Claire J. Steves

32.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
135 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Claire J. Steves is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Claire J. Steves has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Physiology, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Claire J. Steves's work include Gut microbiota and health (35 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (23 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (19 papers). Claire J. Steves is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (35 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (23 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (19 papers). Claire J. Steves collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Claire J. Steves's co-authors include Tim D. Spector, Matthew Jackson, Cristina Menni, Ruth C. E. Bowyer, Jordana T. Bell, Ana M. Valdes, Frances M. K. Williams, Jonas Zierer, Massimo Mangino and Tess Pallister and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Claire J. Steves

127 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19

2020 847 citations Cristina Menni, Ana M. Valdes et al. profile →
Proton pump inhibitors alter the composition of the gut microbiota

2015 627 citations Matthew Jackson, Julia K. Goodrich et al. Gut profile →
Predicting brain age with deep learning from raw imaging data results in a reliable and heritable biomarker

2017 523 citations Claire J. Steves, Tim D. Spector et al. profile →
The fecal metabolome as a functional readout of the gut microbiome

2018 481 citations Jonas Zierer, Matthew Jackson et al. profile →
Gut microbiota associations with common diseases and prescription medications in a population-based cohort

2018 418 citations Matthew Jackson, Maria-Emanuela Maxan et al. profile →
COVID-19 vaccine waning and effectiveness and side-effects of boosters: a prospective community study from the ZOE COVID Study

2022 204 citations Cristina Menni, Anna May et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claire J. Steves United Kingdom	40	3.0k	2.1k	1.2k	717	613	135	7.3k
Cristina Menni United Kingdom	42	4.0k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	921 0.7×	837 1.2×	716 1.2×	129	7.4k
Stephen B. Freedman Canada	48	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	415 0.6×	1.4k 2.3×	318	8.4k
Long H. Nguyen United States	38	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	800 0.6×	888 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	140	7.1k
Göran Bergström Sweden	39	4.1k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	596 0.5×	698 1.0×	988 1.6×	271	9.2k
Jun Chen China	39	5.5k 1.8×	2.3k 1.1×	3.5k 2.8×	753 1.1×	1.4k 2.3×	276	11.3k
Huilin Li United States	44	5.2k 1.7×	1.9k 0.9×	969 0.8×	668 0.9×	977 1.6×	231	9.7k
Sebastiano Gangemi Italy	53	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	482 0.4×	415 0.6×	702 1.1×	466	11.4k
Giuseppina Candore Italy	55	2.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	647 0.5×	455 0.6×	1.7k 2.8×	279	10.5k
Calogero Caruso Italy	59	2.5k 0.8×	3.2k 1.5×	730 0.6×	608 0.8×	2.3k 3.8×	346	12.6k
Kenji Maeda Japan	56	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	348 0.5×	884 1.4×	343	11.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Claire J. Steves

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Claire J. Steves's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Claire J. Steves with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Claire J. Steves more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Claire J. Steves

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Claire J. Steves. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Claire J. Steves. The network helps show where Claire J. Steves may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claire J. Steves

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Claire J. Steves. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Claire J. Steves 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 Claire J. Steves. Claire J. Steves is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Cheetham, Nathan J., Ruth C. E. Bowyer, JD Carpentieri, et al.. (2025). Social determinants of recovery from ongoing symptoms following COVID-19 in two UK longitudinal studies: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Public Health. 3(1). e001166–e001166. 4 indexed citations

Mutwalli, Hiba, Moritz Herle, Carol Kan, et al.. (2025). Lifetime history of depression and eating behaviours: a co-twin control study of the TwinsUK registry. Journal of Affective Disorders. 382. 264–273.

