Nitin Kumar

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nitin Kumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nitin Kumar has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Nitin Kumar's work include Gut microbiota and health (18 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (4 papers). Nitin Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (18 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (4 papers). Nitin Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and India. Nitin Kumar's co-authors include Trevor D. Lawley, Samuel C. Forster, Mark Stares, Hilary P. Browne, Bridget A. Neville, Blessing O. Anonye, David Goulding, Yan Shao, Kévin Vervier and Nandi Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nitin Kumar

38 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 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.

Culturing of ‘unculturable’ human microbiota reveals novel taxa and extensive sporulation

2016 797 citations Hilary P. Browne, Samuel C. Forster et al. Nature profile →
Stunted microbiota and opportunistic pathogen colonization in caesarean-section birth

2019 671 citations Yan Shao, Samuel C. Forster et al. Nature profile →
A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses

2019 347 citations Samuel C. Forster, Nitin Kumar et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nitin Kumar United Kingdom	19	2.1k	970	721	484	320	38	3.5k
Hilary P. Browne United Kingdom	20	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	296 0.4×	549 1.1×	289 0.9×	26	3.1k
Christel Chehoud United States	18	2.2k 1.0×	860 0.9×	699 1.0×	360 0.7×	561 1.8×	26	3.7k
Alejandro Artacho Spain	30	2.4k 1.1×	836 0.9×	485 0.7×	420 0.9×	732 2.3×	52	4.1k
Charlie G. Buffie United States	8	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	561 0.8×	547 1.1×	241 0.8×	11	3.9k
Philippe Langella France	24	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	600 0.8×	998 2.1×	482 1.5×	41	4.1k
Shaan L. Gellatly Australia	19	2.7k 1.3×	578 0.6×	372 0.5×	433 0.9×	485 1.5×	22	4.4k
Eric R. Littmann United States	18	2.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.9×	733 1.0×	536 1.1×	276 0.9×	35	4.3k
Patricio Jeraldo United States	27	2.3k 1.1×	843 0.9×	779 1.1×	327 0.7×	488 1.5×	61	4.0k
Alexander Rodriguez‐Palacios United States	30	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	745 1.0×	405 0.8×	508 1.6×	83	3.7k
Anna M. Seekatz United States	21	2.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	567 0.8×	569 1.2×	669 2.1×	34	3.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kumar, Manish, Nitin Kumar, Priyanka Jain, et al.. (2023). Isolation and whole genome sequencing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain RK1 and its biocontrol potential against phytopathogens of rice. Biologia. 78(9). 2357–2369. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Nitin, et al.. (2023). A Review of In Vitro Antimicrobial Activities of Carbazole and itsDerivative From 2014 to 2022. Anti-Infective Agents. 21(4). 7 indexed citations

Crobach, Monique J. T., Bastian Hornung, Cees M. Verduin, et al.. (2023). Screening for Clostridioides difficile colonization at admission to the hospital: a multi-centre study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 29(7). 891–896. 8 indexed citations

Forster, Samuel C., Junyan Liu, Nitin Kumar, et al.. (2022). Strain-level characterization of broad host range mobile genetic elements transferring antibiotic resistance from the human microbiome. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1445–1445. 108 indexed citations

Forster, Samuel C., Simon Clare, Katherine Harcourt, et al.. (2022). Identification of gut microbial species linked with disease variability in a widely used mouse model of colitis. Nature Microbiology. 7(4). 590–599. 70 indexed citations

Costa, Daniela A., Simon Lévesque, Nitin Kumar, et al.. (2021). Pangenome analysis reveals genetic isolation in Campylobacter hyointestinalis subspecies adapted to different mammalian hosts. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3431–3431. 10 indexed citations

Browne, Hilary P., Alexandre Almeida, Nitin Kumar, et al.. (2021). Host adaptation in gut Firmicutes is associated with sporulation loss and altered transmission cycle. Genome biology. 22(1). 204–204. 48 indexed citations

Kumar, Nitin, et al.. (2021). Increased Isolation of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli From Community-Onset Urinary Tract Infection Cases in Uttarakhand, India. Cureus. 13(3). e13837–e13837. 13 indexed citations

Vervier, Kévin, Nitin Kumar, Anne Adoum, et al.. (2021). Two microbiota subtypes identified in irritable bowel syndrome with distinct responses to the low FODMAP diet. Gut. 71(9). 1821–1830. 94 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Zachary, Gordon L. Frazer, Ashley Ferro, et al.. (2020). Gut-educated IgA plasma cells defend the meningeal venous sinuses. Nature. 587(7834). 472–476. 190 indexed citations

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Forster, Samuel C., Nitin Kumar, Blessing O. Anonye, et al.. (2019). A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses. Nature Biotechnology. 37(2). 186–192. 347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shao, Yan, Samuel C. Forster, Evdokia Tsaliki, et al.. (2019). Stunted microbiota and opportunistic pathogen colonization in caesarean-section birth. Nature. 574(7776). 117–121. 671 indexed citations breakdown →

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Henneman, Alex A., Jeroen Corver, Cornelis W. Knetsch, et al.. (2018). Proteomic identification of Axc, a novel beta-lactamase with carbapenemase activity in a meropenem-resistant clinical isolate of Achromobacter xylosoxidans. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8181–8181. 12 indexed citations

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Pike, Lindsay J., Elisa Viciani, & Nitin Kumar. (2018). Microbial diversity knows no borders. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 16(2). 66–66. 7 indexed citations

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Corver, Jeroen, Jette W. Sen, Bastian Hornung, et al.. (2018). Identification and validation of two peptide markers for the recognition of Clostridioides difficile MLST-1 and MLST-11 by MALDI-MS. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 25(7). 904.e1–904.e7. 6 indexed citations

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Howell, Kate J., Judith Kraiczy, Komal Nayak, et al.. (2017). DNA Methylation and Transcription Patterns in Intestinal Epithelial Cells From Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Differentiate Disease Subtypes and Associate With Outcome. Gastroenterology. 154(3). 585–598. 216 indexed citations

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Sharma, Cheshta, Nitin Kumar, Rajesh Pandey, Jacques F. Meis, & Anuradha Chowdhary. (2016). Whole genome sequencing of emerging multidrug resistant Candida auris isolates in India demonstrates low genetic variation. New Microbes and New Infections. 13. 77–82. 168 indexed citations

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Kumar, Nitin, et al.. (2015). Effectiveness of active cycle of breathing techniques [Acbt] Versus Acbt with Acapella on airway clearance in bronchiectasis. International Journal of Physical Education Sports and Health. 1(4). 10–13. 5 indexed citations

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Girard, Delphine, Edgar Delgado‐Eckert, Emmanuel Schaffner, et al.. (2015). Long-term smoking cessation and heart rate dynamics in an aging healthy cohort: Is it possible to fully recover?. Environmental Research. 143(Pt A). 39–48. 23 indexed citations

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Delgado‐Eckert, Edgar, Nitin Kumar, Oliver Fuchs, et al.. (2015). Asthma phenotypes determined by a novel fluctuation based clustering method using a time window of lung function observations. OA1473–OA1473. 2 indexed citations

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