Will Van Treuren

13.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
20 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Will Van Treuren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Van Treuren has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Will Van Treuren's work include Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (4 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (4 papers). Will Van Treuren is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (4 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (4 papers). Will Van Treuren collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and South Africa. Will Van Treuren's co-authors include Rob Knight, Merete Eggesbø, Siddhartha Mandal, Shyamal D. Peddada, Richard White, Luke K. Ursell, Sophie Weiss, Jessica L. Metcalf, Justin L. Sonnenburg and Zhenjiang Zech Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Will Van Treuren

20 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Analysis of composition of microbiomes: a novel method fo... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2014 2016 2018 2015 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Analysis of composition of microbiomes: a novel method for studying microbial composition
    2015 1.4k citations Siddhartha Mandal, Will Van Treuren et al. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease profile →
  2. Longitudinal analysis of microbial interaction between humans and the indoor environment
    2014 633 citations Simon Lax, Daniel P. Smith et al. Science profile →
  3. Correlation detection strategies in microbial data sets vary widely in sensitivity and precision
    2016 542 citations Sophie Weiss, Will Van Treuren et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  4. A Gut Commensal-Produced Metabolite Mediates Colonization Resistance to Salmonella Infection
    2018 354 citations Amanda Jacobson, Lilian H. Lam et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  5. Subsistence strategies in traditional societies distinguish gut microbiomes
    2015 353 citations Alexandra J. Obregón-Tito, Raúl Y. Tito et al. Nature Communications profile →
  6. A metabolomics pipeline for the mechanistic interrogation of the gut microbiome
    2021 249 citations Shuo Han, Will Van Treuren et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Will Van Treuren United States 18 3.0k 800 737 736 548 20 5.0k
Gail Ackermann United States 30 2.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 652 0.9× 553 0.8× 369 0.7× 45 5.5k
Jessica L. Metcalf United States 34 3.2k 1.1× 920 1.1× 645 0.9× 741 1.0× 432 0.8× 76 5.5k
Justin Kuczynski United States 18 4.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 855 1.2× 786 1.1× 698 1.3× 18 6.5k
Tae Woong Whon South Korea 24 4.1k 1.4× 733 0.9× 1.2k 1.6× 740 1.0× 1.1k 1.9× 99 6.7k
Amnon Amir United States 29 4.1k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 751 1.0× 786 1.1× 474 0.9× 67 6.6k
John F. Baines Germany 44 3.2k 1.1× 672 0.8× 679 0.9× 671 0.9× 513 0.9× 104 6.2k
Min‐Soo Kim South Korea 36 3.9k 1.3× 1.4k 1.7× 1.2k 1.6× 713 1.0× 751 1.4× 162 6.5k
Carl J. Yeoman United States 36 2.9k 1.0× 553 0.7× 496 0.7× 643 0.9× 525 1.0× 78 5.3k
Falk Hildebrand United Kingdom 40 3.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 664 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 505 0.9× 83 6.3k
Jai Ram Rideout United States 15 3.1k 1.0× 1.6k 2.0× 578 0.8× 545 0.7× 610 1.1× 19 6.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ng, Katharine M., T. A. Hughes, Will Van Treuren, et al.. (2023). Single-strain behavior predicts responses to environmental pH and osmolality in the gut microbiota. mBio. 14(4). e0075323–e0075323. 19 indexed citations
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Guthrie, Leah, Sean P. Spencer, Dalia Perelman, et al.. (2022). Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes. Cell Host & Microbe. 30(6). 863–874.e4. 35 indexed citations
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Treuren, Will Van, et al.. (2022). Gut Microbiome Redox Sensors With Ultrasonic Wake-Up and Galvanic Coupling Wireless Links. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 70(1). 76–87. 3 indexed citations
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Han, Shuo, Will Van Treuren, Curt R. Fischer, et al.. (2021). A metabolomics pipeline for the mechanistic interrogation of the gut microbiome. Nature. 595(7867). 415–420. 249 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guo, Chun‐Jun, Breanna M. Allen, Kamir J. Hiam-Galvez, et al.. (2019). Depletion of microbiome-derived molecules in the host using Clostridium genetics. Science. 366(6471). 119 indexed citations