Brighton, Lisa Jane, Catherine Evans, Morag Farquhar, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive geriatric assessment for people with both COPD and frailty starting pulmonary rehabilitation: a mixed-methods feasibility trial. ERJ Open Research. 10(4). 774–2023. 2 indexed citations

Baunwall, Simon Mark Dahl, Merete Gregersen, Ishay Barat, et al.. (2024). Early geriatric assessment and management in older patients with Clostridioides difficile infection in Denmark (CLODIfrail): a randomised trial. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 5(12). 100648–100648. 3 indexed citations

Eccles, Jessica, Dorina Cadar, Lisa Quadt, et al.. (2024). Is joint hypermobility linked to self-reported non-recovery from COVID-19? Case–control evidence from the British COVID Symptom Study Biobank. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e000478–e000478. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yong, Yifan Xu, Mélanie Le Sayec, et al.. (2024). Development of metabolic signatures of plant-rich dietary patterns using plant-derived metabolites. European Journal of Nutrition. 64(1). 29–29. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yong, Yifan Xu, Mélanie Le Sayec, et al.. (2024). Development of a (Poly)phenol Metabolic Signature for Assessing (Poly)phenol-Rich Dietary Patterns. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72(23). 13439–13450. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Ni, Cristina Menni, Mary C. Playdon, et al.. (2024). Pro-inflammatory and hyperinsulinaemic dietary patterns are associated with specific gut microbiome profiles: a TwinsUK cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. e12–e12. 2 indexed citations

Freidin, Maxim B., Nathan J. Cheetham, Emma L. Duncan, et al.. (2023). Long-COVID fatigue is not predicted by pre-pandemic plasma IL-6 levels in mild COVID-19. Inflammation Research. 72(5). 947–953. 5 indexed citations

10.

Li, Yong, Yifan Xu, Caroline Le Roy, et al.. (2023). Interplay between the (Poly)phenol Metabolome, Gut Microbiome, and Cardiovascular Health in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study from the TwinsUK Cohort. Nutrients. 15(8). 1900–1900. 15 indexed citations

11.

Hopper, Ingrid, Rory Wolfe, Galina Polekhina, et al.. (2023). Cognitive trajectories and incident dementia after a cardiovascular event in older adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(8). 3670–3678. 7 indexed citations

12.

Antonelli, Michela, Rose Penfold, Liane S. Canas, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 infection following booster vaccination: Illness and symptom profile in a prospective, observational community-based case-control study. Journal of Infection. 87(6). 506–515. 20 indexed citations

13.

Thompson, Ellen J., Georgina Krebs, Helena M. S. Zavos, Claire J. Steves, & Thalia C. Eley. (2023). The relationship between weight-related indicators and depressive symptoms during adolescence and adulthood: results from two twin studies. Psychological Medicine. 54(3). 527–538. 2 indexed citations

14.

Roberts, Amy L., Antonino Zito, Julia S. El-Sayed Moustafa, et al.. (2022). Age acquired skewed X chromosome inactivation is associated with adverse health outcomes in humans. eLife. 11. 14 indexed citations

15.

Brighton, Lisa Jane, Catherine Evans, Morag Farquhar, et al.. (2021). Integrating Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for people with COPD and frailty starting pulmonary rehabilitation: the Breathe Plus feasibility trial protocol. ERJ Open Research. 7(1). 717–2020. 8 indexed citations

16.

Ni, Yan, Gang Yu, Huan Chen, et al.. (2020). M2IA: a web server for microbiome and metabolome integrative analysis. Bioinformatics. 36(11). 3493–3498. 53 indexed citations

17.

Nag, Abhishek, Yuko Kurushima, Ruth C. E. Bowyer, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide scan identifies novel genetic loci regulating salivary metabolite levels. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(5). 864–875. 10 indexed citations

18.

Menni, Cristina, Jonas Zierer, Tess Pallister, et al.. (2017). Omega-3 fatty acids correlate with gut microbiome diversity and production of N-carbamylglutamate in middle aged and elderly women. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11079–11079. 178 indexed citations

19.

Roy, Caroline Le, Michelle Beaumont, Matthew Jackson, et al.. (2017). Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat. Gut Microbes. 9(1). 61–67. 39 indexed citations

20.

Jackson, Matthew, Julia K. Goodrich, Maria-Emanuela Maxan, et al.. (2015). Proton pump inhibitors alter the composition of the gut microbiota. Gut. 65(5). 749–756. 627 indexed citations breakdown →

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact