Knut Rudi

15.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
223 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Knut Rudi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Knut Rudi has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Food Science and 48 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Knut Rudi's work include Gut microbiota and health (88 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (34 papers). Knut Rudi is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (88 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (34 papers). Knut Rudi collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and United States. Knut Rudi's co-authors include Ekaterina Avershina, Kjetill S. Jakobsen, Monika Sekelja, Askild Lorentz Holck, Signe Marie Drømtorp, Birgitte Moen, Knut Hestad, Hege Karin Nogva, Robert C. Wilson and Olav M. Skulberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Knut Rudi

215 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The composition of the gut microbiota throughout life, with an emphasis on early life

2015 913 citations Ekaterina Avershina, Knut Rudi et al. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease profile →
Correlation between the human fecal microbiota and depression

2014 805 citations Knut Hestad, Ekaterina Avershina et al. Neurogastroenterology & Motility profile →
Relationships of gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, inflammation, and the gut barrier in Parkinson’s disease

2021 312 citations Knut Rudi et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Knut Rudi	6.1k	2.1k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	223	11.1k
Lars Paulín	6.5k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	240	13.9k
Jin‐Woo Bae	8.2k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	3.2k 2.2×	1.8k 1.3×	275	14.0k
Mark Morrison	8.4k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	281	17.0k
Bryan A. White	8.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	174	14.4k
Kenshiro Oshima	6.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	159	12.5k
Marcus J. Claesson	6.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	87	8.9k
Nicholas A. Bokulich	7.3k 1.2×	3.7k 1.8×	1.2k 0.8×	2.9k 2.1×	1.3k 1.0×	85	15.9k
Paul Wilmes	7.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	156	11.1k
Jesse Stombaugh	9.6k 1.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	2.5k 1.8×	35	14.1k
Gregory B. Gloor	9.7k 1.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	157	14.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Knut Rudi

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Skjerdal, Taran, et al.. (2025). Multidrug resistance including borderline-oxacillin resistance and spa typing of Staphylococcus aureus from milk and milk products of Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia. BMC Veterinary Research. 21(1). 609–609.

Keeley, Nigel, Jessica Louise Ray, Sanna Majaneva, et al.. (2025). Association of Microbial Networks with the Coastal Seafloor Macrofauna Ecological State. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(15). 7517–7529. 2 indexed citations

Rehbinder, Eva Maria, Maria Bradley, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, et al.. (2024). Frequent oil baths and skin barrier during infancy in the PreventADALL study. British Journal of Dermatology. 191(1). 49–57. 1 indexed citations

Snipen, Lars, et al.. (2024). Transcriptional profiling elucidates biofilm functionality in the dynamic environment of an enhanced biological phosphorus removal reactor. Water Science & Technology. 90(7). 2114–2130.

Valeur, Jørgen, Knut Rudi, Gry I. Skodje, et al.. (2023). Effects of a low FODMAP diet on gut microbiota in individuals with treated coeliac disease having persistent gastrointestinal symptoms – a randomised controlled trial. British Journal Of Nutrition. 130(12). 2061–2075. 5 indexed citations

Nygaard, Unni C., Petter Brodin, Guttorm Haugen, et al.. (2023). Gut bacteria at 6 months of age are associated with immune cell status in 1‐year‐old children. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 99(4). e13346–e13346. 3 indexed citations

Nakken, Karl O., et al.. (2022). Genome‐wide decrease in DNA methylation in adults with epilepsy treated with modified ketogenic diet: A prospective study. Epilepsia. 63(9). 2413–2426. 7 indexed citations

Snipen, Lars, et al.. (2021). Reduced metagenome sequencing for strain-resolution taxonomic profiles. Microbiome. 9(1). 79–79. 17 indexed citations

Hitch, Thomas C. A., Gjermund Gunnes, Inga Leena Angell, et al.. (2021). Naturalizing laboratory mice by housing in a farmyard-type habitat confers protection against colorectal carcinogenesis. Gut Microbes. 13(1). 1993581–1993581. 19 indexed citations

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Saunders, Carina Madelen, Inga Leena Angell, Magnus Ø. Arntzen, et al.. (2020). Butyrate Levels in the Transition from an Infant- to an Adult-Like Gut Microbiota Correlate with Bacterial Networks Associated with Eubacterium Rectale and Ruminococcus Gnavus. Genes. 11(11). 1245–1245. 66 indexed citations

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Avershina, Ekaterina, Marina Aspholm, Toril Lindbäck, et al.. (2020). Culture dependent and independent analyses suggest a low level of sharing of endospore-forming species between mothers and their children. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1832–1832. 13 indexed citations

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Paulsen, Jan Erik, et al.. (2017). Cecal microbiota association with tumor load in a colorectal cancer mouse model. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease. 28(1). 1352433–1352433. 4 indexed citations

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Rudi, Knut, et al.. (2017). Stable Core Gut Microbiota across the Freshwater-to-Saltwater Transition for Farmed Atlantic Salmon. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(2). 93 indexed citations

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Avershina, Ekaterina, et al.. (2016). Diet-Dependent Modular Dynamic Interactions of the Equine Cecal Microbiota. Microbes and Environments. 31(4). 378–386. 16 indexed citations

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Avershina, Ekaterina, Anuradha Ravi, Ola Storrø, et al.. (2015). Potential association of vacuum cleaning frequency with an altered gut microbiota in pregnant women and their 2-year-old children. Microbiome. 3(1). 65–65. 9 indexed citations

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Hestad, Knut, et al.. (2014). Correlation between the human fecal microbiota and depression. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 26(8). 1155–1162. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nwosu, Felix Chinweije, Ekaterina Avershina, Petr Ricanek, et al.. (2013). Dominant Fecal Microbiota in Newly Diagnosed Untreated Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2013. 1–13. 55 indexed citations

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Nwosu, Felix Chinweije, Ekaterina Avershina, Petr Ricanek, et al.. (2013). Age-Dependent Fecal Bacterial Correlation to Inflammatory Bowel Disease for Newly Diagnosed Untreated Children. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2013. 1–7. 12 indexed citations

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Porcellato, Davide, Hilde Marit Østlie, Kristian Hovde Liland, et al.. (2012). Strain-level characterization of nonstarter lactic acid bacteria in Norvegia cheese by high-resolution melt analysis. Journal of Dairy Science. 95(9). 4804–4812. 12 indexed citations

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Rudi, Knut & Kjetill S. Jakobsen. (2006). Cyanobacterial tRNALeu(UAA) group I introns have polyphyletic origin. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 156(2). 293–298. 11 indexed citations

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