Ruth E. Ley

Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

Also affiliated with Innovation Cluster (Canada), Max Planck Institute for Biology, University of Tübingen

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineEnvironmental Science

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

51.6Author DataRank

Indexed papers

9in 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 9 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 36 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

Integrating sequence and array data to create an improved 1000 Genomes Project haplotype reference panel

Nature Communications(2014)10.1038/ncomms4934

Top 2%

8.3DataRank

Top 2%460 citations

Jonathan Marchini, Peter Donnelly, Gerton Lunter, Jonathan L. Marchini, Simon Myers +364 more

An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics

Cell(2018)10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.052

Top 2%

8.1DataRank

Top 2%3980 citations

Katherine A. Hoadley, Laila M. Poisson, Alexander J. Lazar, Andrew D. Cherniack, Albert J. Kovatich +866 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

Perspective on Oncogenic Processes at the End of the Beginning of Cancer Genomics

Cell(2018)10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.033

Top 3%

6.4DataRank

Top 3%447 citations

Matthew H. Bailey, Hoifung Poon, Vesteinn Thorsson, Antonio Colaprico, Andreas Bender +883 more

Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Nature(2020)10.1038/s41586-020-1969-6

Top 3%

5.9DataRank

Top 3%3307 citations

Lauri A. Aaltonen, Federico Abascal, Adam Abeshouse, Hiroyuki Aburatani, David J. Adams +1244 more

Machine Learning Detects Pan-cancer Ras Pathway Activation in The Cancer Genome Atlas

Cell Reports(2018)10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.046

N/A

5.5DataRank · unranked

186 citations

Francisco Sanchez-Vega, Konnor C. La, Joshua Armenia, Walid K. Chatila, Augustin Luna +869 more

Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes

Nature(2020)10.1038/s41586-020-1965-x

Top 5%

4.6DataRank

Top 5%668 citations

Federico Abascal, Jeremiah A. Wala, Ofer Shapira, Grace Tiao, Henrik Hornshøj +1240 more

Randomized Controlled-Feeding Study of Dietary Emulsifier Carboxymethylcellulose Reveals Detrimental Impacts on the Gut Microbiota and Metabolome

Gastroenterology(2021)10.1053/j.gastro.2021.11.006

N/A

4.1DataRank · unranked

317 citations

Charlene Compher, Brittaney Bonhomme, Qing Liu, Yuan Tian, William A. Walters +16 more

Codiversification of gut microbiota with humans

Science(2022)10.1126/science.abm7759

N/A

3.9DataRank · unranked

206 citations

J. Liam Fitzstevens, Victor T. Schmidt, Hagay Enav, Kelsey E. Huus, Mirabeau Mbong Ngwese +20 more

Large-Scale Metagenome Assembly Reveals Novel Animal-Associated Microbial Genomes, Biosynthetic Gene Clusters, and Other Genetic Diversity

mSystems(2020)10.1128/msystems.01045-20

Top 9%

2.3DataRank

Top 9%97 citations

Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga, Georg H. Reischer, Silke Dauser, Nathalie Schuster, Chris Walzer +4 more

An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest

Nature(2006)10.1038/nature05414

N/A

1.4DataRank · unranked

12327 citations

Ruth E. Ley, Michael A. Mahowald, Vincent Magrini, Elaine R. Mardis, Jeffrey I. Gordon +1 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

Human gut microbes associated with obesity

Nature(2006)10.1038/4441022a

N/A

1.4DataRank · unranked

8708 citations

Peter J. Turnbaugh, Samuel Klein, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Ruth E. Ley

Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

Nature(2011)10.1038/nature10166

N/A

1.3DataRank · unranked

8094 citations

Debra Bell, Andrew Berchuck, Michael J. Birrer, Jeremy Chien, D. W. Cramer +268 more

Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

Cell(2018)10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.035

N/A

1.2DataRank · unranked

3322 citations

Marco Mina, Joshua Armenia, Walid K. Chatila, Augustin Luna, Konnor C. La +891 more

Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders

Nature(2012)10.1038/nature11011

N/A

1.1DataRank · unranked

1794 citations

Yan Kou, Li Liu, Avi Ma’ayan, Kaitlin E. Samocha, Aniko Sabo +60 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

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

Author Correction: Cancer LncRNA Census reveals evidence for deep functional conservation of long noncoding RNAs in tumorigenesis

