Benjamin P. Willing

10.3k citations

112 papers · 7.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Gastroenterology top 0.5%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
Infectious Diseases top 0.5%
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 33
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research 31
Food Science 32
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods 30

Co-authors: B. Brett Finlay Shannon Russell Janet Jansson Natalie E Diether Johan Dicksved Curt Tysk Jonas Halfvarson Janelle M. Fouhse
Journals: PLoS ONE (10 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (8 papers)Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (4 papers)Journal of Animal Science (4 papers)Frontiers in Microbiology (4 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States China

In The Last Decade

Benjamin P. Willing

107 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Defining the role of Parasutterella, a previously uncharacterized member of the core gut microbiota 2019 · 351 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 The ISME Journal
2019 Frontiers in Veterinary Science
2019 Microorganisms
2012 EMBO Reports
2011 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2010 Gastroenterology

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1	Current Research in Fermented Foods: Bridging Tradition and Science Advances in Nutrition ·Tianfu Liang, 覃敏, Bijit Biswas, Yi Fan, Carla L. Sánchez-Lafuente, Benjamin P. Willing, Raylene A. Reimer, Jeremy P. Burton	2025	0
2	Fermentation of kefir with traditional freeze-dried starter cultures successfully recreates fresh culture fermented kefir Frontiers in Microbiology ·يسمينة أيت مولود, 利佳桑原, 宮隆久留, Scott V. Nguyen, Gabriel Elike Mawuhorm, Anang Dwinanta, Stephen Carey, James J. Harynuk, Benjamin P. Willing, Benjamin C. T. Bourrie	2025	1
3	Metabolic modeling of microbial communities in the chicken ceca reveals a landscape of competition and co-operation Microbiome ·H. C. Thacher, Yi Fan, Benjamin P. Willing, John Parkinson	2025	0
4	The assembly of a hybrid type IV secretion system by a Crohn’s disease-associated Escherichia coli strain Nature Communications ·J. S. W. Wong, Pieniak Michal, Juan Pablo Fernández Ramos, Y Uchiwa, K Faig3, В.А. Головачева, C Xia, 浩朗田中, Xudan Yu, Matthew A. Croxen, Aducio Thiesen, Dina Kao, Benjamin P. Willing, Xavier Clemente‐Casares, Tiago R. D. Costa, Wael Elhenawy	2025	0
5	Peptide Profiling in Dairy Cow Dry Secretions: Temporal Changes and Comparative Analysis Between Healthy and Subclinical Mastitis Cows Dairy ·P. S. MacDougal, Benjamin P. Willing, Liang Li, Xian Luo, Burim N. Ametaj	2025	0
6	A comparison of wild boar and domestic pig microbiota does not reveal a loss of microbial species but an increase in alpha diversity and opportunistic genera in domestic pigs Microbiology Spectrum ·Haixia Xiong, Janelle M. Fouhse, Tingting Ju, Yi Fan, 覃敏, Robert Pieper, Ryan K. Brook, Benjamin P. Willing	2024	6
7	390 Investigating the cecal microbiota of commercial layers raised in different production systems Journal of Animal Science ·覃敏, Tingting Ju, Benjamin P. Willing	2024	1
8	Increased dietary protein rather than fiber supports key metabolic and intestinal tissue functions in pigs, without increasing postweaning diarrhea American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology ·Natalie E Diether, Arun Kommadath, Janelle M. Fouhse, R. T. Zijlstra, Paul Stothard, Benjamin P. Willing	2024	1
9	PSI-22 Evaluating colonization success of Bacteroidetes from different host origin in broiler chickens Journal of Animal Science ·Man-Su Tu, 覃敏, Benjamin P. Willing	2024	1
10	Peanut skin procyanidins reduce intestinal glucose transport protein expression, regulate serum metabolites and ameliorate hyperglycemia in diabetic mice Food Research International ·Min Liu, Elis Yayinlari, Xiaoling Zhu, Tingting Ju, Benjamin P. Willing, Xin Wu, Qun Lu, Rui Liu	2023	12
