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Allan B. Becker

Allan B. Becker

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
90
Citations
29770
World Ranking
1074
National Ranking
20

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
29794
World Ranking
12207
National Ranking
493

Allan B. Becker publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Allan B. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 464 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Allan B. Becker D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Allan B. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Allan B. Becker is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on areas including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Allergy, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their research prominently addresses topics related to gut microbiota and health, asthma and respiratory diseases, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, breastfeeding practices and influences, neonatal respiratory health research, and infant health and development.

Frequent publication venues for Becker include the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Gut Microbes, Allergy, and Cell Reports Medicine.

Notable frequent coauthors in their research network include Piush J. Mandhane, Theo J. Moraes, Padmaja Subbarao, Stuart E. Turvey, and Malcolm R. Sears.

Among Becker's recent papers are:

  • Breastmilk Feeding Practices Are Associated with the Co-Occurrence of Bacteria in Mothers' Milk and the Infant Gut: the CHILD Cohort Study (2020, Cell Host & Microbe)
  • Decreasing antibiotic use, the gut microbiota, and asthma incidence in children: evidence from population-based and prospective cohort studies (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Bacteroides-dominant gut microbiome of late infancy is associated with enhanced neurodevelopment (2021, Gut Microbes)
  • Delayed gut microbiota maturation in the first year of life is a hallmark of pediatric allergic disease (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Breastfeeding enrichment of B. longum subsp. infantis mitigates the effect of antibiotics on the microbiota and childhood asthma risk (2023, Med)

Best Publications

  • Early infancy microbial and metabolic alterations affect risk of childhood asthma

    Marie-Claire Arrieta;Leah T. Stiemsma;Pedro A. Dimitriu;Lisa Thorson

  • Gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months

    Meghan B. Azad;Theodore Konya;Heather Maughan;David S. Guttman

  • A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control.

    Helen K. Reddel;Eric D. Bateman;Allan Becker;Louis-Philippe Boulet

  • Montelukast for Chronic Asthma in 6- to 14-Year-Old Children A Randomized, Double-blind Trial

    Barbara Knorr;Jonathan Matz;Jonathan A. Bernstein;Ha Nguyen

  • Impact of maternal intrapartum antibiotics, method of birth and breastfeeding on gut microbiota during the first year of life: a prospective cohort study.

    MB Azad;MB Azad;T Konya;RR Persaud;DS Guttman

  • Canadian asthma consensus report, 1999

    L P Boulet;A Becker;D Bérubé;R Beveridge

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Composition and Variation of the Human Milk Microbiota Are Influenced by Maternal and Early-Life Factors

    Shirin Moossavi;Shadi Sepehri;Bianca Robertson;Lars Bode

  • Infant gut microbiota and food sensitization: associations in the first year of life.

    M. B. Azad;T. Konya;D. S. Guttman;C. J. Field

  • Treatment of allergic rhinitis with intranasal corticosteroids in patients with mild asthma: Effect on lower airway responsiveness

    W. T. A. Watson;A. B. Becker;F. E. R. Simons

  • Global strategy for the diagnosis and management of asthma in children 5 years and younger.

    Soren Erik Pedersen;Suzanne S. Hurd;Robert F. Lemanske;Allan Becker

  • GINA 2019: a fundamental change in asthma management: Treatment of asthma with short-acting bronchodilators alone is no longer recommended for adults and adolescents

    Helen K Reddel;J Mark FitzGerald;Eric D Bateman;Leonard B Bacharier

  • Increased Risk of Childhood Asthma From Antibiotic Use in Early Life

    Anita L. Kozyrskyj;Pierre Ernst;Allan B. Becker

  • Infant gut microbiota and the hygiene hypothesis of allergic disease: impact of household pets and siblings on microbiota composition and diversity.

    Meghan B Azad;Theodore Konya;Heather Maughan;David S Guttman

  • Canadian Asthma Consensus Report, 1999. Canadian Asthma Consensus Group.

    L P Boulet;A Becker;D Bérubé;R Beveridge

  • Exposure to household furry pets influences the gut microbiota of infants at 3–4 months following various birth scenarios

    Hein M. Tun;Theodore Konya;Tim K. Takaro;Jeffrey R. Brook

  • The Canadian Childhood Asthma Primary Prevention Study: outcomes at 7 years of age.

    Moira Chan-Yeung;Alexander Ferguson;Wade Watson;Helen Dimich-Ward

  • Screen-time is associated with inattention problems in preschoolers: Results from the CHILD birth cohort study

    Sukhpreet K. Tamana;Victor Ezeugwu;Joyce Chikuma;Diana L. Lefebvre

  • Roles of Birth Mode and Infant Gut Microbiota in Intergenerational Transmission of Overweight and Obesity From Mother to Offspring

    Hein M. Tun;Sarah L. Bridgman;Radha Chari;Catherine J. Field

  • Breastmilk Feeding Practices Are Associated with the Co-Occurrence of Bacteria in Mothers' Milk and the Infant Gut: the CHILD Cohort Study.

    Kelsey Fehr;Kelsey Fehr;Shirin Moossavi;Shirin Moossavi;Shirin Moossavi;Hind Sbihi;Rozlyn C.T. Boutin

  • Adult Asthma Consensus Guidelines Update 2003

    Catherine Lemière;Tony Bai;Meyer Balter;Charles Bayliff

  • Canadian Thoracic Society Asthma Management Continuum--2010 Consensus Summary for children six years of age and over, and adults.

    M Diane Lougheed;Catherine Lemière;Sharon D Dell;Francine M Ducharme

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita L. Kozyrskyj
Anita L. Kozyrskyj University of Alberta
Malcolm R. Sears
Malcolm R. Sears McMaster University
Stuart E. Turvey
Stuart E. Turvey University of British Columbia
Moira Chan-Yeung
Moira Chan-Yeung University of British Columbia
Catherine J. Field
Catherine J. Field University of Alberta
Kent T. HayGlass
Kent T. HayGlass University of Manitoba
David S. Guttman
David S. Guttman University of Toronto
Catherine Laprise
Catherine Laprise Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia
Andrew J. Sandford
Andrew J. Sandford University of British Columbia

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