Robert A. Rastall

22.4k citations

183 papers · 15.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.01%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Food composition and properties
Food Science top 0.02%
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Papers in

Nutrition and Dietetics 120
- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology 105
- Food composition and properties 36
Food Science 85
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods 80

Co-authors: Glenn R. Gibson Marcel Roberfroid Jan Van Loo Mary Ellen Sanders Gregor Reid Dimitris Charalampopoulos Daniel Merenstein M. Luz Sanz
Journals: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (19 papers)FEMS Microbiology Ecology (9 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (7 papers)Journal of Applied Microbiology (7 papers)Carbohydrate Polymers (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Spain

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Rastall

180 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Probiotics and prebiotics in intestinal health and disease: from biology to the clinic 2019 · 1.4k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
2019 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2018 European Journal of Nutrition
2010 Dietary prebiotics: current status and new definition
2004 Nutrition Research Reviews
2001 Journal of Applied Microbiology

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1	Oligofructose, 2’fucosyllactose and β-glucan in combination induce specific changes in microbial composition and short-chain fatty acid production compared to sole supplementation Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Clyde Chittister, Anisha Wijeyesekera, Jessica Van Harsselaar, Stephan Theis, Robert A. Rastall	2022	2
2	In vitro fermentability of xylo-oligosaccharide and xylo-polysaccharide fractions with different molecular weights by human faecal bacteria Carbohydrate Polymers ·Ana Nabais, Ondřej Kosík, Alison Lovegrove, Dimitris Charalampopoulos, Robert A. Rastall	2017	70
3	An in vitro study of the effect of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics on the elderly faecal microbiota Anaerobe ·Eleni Likotrafiti, Kieran Tuohy, Glenn R. Gibson, Robert A. Rastall	2014	51
4	Recent developments in prebiotics to selectively impact beneficial microbes and promote intestinal health Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·Robert A. Rastall, Glenn R. Gibson	2014	201
5	ILSI Brazil International Workshop on Functional Foods: a narrative review of the scientific evidence in the area of carbohydrates, microbiome, and health Food & Nutrition Research ·Marie E. Latulippe, Agnès Méheust, Livia S. A. Augustin, David Benton, Přemysl Berčík, Anne Birkett, Alison L. Eldridge, Joel Faintuch, Christian Hoffmann, Julie Miller Jones, Cyril W.C. Kendall, Franco Maria Lajolo, Gabriela Perdigón, Pedro A. Prieto, Robert A. Rastall, Helias Paulopoulos, Joanne Slavin, Elizabete Wenzel de Menezes	2013	12
6	Production and purification of xylooligosaccharides from oil palm empty fruit bunch fibre by a non-isothermal process Bioresource Technology ·Ana Nabais, Florbela Carvalheiro, Luís C. Duarte, Luísa B. Roseiro, Dimitris Charalampopoulos, Robert A. Rastall	2013	57
7	Gluco and galacto-oligosaccharides in food Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care ·Robert A. Rastall	2013	24
8	Inhibition of Salmonella Typhimurium by tannins in vitro Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Adele Costabile, Mary Degio, Ellen Schoites, I. Mueller‐Harvey, G. R. Gibson, Robert A. Rastall, Annett Klinder	2011	17
9	In vitro prebiotic evaluation of exopolysaccharides produced by marine isolated lactic acid bacteria Carbohydrate Polymers ·Tipparat Hongpattarakere, Annelis Leyva-Quiala, Santad Wichienchot, Sofía Kolida, Robert A. Rastall	2011	120
10	Manufacture of gluco-oligosaccharide prebiotic by Gluconobacter oxydans NCIMB 4943 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Santad Wichienchot, Poonsuk Prasertsan, Tipparat Hongpattarakere, Robert A. Rastall	2010	2
11	A double-blind, placebo controlled human study investigating the effects of coffee derived mannooligosaccharides on the faecal microbiota of a healthy adult population. CentAUR (University of Reading) ·Gemma Walton, Robert A. Rastall, Mina Martini, E. G. Lukyanova, R Jeffries, Glenn R. Gibson	2010	19
12	Oligosaccharide-Mediated Inhibition of the Adhesion of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains to Human Gut Epithelial Cells In Vitro Journal of Food Protection ·Jonathan Rhoades, Ciprian Duță, A. Y. Wells, Arland T. Hotchkiss, Glenn R. Gibson, P.FM. van Gaans, Michael Beer, Robert A. Rastall	2008	45
13	In vitro fermentation of oat and barley derived β-glucans by human faecal microbiota FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Simon Hughes, Peter R. Shewry, Glenn R. Gibson, Barry V. McCleary, Robert A. Rastall	2008	225
14	Prebiotics and resistance to gastrointestinal infections British Journal Of Nutrition ·Glenn R. Gibson, Anne L. McCartney, Robert A. Rastall	2005	212
15	Caseinoglycomacropeptide Inhibits Adhesion of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains to Human Cells in Culture Journal of Dairy Science ·Jonathan Rhoades, Glenn R. Gibson, P.FM. van Gaans, Michael Beer, Norman M. Greenberg, Robert A. Rastall	2005	27
16	When we eat, which bacteria should we be feeding? Frontiers in Pediatrics ·G.R. Gibson, Robert A. Rastall	2004	5
17	Synthesis of isomaltooligosaccharides and oligodextrans in a recycle membrane bioreactor by the combined use of dextransucrase and dextranase Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Athanasios Goulas, Julian M. Cooper, Alistair S. Grandison, Robert A. Rastall	2004	52
18	New Scientific Paradigms for Probiotics and Prebiotics Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology ·Gregor Reid, Mary Ellen Sanders, H. Rex Gaskins, Glenn R. Gibson, Annick Mercenier, Robert A. Rastall, Marcel Roberfroid, Ian Rowland, Christine Cherbut, Todd R. Klaenhammer	2003	365
19	The use of dead-end and cross-flow nanofiltration to purify prebiotic oligosaccharides from reaction mixtures Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ·S H Peery, Athanasios Goulas, Robert A. Rastall	2002	12
20	A study of dextran production from maltodextrin by cell suspensions of Gluconobacter oxydans NCIB 4943 Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Konstantinos C. Mountzouris, Steven G. Gilmour, Saeideh Milani, Robert A. Rastall	1999	18

About Robert A. Rastall

Robert A. Rastall is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science, Biotechnology, Endocrinology and Genetics, having authored 183 papers that have together received 15.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (105 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (80 papers), Gut microbiota and health (49 papers), Food composition and properties (36 papers), Digestive system and related health (32 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (27 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (17 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nutrition and Dietetics (7.8k citations), Food Science (6.3k citations), Biotechnology (1.6k citations), Gastroenterology (717 citations) and Molecular Biology (6.5k citations). Robert A. Rastall has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Glenn R. Gibson, Marcel Roberfroid, Jan Van Loo, Mary Ellen Sanders, Gregor Reid, Dimitris Charalampopoulos, Daniel Merenstein, M. Luz Sanz, Estíbaliz Olano-Martin and Sofía Kolida. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology and Carbohydrate Polymers.

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