Frank Wiens

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Frank Wiens is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Wiens has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Frank Wiens's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (7 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (6 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (5 papers). Frank Wiens is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (7 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (6 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (5 papers). Frank Wiens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Frank Wiens's co-authors include Adriano Decarli, Francesca Bravi, Monica Ferraroni, Carlo Agostoni, Mark S. Springer, Jan E. Janečka, Kristofer M. Helgen, William J. Murphy, Thomas H. Pringle and Webb Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Frank Wiens

17 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Impact of maternal nutrition on breast-milk composition: a systematic review,

2016 291 citations Francesca Bravi, Frank Wiens et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Wiens Germany	13	393	267	202	198	169	18	1.0k
Helen P. Laburn South Africa	22	72 0.2×	119 0.4×	137 0.7×	97 0.5×	184 1.1×	58	1.3k
Amitabh Krishna India	28	67 0.2×	330 1.2×	336 1.7×	141 0.7×	436 2.6×	127	2.5k
Roee Gutman Israel	17	101 0.3×	103 0.4×	402 2.0×	43 0.2×	129 0.8×	40	1.2k
Zhi‐Jun Zhao China	22	56 0.1×	134 0.5×	78 0.4×	93 0.5×	332 2.0×	71	1.2k
H. Hackbarth Germany	16	89 0.2×	47 0.2×	216 1.1×	79 0.4×	68 0.4×	49	1.5k
Yanming Zhang China	16	69 0.2×	97 0.4×	823 4.1×	53 0.3×	132 0.8×	43	1.4k
Timothy Boswell United Kingdom	24	394 1.0×	157 0.6×	145 0.7×	73 0.4×	208 1.2×	64	1.5k
C. Hernández Spain	25	33 0.1×	71 0.3×	118 0.6×	93 0.5×	39 0.2×	75	1.5k
Martin O’Hely Australia	18	86 0.2×	75 0.3×	948 4.7×	53 0.3×	63 0.4×	50	1.9k
J. L. Sartin United States	27	208 0.5×	115 0.4×	347 1.7×	98 0.5×	131 0.8×	109	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Wiens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Wiens

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

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18 of 18 papers shown

Wiens, Frank, et al.. (2025). Structural Study of DNA in Simulated Crowded Fluids. ChemBioChem. 26(8). e202500022–e202500022.

Bajic, Danica, et al.. (2024). HMOs Impact the Gut Microbiome of Children and Adults Starting from Low Predicted Daily Doses. Metabolites. 14(4). 239–239. 5 indexed citations

Bajic, Danica, et al.. (2023). HMOs Exert Marked Bifidogenic Effects on Children’s Gut Microbiota Ex Vivo, Due to Age-Related Bifidobacterium Species Composition. Nutrients. 15(7). 1701–1701. 32 indexed citations

Butts, Christine A., Gunaranjan Paturi, Paul Blatchford, et al.. (2020). Microbiota Composition of Breast Milk from Women of Different Ethnicity from the Manawatu—Wanganui Region of New Zealand. Nutrients. 12(6). 1756–1756. 11 indexed citations

Moro, Guido E., Enrico Bertino, Francesca Bravi, et al.. (2019). Adherence to the Traditional Mediterranean Diet and Human Milk Composition: Rationale, Design, and Subject Characteristics of the MEDIDIET Study. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 7. 66–66. 15 indexed citations

Jeurink, Prescilla V., Karen Knipping, Frank Wiens, et al.. (2018). Importance of maternal diet in the training of the infant's immune system during gestation and lactation. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 59(8). 1311–1319. 23 indexed citations

Fainberg, Hernan P., Reham I. Alagal, Mark Pope, et al.. (2018). Transcriptional analysis of adipose tissue during development reveals depot-specific responsiveness to maternal dietary supplementation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9628–9628. 26 indexed citations

Butts, Christine A., Duncan Hedderley, Thanuja D. Herath, et al.. (2018). Human Milk Composition and Dietary Intakes of Breastfeeding Women of Different Ethnicity from the Manawatu-Wanganui Region of New Zealand. Nutrients. 10(9). 1231–1231. 75 indexed citations

Logan, Chad A., S. Brandt, Martin Wabitsch, et al.. (2017). New approach shows no association between maternal milk fatty acid composition and childhood wheeze or asthma. Allergy. 72(9). 1374–1383. 18 indexed citations

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Bravi, Francesca, et al.. (2016). Impact of maternal nutrition on breast-milk composition: a systematic review,. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104(3). 646–662. 291 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bartke, Nana, et al.. (2013). Functional glycans and glycoconjugates in human milk. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 98(2). 578S–585S. 32 indexed citations

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Wiens, Frank, Marc‐André Lachance, Michel Yegles, et al.. (2008). Chronic intake of fermented floral nectar by wild treeshrews. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(30). 10426–10431. 144 indexed citations

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Janečka, Jan E., Webb Miller, Thomas H. Pringle, et al.. (2007). Molecular and Genomic Data Identify the Closest Living Relative of Primates. Science. 318(5851). 792–794. 232 indexed citations

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Wiens, Frank, et al.. (2006). FAST FOOD FOR SLOW LORISES: IS LOW METABOLISM RELATED TO SECONDARY COMPOUNDS IN HIGH-ENERGY PLANT DIET?. Journal of Mammalogy. 87(4). 790–798. 49 indexed citations

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Lachance, Marc‐André, et al.. (2006). Metschnikowia orientalis sp. nov., an Australasian yeast from nitidulid beetles. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 56(10). 2489–2493. 8 indexed citations

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Wiens, Frank, et al.. (2003). Social Dependence of Infant Slow Lorises to Learn Diet. International Journal of Primatology. 24(5). 1007–1021. 7 indexed citations

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Wiens, Frank, et al.. (2003). Social structure of the solitary slow loris Nycticebus coucang (Lorisidae). Journal of Zoology. 261(1). 35–46. 55 indexed citations

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Wiens, Frank, et al.. (2000). Predation on a Wild Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) by a Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus). Folia Primatologica. 70(6). 362–364. 21 indexed citations

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