Elisa Viciani

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 673 citations indexed

About

Elisa Viciani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisa Viciani has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 673 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Elisa Viciani's work include Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (3 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (3 papers). Elisa Viciani is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (3 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (3 papers). Elisa Viciani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Elisa Viciani's co-authors include Nitin Kumar, Alexandre Almeida, Trevor D. Lawley, Hilary P. Browne, Samuel C. Forster, Mark Stares, Lindsay J. Pike, Yan Shao, Blessing O. Anonye and Thomas Louie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Elisa Viciani

22 papers receiving 666 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.

A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses

2019 347 citations Samuel C. Forster, Nitin Kumar et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elisa Viciani Italy	9	510	207	139	89	66	23	673
Fiona B. Tamburini United States	10	632 1.2×	236 1.1×	158 1.1×	67 0.8×	70 1.1×	14	937
Ana Durbán Spain	9	516 1.0×	139 0.7×	118 0.8×	60 0.7×	133 2.0×	9	663
Robert W. P. Glowacki United States	7	499 1.0×	142 0.7×	137 1.0×	94 1.1×	65 1.0×	11	674
Karthik Kota United States	6	719 1.4×	195 0.9×	155 1.1×	152 1.7×	128 1.9×	7	922
T Srivastava India	5	552 1.1×	124 0.6×	182 1.3×	89 1.0×	100 1.5×	14	680
Vladimir Yeliseyev United States	9	497 1.0×	197 1.0×	84 0.6×	262 2.9×	95 1.4×	18	769
Rita A. Oliveira Portugal	6	535 1.0×	201 1.0×	155 1.1×	61 0.7×	56 0.8×	8	659
Emily E. Putnam United States	7	402 0.8×	404 2.0×	86 0.6×	64 0.7×	36 0.5×	8	767
Jonathan Gesell United States	4	675 1.3×	313 1.5×	184 1.3×	54 0.6×	101 1.5×	4	935
Justin L. Sonnenburg United States	4	353 0.7×	191 0.9×	78 0.6×	31 0.3×	64 1.0×	7	450

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Pagnini, Cristiano, Manuele Gori, Maria Carla Di Paolo, et al.. (2025). Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Administration Is Associated with Stimulation of Vitamin D/VDR Pathway and Mucosal Microbiota Modulation in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: A Pilot Study. Pharmaceuticals. 18(11). 1651–1651. 1 indexed citations

Giannini, Giuseppe, Sara Soldi, Marina Elli, et al.. (2025). A mixture of postbiotics/tyndallized probiotics reduces trimethylamine (TMA) in trimethylaminuria models: Evidence from in vitro and in vivo studies. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1591825–1591825. 1 indexed citations

Fiorilli, Giovanni, Alessandro Medoro, Elisa Viciani, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota composition and long-term physical activity in healthy older adults at high and low performance levels. Experimental Gerontology. 212. 112957–112957.

Sidoti, Antonina, Rosalia D’Angelo, Andrea Castagnetti, et al.. (2024). Exploring Trimethylaminuria: Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies. Biology. 13(12). 961–961. 1 indexed citations

Vicariotto, Franco, Elisa Viciani, Diletta Francesca Squarzanti, et al.. (2024). Efficacy of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum PBS067, Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BL050, and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus LRH020 in the Amelioration of Vaginal Microbiota in Post-Menopausal Women: A Prospective Observational Clinical Trial. Nutrients. 16(3). 402–402. 9 indexed citations

Viciani, Elisa, Paolo Gaibani, Andrea Castagnetti, et al.. (2022). Critically ill patients with COVID-19 show lung fungal dysbiosis with reduced microbial diversity in patients colonized with Candida spp.. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 117. 233–240. 14 indexed citations

Viciani, Elisa, Monica Barone, Tindaro Bongiovanni, et al.. (2022). Fecal Microbiota Monitoring in Elite Soccer Players Along the 2019–2020 Competitive Season. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 43(13). 1137–1147. 3 indexed citations

Molino, Silvia, Qinglong Wu, Patricia Vega, et al.. (2022). Randomized placebo-controlled trial of oral tannin supplementation on COVID-19 symptoms, gut dysbiosis and cytokine response. Journal of Functional Foods. 99. 105356–105356. 6 indexed citations

Rendeli, Claudia, Gabriele Lisi, Laura Lombardi, et al.. (2022). Gut microbiota and pediatric patients with spina bifida and neurogenic bowel dysfunction. Child s Nervous System. 39(3). 633–645. 4 indexed citations

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Lanci, Aliai, Jole Mariella, Elisa Viciani, et al.. (2021). Changes in the Fecal Microbiota Associated with a Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Administration in Hospitalized Neonatal Foals with Probiotics Supplementation. Animals. 11(8). 2283–2283. 5 indexed citations

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Browne, Hilary P., Alexandre Almeida, Nitin Kumar, et al.. (2021). Host adaptation in gut Firmicutes is associated with sporulation loss and altered transmission cycle. Genome biology. 22(1). 204–204. 48 indexed citations

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Gaibani, Paolo, Elisa Viciani, Michele Bartoletti, et al.. (2021). The lower respiratory tract microbiome of critically ill patients with COVID-19. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10103–10103. 48 indexed citations

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Forster, Samuel C., Mark Stares, George Notley, et al.. (2021). The Mouse Gastrointestinal Bacteria Catalogue enables translation between the mouse and human gut microbiotas via functional mapping. Cell Host & Microbe. 30(1). 124–138.e8. 93 indexed citations

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Forster, Samuel C., Nitin Kumar, Blessing O. Anonye, et al.. (2019). A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses. Nature Biotechnology. 37(2). 186–192. 347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pike, Lindsay J., Elisa Viciani, & Nitin Kumar. (2018). Microbial diversity knows no borders. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 16(2). 66–66. 7 indexed citations

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Viciani, Elisa. (2017). Carpe diet. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 15(11). 644–644. 1 indexed citations

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Viciani, Elisa, Francesca Montagnani, Antonio Romano, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of M75 Streptococcus pyogenes Strains Harboring slaA Gene in Patients Affected by Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Central Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 294–294. 6 indexed citations

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Viciani, Elisa, Francesca Montagnani, Simona Tavarini, et al.. (2016). Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with tonsil colonisation by Streptococcus pyogenes. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 20609–20609. 15 indexed citations

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Viciani, Elisa, Massimiliano Biagini, Luigi Fiaschi, et al.. (2013). Protective Activity of the CnaBE3 Domain Conserved among Staphylococcus aureus Sdr Proteins. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74718–e74718. 13 indexed citations

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Manetti, Andrea G. O., et al.. (2012). The ancillary protein 1 of Streptococcus pyogenes FCT‐1 pili mediates cell adhesion and biofilm formation through heterophilic as well as homophilic interactions. Molecular Microbiology. 83(5). 1035–1047. 40 indexed citations

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