Rob Knight

The Litlas record for Rob Knight includes 749 papers and 425,080 citations.

Active 1986–2025
749
Papers
425,080
Citations
254
h-index
703
i10-index

Citations

Citations per year for Rob Knight1966: 2 citations1971: 1 citations1976: 1 citations1979: 12 citations1984: 2 citations1986: 11 citations1989: 10 citations1990: 6 citations1992: 9 citations1994: 7 citations1995: 16 citations1996: 5 citations1997: 2 citations1998: 4 citations1999: 5 citations2000: 22 citations2001: 34 citations2002: 28 citations2003: 29 citations2004: 35 citations2005: 40 citations2006: 94 citations2007: 158 citations2008: 353 citations2009: 607 citations2010: 1,267 citations2011: 1,945 citations2012: 3,029 citations2013: 3,998 citations2014: 4,962 citations2015: 6,121 citations2016: 7,278 citations2017: 7,800 citations2018: 7,811 citations2019: 18,217 citations2020: 20,551 citations2021: 19,853 citations2022: 16,587 citations2023: 11,732 citations2024: 16,642 citations2025: 10,079 citations2026: 798 citations1967–1970: no citations, so these years are not shown1972–1975: no citations, so these years are not shown1977–1978: no citations, so these years are not shown1980–1983: no citations, so these years are not shown1985: no citations, so this year is not shown1987–1988: no citations, so these years are not shown1991: no citations, so this year is not shown1993: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 25,295 citing papers, 21.7% of this breakdownChina: 21,679 citing papers, 18.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 5,596 citing papers, 4.8% of this breakdownGermany: 4,976 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownCanada: 3,986 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownItaly: 3,803 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownFrance: 3,670 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownAustralia: 3,557 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownSpain: 3,232 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 2,875 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownJapan: 2,452 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 1,936 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownIndia: 1,901 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdownDenmark: 1,782 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdownSweden: 1,780 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 1,768 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdownBrazil: 1,545 citing papers, 1.3% of this breakdownBelgium: 1,445 citing papers, 1.3% of this breakdownIreland: 1,295 citing papers, 1.1% of this breakdownHong Kong: 1,140 citing papers, 1% of this breakdownAustria: 1,101 citing papers, 1% of this breakdownFinland: 1,060 citing papers, 0.9% of this breakdownIsrael: 927 citing papers, 0.8% of this breakdownPoland: 910 citing papers, 0.8% of this breakdownNorway: 892 citing papers, 0.8% of this breakdownPortugal: 713 citing papers, 0.6% of this breakdownNew Zealand: 711 citing papers, 0.6% of this breakdownRussia: 696 citing papers, 0.6% of this breakdownTaiwan: 681 citing papers, 0.6% of this breakdownSaudi Arabia: 673 citing papers, 0.6% of this breakdownMexico: 660 citing papers, 0.6% of this breakdownCzechia: 639 citing papers, 0.6% of this breakdownSingapore: 598 citing papers, 0.5% of this breakdownSouth Africa: 596 citing papers, 0.5% of this breakdownIran: 517 citing papers, 0.5% of this breakdownGreece: 486 citing papers, 0.4% of this breakdownEgypt: 451 citing papers, 0.4% of this breakdownThailand: 413 citing papers, 0.4% of this breakdownChile: 399 citing papers, 0.4% of this breakdownTürkiye: 385 citing papers, 0.3% of this breakdownPakistan: 370 citing papers, 0.3% of this breakdownMalaysia: 339 citing papers, 0.3% of this breakdownRomania: 329 citing papers, 0.3% of this breakdownColombia: 248 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownEstonia: 243 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownArgentina: 242 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownHungary: 239 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownBangladesh: 220 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownUnited Arab Emirates: 191 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownIndonesia: 182 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownPuerto Rico: 163 citing papers, 0.2% of this breakdownKenya: 157 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownMacao: 156 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownNigeria: 155 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownSlovakia: 135 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownLuxembourg: 131 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownCroatia: 127 citing papers, 0.1% of this 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breakdownLebanon: 55 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownUruguay: 55 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownIraq: 53 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownBelarus: 52 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownJordan: 51 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownMalawi: 50 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownTunisia: 50 citing papers, 0.1% of this breakdownNepal: 46 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownBotswana: 42 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownVenezuela: 40 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownIceland: 39 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownKuwait: 39 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownLatvia: 36 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownCameroon: 35 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMadagascar: 34 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownBurkina Faso: 33 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownGambia: 33 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownZimbabwe: 32 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownCuba: 29 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownAlgeria: 27 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownZambia: 27 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownOman: 26 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownFrench Polynesia: 25 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownAlbania: 24 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownBosnia & Herzegovina: 24 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownSt. Kitts & Nevis: 24 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownCôte d’Ivoire: 23 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMali: 23 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownRwanda: 23 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownNorth Macedonia: 22 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMalta: 22 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownSenegal: 22 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownSudan: 21 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownAzerbaijan: 19 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownArmenia: 18 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownBenin: 18 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownYemen: 18 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMyanmar (Burma): 17 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownCambodia: 16 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownNew Caledonia: 16 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownFiji: 15 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownGuatemala: 15 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMoldova: 15 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMontenegro: 15 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownPalestinian Territories: 14 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownParaguay: 14 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownUzbekistan: 14 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownCongo - Kinshasa: 13 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownGuam: 13 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMozambique: 13 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownSyria: 13 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownBolivia: 12 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownAntigua & Barbuda: 11 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownCuraçao: 11 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownGrenada: 11 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMongolia: 11 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMauritius: 11 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownNicaragua: 11 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownGeorgia: 10 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownNamibia: 10 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownCentral African Republic: 9 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownHonduras: 9 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownSeychelles: 9 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownMonaco: 8 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownNiger: 8 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownTrinidad & Tobago: 8 citing papers, less than 0.1% of this breakdownBahrain: 7 citing papers, less than 0.1% of 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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.6%
  • Medicine19.8%
  • Environmental Science11.4%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.6%
  • Immunology and Microbiology4.2%
  • Nursing2.4%
  • Other8%

