Lars Bode

17.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
209 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Lars Bode is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Bode has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 117 papers in Epidemiology and 58 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lars Bode's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (164 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (111 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (56 papers). Lars Bode is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (164 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (111 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (56 papers). Lars Bode collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Lars Bode's co-authors include Evelyn Jantscher‐Krenn, Chloe Autran, Chloe Yonemitsu, Juan M. Rodrı́guez, Bianca Robertson, Hudson H. Freeze, Miguel Gueimonde, Marco Ventura, Sabrina Duranti and Douwe van Sinderen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lars Bode

193 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composi... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2017 2012 2019 2015 2018 400 800 1.2k
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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. The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composition, Activities, and Health Implications of the Infant Gut Microbiota
    2017 1.3k citations Lars Bode et al. profile →
  2. Human milk oligosaccharides: Every baby needs a sugar mama
    2012 1.3k citations Lars Bode profile →
  3. Composition and Variation of the Human Milk Microbiota Are Influenced by Maternal and Early-Life Factors
    2019 373 citations Bianca Robertson, Lars Bode et al. profile →
  4. The functional biology of human milk oligosaccharides
    2015 350 citations Lars Bode profile →
  5. Immunological Effects of Human Milk Oligosaccharides
    2018 217 citations Lars Bode 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
Lars Bode United States 55 7.6k 4.3k 3.9k 2.1k 2.0k 209 11.5k
Ardythe L. Morrow United States 56 6.8k 0.9× 4.8k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 202 14.6k
Josef Neu United States 62 7.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 4.9k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 3.9k 1.9× 332 14.9k
W. Allan Walker United States 54 5.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.4× 2.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 207 10.4k
Christian Braegger Switzerland 44 3.0k 0.4× 2.5k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 832 0.4× 166 8.7k
Mark A. Underwood United States 50 3.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 2.6k 0.7× 636 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 159 7.6k
Raanan Shamir Israel 59 4.4k 0.6× 5.4k 1.3× 2.5k 0.6× 4.0k 2.0× 827 0.4× 407 16.9k
Dominique Turck France 54 4.0k 0.5× 3.5k 0.8× 827 0.2× 2.4k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 417 12.5k
Guido E. Moro Italy 40 4.1k 0.5× 2.3k 0.5× 886 0.2× 903 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 157 6.4k
Jan Knol Netherlands 61 4.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 6.2k 1.6× 1.8k 0.9× 408 0.2× 198 11.5k
Bengt Björkstén Sweden 68 2.3k 0.3× 2.1k 0.5× 3.7k 1.0× 987 0.5× 3.5k 1.8× 307 20.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Bode

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arzamasov, Aleksandr A., Dmitry A. Rodionov, Janaki L. Guruge, et al.. (2025). Integrative genomic reconstruction reveals heterogeneity in carbohydrate utilization across human gut bifidobacteria. Nature Microbiology. 10(8). 2031–2047. 3 indexed citations
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Renwick, Simone, Aleksandr A. Arzamasov, Dmitry A. Rodionov, et al.. (2025). Human milk oligosaccharide metabolism and antibiotic resistance in early gut colonizers: insights from bifidobacteria and lactobacilli in the maternal-infant microbiome. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2501192–2501192. 4 indexed citations
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Ottino‐González, Jonatan, Shana Adise, Elizabeth A. Holzhausen, et al.. (2024). Consumption of different combinations of human milk oligosaccharides in the first 6 mo of infancy is positively associated with early cognition at 2 y of age in a longitudinal cohort of Latino children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(3). 593–601. 2 indexed citations
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Bode, Lars, Jan Vinjé, Samuel Vilchez, et al.. (2024). Epidemiology of Pediatric Astrovirus Gastroenteritis in a Nicaraguan Birth Cohort. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(9). ofae465–ofae465. 2 indexed citations
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Fürst, Annalee, et al.. (2024). Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Antenatal Colostrum: A Case Study. Breastfeeding Medicine. 19(8). 652–658. 1 indexed citations
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Gurung, Manoj, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Kartik Shankar, et al.. (2024). Maternal immune cell gene expression associates with maternal gut microbiome, milk composition and infant gut microbiome. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 63. 903–918.
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Masi, A, John D. Perry, Claire Granger, et al.. (2024). Human milk microbiota, oligosaccharide profiles, and infant gut microbiome in preterm infants diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(9). 101708–101708. 9 indexed citations
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Vrbanac, Alison, et al.. (2022). Human Milk Oligosaccharides Reduce Murine Group B Streptococcus Vaginal Colonization with Minimal Impact on the Vaginal Microbiota. mSphere. 7(1). e0088521–e0088521. 12 indexed citations
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Thomas, Sydney P., Simone Zuffa, Brookie M. Best, et al.. (2022). Transfer of antibiotics and their metabolites in human milk: Implications for infant health and microbiota. Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 43(5). 442–451. 10 indexed citations
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Berger, Paige K., Ravi Bansal, Chloe Yonemitsu, et al.. (2022). Associations of Human Milk Oligosaccharides with Infant Brain Tissue Organization and Regional Blood Flow at 1 Month of Age. Nutrients. 14(18). 3820–3820. 15 indexed citations
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Trevenen, Michelle, Berwin A. Turlach, Annalee Fürst, et al.. (2022). Exclusively Breastfed Infant Microbiota Develops over Time and Is Associated with Human Milk Oligosaccharide Intakes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(5). 2804–2804. 27 indexed citations
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Köfeler, Harald, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Lars Bode, et al.. (2021). Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Cord Blood Are Altered in Gestational Diabetes and Stimulate Feto-Placental Angiogenesis In Vitro. Nutrients. 13(12). 4257–4257. 5 indexed citations
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Pawlak, Roman, et al.. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Human Milk Oligosaccharide Composition of Vegan, Vegetarian, and Nonvegetarian Mothers. Breastfeeding Medicine. 17(3). 210–217. 8 indexed citations
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Lackey, Kimberly A., Ryan M. Pace, Janet E. Williams, et al.. (2020). SARS‐CoV‐2 and human milk: What is the evidence?. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 16(4). e13032–e13032. 99 indexed citations
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Pruss, Kali M., Ángela Marcobal, Audrey M. Southwick, et al.. (2020). Mucin-derived O -glycans supplemented to diet mitigate diverse microbiota perturbations. The ISME Journal. 15(2). 577–591. 60 indexed citations
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Pinckard, Kelsey M., Lisa A. Baer, Peter J. Arts, et al.. (2020). Exercise-induced 3′-sialyllactose in breast milk is a critical mediator to improve metabolic health and cardiac function in mouse offspring. Nature Metabolism. 2(8). 678–687. 51 indexed citations
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Hill, Lauren M., Lars Bode, Bianca Robertson, et al.. (2019). Development of a biochemical marker to detect current breast milk intake. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 16(1). e12859–e12859. 2 indexed citations
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Jantscher‐Krenn, Evelyn, J. Aigner, Birgit Reiter, et al.. (2018). Evidence of human milk oligosaccharides in maternal circulation already during pregnancy: a pilot study. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 316(3). E347–E357. 34 indexed citations
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Williams, Janet E., William J. Price, Bahman Shafii, et al.. (2017). Relationships Among Microbial Communities, Maternal Cells, Oligosaccharides, and Macronutrients in Human Milk. Journal of Human Lactation. 33(3). 540–551. 45 indexed citations
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Warren, Graeme, Lars Bode, C. G. McWhorter, et al.. (1977). WSC volume 25 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Weed Science. 25(2). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations

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