Dan Knights

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 1%percentile

15.9Author DataRank

Indexed papers

3in pilot corpus

datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 3 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

A framework for human microbiome research

Nature(2012)10.1038/nature11209

Top 2%

8.4DataRank

Top 2%2766 citations

Barbara A. Methé, William Nelson, Mihai Pop, Heather H. Creasy, Michelle Giglio +236 more

Papers

Driven by 30 papers — median percentile 97. Top paper: “A framework for human microbiome research”.

A framework for human microbiome research

Nature(2012)10.1038/nature11209

Top 2%

8.4DataRank

Top 2%2766 citations

Barbara A. Methé, William Nelson, Mihai Pop, Heather H. Creasy, Michelle Giglio +236 more

Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications

Nature Biotechnology(2011)10.1038/nbt.1823

Top 3%

6.9DataRank

Top 3%815 citations

Renzo Kottmann, Dawn Field, Rob Knight, James R. Cole, Linda Amaral-Zettler +112 more

Effects of Diet-Modulated Autologous Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Weight Regain

Gastroenterology(2020)10.1053/j.gastro.2020.08.041

N/A

3.7DataRank · unranked

193 citations

Ilan Youngster, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Gal Tsaban, Hila Zelicha, Alon Kaplan +18 more

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

Nature(2012)10.1038/nature11234

N/A

1.4DataRank · unranked

10088 citations

Curtis Huttenhower, Dirk Gevers, Rob Knight, Sahar Abubucker, Jonathan H. Badger +235 more

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

Nature Biotechnology(2013)10.1038/nbt.2676

N/A

1.4DataRank · unranked

9259 citations

Jesse Zaneveld, J. Gregory Caporaso, Daniel McDonald, Dan Knights, Joshua A Reyes +8 more

Linking Long-Term Dietary Patterns with Gut Microbial Enterotypes

Science(2011)10.1126/science.1208344

N/A

1.3DataRank · unranked

6514 citations

Jun Chen, Christian Hoffmann, Kyle Bittinger, Ying-Yu Chen, Sue A. Keilbaugh +14 more

Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist

Nature Medicine(2021)10.1038/s41591-021-01552-x

N/A

0.918DataRank · unranked

454 citations

Audrey Renson, Genomic Standards Consortium, Cesare Furlanello, Shaimaa Elsafoury, Ludwig Geistlinger +98 more

Successful weight regain attenuation by autologous fecal microbiota transplantation is associated with non-core gut microbiota changes during weight loss; randomized controlled trial

Gut Microbes(2023)10.1080/19490976.2023.2264457

N/A

0.696DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Ehud Rinott, Gal Tsaban, Alon Kaplan, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Hila Zelicha +17 more

The “Minimum Information about an ENvironmental Sequence” (MIENS) specification

Nature Precedings(2010)10.1038/npre.2010.5252.2

Top 30%

0.654DataRank

Top 30%9 citations

Pelin Yilmaz, Renzo Kottmann, Dawn Field, Rob Knight, James Cole +100 more

Human cytomegalovirus in breast milk is associated with milk composition and the infant gut microbiome and growth

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-50282-4

N/A

0.507DataRank · unranked

16 citations

Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado, Mark Blackstad, Timothy Heisel, Mattea Allert, David A. Fields +11 more

The “Minimum Information about an ENvironmental Sequence” (MIENS) specification

Nature Precedings(2010)10.1038/npre.2010.5252

N/A

0.276DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Pelin Yilmaz, Renzo Kottmann, Dawn Field, Rob Knight, James Cole +100 more

Hmong microbiome ANd Gout, Obesity, Vitamin C (HMANGO-C): A phase II clinical study protocol

PLoS ONE(2023)10.1371/journal.pone.0279830

N/A

0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Kathleen A. Culhane‐Pera, Shannon Pergament, Yeng Moua, Bai Vue, Toua Yang +5 more

Human Cytomegalovirus in breast milk is associated with milk composition, the infant gut microbiome, and infant growth

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.19.549370

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Timothy Heisel, David A. Fields, Elvira Isganaitis, Katherine M. Jacobs, Dan Knights +8 more

Human milk variation is shaped by maternal genetics and impacts the infant gut microbiome

Cell Genomics(2024)10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100638

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

27 citations

Timothy Heisel, Mattea Allert, Annalee Fürst, Nikhila Yerabandi, Dan Knights +10 more

Maternal oral probiotic use is associated with decreased breastmilk inflammatory markers, infant fecal microbiome variation, and altered recognition memory responses in infants—a pilot observational study

