Dan Knights

134.9k total citations · 15 hit papers
125 papers, 29.4k citations indexed

About

Dan Knights is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Knights has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 29.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Infectious Diseases and 29 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Dan Knights's work include Gut microbiota and health (99 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (30 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (24 papers). Dan Knights is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (99 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (30 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (24 papers). Dan Knights collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Dan Knights's co-authors include Rob Knight, José C. Clemente, Jesse Zaneveld, J. Gregory Caporaso, Curtis Huttenhower, Daniel McDonald, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, Robert G. Beiko, Morgan G. I. Langille and Deron E. Burkepile and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dan Knights

120 papers receiving 29.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

2013 7.1k citations Daniel McDonald, Dan Knights et al. profile →
Linking Long-Term Dietary Patterns with Gut Microbial Enterotypes

2011 4.7k citations Dan Knights, Rob Knight et al. Science profile →
UniFrac: an effective distance metric for microbial community comparison

2010 2.1k citations Dan Knights, Rob Knight et al. profile →
Diet Drives Convergence in Gut Microbiome Functions Across Mammalian Phylogeny and Within Humans

2011 1.4k citations Dan Knights, José C. Clemente et al. Science profile →
Bayesian community-wide culture-independent microbial source tracking

2011 1.3k citations Dan Knights, Rob Knight et al. profile →
Moving pictures of the human microbiome

2011 846 citations Antonio González, Dan Knights et al. profile →
Gut Microbiomes of Malawian Twin Pairs Discordant for Kwashiorkor

2013 826 citations Michelle I. Smith, Tanya Yatsunenko et al. Science profile →
Cohabiting family members share microbiota with one another and with their dogs

2013 760 citations Dan Knights, José C. Clemente et al. profile →
Systematic improvement of amplicon marker gene methods for increased accuracy in microbiome studies

2016 559 citations Pajau Vangay, Jonathan B. Clayton et al. profile →
Daily Sampling Reveals Personalized Diet-Microbiome Associations in Humans

2019 474 citations Pajau Vangay, Gabriel A. Al‐Ghalith et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Bacterial community structures are unique and resilient in full-scale bioenergy systems

2011 384 citations Jeffrey J. Werner, Dan Knights et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Antibiotics, Pediatric Dysbiosis, and Disease

2015 376 citations Pajau Vangay, Tonya Ward et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Chemotherapy‐driven dysbiosis in the intestinal microbiome

2015 365 citations Emmanuel Montassier, Pajau Vangay et al. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics profile →
Stable Engraftment of Bifidobacterium longum AH1206 in the Human Gut Depends on Individualized Features of the Resident Microbiome

2016 342 citations Inés Martínez, Pajau Vangay et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Supplementation with a probiotic mixture accelerates gut microbiome maturation and reduces intestinal inflammation in extremely preterm infants

