Cathy Lordan

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 797 citations indexed

About

Cathy Lordan is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Cathy Lordan has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 797 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Cathy Lordan's work include Cephalopods and Marine Biology (6 papers), Gut microbiota and health (5 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (5 papers). Cathy Lordan is often cited by papers focused on Cephalopods and Marine Biology (6 papers), Gut microbiota and health (5 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (5 papers). Cathy Lordan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Spain. Cathy Lordan's co-authors include Paul D. Cotter, R. Paul Ross, Arghya Mukherjee, Dinesh Thapa, Martin A. Collins, C. Perales-Raya, John Casey, Arjen Nauta, Douwe van Sinderen and John MacSharry and has published in prestigious journals such as Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, Microbiome and Gut Microbes.

In The Last Decade

Cathy Lordan

12 papers receiving 773 citations

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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.

Gut microbes from the phylogenetically diverse genusEubacteriumand their various contributions to gut health

2020 433 citations Arghya Mukherjee, Cathy Lordan et al. Gut Microbes profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cathy Lordan Ireland	8	478	157	150	148	90	12	797
Xiaodan Huang China	15	490 1.0×	157 1.0×	71 0.5×	123 0.8×	70 0.8×	53	1.0k
Laksiri A. Goonewardene Canada	15	256 0.5×	89 0.6×	228 1.5×	90 0.6×	71 0.8×	29	1.0k
Akhilesh S. Dhanani India	9	723 1.5×	238 1.5×	110 0.7×	241 1.6×	25 0.3×	10	1.1k
Linda J. Mason United States	16	333 0.7×	73 0.5×	53 0.4×	147 1.0×	87 1.0×	57	1.4k
Anujit Sarkar United States	12	769 1.6×	241 1.5×	124 0.8×	112 0.8×	51 0.6×	39	1.2k
Priya Date United States	6	428 0.9×	244 1.6×	105 0.7×	110 0.7×	91 1.0×	6	660
Tatiana Fiche Salles Teixeira Brazil	11	378 0.8×	332 2.1×	84 0.6×	58 0.4×	58 0.6×	13	784
Jonas Ghyselinck Belgium	15	414 0.9×	67 0.4×	199 1.3×	195 1.3×	24 0.3×	34	743
Victoria Meslier France	11	395 0.8×	258 1.6×	49 0.3×	71 0.5×	68 0.8×	14	720
Fernando Vicentini Brazil	14	391 0.8×	154 1.0×	67 0.4×	69 0.5×	45 0.5×	29	847

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12 of 12 papers shown

Tarracchini, Chiara, Cathy Lordan, Christian Milani, et al.. (2025). Vitamin biosynthesis in the gut: interplay between mammalian host and its resident microbiota. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 89(2). e0018423–e0018423. 2 indexed citations

Yap, Min, Fiona Crispie, Gustavo Amores, et al.. (2024). Shotgun metagenomic sequencing reveals the influence of artisanal dairy environments on the microbiomes, quality, and safety of Idiazabal, a raw ewe milk PDO cheese. Microbiome. 12(1). 262–262. 7 indexed citations

Lordan, Cathy, Dianne J. Delsing, Arjen Nauta, et al.. (2024). Linking human milk oligosaccharide metabolism and early life gut microbiota: bifidobacteria and beyond. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 88(1). e0009423–e0009423. 34 indexed citations

Mathur, Harsh, et al.. (2023). Methods to mitigate Escherichia coli blooms in human ex vivo colon model experiments using the high throughput micro-Matrix bioreactor fermentation system. MethodsX. 11. 102393–102393. 5 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Arghya, Cathy Lordan, R. Paul Ross, & Paul D. Cotter. (2020). Gut microbes from the phylogenetically diverse genusEubacteriumand their various contributions to gut health. Gut Microbes. 12(1). 1802866–1802866. 433 indexed citations breakdown →

Lordan, Cathy, Dinesh Thapa, R. Paul Ross, & Paul D. Cotter. (2019). Potential for enriching next-generation health-promoting gut bacteria through prebiotics and other dietary components. Gut Microbes. 11(1). 1–20. 221 indexed citations

Lordan, Cathy, et al.. (2001). The distribution and abundance of cephalopod species caught during demersal trawl surveys west of Ireland and in the Celtic Sea. Marine Institute Open Access Repository (Marine Institute). 9 indexed citations

Lordan, Cathy & John Casey. (1999). The first evidence of offshore spawning in the squid species Loligo forbesi. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 79(2). 379–381. 15 indexed citations

Lordan, Cathy, Martin A. Collins, & C. Perales-Raya. (1998). Observations on Morphology, Age and Diet of Three Architeuthis Caught Off the West Coast of Ireland in 1995. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 78(3). 903–917. 33 indexed citations

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Lordan, Cathy, et al.. (1998). The diet and ecological importance of Illex coindetii and Todaropsis eblanae (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in Irish waters. South African Journal of Marine Science. 20(1). 153–163. 29 indexed citations

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Collins, Martin A., et al.. (1997). New Records of Cephalopods Caught in Irish and Scottish Waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 77(2). 561–564. 4 indexed citations

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Lordan, Cathy & John G. Casey. (1997). The first record of ‘accidental’ copulation between male squid of the genus Illex. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63(4). 556–558. 5 indexed citations

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