Communications Biology(2022)10.1038/s42003-022-03769-z

N/A

0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Lars Feuerbach, Chen Hong, David Mas-Ponte, Randi Istrup Pedersen, PCAWG Drivers and Functional Interpretation Group +1255 more

Human Intestinal Microbiome Determines Individualized Inflammatory Response to Dietary Emulsifier Carboxymethylcellulose Consumption

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology(2023)10.1016/j.jcmgh.2023.11.001

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Gary D. Wu, William A. Walters, Charlene Compher, Josephine Ni, Clara Delaroque +7 more

Stress-sensitive neural circuits change the gut microbiome via duodenal glands

Cell(2024)10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.019

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

110 citations

Matthew H. Perkins, Leonardo Santana Novaes, Qian Feng, Tong Zhang, Peter H. Neckel +5 more

A modified Michaelis-Menten equation estimates growth from birth to 3 years in healthy babies in the USA

BMC Medical Research Methodology(2024)10.1186/s12874-024-02145-1

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Catherine Ley, Trevor Hastie, Ruth E. Ley, Julie Parsonnet, William A. Walters

Dietary fat disrupts a commensal-host lipid network that promotes metabolic health

Cell Metabolism(2025)10.1016/j.cmet.2025.10.007

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Darci Ott, Trevor S. Tippetts, Rebekah J Nicolson, Sean M. Tatum, Kaylyn M. Bauer +14 more

Author Correction: Combined burden and functional impact tests for cancer driver discovery using DriverPower

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-32343-8

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

PCAWG Drivers and Functional Interpretation Working Group, Federico Abascal, Samirkumar B. Amin, Pratiti Bandopadhayay, Rameen Beroukhim +1242 more

Sphingolipids produced by gut bacteria enter host metabolic pathways impacting ceramide levels

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-16274-w

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

364 citations

Stacey L. Heaver, Jillian L. Waters, Benjamin I. Kim, Alexis Bretin, Andrew L. Goodman +4 more

The microbiome affects liver sphingolipids and plasma fatty acids in a murine model of the Western diet based on soybean oil

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.09.03.281626

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Elizabeth L. Johnson, Jillian L. Waters, Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Juliet Jacobson, Peter Lawrence +5 more

Strain-level analysis of Bifidobacterium spp . from gut microbiomes of adults of differing lactase persistence genotypes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.07.16.207811

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Hagay Enav, Timothy D. Spector, Nicholas D. Youngblut, Ruth E. Ley, Victor T. Schmidt

Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/w03e-5q36

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Julien Tremblay, Jeffery L. Dangl, Stephanie Malfatti, R. C. Edgar, Derek S. Lundberg +11 more

Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/z1ym-1m42

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Bryan Rangel Alvarez, Freddy Monteiro, Tanja Woyke, Scott Clingenpeel, Vittorio Venturi +24 more

The microbiome affects liver sphingolipids and plasma fatty acids in a murine model of the Western diet based on soybean oil

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry(2021)10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108808

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Elizabeth L. Johnson, Jillian L. Waters, Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Juliet Jacobson, Peter Lawrence +5 more

Characterization of inositol lipid metabolism in gut-associated Bacteroidetes

Nature Microbiology(2022)10.1038/s41564-022-01152-6

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

47 citations

Henry H. Le, Peijun Tang, Arnaud Baslé, Claudia Mirretta Barone, Dai Long Vu +6 more

Longitudinal comparison of the developing gut virome in infants and their mothers

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.05.13.491764

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Catherine Ley, William A. Walters, Scot Federman, Yale Santos, Thomas D. Haggerty +6 more

Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies

Nature(2023)10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

364 citations

Marcus C. de Goffau, María Elisa Pérez-Muñoz, Marie‐Claire Arrieta, Fredrik Bäckhed, Peer Bork +41 more

Longitudinal comparison of the developing gut virome in infants and their mothers

Cell Host & Microbe(2023)10.1016/j.chom.2023.01.003

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

53 citations

Andrea Granados, Catherine Ley, Scot Federman, Doug Stryke, Yale Santos +7 more

Psyllium Fiber Protects Against Colitis Via Activation of Bile Acid Sensor Farnesoid X Receptor

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology(2023)10.1016/j.jcmgh.2023.02.007

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

46 citations

Jun Zou, Beng San Yeoh, Vu L. Ngo, Shawn Winer, Daniel A. Winer +9 more

Ruth E. Ley

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