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 Karen A. Scott, 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 Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  6. γ-Aminobutyric acid production by culturable bacteria from the human intestine
    2012 886 citations R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton et al. profile →
  7. Minireview: Gut Microbiota: The Neglected Endocrine Organ
    2014 876 citations Gerard Clarke, Catherine Stanton et al. 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 Fiona Fouhy, Catherine Stanton et al. 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 Aurelijus Burokas, Silvia Arboleya 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 Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  14. The neuropharmacology of butyrate: The bread and butter of the microbiota-gut-brain axis?
    2016 656 citations Marcel van de Wouw, 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 Marcel van de Wouw, Marcus Boehme 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 Silvia Arboleya, Catherine Stanton 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 Dhrati Patangia, Eugene Dempsey 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 Eugene Dempsey, Fulvio Mattivi 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. Nutrients profile →
  30. Intestinal microbiota, diet and health
    2013 371 citations Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  31. Breast Milk, a Source of Beneficial Microbes and Associated Benefits for Infant Health
    2020 354 citations Katríona Lyons, C. Anthony Ryan et al. Nutrients profile →
  32. The interplay between diet and the gut microbiome: implications for health and disease
    2024 243 citations Dhrati Patangia, Ghjuvan Micaelu Grimaud et al. profile →
  33. Fermented Foods, Health and the Gut Microbiome
    2022 239 citations Catherine Stanton et al. Nutrients 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

20 of 20 papers shown
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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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Bastiaanssen, Thomaz F. S., John F. Cryan, Catherine Stanton, et al.. (2025). In vitro assessment of bacterial supernatants on hypothalamic gene expression: implications for appetite regulation. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 11(1). 192–192.
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O'Shea, Carol‐Anne, Aonghus Lavelle, R. Paul Ross, et al.. (2025). Observational study protocol: the faecal microbiome in the acute stage of new-onset paediatric type 1 diabetes in an Irish cohort. BMJ Open. 15(1). e089206–e089206. 1 indexed citations
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Patangia, Dhrati, Ghjuvan Micaelu Grimaud, Shaopu Wang, R. Paul Ross, & Catherine Stanton. (2024). Influence of age, socioeconomic status, and location on the infant gut resistome across populations. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2297837–2297837. 6 indexed citations
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Ross, R. Paul, et al.. (2024). Donor human milk: the influence of processing technologies on its nutritional and microbial composition. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1468886–1468886. 4 indexed citations
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Ding, Mengfan, Bowen Li, Haiqin Chen, et al.. (2024). Bifidobacterium longum Subsp. infantis Promotes IgA Level of Growing Mice in a Strain-Specific and Intestinal Niche-Dependent Manner. Nutrients. 16(8). 1148–1148. 4 indexed citations
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Healy, David, Shuo Wang, Ghjuvan Micaelu Grimaud, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal observational study protocol – Preterm Infants: Microbiome Establishment, Neuro-CrossTalk and Origins (PIMENTO). BMJ Open. 13(9). e075060–e075060. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yang, He Gao, Jianxin Zhao, et al.. (2023). Exploiting lactic acid bacteria for inflammatory bowel disease: A recent update. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 138. 126–140. 16 indexed citations
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Patangia, Dhrati, et al.. (2023). Microbiota and Resistome Analysis of Colostrum and Milk from Dairy Cows Treated with and without Dry Cow Therapies. Antibiotics. 12(8). 1315–1315. 9 indexed citations
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Cabana‐Domínguez, Judit, Noèlia Fernàndez‐Castillo, Jordi Mayneris‐Perxachs, et al.. (2022). MicroRNA signatures associated with vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). 8 indexed citations
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Huang, Yina, Jinxin Liu, Hein M. Tun, et al.. (2022). Gut microbiota insights into human adaption to high‐plateau diet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 8 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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Baffoni, Loredana, Daniele Alberoni, Francesca Gaggìa, et al.. (2021). Honeybee Exposure to Veterinary Drugs: How Is the Gut Microbiota Affected?. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(1). e0017621–e0017621. 32 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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Lach, Gilliard, Christine Fülling, Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen, et al.. (2020). Enduring neurobehavioral effects induced by microbiota depletion during the adolescent period. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 382–382. 43 indexed citations
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Boehme, Marcus, Marcel van de Wouw, Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen, et al.. (2019). Mid-life microbiota crises: middle age is associated with pervasive neuroimmune alterations that are reversed by targeting the gut microbiome. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(10). 2567–2583. 100 indexed citations
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Ross, R. Paul, Freddy Guihéneuf, Dagmar B. Stengel, et al.. (2018). Nutraceuticals to promote neuronal plasticity in response to corticosterone-induced stress in human neuroblastoma cells. Nutritional Neuroscience. 22(8). 551–568. 28 indexed citations
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Miller, Lisa A., et al.. (1996). Surveillance for fetal alcohol syndrome in Colorado.. PubMed. 110(6). 690–7. 20 indexed citations

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