2022 122 citations Dan Knights, Jens Walter et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Assembly of the infant gut microbiome and resistome are linked to bacterial strains in mother’s milk 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Pamela Ferretti, (unknown), Kelsey E. Johnson, Marco Rossi, Timothy Heisel, (unknown), Dan Knights, David A. Fields, Frank W. Albert, Ellen W. Demerath, Cheryl A. Gale, Ran Blekhman	0
2	Human cytomegalovirus in breast milk is associated with milk composition and the infant gut microbiome and growth 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Kelsey E. Johnson, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado, Mark Blackstad, Timothy Heisel, (unknown), David A. Fields, Elvira Isganaitis, (unknown), Dan Knights, Eric F. Lock, Michael C. Rudolph, Cheryl A. Gale, Mark R. Schleiss, Frank W. Albert, Ellen W. Demerath, Ran Blekhman	3
3	Maternal oral probiotic use is associated with decreased breastmilk inflammatory markers, infant fecal microbiome variation, and altered recognition memory responses in infants—a pilot observational study 2024 ·Frontiers in Nutrition ·(unknown), Timothy Heisel, Neely C. Miller, Jacob L. Haapala, Lisa Harnack, Michael Georgieff, David A. Fields, Dan Knights, (unknown), Elisabeth M. Seburg, Ellen W. Demerath, Cheryl A. Gale, (unknown)	1
4	Shallow shotgun sequencing reduces technical variation in microbiome analysis 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Noah Strom, Ellen Filvaroff, Konstantinos Mavrommatis, Tonya Ward, Dan Knights	23
5	Identification of shared and disease-specific host gene–microbiome associations across human diseases using multi-omic integration 2022 ·Nature Microbiology ·Sambhawa Priya, Michael B. Burns, Tonya Ward, Ruben A. Mars, Elizabeth M. Adamowicz, Eric F. Lock, Purna Kashyap, Dan Knights, Ran Blekhman	94
6	Placentas delivered by pre‐pregnant obese women have reduced abundance and diversity in the microbiome 2021 ·The FASEB Journal ·Paula Benny, Fadhl Alakwaa, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Wolfgruber, (unknown), (unknown), Dan Knights, Lana X. Garmire	16
7	Gut microbiota modulation with long-chain corn bran arabinoxylan in adults with overweight and obesity is linked to an individualized temporal increase in fecal propionate 2020 ·Microbiome ·Nguyen K. Nguyen, Edward C. Deehan, Zhengxiao Zhang, Mingliang Jin, (unknown), María Elisa Pérez-Muñoz, (unknown), Yunus E. Tunçil, Benjamin Seethaler, Ting Wang, Martine Laville, Nathalie M. Delzenne, Stephan C. Bischoff, Bruce R. Hamaker, Inés Martínez, Dan Knights, Jeffrey A. Bakal, Carla M. Prado, Jens Walter	115
8	Bacterial community structure and function distinguish gut sites in captive red‐shanked doucs (Pygathrix nemaeus) 2019 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Jonathan B. Clayton, Robin Shields‐Cutler, (unknown), Gabriel A. Al‐Ghalith, John Chih Mun Sha, Timothy J. Johnson, Dan Knights	10
9	Antibiotics and Host-Tailored Probiotics Similarly Modulate Effects on the Developing Avian Microbiome, Mycobiome, and Host Gene Expression 2019 ·mBio ·Tonya Ward, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica L. Danzeisen, (unknown), Kevin S. Lang, Jonathan B. Clayton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Timothy Heisel, Dan Knights, Carol J. Cardona, Michael H. Kogut, (unknown), Sally Noll, Ryan J. Arsenault, Kent M. Reed, Timothy J. Johnson	29
10	Nutrient-based diet modifications impact on the gut microbiome of the Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Francis Cabana, Jonathan B. Clayton, K. A. I. Nekaris, (unknown), Dan Knights, Henning Seedorf	25
11	Early E. casseliflavus gut colonization and outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Armin Rashidi, Maryam Ebadi, Robin Shields‐Cutler, (unknown), Dawn A. Manias, Aaron M. T. Barnes, Todd E. DeFor, Patricia Ferrieri, Jo‐Anne H. Young, Dan Knights, Bruce R. Blazar, Daniel J. Weisdorf, Gary M. Dunny	5
12	Pretransplant Gut Colonization with Intrinsically Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (E. gallinarum and E. casseliflavus) and Outcomes of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation 2018 ·Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation ·Armin Rashidi, Maryam Ebadi, Robin Shields‐Cutler, Todd E. DeFor, Gabriel A. Al‐Ghalith, Patricia Ferrieri, Jo‐Anne H. Young, Gary M. Dunny, Dan Knights, Daniel J. Weisdorf	13
13	HOMINID: a framework for identifying associations between host genetic variation and microbiome composition 2017 ·GigaScience ·Joshua Lynch, Karen Tang, Sambhawa Priya, (unknown), (unknown), Evan Tang, Sayan Mukherjee, Dan Knights, Ran Blekhman	18
14	Systematic review: human gut dysbiosis induced by non‐antibiotic prescription medications 2017 ·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Quentin Le Bastard, Gabriel A. Al‐Ghalith, Matthieu Grégoire, Guillaume Chapelet, François Javaudin, Éric Dailly, Éric Batard, Dan Knights, Emmanuel Montassier	156
15	Substituting whole grains for refined grains in a 6-wk randomized trial has a modest effect on gut microbiota and immune and inflammatory markers of healthy adults 2017 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Sally M Vanegas, Mohsen Meydani, Junaidah B. Barnett, Barry R. Goldin, Anne Kane, Helen Rasmussen, Carrie Brown, Pajau Vangay, Dan Knights, Satya S. Jonnalagadda, Katie Koecher, J. Philip Karl, Michael J. Thomas, Gregory G. Dolnikowski, Lijun Li, Edward Saltzman, Dayong Wu, Simin Nikbin Meydani	201
16	Rethinking “Enterotypes” 2014 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Dan Knights, Tonya Ward, (unknown), Hannah Miller, Antonio González, Daniel McDonald, Rob Knight	261
17	Gut Microbiomes of Malawian Twin Pairs Discordant for Kwashiorkor breakdown → 2013 ·Science ·Michelle I. Smith, Tanya Yatsunenko, Mark Manary, Indi Trehan, Rajhab Sawasawa Mkakosya, Jiye Cheng, Andrew L. Kau, Stephen S. Rich, Patrick Concannon, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, Jie Liu, Eric R. Houpt, Jia V. Li, Elaine Holmes, Jeremy K. Nicholson, Dan Knights, Luke K. Ursell, Rob Knight, Jeffrey I. Gordon	826
18	Anal gas evacuation and colonic microbiota in patients with flatulence: effect of diet 2013 ·Gut ·Chaysavanh Manichanh, Anat Eck, Encarna Varela, Joaquím Roca, José C. Clemente, Antonio González, Dan Knights, Rob Knight, (unknown), Carlos Hernández, Denis Guyonnet, Anna Accarino, Javier Santos, Juan-R. Malagelada, Francisco Guarner, Fernando Azpiroz	101
19	Advances in inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis: linking host genetics and the microbiome 2013 ·Gut ·Dan Knights, Kara G. Lassen, Ramnik J. Xavier	341
20	Bacterial community structures are unique and resilient in full-scale bioenergy systems breakdown → 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jeffrey J. Werner, Dan Knights, Marcelo Loureiro García, (unknown), (unknown), Kevin E. Yarasheski, (unknown), (unknown), Rob Knight, Largus T. Angenent	384

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