Rob Knight

462.8k citations
898 papers · 227.5k indexed · 84 hit papers · h-index 194

Rob Knight

873 papers receiving 223.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Rob Knight
Comparison fields: 5 of 228
  • Biological Psychiatry 7.4k
  • Molecular Biology 133.6k
  • Ecology 49.5k
  • Gastroenterology 9.1k
  • Infectious Diseases 24.7k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Knight

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Rob Knight, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 202434
2 202337
3 201915
4 201951
5
A Novel Sparse Compositional Technique Reveals Microbial Perturbationsbreakdown →
2019329
6 201950
7 201771
8 201710
9 201662
10 2013180
11 2013286
12
Gut Microbiomes of Malawian Twin Pairs Discordant for Kwashiorkorbreakdown →
2013826
13
UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detectionbreakdown →
201112264
14
Bacterial community structures are unique and resilient in full-scale bioenergy systemsbreakdown →
2011384
15
Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradientsbreakdown →
20111402
16
Metabolic Syndrome and Altered Gut Microbiota in Mice Lacking Toll-Like Receptor 5breakdown →
20101595
17
Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newbornsbreakdown →
20103301
18 2010365
19 2009220
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Global patterns in bacterial diversitybreakdown →
20071338

About Rob Knight

Rob Knight is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Biology and Ecology, having authored 898 papers that have together received 227.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gut microbiota and health (471 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (145 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (128 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (119 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (75 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (66 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (48 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (43 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (7.4k citations), Molecular Biology (133.6k citations) and Ecology (49.5k citations). Rob Knight has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Frequent co-authors include Catherine Lozupone, Noah Fierer, J. Gregory Caporaso, Micah Hamady, Jeffrey I. Gordon, José C. Clemente, Ruth E. Ley, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Christian L. Lauber and Brian J. Haas. Their work appears in journals such as mSystems, The ISME Journal, Microbiome, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

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