Colin Hill

86.5k total citations · 26 hit papers
644 papers, 56.8k citations indexed

About

Colin Hill is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Hill has authored 644 papers receiving a total of 56.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 405 papers in Food Science, 339 papers in Molecular Biology and 157 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Colin Hill's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (341 papers), Gut microbiota and health (143 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (130 papers). Colin Hill is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (341 papers), Gut microbiota and health (143 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (130 papers). Colin Hill collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. Colin Hill's co-authors include R. Paul Ross, Paul D. Cotter, Cormac G. M. Gahan, Máire Begley, Roy D. Sleator, Mary Ellen Sanders, Seppo Salminen, Bruno Pot, Daniel Merenstein and Gregor Reid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Colin Hill

634 papers receiving 55.0k citations

Hit Papers

The International Scientific Association ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2014 2005 2004 2021 2012 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic
    2014 6.7k citations Colin Hill, Gregor Reid et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  2. Bacteriocins: developing innate immunity for food
    2005 1.7k citations Paul D. Cotter, Colin Hill et al. profile →
  3. The interaction between bacteria and bile
    2004 1.4k citations Máire Begley, Cormac G. M. Gahan et al. profile →
  4. The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of postbiotics
    2021 1.4k citations María Carmen Collado, Colin Hill et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  5. Bacteriocins — a viable alternative to antibiotics?
    2012 1.3k citations Paul D. Cotter, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  6. Surviving the Acid Test: Responses of Gram-Positive Bacteria to Low pH
    2003 994 citations Paul D. Cotter, Colin Hill profile →
  7. Bile Salt Hydrolase Activity in Probiotics
    2006 913 citations Máire Begley, Colin Hill et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  8. Functional and comparative metagenomic analysis of bile salt hydrolase activity in the human gut microbiome
    2008 810 citations Máire Begley, Colin Hill et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Next-generation probiotics: the spectrum from probiotics to live biotherapeutics
    2017 667 citations Colin Hill et al. profile →
  10. Bacteriocin production as a mechanism for the antiinfective activity of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118
    2007 645 citations Sinéad C. Corr, Christian U. Riedel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Bacterial osmoadaptation: the role of osmolytes in bacterial stress and virulence
    2002 618 citations Roy D. Sleator, Colin Hill profile →
  12. Preservation and fermentation: past, present and future
    2002 610 citations R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill et al. International Journal of Food Microbiology profile →
  13. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on fermented foods
    2021 512 citations Maria L. Marco, Mary Ellen Sanders et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  14. Lantibiotics: structure, biosynthesis and mode of action
    2001 510 citations R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill et al. profile →
  15. Bacteriocin Production: a Probiotic Trait?
    2011 491 citations Paul D. Cotter, R. Paul Ross et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  16. The Human Gut Virome Is Highly Diverse, Stable, and Individual Specific
    2019 467 citations Andrey N. Shkoporov, Adam G. Clooney et al. profile →
  17. Regulation of host weight gain and lipid metabolism by bacterial bile acid modification in the gut
    2014 462 citations Fergus Shanahan, Colin Hill et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  18. Bacteriophages of the Human Gut: The “Known Unknown” of the Microbiome
    2019 442 citations Andrey N. Shkoporov, Colin Hill profile →
  19. Thuricin CD, a posttranslationally modified bacteriocin with a narrow spectrum of activity against Clostridium difficile
    2010 406 citations Mary C. Rea, Clarissa S. Sit et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  20. Bacteriophages and Bacterial Plant Diseases
    2017 324 citations Colin Buttimer, R. Paul Ross et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
  21. Criteria to Qualify Microorganisms as “Probiotic” in Foods and Dietary Supplements
    2020 305 citations Colin Hill, Bruno Pot et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
  22. Whole-Virome Analysis Sheds Light on Viral Dark Matter in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    2019 284 citations Adam G. Clooney, Andrey N. Shkoporov et al. profile →
  23. Emerging issues in probiotic safety: 2023 perspectives
    2023 243 citations Daniel Merenstein, Bruno Pot et al. Gut Microbes profile →
  24. The Advantages and Challenges of Using Endolysins in a Clinical Setting
    2021 165 citations Lorraine A. Draper, R. Paul Ross et al. profile →
  25. Bacteriocin diversity, function, discovery and application as antimicrobials
    2024 101 citations R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill et al. profile →
  26. The gut virome is associated with stress-induced changes in behaviour and immune responses in mice
    2024 45 citations Lorraine A. Draper, Paul D. Cotter 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
Colin Hill Ireland 109 31.1k 30.8k 9.6k 9.2k 7.7k 644 56.8k
R. Paul Ross Ireland 130 39.2k 1.3× 29.9k 1.0× 5.4k 0.6× 14.1k 1.5× 9.1k 1.2× 867 68.6k
Willem M. de Vos Netherlands 157 68.4k 2.2× 30.1k 1.0× 5.4k 0.6× 16.2k 1.8× 7.5k 1.0× 884 98.8k
Paul D. Cotter Ireland 96 22.3k 0.7× 17.5k 0.6× 4.3k 0.5× 5.4k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 460 37.5k
Douwe van Sinderen Ireland 95 23.9k 0.8× 15.5k 0.5× 2.2k 0.2× 8.9k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 571 35.4k
Oscar P. Kuipers Netherlands 92 22.4k 0.7× 12.3k 0.4× 3.8k 0.4× 4.1k 0.4× 5.5k 0.7× 568 34.9k
B. Brett Finlay Canada 128 23.8k 0.8× 14.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.3× 3.8k 0.4× 4.9k 0.6× 532 57.8k
Gerald F. Fitzgerald Ireland 90 17.0k 0.5× 15.3k 0.5× 2.5k 0.3× 8.4k 0.9× 4.9k 0.6× 370 29.6k
Todd R. Klaenhammer United States 83 15.5k 0.5× 17.6k 0.6× 3.0k 0.3× 7.9k 0.9× 4.4k 0.6× 287 25.3k
Seppo Salminen Finland 112 30.3k 1.0× 28.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.2× 18.5k 2.0× 1.3k 0.2× 444 57.9k
Peter Vandamme Belgium 98 18.5k 0.6× 11.4k 0.4× 2.7k 0.3× 3.0k 0.3× 7.2k 0.9× 679 43.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Hill

