Gianluca Ianiro

16.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
218 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Gianluca Ianiro is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianluca Ianiro has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Infectious Diseases, 87 papers in Molecular Biology and 65 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Gianluca Ianiro's work include Gut microbiota and health (83 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (82 papers) and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (49 papers). Gianluca Ianiro is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (83 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (82 papers) and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (49 papers). Gianluca Ianiro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Gianluca Ianiro's co-authors include Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Cammarota, Stefano Bibbò, Herbert Tilg, Luca Masucci, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Franco Scaldaferri, Loris Riccardo Lopetuso, Serena Porcari and Emanuele Rinninella and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Gianluca Ianiro

210 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Short-Chain Fatty-Acid-Producing Bacteria: Key Components of the Human Gut Microbiota

2023 584 citations William G. Fusco, Marco Cintoni et al. Nutrients profile →
Antibiotics as deep modulators of gut microbiota: between good and evil

2016 477 citations Gianluca Ianiro, Herbert Tilg et al. Gut profile →
Randomised clinical trial: faecal microbiota transplantation by colonoscopy vs. vancomycin for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

2015 434 citations Giovanni Cammarota, Luca Masucci et al. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics profile →
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection

2014 326 citations Giovanni Cammarota, Gianluca Ianiro et al. profile →
Key determinants of success in fecal microbiota transplantation: From microbiome to clinic

2023 168 citations Serena Porcari, Antonio Gasbarrini et al. profile →
Fecal microbiota transplantation: current challenges and future landscapes

2024 134 citations Abbas Yadegar, Haggai Bar‐Yoseph et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews profile →
The role of diet in shaping human gut microbiota

2023 109 citations Emanuele Rinninella, Pauline Raoul et al. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology profile →
Adipokines: masterminds of metabolic inflammation

2024 54 citations Herbert Tilg, Gianluca Ianiro et al. profile →
The Detrimental Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods on the Human Gut Microbiome and Gut Barrier

2025 27 citations Pauline Raoul, Marco Cintoni et al. Nutrients profile →
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in the Multi-Omics Approach to Gut Microbiota

2025 20 citations Gianluca Ianiro et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gianluca Ianiro Italy	53	4.8k	3.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.9k	218	9.4k
Thomas J. Borody Australia	47	4.8k 1.0×	4.3k 1.4×	3.2k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	3.1k 1.7×	163	10.2k
Koji Atarashi Japan	25	7.1k 1.5×	2.5k 0.8×	958 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	40	12.4k
Nadeem O. Kaakoush Australia	43	4.4k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	995 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	141	8.4k
Alexander Khoruts United States	59	6.8k 1.4×	6.5k 2.1×	2.5k 1.2×	3.8k 2.0×	1.6k 0.9×	179	16.6k
Chaysavanh Manichanh Spain	32	4.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	753 0.4×	75	6.8k
Marie Joossens Belgium	33	5.3k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	876 0.5×	91	8.0k
Rinse K. Weersma Netherlands	47	5.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	204	10.4k
Nadim J. Ajami United States	50	5.2k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	628 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	823 0.4×	175	9.8k
Alexandra Zhernakova Netherlands	59	8.7k 1.8×	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	158	15.4k
Matam Vijay–Kumar United States	51	6.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	988 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	152	11.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianluca Ianiro

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Fusco, William G., Timon E. Adolph, Giovanni Cammarota, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota and atherosclerosis. Gut. gutjnl–2025. 2 indexed citations

Catassi, Giulia, Stefano Bibbò, Giovanni Cammarota, et al.. (2024). The role of microbiome in the development of gluten-related disorders. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 72. 101951–101951. 5 indexed citations

Waitzberg, Dan Linetzky, Francisco Guarner, Iva Hojsak, et al.. (2024). Can the Evidence-Based Use of Probiotics (Notably Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG) Mitigate the Clinical Effects of Antibiotic-Associated Dysbiosis?. Advances in Therapy. 41(3). 901–914. 9 indexed citations

