Lesley Hoyles

11.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
91 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Lesley Hoyles is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lesley Hoyles has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Food Science and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lesley Hoyles's work include Gut microbiota and health (36 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (29 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (18 papers). Lesley Hoyles is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (36 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (29 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (18 papers). Lesley Hoyles collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany. Lesley Hoyles's co-authors include Marc‐Emmanuel Dumas, Anne L. McCartney, Simon R. Carding, Julien Chilloux, Salwa W. Rizkalla, Joël Doré, Jeremy K. Nicholson, Enevold Falsen, Brandon D. Kayser and Eric O. Verger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cell Metabolism and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Lesley Hoyles

88 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Akkermansia muciniphila a... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 2022 2023 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. Akkermansia muciniphila and improved metabolic health during a dietary intervention in obesity: relationship with gut microbiome richness and ecology
    2015 1.4k citations Julien Chilloux, Lesley Hoyles et al. profile →
  2. Microbiome–host systems interactions: protective effects of propionate upon the blood–brain barrier
    2018 423 citations Lesley Hoyles, Tom Snelling et al. profile →
  3. The microbiota–gut–brain axis: pathways to better brain health. Perspectives on what we know, what we need to investigate and how to put knowledge into practice
    2022 137 citations Lesley Hoyles et al. profile →
  4. Human microbiome myths and misconceptions
    2023 105 citations Alan W. Walker, Lesley Hoyles Nature Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lesley Hoyles United Kingdom 33 3.9k 1.6k 764 687 597 91 5.5k
Fiona Fouhy Ireland 30 3.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 516 0.7× 703 1.0× 466 0.8× 44 4.5k
William Van Treuren United States 16 4.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 685 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 412 0.7× 16 5.2k
Min‐Soo Kim South Korea 36 3.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 751 1.0× 713 1.0× 505 0.8× 162 6.5k
Sébastien Massart Belgium 27 4.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 807 1.1× 945 1.4× 350 0.6× 148 7.3k
Steven K. Higginbottom United States 25 4.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.9× 454 0.8× 30 5.9k
Xiaoyan Pang China 28 4.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.2× 710 0.9× 847 1.2× 555 0.9× 49 5.8k
Martin Iain Bahl Denmark 37 3.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 775 1.0× 806 1.2× 390 0.7× 91 5.1k
Angela C. Poole United States 15 4.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 631 0.8× 820 1.2× 978 1.6× 20 6.7k
Julien Tap France 20 3.9k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 765 1.0× 881 1.3× 456 0.8× 38 5.3k

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All Works

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Stachulski, Andrew V., et al.. (2025). Dietary substances and their glucuronides: structures, occurrence and biological activity. Natural Product Reports. 42(12). 1924–1935. 1 indexed citations
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Walker, Alan W. & Lesley Hoyles. (2023). Human microbiome myths and misconceptions. Nature Microbiology. 8(8). 1392–1396. 105 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoyles, Lesley, et al.. (2023). Genomic analyses of Bacteroides fragilis: subdivisions I and II represent distinct species. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 72(11). 5 indexed citations
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Negus, David, Geoffrey Foster, & Lesley Hoyles. (2023). Lelliottia amnigena recovered from the lung of a harbour porpoise, and comparative analyses with Lelliottia spp.. Access Microbiology. 5(11). 2 indexed citations
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McCartney, Anne L. & Lesley Hoyles. (2023). The role of Klebsiella populations in preterm infants. Biochemical Society Transactions. 51(2). 887–896. 11 indexed citations
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Noble, Alistair, Lydia Durant, Ripple Man, et al.. (2022). Altered Mucosal Immune-Microbiota Interactions in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 13(7). e00428–e00428. 9 indexed citations
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Stachulski, Andrew V., et al.. (2022). A host–gut microbial amino acid co-metabolite, p -cresol glucuronide, promotes blood–brain barrier integrity in vivo. Tissue Barriers. 11(1). 2073175–2073175. 36 indexed citations
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Penney, Nicholas, Kai Tai Derek Yeung, Isabel García‐Pérez, et al.. (2022). Multi-omic phenotyping reveals host-microbe responses to bariatric surgery, glycaemic control and obesity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 127–127. 8 indexed citations
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Leggett, Richard M., Cristina Alcon‐Giner, Darren Heavens, et al.. (2019). Rapid MinION profiling of preterm microbiota and antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. Nature Microbiology. 5(3). 430–442. 114 indexed citations
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Noble, Alistair, Lydia Durant, Lesley Hoyles, et al.. (2019). Deficient Resident Memory T Cell and CD8 T Cell Response to Commensals in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 14(4). 525–537. 60 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuhao, Thomas C. Brook, Cristina Alcon‐Giner, et al.. (2019). Draft Genome Sequences of Citrobacter freundii and Citrobacter murliniae Strains Isolated from the Feces of Preterm Infants. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(33). 5 indexed citations
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Hoyles, Lesley, Tom Snelling, Umm‐Kulthum Ismail Umlai, et al.. (2018). Additional file 4: of Microbiome–host systems interactions: protective effects of propionate upon the blood–brain barrier. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Dumas, Marc‐Emmanuel, Alice Rothwell, Lesley Hoyles, et al.. (2017). Microbial-Host Co-metabolites Are Prodromal Markers Predicting Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Behavior, Obesity, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Cell Reports. 20(1). 136–148. 75 indexed citations
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Carding, Simon R., Nicole M. Davis, & Lesley Hoyles. (2017). Review article: the human intestinal virome in health and disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 46(9). 800–815. 168 indexed citations
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Hoyles, Lesley, James Murphy, Horst Neve, et al.. (2015). Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae –bacteriophage combination from the caecal effluent of a healthy woman. PeerJ. 3. e1061–e1061. 40 indexed citations
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Abecia, Leticia, et al.. (2010). Effects of a novel galactooligosaccharide on the faecal microbiota of healthy and inflammatory bowel disease cats during a randomized, double-blind, cross-over feeding study. CentAUR (University of Reading). 5(2). 61–68. 22 indexed citations
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Fry, Peter, et al.. (2002). Practical Microbiology for Secondary Schools: A Resource for Key Stages 3, 4 and Post-16 and the Equivalent Scottish Qualifications. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 1 indexed citations

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