Nicolas Benech

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 436 citations indexed

About

Nicolas Benech is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Benech has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 436 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Infectious Diseases, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Benech's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (15 papers), Gut microbiota and health (13 papers) and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (8 papers). Nicolas Benech is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (15 papers), Gut microbiota and health (13 papers) and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (8 papers). Nicolas Benech collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Netherlands. Nicolas Benech's co-authors include Harry Sokol, Giovanni Cammarota, Gianluca Ianiro, Antonio Gasbarrini, Serena Porcari, Mireia Valles‐Colomer, Nicola Segata, Mathieu Pioche, Laetitia Koppe and Jérôme Rivory and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Benech

33 papers receiving 428 citations

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Key determinants of success in fecal microbiota transplantation: From microbiome to clinic

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Benech France	11	249	151	84	72	61	40	436
Kichul Yoon South Korea	12	234 0.9×	48 0.3×	68 0.8×	175 2.4×	57 0.9×	26	539
Gangping Li China	11	205 0.8×	56 0.4×	141 1.7×	79 1.1×	57 0.9×	34	389
Sawako Miyoshi Japan	11	206 0.8×	63 0.4×	57 0.7×	125 1.7×	35 0.6×	20	423
Almina Jukic Austria	6	211 0.8×	141 0.9×	23 0.3×	69 1.0×	30 0.5×	11	558
Przemysław Kapusta Poland	14	291 1.2×	64 0.4×	38 0.5×	76 1.1×	19 0.3×	37	571
Bernadien H. Jansen Netherlands	11	209 0.8×	44 0.3×	36 0.4×	70 1.0×	36 0.6×	17	438
Tom Holvoet Belgium	12	270 1.1×	151 1.0×	203 2.4×	206 2.9×	86 1.4×	26	677
Moritz Meyer Austria	6	135 0.5×	120 0.8×	20 0.2×	68 0.9×	24 0.4×	8	426
Mengsha Cen China	7	104 0.4×	103 0.7×	32 0.4×	77 1.1×	75 1.2×	9	327
Petr Ricanek Norway	12	218 0.9×	130 0.9×	56 0.7×	130 1.8×	41 0.7×	26	578

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Auger, Sandrine, Loïc Brot, Nicolas Benech, et al.. (2025). Faecalibacterium Diversity in the Gut Microbiome of Crohn's Disease Patients. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 13(8). 1480–1490. 1 indexed citations

Carrouel, Florence, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of Different Methods of Interdental Hygiene in Daily Practice Among Young Adults: Protocol for a Randomized, Single-Blind Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 14. e85154–e85154.

Cassir, Nadim, Rohma Ghani, Lena M. Biehl, et al.. (2025). Nonantimicrobial therapies for recurrent urinary tract infection in women: is there a place for faecal microbiota transfer?. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(12). 1985–1992.

Davido, Benjamin, Blair Merrick, Ed J. Kuijper, et al.. (2025). How can the gut microbiome be targeted to fight multidrug-resistant organisms?. The Lancet Microbe. 6(8). 101063–101063. 6 indexed citations

Rolhion, Nathalie, Antoine Lefèvre, Loïc Brot, et al.. (2024). DOP26 Metagenomic and metabolomic profiles in IBD: understanding microbial and metabolic shifts from a large deeply phenotyped cohort. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 18(Supplement_1). i121–i121. 1 indexed citations

Severino, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota in inflammation and colorectal cancer: A potential Toolbox for Clinicians. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 72. 101942–101942. 6 indexed citations

Müller, Marie, Nicolas Benech, Mathieu Pioche, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the clinical spectrum of gastric disease in patients with juvenile polyposis syndrome. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 100(5). 867–877. 1 indexed citations

Pinet, Valérie, Chloé Goldsmith, Saïdi M. Soudja, et al.. (2024). An intestinal TH17 cell-derived subset can initiate cancer. Nature Immunology. 25(9). 1637–1649. 11 indexed citations

Benech, Nicolas & Harry Sokol. (2023). Targeting the gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel diseases: where are we?. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 74. 102319–102319. 17 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolas, Frédéric Barbut, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2023). Update on microbiota-derived therapies for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 30(4). 462–468. 16 indexed citations

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Baunwall, Simon Mark Dahl, Nicolas Benech, Gianluca Ianiro, et al.. (2023). Short- and long-term follow-up after fecal microbiota transplantation as treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 16. 1108339261–1108339261. 15 indexed citations

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Sencio, Valentin, Nicolas Benech, Cyril Robil, et al.. (2022). Alteration of the gut microbiota’s composition and metabolic output correlates with COVID-19-like severity in obese NASH hamsters. Gut Microbes. 14(1). 2100200–2100200. 16 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Vargas, Héctor, Nicolas Benech, David Bauché, et al.. (2022). SMAD4 TGF-β–independent function preconditions naive CD8+ T cells to prevent severe chronic intestinal inflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 132(8). 17 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolas, et al.. (2022). Les virus au service de la santé : les bactériophages. médecine/sciences. 38(12). 1043–1051.

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Benech, Nicolas, Sylvie Bonvalot, Armelle Dufresne, et al.. (2022). Desmoid tumors located in the abdomen or associated with adenomatous polyposis: French intergroup clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up (SNFGE, FFCD, GERCOR, UNICANCER, SFCD, SFED, SFRO, ACHBT, SFR). Digestive and Liver Disease. 54(6). 737–746. 9 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolas, Jean‐Louis Gaudin, Robert Benamouzig, et al.. (2021). Colon capsule endoscopy in clinical practice: lessons from a national 5-year observational prospective cohort. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(10). E1542–E1548. 9 indexed citations

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Huybrechts, Inge, Nathalie Kliemann, Olivia Pérol, et al.. (2021). Feasibility Study to Assess the Impact of a Lifestyle Intervention during Colorectal Cancer Screening in France. Nutrients. 13(11). 3685–3685. 2 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolas & Harry Sokol. (2020). Fecal microbiota transplantation in gastrointestinal disorders: time for precision medicine. Genome Medicine. 12(1). 58–58. 40 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolas, Maximilien Barret, Jérémie Jacques, et al.. (2020). Endoscopic resection of Barrett's adenocarcinoma: Intramucosal and low‐risk tumours are not associated with lymph node metastases. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 9(3). 362–369. 9 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolas, Emmanuel Jouanneau, Christian Chidiac, & Tristan Ferry. (2016). Orbital granuloma: a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. BMJ Case Reports. 2016. bcr2016214542–bcr2016214542. 3 indexed citations

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