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D-Index
84
Citations
22442
World Ranking
944
National Ranking
23

Bruce A. Vallance publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce A. Vallance sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 280 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Bruce A. Vallance D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce A. Vallance sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bruce A. Vallance is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research work primarily intersects the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions to molecular biology, genetics, immunology, infectious diseases, and surgery.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics including gut microbiota and health, inflammatory bowel disease, probiotics and fermented foods, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, microscopic colitis, immune cell function and interaction, and Escherichia coli research studies.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Bruce A. Vallance include:

  • "Gut Microbiota as a Trigger for Metabolic Inflammation in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes," 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Severe COVID-19 Infection and Pediatric Comorbidities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Increased Intestinal Permeability Is Associated With Later Development of Crohn's Disease," 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "Novel Fecal Biomarkers That Precede Clinical Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis," 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "Pathobionts in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Origins, Underlying Mechanisms, and Implications for Clinical Care," 2023, Gastroenterology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Vallance include:

  • Kevan Jacobson
  • Joannie M. Allaire
  • Anne M. Griffiths
  • Shauna M. Crowley
  • Kenneth Croitoru

Bruce A. Vallance has published extensively in several venues, particularly:

  • Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gastroenterology
  • Gut Microbes
  • PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • The Intestinal Epithelium: Central Coordinator of Mucosal Immunity.

    Joannie M. Allaire;Shauna M. Crowley;Hong T. Law;Sun-Young Chang

  • Regulated virulence controls the ability of a pathogen to compete with the gut microbiota.

    Nobuhiko Kamada;Yun Gi Kim;Ho Pan Sham;Bruce A. Vallance

  • Dissecting virulence: Systematic and functional analyses of a pathogenicity island

    Wanyin Deng;José L. Puente;Samantha Gruenheid;Yuling Li

  • The adaptor Act1 is required for interleukin 17–dependent signaling associated with autoimmune and inflammatory disease

    Youcun Qian;Caini Liu;Justin Hartupee;Cengiz Zubeyir Altuntas

  • Muc2 Protects against Lethal Infectious Colitis by Disassociating Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria from the Colonic Mucosa

    Kirk S. B. Bergstrom;Vanessa Kissoon-Singh;Deanna L. Gibson;Caixia Ma

  • Gut Microbiota as a Trigger for Metabolic Inflammation in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

    Torsten P. M. Scheithauer;Torsten P. M. Scheithauer;Elena Rampanelli;Max Nieuwdorp;Max Nieuwdorp;Bruce A. Vallance

  • Control of Intestinal Homeostasis, Colitis, and Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer by the Inflammatory Caspases

    Jeremy Dupaul-Chicoine;Garabet Yeretssian;Karine Doiron;Kirk S.B. Bergstrom

  • Noncanonical inflammasome activation of caspase-4/caspase-11 mediates epithelial defenses against enteric bacterial pathogens.

    Leigh A. Knodler;Leigh A. Knodler;Shauna M. Crowley;Ho Pan Sham;Hyungjun Yang

  • Antibiotic Treatment Alters the Colonic Mucus Layer and Predisposes the Host to Exacerbated Citrobacter rodentium-Induced Colitis

    M. Wlodarska;B. Willing;K. M. Keeney;A. Menendez

  • Dissemination of invasive Salmonella via bacterial-induced extrusion of mucosal epithelia

    Leigh A. Knodler;Bruce A. Vallance;Jean Celli;Seth Winfree

  • The Toll–Interleukin-1 Receptor Member SIGIRR Regulates Colonic Epithelial Homeostasis, Inflammation, and Tumorigenesis

    Hui Xiao;Muhammet Fatih Gulen;Muhammet Fatih Gulen;Jinzhong Qin;Jinzhong Qin;Jianhong Yao

  • Escherichia coli Pathobionts Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

    Hengameh Chloé Mirsepasi-Lauridsen;Bruce Andrew Vallance;Karen Angeliki Krogfelt;Andreas Munk Petersen

  • Severe COVID-19 Infection and Pediatric Comorbidities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Boyan K. Tsankov;Joannie M. Allaire;Michael A. Irvine;Alison A. Lopez

  • The role of CD4+ lymphocytes in the susceptibility of mice to stress-induced reactivation of experimental colitis.

    B.S. Qiu;B.A. Vallance;P.A. Blennerhassett;S.M. Collins

  • Exploitation of host cells by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

    B. A. Vallance;B. B. Finlay

  • Locus of Enterocyte Effacement from Citrobacter rodentium: Sequence Analysis and Evidence for Horizontal Transfer among Attaching and Effacing Pathogens

    Wanyin Deng;Yuling Li;Bruce A. Vallance;B. Brett Finlay

  • Persistent intestinal neuromuscular dysfunction after acute nematode infection in mice

    G Barbara;BA Vallance;SM Collins

  • Increased Intestinal Permeability Is Associated With Later Development of Crohn's Disease.

    Williams Turpin;Williams Turpin;Sun-Ho Lee;Sun-Ho Lee;Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay;Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay;Karen L. Madsen

  • Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenicity Island 2 Is Necessary for Complete Virulence in a Mouse Model of Infectious Enterocolitis

    Bryan Coburn;Yuling Li;David Owen;Bruce A. Vallance

  • Salmonella effectors within a single pathogenicity island are differentially expressed and translocated by separate type III secretion systems.

    Leigh A. Knodler;Jean Celli;Wolf-Dietrich Hardt;Bruce A. Vallance

  • The Mucin Muc2 Limits Pathogen Burdens and Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction during Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Colitis

    Maryam Zarepour;Kirandeep Bhullar;Marinieve Montero;Caixia Ma

  • The Intestinal Epithelium: Central Coordinator of Mucosal Immunity: (Trends in Immunology 39, 677-696, 2018).

    Joannie M Allaire;Shauna M Crowley;Hong T Law;Sun-Young Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

B. Brett Finlay
B. Brett Finlay University of British Columbia
Stephen M. Collins
Stephen M. Collins McMaster University
Wanyin Deng
Wanyin Deng University of British Columbia
Leigh A. Knodler
Leigh A. Knodler Washington State University
Deanna L. Gibson
Deanna L. Gibson University of British Columbia
Xiaoxia Li
Xiaoxia Li Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
José L. Puente
José L. Puente National Autonomous University of Mexico
Andreas Petersen
Andreas Petersen Copenhagen University Hospital
Cory M. Hogaboam
Cory M. Hogaboam Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Karen A. Krogfelt
Karen A. Krogfelt Statens Serum Institut

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