James Collins

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 664 citations indexed

About

James Collins is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Collins has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 664 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Infectious Diseases, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in James Collins's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (12 papers), Gut microbiota and health (7 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (5 papers). James Collins is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (12 papers), Gut microbiota and health (7 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (5 papers). James Collins collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. James Collins's co-authors include Robert A. Britton, Jennifer M. Auchtung, Catherine D. Robinson, Heather A. Danhof, Cornelis W. Knetsch, Hans C. van Leeuwen, Trevor D. Lawley, Kathryn A. Eaton, Laura Schaefer and Firas S. Midani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Communications and Molecular Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

James Collins

18 papers receiving 658 citations

Hit Papers

Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostrid... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile
    2018 257 citations James Collins, Catherine D. Robinson et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Collins United States 11 353 334 129 98 93 20 664
Aldo Maruy Peru 3 375 1.1× 199 0.6× 76 0.6× 53 0.5× 122 1.3× 3 653
Suchita Panda Spain 9 671 1.9× 199 0.6× 96 0.7× 229 2.3× 131 1.4× 9 939
Harshavardhan Kenche United States 8 626 1.8× 204 0.6× 112 0.9× 254 2.6× 101 1.1× 9 878
Abhijit Maji India 11 532 1.5× 206 0.6× 93 0.7× 51 0.5× 74 0.8× 15 700
Vera Carvalho Denmark 3 539 1.5× 162 0.5× 55 0.4× 96 1.0× 95 1.0× 4 676
Richard Agans United States 11 469 1.3× 120 0.4× 51 0.4× 152 1.6× 102 1.1× 17 688
Xiaojuan Tong China 5 832 2.4× 190 0.6× 124 1.0× 54 0.6× 183 2.0× 7 1.1k
Eric Battaglioli United States 6 310 0.9× 160 0.5× 106 0.8× 108 1.1× 53 0.6× 8 538
Kerstin Rusch Germany 8 439 1.2× 122 0.4× 124 1.0× 91 0.9× 89 1.0× 10 660
Yoshiki Tanaka Japan 15 366 1.0× 106 0.3× 61 0.5× 106 1.1× 105 1.1× 31 609

Countries citing papers authored by James Collins

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Collins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Collins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James Collins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James Collins 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 James Collins. James Collins 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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Stephenson, Holly, et al.. (2025). A Cas12a Toolbox for Rapid and Flexible Group B Streptococcus Genomic Editing and CRISPRi. Molecular Microbiology. 124(5). 449–461.
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Lu, Xiaona, Kim Lee Ng, Filippo Pinto e Vairo, et al.. (2024). Novel protein-truncating variants of a chromatin-modifying gene MSL2 in syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(7). 879–883. 1 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Sweta, et al.. (2024). The microbial metabolite urolithin A reduces Clostridioides difficile toxin expression and toxin-induced epithelial damage. mSystems. 9(2). e0125523–e0125523. 9 indexed citations
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Collins, James, et al.. (2024). The role of the universal sugar transport system components PtsI (EI) and PtsH (HPr) in Enterococcus faecium. PubMed. 5. xtae018–xtae018. 1 indexed citations
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Collins, James, et al.. (2022). Rapid, Efficient, and Cost-Effective Gene Editing of Enterococcus faecium with CRISPR-Cas12a. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(1). e0242721–e0242721. 12 indexed citations
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Midani, Firas S., James Collins, & Robert A. Britton. (2021). AMiGA: Software for Automated Analysis of Microbial Growth Assays. mSystems. 6(4). e0050821–e0050821. 35 indexed citations
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Collins, James, et al.. (2019). Degradation-resistant trehalose analogues block utilization of trehalose by hypervirulent Clostridioides difficile. Chemical Communications. 55(34). 5009–5012. 26 indexed citations
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Collins, James, Catherine D. Robinson, Heather A. Danhof, et al.. (2018). Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile. Nature. 553(7688). 291–294. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Collins, James, Heather A. Danhof, & Robert A. Britton. (2018). The role of trehalose in the global spread of epidemicClostridium difficile. Gut Microbes. 10(2). 204–209. 36 indexed citations
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Rhoads, J. Marc, James Collins, Nicole Y. Fatheree, et al.. (2018). Infant Colic Represents Gut Inflammation and Dysbiosis. The Journal of Pediatrics. 203. 55–61.e3. 76 indexed citations
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Doll, Michelle, James Collins, Nadia Masroor, et al.. (2018). Appropriateness of molecular testing for Clostridium Difficile: An evaluation of provider ordering. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 73. 57–57. 1 indexed citations
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Collins, James & Jennifer M. Auchtung. (2017). Control of Clostridium difficile Infection by Defined Microbial Communities. Microbiology Spectrum. 5(5). 28 indexed citations
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Collins, James, Jennifer M. Auchtung, Laura Schaefer, Kathryn A. Eaton, & Robert A. Britton. (2015). Humanized microbiota mice as a model of recurrent Clostridium difficile disease. Microbiome. 3(1). 35–35. 65 indexed citations
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Robinson, Catherine D., Jennifer M. Auchtung, James Collins, & Robert A. Britton. (2014). Epidemic Clostridium difficile Strains Demonstrate Increased Competitive Fitness Compared to Nonepidemic Isolates. Infection and Immunity. 82(7). 2815–2825. 60 indexed citations
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Inns, Thomas, R. Gorton, Andrew Berrington, et al.. (2013). Effect of ribotype on all-cause mortality following Clostridium difficile infection. Journal of Hospital Infection. 84(3). 235–241. 21 indexed citations
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Collins, James, D. Merrick, Richard J. David, Sean Ameli, & Edward S. Ogata. (1988). The Northwestern University Triplet Study. III: Neonatal Outcome. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae twin research. 37(1). 77–80. 9 indexed citations

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