Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo

14.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
163 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Food Science, 104 papers in Molecular Biology and 83 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (122 papers), Gut microbiota and health (73 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (70 papers). Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (122 papers), Gut microbiota and health (73 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (70 papers). Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Serbia. Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo's co-authors include Clara G. de los Reyes‐Gavilán, Abelardo Margollés, Miguel Gueimonde, Nuria Salazar, David Ríos-Covián, Borja Sánchez, Lorena Ruíz, Susana Delgado, Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana and Jeroen Hugenholtz and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo

160 papers receiving 10.5k citations

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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.

Intestinal Short Chain Fatty Acids and their Link with Diet and Human Health

2016 1.6k citations Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo, Abelardo Margollés et al. profile →
Bifidobacteria and Their Health-Promoting Effects

2017 370 citations Lorena Ruíz, Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo et al. Microbiology Spectrum 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 →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo Spain	55	6.4k	6.0k	4.0k	1.1k	1.0k	163	10.7k
Clara G. de los Reyes‐Gavilán Spain	57	7.3k 1.1×	5.6k 0.9×	4.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	664 0.6×	188	11.7k
Robert W. Hutkins United States	48	6.4k 1.0×	6.0k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	717 0.7×	99	12.4k
Mogens Jakobsen Denmark	58	5.7k 0.9×	5.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	202	11.8k
Maria Saarela Finland	57	5.4k 0.8×	5.6k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	979 0.9×	462 0.5×	157	11.4k
Jianxin Zhao China	58	7.2k 1.1×	4.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	897 0.9×	447	12.4k
Heping Zhang China	56	5.6k 0.9×	5.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	773 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	261	9.5k
Borja Sánchez Spain	50	6.4k 1.0×	4.4k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	910 0.8×	491 0.5×	142	9.7k
Koichi Watanabe Japan	39	5.7k 0.9×	4.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	518 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	119	9.2k
Maria L. Marco United States	47	4.5k 0.7×	3.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	671 0.7×	140	7.9k
Elaine E. Vaughan Netherlands	53	7.6k 1.2×	5.3k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	410 0.4×	92	11.1k

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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

Requena, Teresa, M. Carmen Martínez‐Cuesta, Rosa Aznar, et al.. (2024). Probiotic Characteristics of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CECT 9435 and Its Survival and Competitive Properties Under Simulated Conditions of the Child Gut Microbiota. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 17(4). 1839–1850. 1 indexed citations

Filippis, Francesca De, Vincenzo Valentino, Min Yap, et al.. (2024). Microbiome mapping in dairy industry reveals new species and genes for probiotic and bioprotective activities. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 10(1). 67–67. 5 indexed citations

Gerstmans, Hans, Roberto Vázquez, Jimmy Borloo, et al.. (2023). Distinct mode of action of a highly stable, engineered phage lysin killing Gram-negative bacteria. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(6). e0181323–e0181323. 7 indexed citations

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

Nogacka, Alicja, Nuria Salazar, Silvia Arboleya, et al.. (2020). In Vitro Evaluation of Different Prebiotics on the Modulation of Gut Microbiota Composition and Function in Morbid Obese and Normal-Weight Subjects. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(3). 906–906. 32 indexed citations

Fhoula, Imène, Afef Najjari, Alicia Prieto, et al.. (2020). The role of dextran production in the metabolic context of Leuconostoc and Weissella Tunisian strains. Carbohydrate Polymers. 253. 117254–117254. 43 indexed citations

Bajić, Svetlana Soković, María-Alexandra Cañas, Maja Tolinački, et al.. (2020). Proteomic profile of extracellular vesicles released by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum BGAN8 and their internalization by non-polarized HT29 cell line. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21829–21829. 59 indexed citations

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Fhoula, Imène, Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo, Afef Najjari, et al.. (2018). In-vitro characterization of potentially probiotic Lactobacillus strains isolated from human microbiota: interaction with pathogenic bacteria and the enteric cell line HT29. Annals of Microbiology. 69(1). 61–72. 45 indexed citations

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Nogacka, Alicja, Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo, Esther Gómez, et al.. (2018). Real-time monitoring of HT29 epithelial cells as an in vitro model for assessing functional differences among intestinal microbiotas from different human population groups. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 152. 210–216. 7 indexed citations

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Sánchez, Borja, Irene González-Rodríguez, Silvia Arboleya, et al.. (2015). The Effects ofBifidobacterium breveon Immune Mediators and Proteome of HT29 Cells Monolayers. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–6. 19 indexed citations

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Salazar, Nuria, Patricia López, Pablo Garrido, et al.. (2014). Immune Modulating Capability of Two Exopolysaccharide-ProducingBifidobacteriumStrains in a Wistar Rat Model. BioMed Research International. 2014. 1–9. 27 indexed citations

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Forssten, Sofia D., Nuria Salazar, Patricia López, et al.. (2011). Influence of a Probiotic Milk Drink, Containing Lactobacillus Paracasei Lpc-37, on Immune Function and Gut Microbiota in Elderly Subjects. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 1(3). 159–172. 9 indexed citations

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Ayeni, Funmilola A., B.A. Adeniyi, S.T. Ogunbanwo, Marı́a Elena Nader-Macı́as, & Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo. (2011). Survival of Weissella confusa and Lactobacillus paracasei strains in fermented milks under cold storage and after freeze-drying. Conicet. 2 indexed citations

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Sánchez, Borja, et al.. (2010). Lactobacillus plantarum Extracellular Chitin-Binding Protein and Its Role in the Interaction between Chitin, Caco-2 Cells, and Mucin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(3). 1123–1126. 40 indexed citations

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Cardelle‐Cobas, Alejandra, Marı́a Fernández, Nuria Salazar, et al.. (2009). Bifidogenic effect and stimulation of short chain fatty acid production in human faecal slurry cultures by oligosaccharides derived from lactose and lactulose. Journal of Dairy Research. 76(3). 317–325. 52 indexed citations

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Ruas‐Madiedo, Patricia & Clara G. de los Reyes‐Gavilán. (2005). Invited Review: Methods for the Screening, Isolation, and Characterization of Exopolysaccharides Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria. Journal of Dairy Science. 88(3). 843–856. 349 indexed citations

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Noriega, Luis, et al.. (2004). Acquired resistance to bile increases fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase activity inBifidobacterium. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 235(1). 35–41. 37 indexed citations

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Ruas‐Madiedo, Patricia, et al.. (1998). Influence of Carbon Dioxide Addition to Raw Milk on Microbial. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 13 indexed citations

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