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Treuren, Will Van, Louai Labanieh, Bianca Cruz, et al.. (2019). Live imaging of Aiptasia larvae, a model system for coral and anemone bleaching, using a simple microfluidic device. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9275–9275. 11 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Amanda, Lilian H. Lam, Manohary Rajendram, et al.. (2018). A Gut Commensal-Produced Metabolite Mediates Colonization Resistance to Salmonella Infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 24(2). 296–307.e7. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Neilson, Julia W., Katy J. Califf, César Cardona, et al.. (2017). Significant Impacts of Increasing Aridity on the Arid Soil Microbiome. mSystems. 2(3). 170 indexed citations
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Weiss, Sophie, Will Van Treuren, Catherine Lozupone, et al.. (2016). Correlation detection strategies in microbial data sets vary widely in sensitivity and precision. The ISME Journal. 10(7). 1669–1681. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mandal, Siddhartha, Keith M. Godfrey, Daniel McDonald, et al.. (2016). Fat and vitamin intakes during pregnancy have stronger relations with a pro-inflammatory maternal microbiota than does carbohydrate intake. Microbiome. 4(1). 55–55. 114 indexed citations
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Kueneman, Jordan G., Douglas C. Woodhams, Will Van Treuren, et al.. (2015). Inhibitory bacteria reduce fungi on early life stages of endangered Colorado boreal toads ( Anaxyrus boreas ). The ISME Journal. 10(4). 934–944. 91 indexed citations
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Obregón-Tito, Alexandra J., Raúl Y. Tito, Jessica L. Metcalf, et al.. (2015). Subsistence strategies in traditional societies distinguish gut microbiomes. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6505–6505. 353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mandal, Siddhartha, Will Van Treuren, Richard White, et al.. (2015). Analysis of composition of microbiomes: a novel method for studying microbial composition. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease. 26(0). 27663–27663. 1425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mika, Agnieszka, Will Van Treuren, Antonio González, et al.. (2015). Exercise Is More Effective at Altering Gut Microbial Composition and Producing Stable Changes in Lean Mass in Juvenile versus Adult Male F344 Rats. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125889–e0125889. 157 indexed citations
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Treuren, Will Van, Loganathan Ponnusamy, R. Jory Brinkerhoff, et al.. (2015). Variation in the Microbiota of Ixodes Ticks with Regard to Geography, Species, and Sex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(18). 6200–6209. 153 indexed citations
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Lax, Simon, Daniel P. Smith, Jarrad Hampton‐Marcell, et al.. (2014). Longitudinal analysis of microbial interaction between humans and the indoor environment. Science. 345(6200). 1048–1052. 633 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ursell, Luke K., Henry J. Haiser, Will Van Treuren, et al.. (2014). The Intestinal Metabolome: An Intersection Between Microbiota and Host. Gastroenterology. 146(6). 1470–1476. 244 indexed citations
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Metcalf, Jessica L., Laura Wegener Parfrey, Antônio Paz González, et al.. (2013). A microbial clock provides an accurate estimate of the postmortem interval in a mouse model system. eLife. 2. e01104–e01104. 270 indexed citations
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Ponnusamy, Loganathan, Antonio González, Will Van Treuren, et al.. (2013). Diversity of Rickettsiales in the Microbiome of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(1). 354–359. 75 indexed citations
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Zaneveld, Jesse, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Will Van Treuren, et al.. (2011). Combined phylogenetic and genomic approaches for the high-throughput study of microbial habitat adaptation. Trends in Microbiology. 19(10). 472–482. 20 indexed citations

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