John Collins

13.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
145 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

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John Collins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Collins has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Food Science and 24 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in John Collins's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (40 papers), Gut microbiota and health (30 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (13 papers). John Collins is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (40 papers), Gut microbiota and health (30 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (13 papers). John Collins collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Australia and United States. John Collins's co-authors include Fergus Shanahan, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, J O’Connell, G. Thornton, Liam O’Mahony, William P. Charteris, Phillip M. Kelly, Lorenzo Morelli and Barry Kiely and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John Collins

142 papers receiving 9.3k citations

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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.

Lactobacillus and bifidobacterium in irritable bowel syndrome: Symptom responses and relationship to cytokine profiles

2005 1.1k citations Liam O’Mahony, Jane McCarthy et al. Gastroenterology profile →
The Fas counterattack: Fas-mediated T cell killing by colon cancer cells expressing Fas ligand.

1996 781 citations J O’Connell, Gerald C. O’Sullivan et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
In vitro selection criteria for probiotic bacteria of human origin: correlation with in vivo findings

2001 708 citations Colum Dunne, Liam O’Mahony et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Collins Ireland	47	5.1k	4.4k	2.3k	1.3k	1.0k	145	9.9k
Gerald C. O’Sullivan Ireland	51	4.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	988 0.4×	2.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	166	11.2k
Malin Johansson Sweden	53	10.1k 2.0×	3.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.9×	1.4k 1.4×	105	16.3k
Nita H. Salzman United States	43	4.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	2.5k 1.9×	512 0.5×	97	9.2k
Bruce A. Vallance Canada	68	6.2k 1.2×	2.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	3.6k 2.8×	1.2k 1.2×	213	14.6k
Charles Bevins United States	64	7.9k 1.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	4.8k 3.7×	834 0.8×	158	17.5k
Michael A. McGuckin Australia	60	7.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	3.2k 2.5×	527 0.5×	199	14.7k
Adrian Allen United Kingdom	46	3.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	636 0.5×	924 0.9×	149	8.0k
James Madara United States	79	7.5k 1.5×	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.9×	5.0k 3.9×	1.1k 1.0×	173	19.8k
W. Allan Walker United States	54	2.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.3×	5.2k 2.3×	909 0.7×	646 0.6×	207	10.4k
Jörg–Dieter Schulzke Germany	58	4.9k 1.0×	731 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	171	12.4k

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Collins, John. (2012). Summarize to Get the Gist.. Educational leadership. 69. 2 indexed citations

Bourke, Michael G., Sylwester Salwa, Kevin J. Harrington, et al.. (2011). The emerging role of viruses in the treatment of solid tumours. Cancer Treatment Reviews. 37(8). 618–632. 50 indexed citations

O’Mahony, Liam, Jane McCarthy, Fangyi Luo, et al.. (2005). Lactobacillus and bifidobacterium in irritable bowel syndrome: Symptom responses and relationship to cytokine profiles. Gastroenterology. 128(3). 541–551. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →

Woods, Julie A., Colum Dunne, John Collins, Fergus Shanahan, & Nora M. O’Brien. (2002). Genotoxicity of Fecal Water in a Free-Living Irish Population. Nutrition and Cancer. 42(1). 62–69. 9 indexed citations

Mullan, Brian, Elizabeth Kenny-Walsh, John Collins, Fergus Shanahan, & Liam J. Fanning. (2001). Inferred Hepatitis C Virus Quasispecies Diversity Is Influenced by Choice of DNA Polymerase in Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reactions. Analytical Biochemistry. 289(2). 137–146. 18 indexed citations

Dunne, Colum, Liam O’Mahony, Lisa Murphy, et al.. (2001). In vitro selection criteria for probiotic bacteria of human origin: correlation with in vivo findings. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 73(2). 386s–392s. 708 indexed citations breakdown →

Maguire, Donal, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, Blair McNamara, John Collins, & Fergus Shanahan. (2000). Bone‐marrow micrometastases in patients with brain metastases from epithelial cell tumours. QJM. 93(9). 611–615. 1 indexed citations

Bennett, Michael, J O’Connell, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, et al.. (1999). Expression of Fas ligand by human gastric adenocarcinomas: a potential mechanism of immune escape in stomach cancer. Gut. 44(2). 156–162. 105 indexed citations

O'Sullivan, G, et al.. (1999). Micrometastases in esophagogastric cancer: High detection rate in resected rib segments. Gastroenterology. 116(3). 543–548. 122 indexed citations

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O’Connell, J, Michael Bennett, G. C. O’Sullivan, John Collins, & Fergus Shanahan. (1999). Resistance to Fas (APO-1/CD95)-mediated apoptosis and expression of Fas ligand in esophageal cancer: the Fas counterattack. Diseases of the Esophagus. 12(2). 83–89. 29 indexed citations

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Anton, Peter A., J O’Connell, Daniel J. O’Connell, et al.. (1998). Mucosal subepithelial binding sites for the bacterial chemotactic peptide, formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). Gut. 42(3). 374–379. 26 indexed citations

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Charteris, William P., Phillip M. Kelly, Lorenzo Morelli, & John Collins. (1998). Antibiotic Susceptibility of Potentially Probiotic Lactobacillus Species. Journal of Food Protection. 61(12). 1636–1643. 423 indexed citations

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Berney, Helen, J. Alderman, W.A. Lane, & John Collins. (1998). Development of a capacitive immunosensor: a comparison of monoclonal and polyclonal capture antibodies as the primary layer. Journal of Molecular Recognition. 11(1-6). 175–177. 8 indexed citations

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O’Connell, J, Gerald C. O’Sullivan, John Collins, & Fergus Shanahan. (1996). The Fas counterattack: Fas-mediated T cell killing by colon cancer cells expressing Fas ligand.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 184(3). 1075–1082. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, John, et al.. (1995). Quality Assurance in Adult Education: The Tertiary Access Program.. 35(2). 1 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Gerald C., John Collins, Fiona O’Brien, et al.. (1995). Micrometastases in bone marrow of patients undergoing “curative” surgery for gastrointestinal cancer. Gastroenterology. 109(5). 1535–1540. 42 indexed citations

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Gahan, Cormac G. M. & John Collins. (1995). Vaccination of mice with attenuated mutants ofListeria monocytogenes: requirement for induction of macrophage la expression. Microbial Pathogenesis. 18(6). 417–422. 3 indexed citations

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Collins, John, et al.. (1991). Offering a Second Chance--Who Accepts? Characteristics of Entrants to the University of Newcastle Open Foundation Course.. 31(3). 4 indexed citations

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Boyages, Steven, Jean‐Pierre Halpern, Glen Maberly, et al.. (1990). Supplementary Iodine Fails to Reverse Hypothyroidism in Adolescents and Adults with Endemic Cretinism*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 70(2). 336–341. 13 indexed citations

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Collins, John, et al.. (1982). Proposition 2 1/2: Lessons from Massachusetts.. Educational leadership. 39(4). 1 indexed citations

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