Hera Vlamakis

30.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
90 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Hera Vlamakis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hera Vlamakis has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Hera Vlamakis's work include Gut microbiota and health (31 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (24 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers). Hera Vlamakis is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (31 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (24 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers). Hera Vlamakis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Finland. Hera Vlamakis's co-authors include Roberto Kolter, Ramnik J. Xavier, Richard Losick, Daniel López, Yunrong Chai, Pascale B. Beauregard, Melanie Schirmer, Claudio Aguilar, Ashley Garner and Curtis Huttenhower and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hera Vlamakis

88 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

Linking the Human Gut Microbiome to Inflammatory Cytok... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2016 2013 2016 2019 2010 250 500 750
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. Linking the Human Gut Microbiome to Inflammatory Cytokine Production Capacity
    2016 826 citations Hera Vlamakis, Eric A. Franzosa et al. profile →
  2. Sticking together: building a biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way
    2013 732 citations Hera Vlamakis, Yunrong Chai et al. profile →
  3. Natural history of the infant gut microbiome and impact of antibiotic treatment on bacterial strain diversity and stability
    2016 714 citations Tommi Vatanen, Heli Siljander et al. profile →
  4. Microbial genes and pathways in inflammatory bowel disease
    2019 634 citations Ashley Garner, Hera Vlamakis et al. profile →
  5. Biofilms
    2010 602 citations Daniel López, Hera Vlamakis et al. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology profile →
  6. Ruminococcus gnavus , a member of the human gut microbiome associated with Crohn’s disease, produces an inflammatory polysaccharide
    2019 565 citations Matthew T. Henke, Douglas J. Kenny et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Structure-based protein function prediction using graph convolutional networks
    2021 467 citations Tommi Vatanen, Hera Vlamakis et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Bacillus subtilis biofilm induction by plant polysaccharides
    2013 397 citations Pascale B. Beauregard, Yunrong Chai et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Akkermansia muciniphila phospholipid induces homeostatic immune responses
    2022 274 citations Chelsi D. Cassilly, Hera Vlamakis 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
Hera Vlamakis United States 50 8.2k 2.5k 1.9k 1.4k 1.1k 90 11.8k
Uwe Völker Germany 64 8.1k 1.0× 3.9k 1.5× 2.2k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 724 0.6× 426 14.6k
Jian Xu China 62 10.6k 1.3× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 781 0.7× 261 17.3k
Dmitry A. Rodionov United States 57 7.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 884 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 168 11.3k
Wenyuan Shi United States 63 6.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 387 0.3× 248 12.9k
Paolo Visca Italy 61 5.9k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 288 12.3k
Guoping Zhao China 58 10.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 495 16.6k
Hidehiro Toh Japan 40 6.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 106 11.2k
Bryan A. White United States 63 8.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 174 14.4k
Gregory B. Gloor Canada 53 9.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 157 14.6k
Tetsuya Hayashi Japan 55 5.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 3.1k 1.6× 3.3k 2.3× 917 0.8× 289 13.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hera Vlamakis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jabbar, Karolina S., Sambhawa Priya, Jiawu Xu, et al.. (2025). Human immunodeficiency virus and antiretroviral therapies exert distinct influences across diverse gut microbiomes. Nature Microbiology. 10(11). 2720–2735.
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Stražar, Martin, Godfrey S. Temba, Hera Vlamakis, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiome-mediated metabolism effects on immunity in rural and urban African populations. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4845–4845. 60 indexed citations
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Stražar, Martin, Vera P. Mourits, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, et al.. (2021). The influence of the gut microbiome on BCG-induced trained immunity. Genome biology. 22(1). 275–275. 35 indexed citations
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Stražar, Martin, Godfrey S. Temba, Hera Vlamakis, et al.. (2021). Publisher Correction: Gut microbiome-mediated metabolism effects on immunity in rural and urban African populations. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5154–5154. 5 indexed citations
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Henke, Matthew T., Eric Brown, Chelsi D. Cassilly, et al.. (2021). Capsular polysaccharide correlates with immune response to the human gut microbe Ruminococcus gnavus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(20). 87 indexed citations
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Borren, Nienke Z., Damian R. Plichta, Amit D. Joshi, et al.. (2020). Alterations in Fecal Microbiomes and Serum Metabolomes of Fatigued Patients With Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19(3). 519–527.e5. 40 indexed citations
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Fornelos, Nadine, Eric A. Franzosa, Jason Bishai, et al.. (2020). Growth effects of N-acylethanolamines on gut bacteria reflect altered bacterial abundances in inflammatory bowel disease. Nature Microbiology. 5(3). 486–497. 74 indexed citations
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Henke, Matthew T., Douglas J. Kenny, Chelsi D. Cassilly, et al.. (2019). Ruminococcus gnavus , a member of the human gut microbiome associated with Crohn’s disease, produces an inflammatory polysaccharide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(26). 12672–12677. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lavoie, Sydney, Kara L. Conway, Kara G. Lassen, et al.. (2019). The Crohn’s disease polymorphism, ATG16L1 T300A, alters the gut microbiota and enhances the local Th1/Th17 response. eLife. 8. 98 indexed citations
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Rocha, Jorge, Jordi van Gestel, Hera Vlamakis, et al.. (2019). PolyGlcNAc-containing exopolymers enable surface penetration by non-motile Enterococcus faecalis. PLoS Pathogens. 15(2). e1007571–e1007571. 29 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guoyan, Tommi Vatanen, Lindsay Droit, et al.. (2017). Intestinal virome changes precede autoimmunity in type I diabetes-susceptible children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(30). E6166–E6175. 212 indexed citations
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Gestel, Jordi van, Hera Vlamakis, & Roberto Kolter. (2015). Division of Labor in Biofilms: the Ecology of Cell Differentiation. Microbiology Spectrum. 3(2). 144 indexed citations
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Beauregard, Pascale B., Yunrong Chai, Hera Vlamakis, Richard Losick, & Roberto Kolter. (2013). Bacillus subtilis biofilm induction by plant polysaccharides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(17). E1621–30. 397 indexed citations breakdown →
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Romero, Diego, et al.. (2013). Biofilm Inhibitors that Target Amyloid Proteins. Chemistry & Biology. 20(1). 102–110. 59 indexed citations
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Seminara, Agnese, Thomas E. Angelini, James N. Wilking, et al.. (2012). Osmotic spreading of Bacillus subtilis biofilms driven by an extracellular matrix. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(4). 1116–1121. 224 indexed citations
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Chai, Yunrong, et al.. (2012). Galactose Metabolism Plays a Crucial Role in Biofilm Formation by Bacillus subtilis. mBio. 3(4). e00184–12. 138 indexed citations
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López, Daniel, Hera Vlamakis, & Roberto Kolter. (2010). Biofilms. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 2(7). a000398–a000398. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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López, Daniel, Hera Vlamakis, Richard Losick, & Roberto Kolter. (2009). Cannibalism enhances biofilm development in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 74(3). 609–618. 160 indexed citations
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Vlamakis, Hera, John R. Kirby, & David R. Zusman. (2004). The Che4 pathway of Myxococcus xanthus regulates type IV pilus‐mediated motility. Molecular Microbiology. 52(6). 1799–1811. 52 indexed citations
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Bustamante, Vı́ctor H., Irma Martínez‐Flores, Hera Vlamakis, & David R. Zusman. (2004). Analysis of the Frz signal transduction system of Myxococcus xanthus shows the importance of the conserved C‐terminal region of the cytoplasmic chemoreceptor FrzCD in sensing signals. Molecular Microbiology. 53(5). 1501–1513. 87 indexed citations

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