Raoul, Pauline, Marco Cintoni, Emidio Scarpellini, et al.. (2024). Microbiota–Gastric Cancer Interactions and the Potential Influence of Nutritional Therapies. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(3). 1679–1679. 11 indexed citations

Catassi, Giulia, Sandra G. García, Chiara Esposito, et al.. (2024). The importance of gut microbiome in the perinatal period. European Journal of Pediatrics. 183(12). 5085–5101. 11 indexed citations

Abenavoli, Ludovico, et al.. (2024). Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Antimicrobial Resistance. Antibiotics. 13(3). 233–233. 12 indexed citations

Yadegar, Abbas, Haggai Bar‐Yoseph, Tanya Monaghan, et al.. (2024). Fecal microbiota transplantation: current challenges and future landscapes. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 37(2). e0006022–e0006022. 134 indexed citations breakdown →

Boccuto, Luigi, Jan Tack, Gianluca Ianiro, Ludovico Abenavoli, & Emidio Scarpellini. (2023). Human Genes Involved in the Interaction between Host and Gut Microbiome: Regulation and Pathogenic Mechanisms. Genes. 14(4). 857–857. 19 indexed citations

Vernocchi, Pamela, Silvia Guerrera, Federica Del Chierico, et al.. (2023). Gut microbiota functional profiling in autism spectrum disorders: bacterial VOCs and related metabolic pathways acting as disease biomarkers and predictors. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1287350–1287350. 6 indexed citations

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Galgano, Fernanda, Maria Cristina Mele, Roberta Tolve, et al.. (2023). Strategies for Producing Low FODMAPs Foodstuffs: Challenges and Perspectives. Foods. 12(4). 856–856. 8 indexed citations

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Severino, Andrea, Serena Porcari, William G. Fusco, et al.. (2023). Future Modulation of Gut Microbiota: From Eubiotics to FMT, Engineered Bacteria, and Phage Therapy. Antibiotics. 12(5). 868–868. 28 indexed citations

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Poto, Remo, William G. Fusco, Emanuele Rinninella, et al.. (2023). The Role of Gut Microbiota and Leaky Gut in the Pathogenesis of Food Allergy. Nutrients. 16(1). 92–92. 28 indexed citations

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Ianiro, Gianluca, Rupert W. Leong, Tariq Iqbal, et al.. (2022). Faecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent C. difficile infections: challenges and improvement opportunities for clinical practice and healthcare systems. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 57(5). 549–564. 6 indexed citations

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Cicchinelli, Sara, Andrea Piccioni, Marcello Candelli, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 and fecal microbiota transplantation: limitations and potentialities are two sides of the same coin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Cintoni, Marco, Emanuele Rinninella, Franco Scaldaferri, et al.. (2020). The oral microbiota in oral and systemic diseases. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Cammarota, Giovanni, Gianluca Ianiro, Carmine Carbone, et al.. (2020). Gut microbiome, big data and machine learning to promote precision medicine for cancer. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 17(10). 635–648. 215 indexed citations

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Marcella, Cicilia, Bota Cui, Colleen Kelly, et al.. (2020). Systematic review: the global incidence of faecal microbiota transplantation‐related adverse events from 2000 to 2020. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 53(1). 33–42. 174 indexed citations

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Rinninella, Emanuele, Maria Cristina Mele, Marco Cintoni, et al.. (2020). The Facts about Food after Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of Prospective Cohort Studies. Nutrients. 12(8). 2345–2345. 25 indexed citations

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Ianiro, Gianluca, Leonardo Henry Eusebi, Christopher J. Black, et al.. (2019). Systematic review with meta‐analysis: efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 50(3). 240–248. 132 indexed citations

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Ianiro, Gianluca, Rita Murri, Giusi Desirè Sciumè, et al.. (2019). Incidence of Bloodstream Infections, Length of Hospital Stay, and Survival in Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Treated With Fecal Microbiota Transplantation or Antibiotics. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1 indexed citations

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