Catherine Stanton

83.4k total citations · 33 hit papers
651 papers, 57.0k citations indexed

About

Catherine Stanton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Stanton has authored 651 papers receiving a total of 57.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 386 papers in Molecular Biology, 237 papers in Food Science and 226 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Catherine Stanton's work include Gut microbiota and health (287 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (221 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (77 papers). Catherine Stanton is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (287 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (221 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (77 papers). Catherine Stanton collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and China. Catherine Stanton's co-authors include R. Paul Ross, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, John F. Cryan, Timothy G. Dinan, Gerard Clarke, Paul W. O’Toole, Rebecca Wall, Paul D. Cotter, Colin Hill and C. Anthony Ryan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Stanton

642 papers receiving 55.2k 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. Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics
    2017 3.8k citations Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  2. Transferring the blues: Depression-associated gut microbiota induces neurobehavioural changes in the rat
    2016 1.2k citations Paul J. Kennedy, Gerard M. Moloney et al. profile →
  3. Epidemiologic Evidence Showing That Human Papillomavirus Infection Causes Most Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
    1993 986 citations Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  4. Psychobiotics: A Novel Class of Psychotropic
    2013 926 citations Timothy G. Dinan, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  5. The composition of the gut microbiota throughout life, with an emphasis on early life
    2015 913 citations Kiera Murphy, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  6. γ-Aminobutyric acid production by culturable bacteria from the human intestine
    2012 886 citations R. Paul Ross, Paul W. O’Toole et al. Journal of Applied Microbiology profile →
  7. Minireview: Gut Microbiota: The Neglected Endocrine Organ
    2014 876 citations Gerard Clarke, Roman M. Stilling et al. Molecular Endocrinology profile →
  8. Fatty acids from fish: the anti-inflammatory potential of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids
    2010 864 citations R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  9. Microbiota and neurodevelopmental windows: implications for brain disorders
    2014 816 citations Gerard Clarke, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  10. Composition and energy harvesting capacity of the gut microbiota: relationship to diet, obesity and time in mouse models
    2010 766 citations Órla O’Sullivan, Fiona Fouhy et al. Gut profile →
  11. Targeting the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Prebiotics Have Anxiolytic and Antidepressant-like Effects and Reverse the Impact of Chronic Stress in Mice
    2017 704 citations Kiera Murphy, Gerard Clarke et al. profile →
  12. Health Implications of High Dietary Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
    2012 676 citations R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  13. The complex microbiota of raw milk
    2013 661 citations Órla O’Sullivan, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  14. The neuropharmacology of butyrate: The bread and butter of the microbiota-gut-brain axis?
    2016 656 citations Roman M. Stilling, Gerard Clarke et al. profile →
  15. The Gut Microbiota of Marine Fish
    2018 624 citations Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  16. Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data
    2010 596 citations Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  17. Short‐chain fatty acids: microbial metabolites that alleviate stress‐induced brain–gut axis alterations
    2018 571 citations Niamh Wiley, Conall Strain et al. profile →
  18. Stillbirths: Where? When? Why? How to make the data count?
    2011 571 citations Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  19. Stress Physiology of Lactic Acid Bacteria
    2016 566 citations R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  20. Fatty acid composition, including conjugated linoleic acid, of intramuscular fat from steers offered grazed grass, grass silage, or concentrate-based diets.
    2000 539 citations Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  21. Marine Bioactives as Functional Food Ingredients: Potential to Reduce the Incidence of Chronic Diseases
    2011 529 citations R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  22. Gut Bifidobacteria Populations in Human Health and Aging
    2016 485 citations Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  23. National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995: a systematic analysis
    2011 461 citations Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  24. Impact of antibiotics on the human microbiome and consequences for host health
    2022 431 citations Eugene Dempsey, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  25. Gut microbiota, obesity and diabetes
    2016 422 citations John F. Cryan, Timothy G. Dinan et al. profile →
  26. Evolution of gut microbiota composition from birth to 24 weeks in the INFANTMET Cohort
    2017 412 citations Kiera Murphy, Eugene Dempsey et al. profile →
  27. A review on the beneficial aspects of food processing
    2010 397 citations Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  28. The α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory effects of Irish seaweed extracts
    2013 384 citations Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  29. Bioactive Peptides from Muscle Sources: Meat and Fish
    2011 378 citations R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  30. Intestinal microbiota, diet and health
    2013 371 citations Paul W. O’Toole, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  31. Breast Milk, a Source of Beneficial Microbes and Associated Benefits for Infant Health
    2020 354 citations C. Anthony Ryan, Eugene Dempsey et al. profile →
  32. The interplay between diet and the gut microbiome: implications for health and disease
    2024 243 citations Ghjuvan Micaelu Grimaud, Eugene Dempsey et al. profile →
  33. Fermented Foods, Health and the Gut Microbiome
    2022 239 citations Catherine Stanton, Paul W. O’Toole et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Catherine Stanton Ireland 115 29.7k 15.6k 13.8k 9.9k 4.9k 651 57.0k
R. Paul Ross Ireland 130 39.2k 1.3× 29.9k 1.9× 14.1k 1.0× 7.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 867 68.6k
Seppo Salminen Finland 112 30.3k 1.0× 28.8k 1.8× 18.5k 1.3× 7.5k 0.8× 970 0.2× 444 57.9k
Fredrik Bäckhed Sweden 99 52.7k 1.8× 8.0k 0.5× 7.7k 0.6× 28.1k 2.8× 4.1k 0.8× 223 74.5k
Ruth E. Ley United States 71 51.4k 1.7× 9.1k 0.6× 5.9k 0.4× 19.9k 2.0× 3.0k 0.6× 150 74.2k
Patrice D. Cani Belgium 111 37.9k 1.3× 7.7k 0.5× 9.5k 0.7× 24.2k 2.4× 3.0k 0.6× 371 58.2k
Glenn R. Gibson United Kingdom 113 34.9k 1.2× 25.0k 1.6× 25.8k 1.9× 12.0k 1.2× 1.8k 0.4× 398 68.0k
Willem M. de Vos Netherlands 157 68.4k 2.3× 30.1k 1.9× 16.2k 1.2× 15.0k 1.5× 2.5k 0.5× 884 98.8k
Philip C. Calder United Kingdom 126 14.7k 0.5× 6.8k 0.4× 32.2k 2.3× 15.8k 1.6× 679 0.1× 775 66.3k
Nathalie M. Delzenne Belgium 100 26.0k 0.9× 5.4k 0.3× 9.0k 0.7× 18.5k 1.9× 2.2k 0.5× 343 43.0k
Gregor Reid Canada 92 21.4k 0.7× 15.1k 1.0× 8.5k 0.6× 4.2k 0.4× 711 0.1× 411 40.4k

