Chris Gast

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Chris Gast is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Gast has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Chris Gast's work include Gut microbiota and health (23 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers) and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (19 papers). Chris Gast is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (23 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers) and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (19 papers). Chris Gast collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Chris Gast's co-authors include Ian P. Thompson, Geraint B. Rogers, Andrew Lilley, Andrew C. Singer, Gary D. Bending, Kenneth D. Bruce, Duane Ager, Lena Ciric, Paul Gosling and Thomas P. Curtis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Chris Gast

93 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology

2007 732 citations James I. Prosser, Brendan J. M. Bohannan et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Gast United Kingdom	38	1.7k	1.6k	795	747	712	93	5.0k
Nielson T. Baxter United States	16	4.5k 2.6×	1.7k 1.0×	616 0.8×	635 0.9×	211 0.3×	21	7.9k
Markus Bauer Austria	6	3.2k 1.8×	2.2k 1.3×	924 1.2×	776 1.0×	141 0.2×	9	6.9k
Barbara A. Methé United States	39	5.0k 2.9×	2.4k 1.4×	726 0.9×	725 1.0×	297 0.4×	98	9.8k
Louise Fraser United Kingdom	6	3.4k 2.0×	2.4k 1.4×	942 1.2×	788 1.1×	159 0.2×	10	7.5k
Gail Ackermann United States	30	2.8k 1.6×	1.1k 0.6×	673 0.8×	267 0.4×	200 0.3×	45	5.5k
Mette Burmølle Denmark	40	4.0k 2.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	694 0.9×	232 0.3×	98	7.4k
Katharina Riedel Germany	50	5.2k 3.0×	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 2.5×	330 0.4×	674 0.9×	179	9.2k
Yogesh S. Shouche India	50	3.5k 2.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	821 1.1×	185 0.3×	297	9.0k
Anna Klindworth Germany	7	3.0k 1.7×	2.2k 1.3×	675 0.8×	741 1.0×	102 0.1×	9	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Gast

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Gast

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Gast

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Gast. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Gast based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Gast. Chris Gast is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dellschaft, Neele, Caroline L. Hoad, Christabella Ng, et al.. (2024). Impact of extended Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor therapy on the gut microbiome in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 23(5). 967–976. 10 indexed citations

Bandyopadhyay, Ananda S, Simona Zipursky, Laura Cooper, et al.. (2024). Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 Use for Polio Outbreak Response: A Global Effort for a Global Health Emergency. Pathogens. 13(4). 273–273. 6 indexed citations

Jones, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Ecological patterns and processes of temporal turnover within lung infection microbiota. Microbiome. 12(1). 63–63. 1 indexed citations

Macklin, Grace, Corey M. Peak, Ondrej Mach, et al.. (2022). Enabling accelerated vaccine roll-out for Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEICs): Novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) experience. Vaccine. 41. A122–A127. 38 indexed citations

Hampton, Thomas H., et al.. (2021). Mild Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Is Associated with Bacterial Community Stability. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(1). e0002921–e0002921. 14 indexed citations

Bass, David, et al.. (2018). Plant Rhizosphere Selection of Plasmodiophorid Lineages from Bulk Soil: The Importance of “Hidden” Diversity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 168–168. 8 indexed citations

Bandyopadhyay, Ananda S, Edwin J. Asturias, Miguel O’Ryan, et al.. (2017). Exploring the relationship between polio type 2 serum neutralizing antibodies and intestinal immunity using data from two randomized controlled trials of new bOPV-IPV immunization schedules. Vaccine. 35(52). 7283–7291. 12 indexed citations

Wright, Peter F., Ruth I. Connor, Wendy Wieland‐Alter, et al.. (2016). Vaccine-induced mucosal immunity to poliovirus: analysis of cohorts from an open-label, randomised controlled trial in Latin American infants. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16(12). 1377–1384. 38 indexed citations

Barnes, Christopher J., et al.. (2016). Spatio-Temporal Variation of Core and Satellite Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Communities in Miscanthus giganteus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1278–1278. 22 indexed citations

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Asturias, Edwin J., Ananda S Bandyopadhyay, Steve Self, et al.. (2016). Humoral and intestinal immunity induced by new schedules of bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and one or two doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Latin American infants: an open-label randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 388(10040). 158–169. 58 indexed citations

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Gast, Chris, Leah Cuthbertson, Geraint B. Rogers, et al.. (2014). Three Clinically Distinct Chronic Pediatric Airway Infections Share a Common Core Microbiota. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11(7). 1039–1048. 68 indexed citations

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Cuthbertson, Leah, Geraint B. Rogers, Alan W. Walker, et al.. (2014). Implications of multiple freeze-thawing on respiratory samples for culture-independent analyses. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 14(4). 464–467. 27 indexed citations

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Daniels, T., Geraint B. Rogers, Franziska A. Stressmann, et al.. (2012). Impact of antibiotic treatment for pulmonary exacerbations on bacterial diversity in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 12(1). 22–28. 50 indexed citations

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Newbold, Lindsay K., Anna Oliver, Tim Booth, et al.. (2012). The response of marine picoplankton to ocean acidification. Environmental Microbiology. 14(9). 2293–2307. 88 indexed citations

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Kollef, Marin H., Dilip Nathwani, Sanjay Merchant, et al.. (2009). MEDICAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: POOLED ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED STUDIES OF DORIPENEM VERSUS COMPARATORS. CHEST Journal. 136(4). 30S–30S. 1 indexed citations

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Prosser, James I., Brendan J. M. Bohannan, Thomas P. Curtis, et al.. (2007). The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 5(5). 384–392. 732 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gast, Chris, Andrew Lilley, Duane Ager, & Ian P. Thompson. (2005). Island size and bacterial diversity in an archipelago of engineering machines. Environmental Microbiology. 7(8). 1220–1226. 44 indexed citations

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Gast, Chris & Ian P. Thompson. (2004). Effects of pH amendment on metal working fluid wastewater biological treatment using a defined bacterial consortium. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 89(3). 357–366. 28 indexed citations

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Gast, Chris, Andrew S. Whiteley, & Ian P. Thompson. (2004). Temporal dynamics and degradation activity of an bacterial inoculum for treating waste metal‐working fluid. Environmental Microbiology. 6(3). 254–263. 58 indexed citations

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Gast, Chris, Andrew S. Whiteley, Andrew Lilley, Christopher J. Knowles, & Ian P. Thompson. (2003). Bacterial community structure and function in a metal‐working fluid. Environmental Microbiology. 5(6). 453–461. 57 indexed citations

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