Eoin Gunnigle

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 781 citations indexed

About

Eoin Gunnigle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eoin Gunnigle has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 781 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Eoin Gunnigle's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers), Gut microbiota and health (8 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (5 papers). Eoin Gunnigle is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers), Gut microbiota and health (8 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (5 papers). Eoin Gunnigle collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, South Africa and United Kingdom. Eoin Gunnigle's co-authors include Don A. Cowan, Jean‐Baptiste Ramond, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Aline Frossard, Ángel Valverde, Florence Abram, Alma Siggins, John F. Cryan, Vincent O’Flaherty and Mary Seely and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Eoin Gunnigle

20 papers receiving 769 citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems

2015 279 citations Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Ángel Valverde et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eoin Gunnigle Ireland	13	354	317	170	121	85	20	781
L. V. Lysak Russia	17	361 1.0×	194 0.6×	111 0.7×	193 1.6×	201 2.4×	92	903
Maude M. David United States	17	760 2.1×	509 1.6×	24 0.1×	109 0.9×	120 1.4×	29	1.4k
Н. А. Манучарова Russia	16	371 1.0×	189 0.6×	77 0.5×	169 1.4×	203 2.4×	94	803
D.C. Patterson United Kingdom	22	320 0.9×	63 0.2×	57 0.3×	66 0.5×	55 0.6×	92	1.6k
T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet Netherlands	16	252 0.7×	255 0.8×	52 0.3×	62 0.5×	83 1.0×	26	839
Д. А. Никитин Russia	13	300 0.8×	156 0.5×	96 0.6×	109 0.9×	143 1.7×	68	615
Jenna L. Ross United Kingdom	14	484 1.4×	145 0.5×	74 0.4×	180 1.5×	62 0.7×	29	1.0k
Qingqing Hou China	15	176 0.5×	188 0.6×	50 0.3×	362 3.0×	72 0.8×	40	835
Songsong Gu China	15	473 1.3×	295 0.9×	89 0.5×	413 3.4×	296 3.5×	35	1.1k
Shiv M. Singh India	20	524 1.5×	363 1.1×	178 1.0×	201 1.7×	5 0.1×	80	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Eoin Gunnigle

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eoin Gunnigle

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gunnigle, Eoin, Kenneth J. O’Riordan, Maciej Chichlowski, et al.. (2025). From in silico screening to in vivo validation in zebrafish – a framework for reeling in the right psychobiotics. Food & Function. 16(5). 2018–2030. 2 indexed citations

Knox, Emily G., Colin Buttimer, Sarah‐Jane Leigh, et al.. (2025). Bifidobacterium fermentation with infant formulas is associated with benefits for gut and brain barrier function. Journal of Functional Foods. 125. 106661–106661. 1 indexed citations

Vismara, Matteo, Kenneth J. O’Riordan, Eoin Gunnigle, et al.. (2025). New Insights into the oral microbiota and host epigenetic changes in obsessive compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder: Focus on BDNF. Pharmacological Research. 219. 107891–107891. 1 indexed citations

McGinley, John, Mark G. Healy, Alma Siggins, et al.. (2024). Stochastic modelling of pesticide transport to drinking water sources via runoff and resulting human health risk assessment. The Science of The Total Environment. 918. 170589–170589. 4 indexed citations

Schneider, Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Fermented foods: Harnessing their potential to modulate the microbiota-gut-brain axis for mental health. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 158. 105562–105562. 51 indexed citations

Gunnigle, Eoin, Mary C. Rea, John Kenny, et al.. (2024). High-quality draft genome of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain APC2688 isolated from human feces. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 13(11). e0064124–e0064124. 2 indexed citations

Gunnigle, Eoin, et al.. (2023). Pesticide exposure and the microbiota-gut-brain axis. The ISME Journal. 17(8). 1153–1166. 48 indexed citations

Costa, Alessia, Barbara Rani, Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen, et al.. (2022). Diet Prevents Social Stress-Induced Maladaptive Neurobehavioural and Gut Microbiota Changes in a Histamine-Dependent Manner. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(2). 862–862. 11 indexed citations

Spichak, Simon, Francisco Donoso, Gerard M. Moloney, et al.. (2021). Microbially-derived short-chain fatty acids impact astrocyte gene expression in a sex-specific manner. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 16. 100318–100318. 45 indexed citations

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Ramond, Jean‐Baptiste, et al.. (2017). Namib Desert edaphic bacterial, fungal and archaeal communities assemble through deterministic processes but are influenced by different abiotic parameters. Extremophiles. 21(2). 381–392. 26 indexed citations

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Gunnigle, Eoin, Aline Frossard, Jean‐Baptiste Ramond, et al.. (2017). Diel-scale temporal dynamics recorded for bacterial groups in Namib Desert soil. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40189–40189. 38 indexed citations

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Gunnigle, Eoin, Alma Siggins, Catherine H. Botting, et al.. (2015). Low-temperature anaerobic digestion is associated with differential methanogenic protein expression. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 362(10). 18 indexed citations

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Gunnigle, Eoin, Jean‐Baptiste Ramond, Leandro D. Guerrero, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, & Don A. Cowan. (2015). Draft genomic DNA sequence of the multi-resistant Sphingomonas sp. strain AntH11 isolated from an Antarctic hypolith. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 362(8). fnv037–fnv037. 9 indexed citations

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Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Ángel Valverde, Eoin Gunnigle, et al.. (2015). Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 39(2). 203–221. 279 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gunnigle, Eoin, Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Matthew Fuszard, et al.. (2015). Functional responses and adaptation of mesophilic microbial communities to psychrophilic anaerobic digestion. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 91(12). fiv132–fiv132. 21 indexed citations

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Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Ángel Valverde, David Velázquez, et al.. (2015). Ecology and biogeochemistry of cyanobacteria in soils, permafrost, aquatic and cryptic polar habitats. Biodiversity and Conservation. 24(4). 819–840. 60 indexed citations

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Gunnigle, Eoin, et al.. (2014). A sequential co-extraction method for DNA, RNA and protein recovery from soil for future system-based approaches. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 103. 118–123. 16 indexed citations

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Gunnigle, Eoin, Paul B. McCay, Matthew Fuszard, et al.. (2013). A Functional Approach To Uncover the Low-Temperature Adaptation Strategies of the Archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(14). 4210–4219. 25 indexed citations

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Siggins, Alma, Eoin Gunnigle, & Florence Abram. (2012). Exploring mixed microbial community functioning: recent advances in metaproteomics. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 80(2). 265–280. 86 indexed citations

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Abram, Florence, Eoin Gunnigle, & Vincent O’Flaherty. (2009). Optimisation of protein extraction and 2‐DE for metaproteomics of microbial communities from anaerobic wastewater treatment biofilms. Electrophoresis. 30(23). 4149–4151. 38 indexed citations

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