Gregor Reid

55.6k total citations · 11 hit papers
411 papers, 40.4k citations indexed

About

Gregor Reid is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregor Reid has authored 411 papers receiving a total of 40.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Molecular Biology, 149 papers in Food Science and 139 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gregor Reid's work include Gut microbiota and health (169 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (147 papers) and Urinary Tract Infections Management (118 papers). Gregor Reid is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (169 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (147 papers) and Urinary Tract Infections Management (118 papers). Gregor Reid collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Netherlands and United States. Gregor Reid's co-authors include Mary Ellen Sanders, Glenn R. Gibson, Jeremy P. Burton, Gregory B. Gloor, Seppo Salminen, Daniel Merenstein, Andrew W. Bruce, Colin Hill, Lorenzo Morelli and Bruno Pot and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Gregor Reid

408 papers receiving 38.8k citations

Hit Papers

The International Scientific Association for... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2014 2017 2020 2019 2003 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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.

  1. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic
    2014 6.7k citations Colin Hill, Gregor Reid et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  2. Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics
    2017 3.8k citations Glenn R. Gibson, Robert W. Hutkins et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  3. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics
    2020 1.5k citations Kelly S. Swanson, Glenn R. Gibson et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  4. Probiotics and prebiotics in intestinal health and disease: from biology to the clinic
    2019 1.4k citations Mary Ellen Sanders, Gregor Reid et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  5. Potential Uses of Probiotics in Clinical Practice
    2003 680 citations Gregor Reid et al. profile →
  6. ANOVA-Like Differential Expression (ALDEx) Analysis for Mixed Population RNA-Seq
    2013 589 citations Jean M. Macklaim, Gregor Reid et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  7. Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania
    2017 567 citations Gregor Reid et al. profile →
  8. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on fermented foods
    2021 512 citations Maria L. Marco, Mary Ellen Sanders et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
  9. The Microbiota of Breast Tissue and Its Association with Breast Cancer
    2016 461 citations Gregory B. Gloor, Gregor Reid et al. profile →
  10. The microbiome of the urinary tract—a role beyond infection
    2015 440 citations Gregor Reid, Jeremy P. Burton et al. profile →
  11. Microbiota of Human Breast Tissue
    2014 390 citations Jean M. Macklaim, Gregory B. Gloor et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gregor Reid Canada 92 21.4k 15.1k 8.5k 6.9k 5.4k 411 40.4k
David A. Relman United States 83 24.9k 1.2× 5.1k 0.3× 2.8k 0.3× 7.3k 1.1× 3.8k 0.7× 249 43.8k
R. Paul Ross Ireland 130 39.2k 1.8× 29.9k 2.0× 14.1k 1.7× 3.6k 0.5× 5.0k 0.9× 867 68.6k
B. Brett Finlay Canada 128 23.8k 1.1× 14.1k 0.9× 3.8k 0.4× 4.6k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 532 57.8k
Curtis Huttenhower United States 89 38.0k 1.8× 5.8k 0.4× 2.9k 0.3× 5.5k 0.8× 1.9k 0.4× 255 57.9k
Douwe van Sinderen Ireland 95 23.9k 1.1× 15.5k 1.0× 8.9k 1.0× 1.9k 0.3× 2.0k 0.4× 571 35.4k
Seppo Salminen Finland 112 30.3k 1.4× 28.8k 1.9× 18.5k 2.2× 3.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.3× 444 57.9k
Catherine Stanton Ireland 115 29.7k 1.4× 15.6k 1.0× 13.8k 1.6× 4.0k 0.6× 960 0.2× 651 57.0k
Dirk Gevers United States 68 26.2k 1.2× 5.6k 0.4× 2.5k 0.3× 4.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 94 42.6k
Colin Hill Ireland 109 31.1k 1.5× 30.8k 2.0× 9.2k 1.1× 2.7k 0.4× 4.5k 0.8× 644 56.8k
Erika Isolauri Finland 95 16.2k 0.8× 13.1k 0.9× 10.7k 1.3× 3.4k 0.5× 676 0.1× 335 34.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gregor Reid