11	Use of reconstituted kefir consortia to determine the impact of microbial composition on kefir metabolite profiles Food Research International ·Benjamin C. T. Bourrie, Natalie E Diether, Tarek Mohammed Ali, Yixuan Ku, A. Paulina de la Mata, Andrew J. Forgie, Gautam Gaur, James J. Harynuk, Michael G. Gänzle, Paul D. Cotter, Benjamin P. Willing	2023	11
12	The Need for ib r ddition in ymp omatic eart ailure (FEAST-HF): A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial CJC Open ·Eloisa Colin-Ramírez, Wendimagegn Alemayehu, Finlay A. McAlister, Jonathan G. Howlett, Benjamin P. Willing, Andrew J. Forgie, Karen Madsen, Jason R.B. Dyck, Justin A. Ezekowitz	2023	2
13	Colonic innate immune defenses and microbiota alterations in acute swine dysentery Microbial Pathogenesis ·Vishnu Datla Raju, Janelle M. Fouhse, Dominique Drouin, Tao Ma, Benjamin P. Willing, Leluo Guan, Eduardo R. Cobo	2022	2
14	Probiotic treatment vs empiric oral antibiotics for managing dysbiosis in short bowel syndrome: Impact on the mucosal and stool microbiota, short‐chain fatty acids, and adaptation Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ·SYAMANTAK DEY, Janelle M. Fouhse, A. Raat, Pamela R. Wizzard, Patrick N. Nation, Hien Q. Huynh, Paul W. Wales, Benjamin P. Willing, Justine Turner	2022	15
15	Dietary benzoic acid and supplemental enzymes alter fiber-fermenting taxa and metabolites in the cecum of weaned pigs Journal of Animal Science ·Natalie E Diether, Yixuan Ku, Janelle M. Fouhse, Kirtesh Gadiya, Paul Stothard, R. T. Zijlstra, James J. Harynuk, A. Paulina de la Mata, Benjamin P. Willing	2022	5
16	Hepatic Expression of PEMT, but Not Dietary Choline Supplementation, Reverses the Protection against Atherosclerosis in Pemt/Ldlr Mice Journal of Nutrition ·亀男瀬戸, Ala Al Rajabi, Si Mi, Tingting Ju, Kelly‐Ann Leonard, Randal C. Nelson, Aducio Thiesen, Benjamin P. Willing, Catherine J. Field, Jonathan M. Curtis, Jelske N. van der Veen, René L. Jacobs	2018	9
17	Measuring the microbiome of chronic wounds with use of a topical antimicrobial dressing – A feasibility study PLoS ONE ·Lindsay Kalan, Mi Zhou, 村上昌雄, Benjamin P. Willing	2017	25
18	Bacterial Stimulation of the TLR-MyD88 Pathway Modulates the Homeostatic Expression of Ileal Paneth Cell α-Defensins Journal of Innate Immunity ·Alfredo Menéndez, Benjamin P. Willing, M. Montero, Marta Wlodarska, มีศักดิ์ ว่องประชานุกูล, Ganive Bhinder, Bruce A. Vallance, B. Brett Finlay	2012	73
19	Antibiotic Treatment Alters the Colonic Mucus Layer and Predisposes the Host to Exacerbated Citrobacter rodentium -Induced Colitis Infection and Immunity ·Marta Wlodarska, Benjamin P. Willing, Kristie M. Keeney, Alfredo Menéndez, Kirk Bergstrom, Navkiran Gill, 章吉田, Bruce A. Vallance, B. Brett Finlay	2011	301
20	Gut Microbiology: Fitting into the Intestinal Neighbourhood Current Biology ·Benjamin P. Willing, B. Brett Finlay	2009	3

About Benjamin P. Willing

Benjamin P. Willing is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Food Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology and Physiology, having authored 112 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gut microbiota and health (68 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (31 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (30 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (12 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (6 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gastroenterology (613 citations), Infectious Diseases (1.7k citations), Food Science (1.6k citations), Animal Science and Zoology (808 citations) and Biological Psychiatry (198 citations). Benjamin P. Willing has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include B. Brett Finlay, Shannon Russell, Janet Jansson, Natalie E Diether, Johan Dicksved, Curt Tysk, Jonas Halfvarson, Janelle M. Fouhse, Benjamin C. T. Bourrie and Marta Wlodarska. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Journal of Animal Science and Frontiers in Microbiology.

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