Tim D. Spector

175.8k citations
724 papers · 53.5k · 17 hit papers · h-index 120

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Papers in

    • Gut microbiota and health 45
    • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies 34
    • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms 89
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies 34

Tim D. Spector

713 papers receiving 52.1k citations

Tim D. Spector's Hit Papers

Gut microbiome signatures of vegan, vegetarian and omnivore diets and associated health outcomes across 21,561 individuals 2025 · 56 citations
560+7+14Years since publication50010001.5k

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Tim D. Spector
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  • Rheumatology 8.5k
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4.5k
  • Aging 620
  • Physiology 6.8k
  • Biological Psychiatry 552
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Osteoarthritis: New Insights. Part 1: The Disease and Its Risk Factors
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20001920
2
Role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health
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20181668
3
The Effects of Strontium Ranelate on the Risk of Vertebral Fracture in Women with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
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20041177
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Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19
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2020855
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Genetic Determinants of the Gut Microbiome in UK Twins
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2016733
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Proton pump inhibitors alter the composition of the gut microbiota
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2015639
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Effect of Diet on the Gut Microbiota: Rethinking Intervention Duration
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2019584
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Predicting brain age with deep learning from raw imaging data results in a reliable and heritable biomarker
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2017540
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Genetic influences on osteoarthritis in women: a twin study
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1996522
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Interplay between the human gut microbiome and host metabolism
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2019514
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Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging of human liver
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2014504
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The fecal metabolome as a functional readout of the gut microbiome
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2018492
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A genome-wide perspective of genetic variation in human metabolism
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2009479
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Gut microbiota associations with common diseases and prescription medications in a population-based cohort
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2018428
16 2014426
17 1993413
18 2007396
19 1999393
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About Tim D. Spector

Tim D. Spector is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, Genetics, Physiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, having authored 724 papers that have together received 53.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (89 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (62 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (59 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (49 papers), Gut microbiota and health (45 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (34 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (34 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Rheumatology (8.5k citations), Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (4.5k citations), Aging (620 citations), Physiology (6.8k citations) and Biological Psychiatry (552 citations). Tim D. Spector has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Ana M. Valdes, Alex J. MacGregor, Deborah Hart, Harold Snieder, Jordana T. Bell, David Doyle, Cristina Menni, Claire J. Steves, Lynn Cherkas and Toby Andrew. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Twin Research and Human Genetics, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage and PLoS ONE.

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