Michael A. Fischbach

333 total papers · 57.5k total citations
188 papers, 36.2k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Fischbach is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Fischbach has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 36.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Pharmacology and 33 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Fischbach's work include Gut microbiota and health (43 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (40 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers). Michael A. Fischbach is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (43 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (40 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers). Michael A. Fischbach collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Michael A. Fischbach's co-authors include Christopher T. Walsh, A. Sloan Devlin, Marnix H. Medema, Jon Clardy, Yug Varma, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Rachel J. Dutton, Benjamin E. Wolfe, Julie E. Button and David B. Gootenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Fischbach

185 papers receiving 35.6k citations

Hit Papers

Diet rapidly and reproduc... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2013 2010 2015 2011 2009 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
    2013 7.1k citations Lawrence A. David, Corinne F. Maurice et al. Nature profile →
  2. A Chromatin-Mediated Reversible Drug-Tolerant State in Cancer Cell Subpopulations
    2010 1.8k citations Sreenath V. Sharma, Diana Lee et al. Cell profile →
  3. antiSMASH 3.0—a comprehensive resource for the genome mining of biosynthetic gene clusters
    2015 1.5k citations Tilmann Weber, Kai Blin et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  4. antiSMASH: rapid identification, annotation and analysis of secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene clusters in bacterial and fungal genome sequences
    2011 1.5k citations Marnix H. Medema, Kai Blin et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. Antibiotics for Emerging Pathogens
    2009 1.4k citations Michael A. Fischbach, Christopher T. Walsh Science profile →
  6. Assembly-Line Enzymology for Polyketide and Nonribosomal Peptide Antibiotics:  Logic, Machinery, and Mechanisms
    2006 1.1k citations Michael A. Fischbach, Christopher T. Walsh Chemical Reviews profile →
  7. Bile acid metabolites control TH17 and Treg cell differentiation
    2019 940 citations Saiyu Hang, Donggi Paik et al. Nature profile →
  8. A gut bacterial pathway metabolizes aromatic amino acids into nine circulating metabolites
    2017 931 citations Dylan Dodd, Matthew H. Spitzer et al. Nature profile →
  9. Insights into Secondary Metabolism from a Global Analysis of Prokaryotic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters
    2014 690 citations Peter Cimermančič, Marnix H. Medema et al. Cell profile →
  10. antiSMASH 2.0—a versatile platform for genome mining of secondary metabolite producers
    2013 642 citations Kai Blin, Marnix H. Medema et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  11. Dysbiosis-Induced Secondary Bile Acid Deficiency Promotes Intestinal Inflammation
    2020 556 citations Sidhartha R. Sinha, Yeneneh Haileselassie et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  12. Small molecules from the human microbiota
    2015 555 citations Mohamed S. Donia, Michael A. Fischbach Science profile →
  13. Discovery and Characterization of Gut Microbiota Decarboxylases that Can Produce the Neurotransmitter Tryptamine
    2014 515 citations Brianna B. Williams, A.H. Van Benschoten et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  14. Skin microbiota–host interactions
    2018 498 citations Y. Erin Chen, Michael A. Fischbach et al. Nature profile →
  15. A Systematic Analysis of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in the Human Microbiome Reveals a Common Family of Antibiotics
    2014 494 citations Mohamed S. Donia, Peter Cimermančič et al. Cell profile →
  16. A Cardiovascular Disease-Linked Gut Microbial Metabolite Acts via Adrenergic Receptors
    2020 476 citations Ina Nemet, Prasenjit Prasad Saha et al. Cell profile →
  17. A Wave of Regulatory T Cells into Neonatal Skin Mediates Tolerance to Commensal Microbes
    2015 399 citations Tiffany C. Scharschmidt, Kimberly S. Vasquez et al. Immunity profile →
  18. A metabolic pathway for bile acid dehydroxylation by the gut microbiome
    2020 370 citations Masanori Funabashi, Tyler L. Grove et al. Nature profile →
  19. Synthetic biology to access and expand nature's chemical diversity
    2016 355 citations Michael J. Smanski, Hui Zhou et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  20. Gut Microbiota-Produced Tryptamine Activates an Epithelial G-Protein-Coupled Receptor to Increase Colonic Secretion
    2018 304 citations Yogesh Bhattarai, Brianna B. Williams et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  21. Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome
    2021 304 citations Stephen Nayfach, David Páez-Espino et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
  22. A gut-derived metabolite alters brain activity and anxiety behaviour in mice
    2022 278 citations Brittany D. Needham, Masanori Funabashi et al. Nature profile →
  23. A metabolomics pipeline for the mechanistic interrogation of the gut microbiome
    2021 244 citations Shuo Han, Will Van Treuren et al. Nature profile →
  24. Role of dietary fiber in the recovery of the human gut microbiome and its metabolome
    2021 199 citations Ceylan Tanes, Kyle Bittinger et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  25. Engineered skin bacteria induce antitumor T cell responses against melanoma
    2023 103 citations Y. Erin Chen, Djenet Bousbaine et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael A. Fischbach 23.6k 6.9k 4.9k 3.6k 3.1k 188 36.2k
Masahira Hattori 16.8k 0.7× 2.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.4× 3.1k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 333 27.8k
Michael Kuhn 23.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.2× 1.8k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 2.7k 0.9× 153 39.0k
Tim R. Mosmann 22.7k 1.0× 5.1k 0.7× 4.7k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 124 75.2k
Jacques Ravel 14.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.3× 1.8k 0.4× 2.6k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 345 29.2k
Oliver Smithies 26.6k 1.1× 3.8k 0.6× 5.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 686 0.2× 331 55.5k
Nathalie M. Delzenne 25.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.3× 18.4k 3.7× 2.8k 0.8× 5.4k 1.7× 340 42.7k
Bernard Henrissat 44.2k 1.9× 2.4k 0.3× 6.1k 1.2× 4.0k 1.1× 7.3k 2.3× 501 72.8k
Patrice D. Cani 37.5k 1.6× 3.0k 0.4× 24.1k 4.9× 4.7k 1.3× 7.6k 2.4× 368 57.6k
Sarkis K. Mazmanian 28.8k 1.2× 968 0.1× 7.3k 1.5× 8.2k 2.3× 4.6k 1.5× 112 43.2k
Torsten Schwede 25.5k 1.1× 1.7k 0.3× 886 0.2× 2.9k 0.8× 793 0.3× 107 38.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael A. Fischbach

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