Manolo Laiola

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 937 citations indexed

About

Manolo Laiola is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Manolo Laiola has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 937 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Physiology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Manolo Laiola's work include Gut microbiota and health (4 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (3 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (3 papers). Manolo Laiola is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (4 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (3 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (3 papers). Manolo Laiola collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Russia. Manolo Laiola's co-authors include Danilo Ercolini, Francesca De Filippis, Paola Vitaglione, Rosalia Ferracane, Angela A. Rivellese, Rosalba Giacco, Nicolas Pons, Victoria Meslier, Giuseppe Blaiotta and Hugo Roume and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Gut and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Manolo Laiola

10 papers receiving 924 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.

Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake

2020 400 citations Victoria Meslier, Manolo Laiola et al. Gut profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manolo Laiola Italy	8	515	361	200	164	92	11	937
Paul A. Gill Australia	14	492 1.0×	357 1.0×	143 0.7×	133 0.8×	158 1.7×	26	860
Rikke J. Gøbel Denmark	12	556 1.1×	396 1.1×	160 0.8×	165 1.0×	126 1.4×	18	945
Emily R. Leeming United Kingdom	8	626 1.2×	383 1.1×	177 0.9×	124 0.8×	81 0.9×	16	937
Ana Nogal United Kingdom	7	502 1.0×	321 0.9×	94 0.5×	120 0.7×	107 1.2×	12	792
Jihad Alwarith United States	8	405 0.8×	592 1.6×	316 1.6×	95 0.6×	93 1.0×	8	1.1k
Emilie Rembert United States	8	388 0.8×	546 1.5×	322 1.6×	99 0.6×	85 0.9×	11	1.0k
Tzu-Wen Cross United States	19	682 1.3×	340 0.9×	97 0.5×	107 0.7×	121 1.3×	52	1.1k
Mariana Romanenko Ukraine	7	786 1.5×	477 1.3×	125 0.6×	94 0.6×	99 1.1×	11	1.1k
Daniela Gräf Germany	11	450 0.9×	226 0.6×	98 0.5×	118 0.7×	139 1.5×	18	715
Madeline A. Topf United States	5	644 1.3×	337 0.9×	233 1.2×	216 1.3×	108 1.2×	6	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manolo Laiola

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Filippis, Francesca De, et al.. (2025). Assessment of source and storage conditions on bacterial composition of mineral packaged water using amplicon sequencing. Food Research International. 219. 116903–116903. 1 indexed citations

Song, Se Jin, Britta De Pessemier, Daniel McDonald, et al.. (2025). Chronological age estimation from human microbiomes with transformer-based Robust Principal Component Analysis. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1159–1159.

Sayec, Mélanie Le, Yifan Xu, Manolo Laiola, et al.. (2022). The effects of Aronia berry (poly)phenol supplementation on arterial function and the gut microbiome in middle aged men and women: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition. 41(11). 2549–2561. 40 indexed citations

Laiola, Manolo, Rosalia Ferracane, Marilena Vitale, et al.. (2021). Mediterranean diet consumption affects the endocannabinoid system in overweight and obese subjects: possible links with gut microbiome, insulin resistance and inflammation. European Journal of Nutrition. 60(7). 3703–3716. 57 indexed citations

Laiola, Manolo, et al.. (2021). Mediterranean diet consumption affects the endocannabinoid system and Akkermansia muciniphila gut levels in overweight and obese subjects. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 31(11). 3255–3255. 2 indexed citations

Meslier, Victoria, Manolo Laiola, Henrik M. Roager, et al.. (2020). Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake. Gut. 69(7). 1258–1268. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

Vitale, Marilena, Rosalba Giacco, Manolo Laiola, et al.. (2020). Acute and chronic improvement in postprandial glucose metabolism by a diet resembling the traditional Mediterranean dietary pattern: Can SCFAs play a role?. Clinical Nutrition. 40(2). 428–437. 67 indexed citations

Laiola, Manolo, Francesca De Filippis, Paola Vitaglione, & Danilo Ercolini. (2020). A Mediterranean Diet Intervention Reduces the Levels of Salivary Periodontopathogenic Bacteria in Overweight and Obese Subjects. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(12). 44 indexed citations

Canani, Roberto Berni, Francesca De Filippis, Rita Nocerino, et al.. (2018). Gut microbiota composition and butyrate production in children affected by non-IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12500–12500. 95 indexed citations

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Filippis, Francesca De, Manolo Laiola, Giuseppe Blaiotta, & Danilo Ercolini. (2017). Different Amplicon Targets for Sequencing-Based Studies of Fungal Diversity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(17). 103 indexed citations

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Canani, Roberto Berni, Francesca De Filippis, Rita Nocerino, et al.. (2017). Specific Signatures of the Gut Microbiota and Increased Levels of Butyrate in Children Treated with Fermented Cow's Milk Containing Heat-Killed Lactobacillus paracasei CBA L74. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(19). 128 indexed citations

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