Lorena Ruíz

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Lorena Ruíz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorena Ruíz has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Food Science and 36 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Lorena Ruíz's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (55 papers), Gut microbiota and health (45 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (26 papers). Lorena Ruíz is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (55 papers), Gut microbiota and health (45 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (26 papers). Lorena Ruíz collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Ireland and Italy. Lorena Ruíz's co-authors include Abelardo Margollés, Borja Sánchez, Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo, Susana Delgado, Miguel Gueimonde, Clara G. de los Reyes‐Gavilán, Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana, Carlos Sabater, Juan M. Rodrı́guez and Marco Ventura and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lorena Ruíz

86 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bile resistance mechanisms in Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium

2013 405 citations Lorena Ruíz, Abelardo Margollés et al. profile →
Bifidobacteria and Their Health-Promoting Effects

2017 370 citations Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana, Lorena Ruíz et al. profile →
Bifidobacterium adolescentis as a key member of the human gut microbiota in the production of GABA

2020 229 citations Lorena Ruíz, Hector Tamés et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorena Ruíz Spain	30	2.3k	1.7k	984	365	345	88	3.6k
Alberto Amaretti Italy	34	2.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	448 1.2×	248 0.7×	78	4.3k
Benoît Foligné France	31	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	353 1.0×	403 1.2×	76	4.4k
Alice Viappiani Italy	34	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	799 0.8×	361 1.0×	508 1.5×	73	3.6k
Ãngela Marcobal Spain	32	3.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	533 1.5×	451 1.3×	45	4.6k
Flaviano S. Martins Brazil	37	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	710 0.7×	603 1.7×	525 1.5×	123	4.1k
Hanne Frøkiær Denmark	39	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	439 1.2×	566 1.6×	129	5.2k
Stefano Raimondi Italy	32	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	816 0.8×	332 0.9×	203 0.6×	87	3.5k
Sae Hun Kim South Korea	37	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	388 1.1×	195 0.6×	146	4.4k
Alejandra de Moreno de LeBlanc Argentina	38	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	954 1.0×	365 1.0×	435 1.3×	91	3.8k
Sunita Grover India	32	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	921 0.9×	271 0.7×	222 0.6×	80	3.1k

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Tamés, Hector, Isabel Cuesta, Lorena Ruíz, & Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo. (2025). Biofortification of fermented foods with riboflavin-overproducing Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis strains. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 436. 111210–111210.

Tamés, Hector, et al.. (2025). Characterization of riboflavin-overproducing Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis strains selected by roseoflavin treatment. Food Microbiology. 131. 104799–104799. 2 indexed citations

Calvete‐Torre, Inés, Carlos Sabater, Begoña Cantabrana, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota modulation and effects of a diet enriched in apple pomace on inflammation in a DSS-induced colitis mouse model. Food & Function. 15(4). 2314–2326. 4 indexed citations

Fernández, Javier, Pablo Martínez‐Camblor, Lorena Ruíz, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of Gut Microbiota and Short-Chain Fatty Acids during a Cycling Grand Tour Are Related to Exercise Performance and Modulated by Dietary Intake. Nutrients. 16(5). 661–661. 8 indexed citations

Hernández‐Hernández, Oswaldo, Inés Calvete‐Torre, Elisa G. Doyagüez, et al.. (2024). Tailoring the natural rare sugars D-tagatose and L-sorbose to produce novel functional carbohydrates. npj Science of Food. 8(1). 74–74. 4 indexed citations

Alexa, Elena A., José F. Cobo‐Díaz, Erica Renes, et al.. (2024). The detailed analysis of the microbiome and resistome of artisanal blue-veined cheeses provides evidence on sources and patterns of succession linked with quality and safety traits. Microbiome. 12(1). 12 indexed citations

Esteban-Torres, María, Lorena Ruíz, Valerio Rossini, Kenneth Nally, & Douwe van Sinderen. (2023). Intracellular glycogen accumulation by human gut commensals as a niche adaptation trait. Gut Microbes. 15(1). 2235067–2235067. 7 indexed citations

Sabater, Carlos, Inés Calvete‐Torre, Lorena Ruíz, & Abelardo Margollés. (2022). Arabinoxylan and Pectin Metabolism in Crohn’s Disease Microbiota: An In Silico Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(13). 7093–7093. 15 indexed citations

Calvete‐Torre, Inés, Carlos Sabater, F. Javier Moreno, et al.. (2022). Prebiotic potential of apple pomace and pectins from different apple varieties: Modulatory effects on key target commensal microbial populations. Food Hydrocolloids. 133. 107958–107958. 50 indexed citations

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Sabater, Carlos, Inés Calvete‐Torre, Mar Villamiel, et al.. (2021). Vegetable waste and by-products to feed a healthy gut microbiota: Current evidence, machine learning and computational tools to design novel microbiome-targeted foods. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 118. 399–417. 37 indexed citations

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Sabater, Carlos, Lorena Ruíz, & Abelardo Margollés. (2021). A Machine Learning Approach to Study Glycosidase Activities from Bifidobacterium. Microorganisms. 9(5). 1034–1034. 10 indexed citations

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Ruíz, Lorena, et al.. (2021). Precision modification of the human gut microbiota targeting surface-associated proteins. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 1270–1270. 8 indexed citations

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Ruíz, Lorena, Ana Belén Flórez, Borja Sánchez, et al.. (2020). Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis CECT7210 (B. infantis IM-1®) Displays In Vitro Activity against Some Intestinal Pathogens. Nutrients. 12(11). 3259–3259. 14 indexed citations

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Gutiérrez, Beatriz, Isabel Gallardo, Lorena Ruíz, et al.. (2020). Oleanolic acid ameliorates intestinal alterations associated with EAE. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 17(1). 363–363. 24 indexed citations

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Ruíz, Lorena, Patricia López, Ana Suárez, Borja Sánchez, & Abelardo Margollés. (2018). The role of gut microbiota in lupus: what we know in 2018?. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology. 14(10). 787–792. 17 indexed citations

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Ruíz, Lorena, Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana, Aitor Blanco‐Míguez, et al.. (2016). Tackling probiotic and gut microbiota functionality through proteomics. Journal of Proteomics. 147. 28–39. 41 indexed citations

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Ruíz, Lorena, Laura Moles, Miguel Gueimonde, & Juan M. Rodrı́guez. (2016). Perinatal Microbiomes’ Influence on Preterm Birth and Preterms’ Health. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 63(6). e193–e203. 22 indexed citations

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Salazar, Nuria, Silvia Arboleya, Catherine Stanton, et al.. (2014). The human intestinal microbiome at extreme ages of life. Dietary intervention as a way to counteract alterations. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 406–406. 114 indexed citations

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Sánchez, Borja, Lorena Ruíz, Adolfo Suárez, Clara G. de los Reyes‐Gavilán, & Abelardo Margollés. (2011). Human cecum content modulates production of extracellular proteins by food and probiotic bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 324(2). 189–194. 9 indexed citations

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Ruíz, Lorena, Borja Sánchez, Clara G. de los Reyes‐Gavilán, Miguel Gueimonde, & Abelardo Margollés. (2009). Coculture of Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium breve alters their protein expression profiles and enzymatic activities. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 133(1-2). 148–153. 29 indexed citations

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