Frontiers in Nutrition(2024)10.3389/fnut.2024.1456111

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Timothy Heisel, Neely C. Miller, Jacob L. Haapala, Lisa Harnack, Michael Georgieff +8 more

Assembly of the infant gut microbiome and resistome are linked to bacterial strains in mother’s milk

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.01.28.577594

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Mattea Allert, Kelsey E. Johnson, Marco Rossi, Timothy Heisel, Sara Gonia +7 more

Assembly of the infant gut microbiome and resistome are linked to bacterial strains in mother’s milk

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-66497-y

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Mattea Allert, Kelsey E. Johnson, Marco Rossi, Timothy Heisel, Sara Gonia +7 more

A Randomized Pilot Study of Time-Restricted Eating Shows Minimal Microbiome Changes

Nutrients(2025)10.3390/nu17010185

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Alison Alvear, Dan Knights, Lisa S. Chow, A. Bantle, Abigail J. Johnson

Shared environments can facilitate microbial transmission and alter metabolic outcomes

Gut Microbes(2025)10.1080/19490976.2025.2562345

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Suzie Hoops, Lisa Till, Pajau Vangay, Stephen Johnson, Xiao Yang +6 more

A Guide to Diet-Microbiome Study Design

Frontiers in Nutrition(2020)10.3389/fnut.2020.00079

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

155 citations

Jack Jingyuan Zheng, Jea Woo Kang, Anna Saboe, Dan Knights, Angela M. Zivkovic +1 more

A Potential Role for Stress-Induced Microbial Alterations in IgA-Associated Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea

Cell Reports Medicine(2020)10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100124

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

71 citations

Kathryn A. Knoop, Arvind Rengarajan, Jiani Chai, Jose G. Grajales‐Reyes, Vijay K. Samineni +12 more

SHOGUN: a modular, accurate and scalable framework for microbiome quantification

Bioinformatics(2020)10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa277

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

64 citations

Gabriel A. Al‐Ghalith, Robin Shields‐Cutler, Qiyun Zhu, Rob Knight, Dan Knights +1 more

Obesity induces gut microbiota alterations and augments acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Science Translational Medicine(2020)10.1126/scitranslmed.aay7713

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

50 citations

Catherine T. Le, Chien-Chun Steven Pai, Robin Shields‐Cutler, Shernan G. Holtan, Armin Rashidi +22 more

Wild primate microbiomes prevent weight gain in germ-free mice

Animal Microbiome(2020)10.1186/s42523-020-00033-9

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Gabriel A. Al‐Ghalith, Robin Shields‐Cutler, Tonya Ward, Abigail J. Johnson, Pajau Vangay +6 more

Sex Bias in Gut Microbiome Transmission in Newly Paired Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

mSystems(2020)10.1128/msystems.00910-19

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

36 citations

Jonathan B. Clayton, Mallory J. Van Haute, Qinnan Yang, Haley R. Hassenstab, Aaryn C. Mustoe +4 more

Multi-Omics Analyses Show Disease, Diet, and Transcriptome Interactions With the Virome

Gastroenterology(2021)10.1053/j.gastro.2021.06.077

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

72 citations

Ruben A. Mars, Abigail J. Johnson, Tonya Ward, Sambhawa Priya, Heather Lekatz +10 more

Shared and disease-specific host gene-microbiome interactions across human diseases

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.03.29.437589

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Michael B. Burns, Tonya Ward, Ruben A. Mars, Elizabeth M. Adamowicz, Eric F. Lock +4 more

Identification of shared and disease-specific host gene–microbiome associations across human diseases using multi-omic integration

Nature Microbiology(2022)10.1038/s41564-022-01121-z

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

177 citations

Michael B. Burns, Tonya Ward, Ruben A. Mars, Elizabeth M. Adamowicz, Eric F. Lock +4 more

Bacterial, fungal, and interkingdom microbiome features of exclusively breastfeeding dyads are associated with infant age, antibiotic exposure, and birth mode

Frontiers in Microbiology(2022)10.3389/fmicb.2022.1050574

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Abigail J. Johnson, Sara Gonia, Abrielle Dillon, Emily Skalla, Jacob L. Haapala +8 more

LMdist: Local Manifold distance accurately measures beta diversity in ecological gradients

Bioinformatics(2023)10.1093/bioinformatics/btad727

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Dan Knights, Suzie Hoops

Dan Knights

Indexed papers

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Papers