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Hill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Hill

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vinderola, Gabriel, et al.. (2024). Frequently asked questions about the ISAPP postbiotic definition. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1324565–1324565. 33 indexed citations
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Merenstein, Daniel, Bruno Pot, Gregory Leyer, et al.. (2023). Emerging issues in probiotic safety: 2023 perspectives. Gut Microbes. 15(1). 243 indexed citations breakdown →
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Buttimer, Colin, Ekaterina V. Khokhlova, Lisa Y. Stein, et al.. (2023). Temperate bacteriophages infecting the mucin-degrading bacterium Ruminococcus gnavus from the human gut. Gut Microbes. 15(1). 2194794–2194794. 7 indexed citations
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Shkoporov, Andrey N., L. J. Smith, Ekaterina V. Khokhlova, et al.. (2023). Dynamic nature of viral and bacterial communities in human faeces. iScience. 27(2). 108778–108778. 4 indexed citations
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Ronan, N.J., G.G. Einarsson, Jennifer Deane, et al.. (2022). Modulation, microbiota and inflammation in the adult CF gut: A prospective study. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 21(5). 837–843. 12 indexed citations
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Warda, Alicja K., et al.. (2021). A Postbiotic Consisting of Heat-Treated Lactobacilli Has a Bifidogenic Effect in Pure Culture and in Human Fermented Fecal Communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(8). 29 indexed citations
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Marco, Maria L., Mary Ellen Sanders, Michael G. Gänzle, et al.. (2021). The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on fermented foods. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 18(3). 196–208. 512 indexed citations breakdown →
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Patel, Pratikkumar, et al.. (2021). Pharmaceutical design of a delivery system for the bacteriocin lacticin 3147. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 11(4). 1735–1751. 20 indexed citations
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Hill, Colin, et al.. (2021). Recipe for Success: Suggestions and Recommendations for the Isolation and Characterisation of Bacteriocins. International Journal of Microbiology. 2021. 1–19. 25 indexed citations
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Hill, Colin, et al.. (2020). Bioengineered Nisin Derivative M17Q Has Enhanced Activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis. Antibiotics. 9(6). 305–305. 14 indexed citations
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Mills, Susan, Paula M. O’Connor, Lenard Serrano, et al.. (2017). A Multibacteriocin Cheese Starter System, Comprising Nisin and Lacticin 3147 in Lactococcus lactis, in Combination with Plantaricin from Lactobacillus plantarum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(14). 42 indexed citations
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Swanson, M E C, Max Tegmark, A. Hamilton, & Colin Hill. (2012). Mangle: Angular Mask Software. ascl. 1 indexed citations
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Rea, Mary C., Clarissa S. Sit, Evelyn M. Clayton, et al.. (2010). Thuricin CD, a posttranslationally modified bacteriocin with a narrow spectrum of activity against Clostridium difficile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(20). 9352–9357. 406 indexed citations breakdown →
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Riedel, Christian U., Ian R. Monk, Pat G. Casey, et al.. (2009). AgrD‐dependent quorum sensing affects biofilm formation, invasion, virulence and global gene expression profiles in Listeria monocytogenes. Molecular Microbiology. 71(5). 1177–1189. 152 indexed citations
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Corr, Sinéad C., Colin Hill, & Cormac G. M. Gahan. (2009). Chapter 1 Understanding the Mechanisms by Which Probiotics Inhibit Gastrointestinal Pathogens. Advances in food and nutrition research. 1–15. 135 indexed citations
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Sleator, Roy D. & Colin Hill. (2008). Molecular Analysis of the Microbial Food Safety Implications of Food Reformulations for Improved Health. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 5(4). 499–504. 5 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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Smiddy, Mary, Alan L. Kelly, Margaret F. Patterson, & Colin Hill. (2005). High pressure-induced inactivation of Qβ coliphage and c2 phage in oysters and in culture media. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 106(2). 105–110. 12 indexed citations
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Hill, Colin. (1985). Coffee consumption and cholesterol concentrations. BMJ. 290(6481). 1590.4–1590. 12 indexed citations

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