# Rob Knight

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/rob-knight/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 461,783 |
| Field | Gut microbiota and health |
| h-index | 257 |
| i10-index | 958 |
| Last Known Institution | UC San Diego Health System |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5033881627 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-9019 |
| Works | 1,788 |

## Researcher papers

- [Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-scale-association-analyses-identify-host-factors-influencing-human-gut/)
- [RETRACTED ARTICLE: Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancerdiagnostic approach](https://scholariq.org/papers/retracted-article-microbiome-analyses-of-blood-and-tissues-suggest/)
- [Regional variation limits applications of healthy gut microbiome reference ranges and disease models](https://scholariq.org/papers/regional-variation-limits-applications-of-healthy-gut-microbiome-reference/)
- [Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania](https://scholariq.org/papers/seasonal-cycling-in-the-gut-microbiome-of-the-hadza-hunter-gatherers-of-tanzania/)
- [American Gut: an Open Platform for Citizen Science Microbiome Research](https://scholariq.org/papers/american-gut-an-open-platform-for-citizen-science-microbiome-research/)
- [Pan-cancer analyses reveal cancer-type-specific fungal ecologies and bacteriome interactions](https://scholariq.org/papers/pan-cancer-analyses-reveal-cancer-type-specific-fungal-ecologies-and-bacteriome/)
- [Farm-like indoor microbiota in non-farm homes protects children from asthma development](https://scholariq.org/papers/farm-like-indoor-microbiota-in-non-farm-homes-protects-children-from-asthma/)
- [Gut Microbiota Offers Universal Biomarkers across Ethnicity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Diagnosis and Infliximab Response Prediction](https://scholariq.org/papers/gut-microbiota-offers-universal-biomarkers-across-ethnicity-in-inflammatory/)
- [Baseline survey of the anatomical microbial ecology of an important food plant: Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)](https://scholariq.org/papers/baseline-survey-of-the-anatomical-microbial-ecology-of-an-important-food-plant/)
- [IL-4Rα Blockade by Dupilumab Decreases Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Increases Microbial Diversity in Atopic Dermatitis](https://scholariq.org/papers/il-4r-blockade-by-dupilumab-decreases-staphylococcus-aureus-colonization-and/)
- [PyCogent: a toolkit for making sense from sequence](https://scholariq.org/papers/pycogent-a-toolkit-for-making-sense-from-sequence/)

## Researcher topics

- [Gut microbiota and health](https://scholariq.org/topics/gut-microbiota-and-health/)
- [Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/genomics-and-phylogenetic-studies/)
- [Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/microbial-community-ecology-and-physiology/)
- [Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/metabolomics-and-mass-spectrometry-studies/)
- [Diet and metabolism studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/diet-and-metabolism-studies/)

## Researcher university

- [UC San Diego Health System](https://scholariq.org/institutions/uc-san-diego-health-system/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.