| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | The estimation of protein degradability in the rumen from incubation measurements weighted according to rate of passage | Journal of Agricultural Science | 1979 | 3,347 |
| 2 | Polysaccharide utilization by gut bacteria: potential for new insights from genomic analysis | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2008 | 1,407 |
| 3 | Shotgun metagenomics, from sampling to analysis | Nature Biotechnology | 2017 | 1,196 |
| 4 | The microbiology of butyrate formation in the human colon | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2002 | 1,105 |
| 5 | Physiological role of adipose tissue: white adipose tissue as an endocrine and secretory organ | Proceedings of the Nutrition Society | 2001 | 968 |
| 6 | Commensal anaerobic gut bacteria attenuate inflammation by regulating nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling of PPAR-γ and RelA | Nature Immunology | 2004 | 952 |
| 7 | Methane production by ruminants: its contribution to global warming | Animal Research | 2000 | 920 |
| 8 | BOARD-INVITED REVIEW: Intrauterine growth retardation: Implications for the animal sciences1 | Journal of Animal Science | 2006 | 913 |
| 9 | Agonists of proteinase-activated receptor 2 induce inflammation by a neurogenic mechanism | Nature Medicine | 2000 | 909 |
| 10 | Lactate-Utilizing Bacteria, Isolated from Human Feces, That Produce Butyrate as a Major Fermentation Product | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2004 | 882 |
| 11 | Phylogenetic Relationships of Butyrate-Producing Bacteria from the Human Gut | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2000 | 817 |
| 12 | Reduced Dietary Intake of Carbohydrates by Obese Subjects Results in Decreased Concentrations of Butyrate and Butyrate-Producing Bacteria in Feces | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2007 | 795 |
| 13 | Direct enzymic detection of endogenous oxidative base damage in human lymphocyte DNA | Carcinogenesis | 1993 | 790 |
| 14 | Effect of sibutramine on weight maintenance after weight loss: a randomised trial | Lancet, The | 2000 | 790 |
| 15 | The single cell gel electrophoresis assay (comet assay): A European review | Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis | 1993 | 783 |
| 16 | Localization of leptin receptor mRNA and the long form splice variant (Ob‐Rb) in mouse hypothalamus and adjacent brain regions by in situ hybridization | FEBS Letters | 1996 | 750 |
| 17 | The glutathione peroxidases | Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences | 2001 | 740 |
| 18 | DNA methylation, insulin resistance, and blood pressure in offspring determined by maternal periconceptional B vitamin and methionine status | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2007 | 707 |
| 19 | Two Routes of Metabolic Cross-Feeding between Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Butyrate-Producing Anaerobes from the Human Gut | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2006 | 687 |
| 20 | Effect of inulin on the human gut microbiota: stimulation ofBifidobacterium adolescentisandFaecalibacterium prausnitzii | British Journal of Nutrition | 2009 | 675 |
| 21 | Fate and Transport of Antibiotic Residues and Antibiotic Resistance Genes following Land Application of Manure Waste | Journal of Environmental Quality | 2009 | 664 |
| 22 | Understanding the effects of diet on bacterial metabolism in the large intestine | Journal of Applied Microbiology | 2007 | 634 |
| 23 | Plant polyphenols in cancer and heart disease: implications as nutritional antioxidants | Nutrition Research Reviews | 2000 | 626 |
| 24 | A revised model for the estimation of protein degradability in the rumen | Journal of Agricultural Science | 1981 | 618 |
| 25 | A study of artificial fibre bag technique for determining the dig estibility of feeds in the rumen | Journal of Agricultural Science | 1977 | 602 |
| 26 | The kinetics of repair of oxidative DNA damage (strand breaks and oxidised pyrimidines) in human cells | Mutation Research DNA Repair | 1995 | 600 |
| 27 | pH and Peptide Supply Can Radically Alter Bacterial Populations and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Ratios within Microbial Communities from the Human Colon | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2005 | 596 |
| 28 | Melatonin receptors: Localization, molecular pharmacology and physiological significance | Neurochemistry International | 1994 | 582 |
| 29 | BOARD-INVITED REVIEW: Recent advances in biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids within the rumen microbial ecosystem1 | Journal of Animal Science | 2008 | 574 |
| 30 | The comet assay: what can it really tell us? | Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis | 1997 | 568 |
| 31 | Comet assay in human biomonitoring studies: Reliability, validation, and applications | Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis | 1997 | 555 |
| 32 | The relative contributions of vitamin C, carotenoids and phenolics to the antioxidant potential of fruit juices | Food Chemistry | 2000 | 547 |
| 33 | Socioeconomic determinants of health: The contribution of nutrition to inequalities in health | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1997 | 547 |
| 34 | Oxidative damage to DNA: do we have a reliable biomarker? | Environmental Health Perspectives | 1996 | 543 |
| 35 | Methods to evaluate fish freshness in research and industry | Trends in Food Science and Technology | 1997 | 520 |
| 36 | Interactions and competition within the microbial community of the human colon: links between diet and health | Environmental Microbiology | 2007 | 518 |
| 37 | The application of the anthrone reagent to the estimation of starch in cereals | Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture | 1956 | 515 |
| 38 | The use of visual analogue scales to assess motivation to eat in human subjects: a review of their reliability and validity with an evaluation of new hand-held computerized systems for temporal tracking of appetite ratings | British Journal of Nutrition | 2000 | 510 |
| 39 | Growth requirements and fermentation products of Fusobacterium prausnitzii, and a proposal to reclassify it as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii gen. nov., comb. nov. | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | 2002 | 479 |
| 40 | Quantitative analysis of the pyridinium crosslinks of collagen in urine using ion-paired reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography | Analytical Biochemistry | 1988 | 451 |
| 41 | Phenolic compounds, lycopene and antioxidant activity in commercial varieties of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) | Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture | 2002 | 445 |
| 42 | Leptin and leptin receptor mRNA and protein expression in the murine fetus and placenta | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1997 | 435 |
| 43 | Cannabinoids and Ghrelin Have Both Central and Peripheral Metabolic and Cardiac Effects via AMP-activated Protein Kinase | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2005 | 425 |
| 44 | Selenium in the Immune System | Journal of Nutrition | 2003 | 422 |
| 45 | GLUTAMINE METABOLISM IN LYMPHOCYTES: ITS BIOCHEMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology (Cambridge, England) | 1985 | 421 |
| 46 | Associative effects of mixed feeds. I. effects of type and level of supplementation and the influence of the rumen fluid pH on cellulolysis in vivo and dry matter digestion of various roughages | Animal Feed Science and Technology | 1983 | 419 |
| 47 | Evolution and ecology of antibiotic resistance genes | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2007 | 414 |
| 48 | Circulating leptin in women: a longitudinal study in the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy | Clinical Endocrinology | 1997 | 412 |
| 49 | Coexpression of Leptin Receptor and Preproneuropeptide Y mRNA in Arcuate Nucleus of Mouse Hypothalamus | Journal of Neuroendocrinology | 1996 | 406 |
| 50 | Establishing the background level of base oxidation in human lymphocyte DNA: results of an interlaboratory validation study | FASEB Journal | 2005 | 404 |