Topics

  • Gut microbiota and health17.2%
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology3.5%
  • Diet and metabolism studies3.3%
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research3.3%
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods2.9%
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies2.6%
  • Other67.2%

Coauthors

Selected research

  1. Defining seasonal marine microbial community dynamics
  2. Supervised classification of human microbiota
  3. The Long-Term Stability of the Human Gut Microbiota
  4. Large-scale replicated field study of maize rhizosphere identifies heritable microbes
  5. Examining the global distribution of dominant archaeal populations in soil
  6. Global biogeography of highly diverse protistan communities in soil

All papers

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  1. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Methods 2010 cited by 36,341

  2. Multi-omics of the gut microbial ecosystem in inflammatory bowel diseases

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Jess L. Kaplan, Hamed Khalili, Lauren J. McIver, Christopher J. Moran, Long Nguyen, Kerry A. Pierce, Randall Schwager, Alexandra Sirota-Madi, Betsy W. Stevens, William Tan, Johanna J. ten Hoeve, George Weingart, Robin G. Wilson, Vijay Yajnik, Jonathan Braun, Lee A. Denson, Janet K. Jansson, Rob Knight, Subra Kugathasan, Dermot P. B. McGovern, Joseph F. Petrosino, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, Harland S. Winter, Clary B. Clish, Eric A. Franzosa, Hera Vlamakis, Ramnik J. Xavier, Curtis Huttenhower - Nature 2019 cited by 3,340

  3. Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin

    Authors: , , , , , , , - Microbiome 2018 cited by 6,258

  4. Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2012 cited by 8,097

  5. Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Cell 2016 cited by 3,698

  6. Diversity, stability and resilience of the human gut microbiota

    Authors: , , , , - Nature 2012 cited by 5,750

  7. UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

    Authors: , , , , - Bioinformatics, Bioinform. 2011 cited by 15,726

  8. Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample

    Authors: , , , , , , , - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2010 cited by 10,238

  9. Linking Long-Term Dietary Patterns with Gut Microbial Enterotypes

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2011 cited by 6,719

  10. Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Biotechnology 2013 cited by 9,519

  11. The microbiome and human cancer

    Authors: , , , , , - Science 2021 cited by 1,343

  12. The Human Microbiome Project

    Authors: , , , , , - Nature 2007 cited by 6,262

  13. Current understanding of the human microbiome

    Authors: , , , , , - Nature Medicine 2018 cited by 2,724

  14. Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , - The ISME Journal 2012 cited by 9,285

  15. Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Scott W. Tighe, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Wen‐Tso Liu, Brett J. Baker, Thomas Rattei, Jonathan A. Eisen, Brian P. Hedlund, Katherine D. McMahon, Noah Fierer, Rob Knight, ROBERT FINN, Guy R. Cochrane, Ilene Karsch‐Mizrachi, Gene W Tyson, Christian Rinke, Alla L Lapidus, Folker Meyer, Pelin Yilmaz, Donovan H. Parks, A. Murat Eren, Lynn M. Schriml, Jillian F. Banfield, Philip Hugenholtz, Tanja Woyke - Nature Biotechnology 2017 cited by 2,869

  16. A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2008 cited by 7,986

  17. UniFrac: a New Phylogenetic Method for Comparing Microbial Communities

    Authors: , - Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2005 cited by 8,691

  18. The Treatment-Naive Microbiome in New-Onset Crohn’s Disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Rob Knight, Ramnik J. Xavier - Cell Host & Microbe 2014 cited by 3,362

  19. Obesity alters gut microbial ecology

    Authors: , , , , , - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2005 cited by 6,243

  20. Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns

    Authors: , , , , , , - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2010 cited by 4,819

  21. The Impact of the Gut Microbiota on Human Health: An Integrative View

    Authors: , , , - Cell 2012 cited by 3,825

  22. Gut Microbiota from Twins Discordant for Obesity Modulate Metabolism in Mice

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2013 cited by 3,881

  23. GABA-modulating bacteria of the human gut microbiota

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Microbiology 2018 cited by 1,206

  24. The gut–liver axis and the intersection with the microbiome

    Authors: , , , , , , - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2018 cited by 1,490