Ruben A. Mars

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ruben A. Mars is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruben A. Mars has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Ruben A. Mars's work include Gut microbiota and health (13 papers), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). Ruben A. Mars is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (13 papers), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). Ruben A. Mars collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Ruben A. Mars's co-authors include Uwe Sauer, Purna Kashyap, Philipp Engel, Lucie Kešnerová, Kirsten Ellegaard, Emma L. Denham, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Daniel Schupack, Jithma P. Abeykoon and Sonja Blasche and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Ruben A. Mars

22 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Disentangling metabolic functions of bacteria in the honey bee gut

2017 271 citations Lucie Kešnerová, Ruben A. Mars et al. PLoS Biology profile →
Metabolic cooperation and spatiotemporal niche partitioning in a kefir microbial community

2021 209 citations Sonja Blasche, Yong‐Kyu Kim et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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Tulika Prakash India

Eugen Bauer Germany

Irene Stefanini Italy

Brendan A. Daisley Canada

Ji‐Hyun Yun South Korea

Mikhail Syromyatnikov Russia

Rikky W. Purbojati Singapore

Satoshi Kawahara Japan

Anran Wang China

Tulika Prakash India

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruben A. Mars

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nieto, Pamela A., Julian Trachsel, David Goad, et al.. (2025). Improving immune‐related health outcomes post‐cesarean birth with a gut microbiome‐based program: A randomized controlled trial. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 36(9). e70182–e70182.

Yang, Lu, Işın Y. Comba, Adam Edwinson, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal Changes in the Gut Microbiome of Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome After Campylobacter Infection are Associated With Proteolytic Activity. Gastro Hep Advances. 4(8). 100683–100683.

Comba, Işın Y., Tijs Louwies, Ruben A. Mars, et al.. (2025). Distinct human small intestinal microbiome communities underlie visceral hypersensitivity in a humanized mouse model. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(24).

Núñez, Harold, et al.. (2025). Early life gut microbiome and its impact on childhood health and chronic conditions. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2463567–2463567. 12 indexed citations

Ghozy, Sherief, Abdullah Reda, Wasantha Ranatunga, et al.. (2025). Metagenomic Insights into Microbial Signatures in Thrombi from Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Endovascular Treatment. Brain Sciences. 15(2). 157–157. 1 indexed citations

Comba, Işın Y., Ruben A. Mars, Lu Yang, et al.. (2024). 309 THE BASELINE GUT MICROBIOME OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO PREDICTING AND UNDERSTANDING THE HETEROGENEOUS NATURE OF LONG COVID. Gastroenterology. 166(5). S–66. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xiao, Tijs Louwies, Ruben A. Mars, & Purna Kashyap. (2024). The Human Microbiome—A Physiologic Perspective. Comprehensive physiology. 14(3). 5491–5519. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Xiao, Tijs Louwies, Ruben A. Mars, & Purna Kashyap. (2024). The Human Microbiome—A Physiologic Perspective. Comprehensive physiology. 14(3). 5491–5519. 2 indexed citations

Mars, Ruben A., et al.. (2024). The role of the gut microbiome in disorders of gut–brain interaction. FEBS Journal. 292(6). 1357–1377. 10 indexed citations

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Priya, Sambhawa, Michael B. Burns, Tonya Ward, et al.. (2022). Identification of shared and disease-specific host gene–microbiome associations across human diseases using multi-omic integration. Nature Microbiology. 7(6). 780–795. 94 indexed citations

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Quinn, Andrew, et al.. (2021). Niche partitioning facilitates coexistence of closely related honey bee gut bacteria. eLife. 10. 74 indexed citations

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Schupack, Daniel, et al.. (2021). The promise of the gut microbiome as part of individualized treatment strategies. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 19(1). 7–25. 122 indexed citations

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Mihindukulasuriya, Kathie A., Ruben A. Mars, Abigail J. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Multi-Omics Analyses Show Disease, Diet, and Transcriptome Interactions With the Virome. Gastroenterology. 161(4). 1194–1207.e8. 49 indexed citations

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Blasche, Sonja, Yong‐Kyu Kim, Ruben A. Mars, et al.. (2021). Metabolic cooperation and spatiotemporal niche partitioning in a kefir microbial community. Nature Microbiology. 6(2). 196–208. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mars, Ruben A., Sheila M. Manemann, Purna Kashyap, et al.. (2020). Impact of air quality on the gastrointestinal microbiome: A review. Environmental Research. 186. 109485–109485. 33 indexed citations

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Mars, Ruben A., et al.. (2020). Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and the Microbiome—What Is the Best Strategy for Moving Microbiome-based Therapies for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders into the Clinic?. Gastroenterology. 160(2). 538–555. 34 indexed citations

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Bhattarai, Yogesh, David R. Linden, Ruben A. Mars, et al.. (2020). Bacterially Derived Tryptamine Increases Mucus Release by Activating a Host Receptor in a Mouse Model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. iScience. 23(12). 101798–101798. 50 indexed citations

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Kešnerová, Lucie, et al.. (2017). Disentangling metabolic functions of bacteria in the honey bee gut. PLoS Biology. 15(12). e2003467–e2003467. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mars, Ruben A., et al.. (2015). The reduction in small ribosomal subunit abundance in ethanol-stressed cells of Bacillus subtilis is mediated by a SigB-dependent antisense RNA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1853(10). 2553–2559. 23 indexed citations

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Mars, Ruben A., Pierre Nicolas, M. Ciccolini, et al.. (2015). Small Regulatory RNA-Induced Growth Rate Heterogeneity of Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genetics. 11(3). e1005046–e1005046. 41 indexed citations

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