Ruigrok,Galeb Abu-Ali,Cosmas Giallourakis,J. Schneider,John Parkinson,Amal Al‐Garawi,Alexandra Zhernakova,Ranko Gaćeša,Jingyuan Fu,Rinse K. Weersma	77
9	Discovery, diversity, and functional associations of crAss-like phages in human gut metagenomes from four Dutch cohorts 2022 ·Cell Reports ·Anastasia Gulyaeva,Sanzhima Garmaeva,Renate A.A.A. Ruigrok,Daoming Wang,Niels P. Riksen,Mihai G. Netea,Cisca Wijmenga,Rinse K. Weersma,Jingyuan Fu,Arnau Vich Vila,Alexander Kurilshikov,Alexandra Zhernakova	35
10	Diversity and Ecology of Caudoviricetes Phages with Genome Terminal Repeats in Fecal Metagenomes from Four Dutch Cohorts 2022 ·Viruses ·Anastasia Gulyaeva,Sanzhima Garmaeva,Alexander Kurilshikov,Arnau Vich Vila,Niels P. Riksen,Mihai G. Netea,Rinse K. Weersma,Jingyuan Fu,Alexandra Zhernakova	12
11	Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolomebreakdown → 2022 ·Nature Medicine ·Lianmin Chen,Daria V. Zhernakova,Alexander Kurilshikov,Sergio Andreu‐Sánchez,Daoming Wang,Hannah E. Augustijn,Arnau Vich Vila,(unknown),Rinse K. Weersma,Marnix H. Medema,Mihai G. Netea,Folkert Kuipers,Cisca Wijmenga,Alexandra Zhernakova,Jingyuan Fu	173
12	Patient attitudes towards faecal sampling for gut microbiome studies and clinical care reveal positive engagement and room for improvement 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Laura A. Bolte,Marjolein A. Y. Klaassen,Valerie Collij,Arnau Vich Vila,Jingyuan Fu,Taco A. van der Meulen,Jacco J. de Haan,Gerbrig J. Versteegen,Aafje Dotinga,Alexandra Zhernakova,Cisca Wijmenga,Rinse K. Weersma,Floris Imhann	7
13	Inulin-grown Faecalibacterium prausnitzii cross-feeds fructose to the human intestinal epithelium 2021 ·Gut Microbes ·Raphael R. Fagundes,Arno R. Bourgonje,Ali Saeed,Arnau Vich Vila,(unknown),Tjasso Blokzijl,Mehdi Sadaghian Sadabad,Julius Z. H. von Martels,Sander S. van Leeuwen,Rinse K. Weersma,Gerard Dijkstra,Hermie J. M. Harmsen,Klaas Nico Faber	24
14	Impact of commonly used drugs on the composition and metabolic function of the gut microbiotabreakdown → 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Arnau Vich Vila,Valerie Collij,Serena Sanna,Trishla Sinha,Floris Imhann,Arno R. Bourgonje,Zlatan Mujagic,Daisy Jonkers,Ad Masclee,Jingyuan Fu,Alexander Kurilshikov,Cisca Wijmenga,Alexandra Zhernakova,Rinse K. Weersma	504
15	Gut microbial co-abundance networks show specificity in inflammatory bowel disease and obesity 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Lianmin Chen,Valerie Collij,Martin Jaeger,Inge van den Munckhof,Arnau Vich Vila,Alexander Kurilshikov,Ranko Gaćeša,Trishla Sinha,Marije Oosting,Leo A. B. Joosten,Joost H.W. Rutten,Niels P. Riksen,Ramnik J. Xavier,Folkert Kuipers,Cisca Wijmenga,Alexandra Zhernakova,Mihai G. Netea,Rinse K. Weersma,Jingyuan Fu	105
16	The 1000IBD project: multi-omics data of 1000 inflammatory bowel disease patients; data release 1 2019 ·BMC Gastroenterology ·Floris Imhann,K. Joeri van der Velde,(unknown),Rudi Alberts,Michiel Voskuil,Arnau Vich Vila,Valerie Collij,Lieke M. Spekhorst,Kimberley W. J. van der Sloot,Vera Peters,Hendrik M. van Dullemen,Marijn C. Visschedijk,Eleonora A. Festen,Morris A. Swertz,Gerard Dijkstra,Rinse K. Weersma	62
17	SLC39A8 missense variant is associated with Crohn's disease but does not have a major impact on gut microbiome composition in healthy subjects 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Valerie Collij,Floris Imhann,Arnau Vich Vila,Jingyuan Fu,Gerard Dijkstra,Eleonora A. Festen,Michiel Voskuil,Mark J. Daly,Ramnik J. Xavier,Cisca Wijmenga,Alexandra Zhernakova,Rinse K. Weersma	11
18	Analysis of 1135 gut metagenomes identifies sex-specific resistome profiles 2018 ·Gut Microbes ·Trishla Sinha,Arnau Vich Vila,Sanzhima Garmaeva,Soesma A. Jankipersadsing,Floris Imhann,Valerie Collij,Marc Jan Bonder,Xiaofang Jiang,Thomas Gurry,Eric J. Alm,Mauro D’Amato,Rinse K. Weersma,Sicco A. Scherjon,Cisca Wijmenga,Jingyuan Fu,Alexander Kurilshikov,Alexandra Zhernakova	140
19	Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Blood and Ileal T Cells From Patients With Crohn's Disease Reveals Tissue-Specific Characteristics and Drug Targets 2018 ·Gastroenterology ·(unknown),Michiel Voskuil,Arnau Vich Vila,Gerben van der Vries,Bernadien H. Jansen,Bana Jabrì,Klaas Nico Faber,Gerard Dijkstra,Ramnik J. Xavier,Cisca Wijmenga,Daniel B. Graham,Rinse K. Weersma,Eleonora A. Festen	38
20	Proton pump inhibitors affect the gut microbiomebreakdown → 2015 ·Gut ·Floris Imhann,Marc Jan Bonder,Arnau Vich Vila,Jingyuan Fu,Zlatan Mujagic,Lisa Vork,Ettje F. Tigchelaar,Soesma A. Jankipersadsing,María Carmen Cénit,Hermie J. M. Harmsen,Gerard Dijkstra,Lude Franke,Ramnik J. Xavier,Daisy Jonkers,Cisca Wijmenga,Rinse K. Weersma,Alexandra Zhernakova	935

About Arnau Vich Vila

Arnau Vich Vila is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Gastroenterology and Genetics, having authored 47 papers that have together received 5.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gut microbiota and health (33 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (15 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gastroenterology (721 citations), Biological Psychiatry (316 citations) and Molecular Biology (3.6k citations). Arnau Vich Vila has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

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