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All Works

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Zhang, Qing, Mengfan Ding, Zheng Huang, et al.. (2025). Bifidobacterium longum subsp. Infantis modulates intestinal immunity in growing mice in a strain-specific manner. Food Bioscience. 68. 106392–106392. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen, Haiqin Chen, Xiaoming Liu, et al.. (2025). Bifidobacterium inhibits the progression of colorectal tumorigenesis in mice through fatty acid isomerization and gut microbiota modulation. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2464945–2464945. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Siya, Haiqin Chen, Renqiang Yu, et al.. (2025). Human milk oligosaccharides 2′-fucosyllactose and 3-fucosyllactose attenuate ovalbumin-induced food allergy through immunoregulation and gut microbiota modulation. Food & Function. 16(4). 1267–1283. 1 indexed citations
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Grimaud, Ghjuvan Micaelu, et al.. (2024). Genome plasticity shapes the ecology and evolution of Phocaeicola dorei and Phocaeicola vulgatus. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 10109–10109. 9 indexed citations
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Carbia, Carina, Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen, Luigi Francesco Iannone, et al.. (2023). The Microbiome-Gut-Brain axis regulates social cognition & craving in young binge drinkers. EBioMedicine. 89. 104442–104442. 35 indexed citations
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Berding, Kirsten, Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen, Gerard M. Moloney, et al.. (2022). Feed your microbes to deal with stress: a psychobiotic diet impacts microbial stability and perceived stress in a healthy adult population. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(2). 601–610. 84 indexed citations
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Davidson, Gabrielle L., Niamh Wiley, Crystal N. Johnson, et al.. (2021). A time‐lagged association between the gut microbiome, nestling weight and nestling survival in wild great tits. Journal of Animal Ecology. 90(4). 989–1003. 31 indexed citations
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Yang, Bo, Yue Yue, Yang Chen, et al.. (2021). Lactobacillus plantarum CCFM1143 Alleviates Chronic Diarrhea via Inflammation Regulation and Gut Microbiota Modulation: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 746585–746585. 50 indexed citations
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Yang, Bo, He Gao, Yang Chen, et al.. (2021). Linoleate Isomerase Complex Contributes to Metabolism and Remission of DSS-Induced Colitis in Mice of Lactobacillus plantarum ZS2058. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 69(29). 8160–8171. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Bo, Hao Zhang, R. Paul Ross, et al.. (2020). Antiproliferation Activity and Mechanism of c9, t11, c15-CLNA and t9, t11, c15-CLNA from Lactobacillus plantarum ZS2058 on Colon Cancer Cells. Molecules. 25(5). 1225–1225. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Bo, Hao Zhang, R. Paul Ross, et al.. (2020). c9, t11, c15-CLNA and t9, t11, c15-CLNA from Lactobacillus plantarum ZS2058 Ameliorate Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colitis in Mice. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68(12). 3758–3769. 30 indexed citations
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Davidson, Gabrielle L., Niamh Wiley, Amy C. Cooke, et al.. (2020). Diet induces parallel changes to the gut microbiota and problem solving performance in a wild bird. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 62 indexed citations
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Kenny, Louise C., Catherine Stanton, Ilaria Carafa, et al.. (2017). 42 Depression-associated alterations in the maternal microbiome during pregnancy: priming for adverse infant outcomes?. Gut. 66. A15.3–A15. 2 indexed citations
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Robertson, Ruairi C., et al.. (2016). Food for thought: The role of nutrition in the microbiota-gut–brain axis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 25–38. 162 indexed citations
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Murphy, Kiera, C. Anthony Ryan, Eugene Dempsey, et al.. (2015). The Gut Microbiota Composition in Dichorionic Triplet Sets Suggests a Role for Host Genetic Factors. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122561–e0122561. 28 indexed citations
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Clarke, Gerard, Roman M. Stilling, Paul J. Kennedy, et al.. (2014). Minireview: Gut Microbiota: The Neglected Endocrine Organ. Molecular Endocrinology. 28(8). 1221–1238. 876 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Sullivan, Órla, Mairéad Coakley, B. Lakshminarayanan, et al.. (2011). Correlation of rRNA gene amplicon pyrosequencing and bacterial culture for microbial compositional analysis of faecal samples from elderly Irish subjects. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 111(2). 467–473. 20 indexed citations
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Stanton, Catherine, et al.. (2008). Life Under Stress: The Probiotic Stress Response and How it may be Manipulated. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 14(14). 1382–1399. 141 indexed citations
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Hayes, Michelle, Mairéad Coakley, Lisa O’Sullivan, et al.. (2006). Cheese as a delivery vehicle for probiotics and biogenic substances. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology. 61(2). 132–141. 31 indexed citations

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