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Daisley, Brendan A., Andrew P. Pitek, B. Adair, et al.. (2023). Delivery mechanism can enhance probiotic activity against honey bee pathogens. The ISME Journal. 17(9). 1382–1395. 29 indexed citations
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Reid, Gregor. (2023). How Do Lactobacilli Search and Find the Vagina?. Microorganisms. 11(1). 148–148. 3 indexed citations
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Chmiel, John A., Andrew P. Pitek, Jeremy P. Burton, Graham Thompson, & Gregor Reid. (2021). Meta-analysis on the effect of bacterial interventions on honey bee productivity and the treatment of infection. Apidologie. 52(5). 960–972. 6 indexed citations
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Marco, Maria L., Mary Ellen Sanders, Michael G. Gänzle, et al.. (2021). The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on fermented foods. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 18(3). 196–208. 512 indexed citations breakdown →
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Al, Kait F., Mark W. Sumarah, Charlotte van der Veer, et al.. (2021). The Two-Way Interaction between the Molecules That Cause Vaginal Malodour and Lactobacilli: An Opportunity for Probiotics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(22). 12279–12279. 6 indexed citations
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Daisley, Brendan A., Andrew P. Pitek, John A. Chmiel, et al.. (2020). Lactobacillus spp. attenuate antibiotic-induced immune and microbiota dysregulation in honey bees. Communications Biology. 3(1). 534–534. 76 indexed citations
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Seney, Shannon, et al.. (2020). Expired probiotics: what is really in your cabinet?. PubMed. 1(1). xtaa007–xtaa007. 5 indexed citations
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Swanson, Kelly S., Glenn R. Gibson, Robert Hutkins, et al.. (2020). The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 17(11). 687–701. 1497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chmiel, John A., Brendan A. Daisley, Jeremy P. Burton, & Gregor Reid. (2019). Deleterious Effects of Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Drosophila melanogaster Immune Pathways. mBio. 10(5). 54 indexed citations
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Struve, Carsten, Joannie M. Allaire, Else S. Bosman, et al.. (2019). Ulcerative Colitis-associated E. coli pathobionts potentiate colitis in susceptible hosts. The Journal of Immunology. 202(1_Supplement). 192.3–192.3. 1 indexed citations
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Reid, Gregor. (2017). Therapeutic Opportunities in the Vaginal Microbiome. Microbiology Spectrum. 5(3). 14 indexed citations
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Trinder, Mark, et al.. (2017). Drosophila melanogaster as a High-Throughput Model for Host–Microbiota Interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 751–751. 62 indexed citations
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Freitas, Aline C., Bonnie Chaban, Alan Bocking, et al.. (2017). The vaginal microbiome of pregnant women is less rich and diverse, with lower prevalence of Mollicutes, compared to non-pregnant women. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9212–9212. 143 indexed citations
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Gibson, Glenn R., Robert W. Hutkins, Mary Ellen Sanders, et al.. (2017). Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 14(8). 491–502. 3789 indexed citations breakdown →
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Molenaar, Douwe, Jannie J. van der Helm, Martien P. M. Caspers, et al.. (2016). Molecular assessment of bacterial vaginosis by Lactobacillus abundance and species diversity. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16(1). 180–180. 68 indexed citations
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Anukam, Kingsley C., Jean M. Macklaim, Gregory B. Gloor, et al.. (2013). Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus pentosus KCA1: Vaginal Isolate from a Healthy Premenopausal Woman. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59239–e59239. 46 indexed citations
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Anukam, Kingsley C., et al.. (2005). 16S rRNA gene sequence and phylogenetic tree of lactobacillus species from the vagina of healthy Nigerian women. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 4(11). 1222–1227. 18 indexed citations
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Reid, Gregor, Jeremy P. Burton, & Estelle Devillard. (2004). Contemporary Issues in Ob/Gyn & Women's Health: The Rationale for Probiotics in Female Urogenital Healthcare. 6(1). 49. 2 indexed citations
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Reid, Gregor, et al.. (2001). Oral fluoroquinolone therapy results in drug adsorption on ureteral stents and prevention of biofilm formation. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 17(4). 317–320. 44 indexed citations
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Forbes, C.D., RD Barr, Gregor Reid, et al.. (1972). Tranexamic Acid in Control of Haemorrhage after Dental Extraction in Haemophilia and Christmas Disease. BMJ. 2(5809). 311–313. 78 indexed citations

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