2026 Yolanda Sanz: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	102	1388	1248	16	15	658	33447

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Yolanda Sanz is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Food Science, Plant Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Agricultural safety and regulations
Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
Genetically Modified Organisms Research
Vitamin K Research Studies
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Gut microbiota and health

Yolanda Sanz has contributed to several notable papers in the field, including:

"Depletion of Blautia Species in the Microbiota of Obese Children Relates to Intestinal Inflammation and Metabolic Phenotype Worsening" (2020, mSystems)
"Guidance on the renewal of the authorisation of feed additives" (2021, EFSA Journal)
"Bacteroides uniformis combined with fiber amplifies metabolic and immune benefits in obese mice" (2021, Gut Microbes)
"Gut bless you: The microbiota-gut-brain axis in irritable bowel syndrome" (2022, World Journal of Gastroenterology)
"Gut microbes and health" (2021, Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition))

Their frequent coauthors include:

Birgit Dusemund
Giovanna Azimonti
Henrik Christensen
Francesca Marcon
Marta López-Alonso

Yolanda Sanz has published extensively in several venues, with a notable volume of publications in the EFSA Journal. Other common publication venues comprise:

EFSA Journal
Gut Microbes
Nutrients
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

Gut microbiota composition is associated with body weight, weight gain and biochemical parameters in pregnant women.

A. Santacruz;M. C. Collado;L. García-Valdés;M. T. Segura

999
Citations
Interactions of gut microbiota with functional food components and nutraceuticals.

J.M. Laparra;Y. Sanz

797
Citations
Review on the Processing and Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites and Nanocoatings and Their Applications in the Packaging, Automotive and Solar Energy Fields.

Kerstin Müller;Elodie Bugnicourt;Marcos Latorre;Maria Jorda

731
Citations
Interplay Between Weight Loss and Gut Microbiota Composition in Overweight Adolescents

Arlette Santacruz;Ascensión Marcos;Julia Wärnberg;Amelia Martí

588
Citations
Microbiota and host determinants of behavioural phenotype in maternally separated mice

G. De Palma;P. Blennerhassett;J. Lu;Y. Deng

567
Citations
Intestinal luminal nitrogen metabolism: Role of the gut microbiota and consequences for the host

Anne Marie Davila;Francois Blachier;Martín Gotteland;Mireille Andriamihaja

531
Citations
Imbalance in the composition of the duodenal microbiota of children with coeliac disease

Inmaculada Nadal;Esther Donant;Carmen Ribes-Koninckx;Miguel Calabuig

530
Citations
Re-print of "Intestinal luminal nitrogen metabolism: Role of the gut microbiota and consequences for the host"

Anne Marie Davila;Francois Blachier;Martín Gotteland;Mireille Andriamihaja

486
Citations
Specific duodenal and faecal bacterial groups associated with paediatric coeliac disease.

Maria Carmen Collado;Ester Donat;Carmen Ribes-Koninckx;Miguel Calabuig

441
Citations
Shifts in clostridia, bacteroides and immunoglobulin-coating fecal bacteria associated with weight loss in obese adolescents.

I Nadal;A Santacruz;A Marcos;J Warnberg

428
Citations
Bacteroides uniformis CECT 7771 ameliorates metabolic and immunological dysfunction in mice with high-fat-diet induced obesity.

Paola Gauffin Cano;Arlette Santacruz;Ángela Moya;Yolanda Sanz

421
Citations
Influence of gut microbiota on neuropsychiatric disorders.

María Carmen Cenit;Yolanda Sanz;Pilar Codoñer-Franch

414
Citations
Effects of a gluten-free diet on gut microbiota and immune function in healthy adult human subjects.

Giada De Palma;Inmaculada Nadal;Maria Carmen Collado;Yolanda Sanz

409
Citations
The impact of human activities and lifestyles on the interlinked microbiota and health of humans and of ecosystems

Lucette Flandroy;Theofilos Poutahidis;Gabriele Berg;Gerard Clarke

398
Citations
Intestinal dysbiosis and reduced immunoglobulin-coated bacteria associated with coeliac disease in children

Giada De Palma;Inmaculada Nadal;Marcela Medina;Ester Donat

362
Citations
The Impact of Probiotic on Gut Health

Maria Carmen Collado;Erika Isolauri;Seppo Salminen;Yolanda Sanz

345
Citations
Differential immunomodulatory properties of Bifidobacterium logum strains: relevance to probiotic selection and clinical applications

Marcela Susana Medina;Esther Izquierdo;Esther Izquierdo;Said Ennahar;Yolanda Sanz

339
Citations
Gut microbiota role in dietary protein metabolism and health-related outcomes: The two sides of the coin

Kevin J. Portune;Martin Beaumont;Anne-Marie Davila;Daniel Tomé

337
Citations
Dry-cured ham flavour: enzymatic generation and process influence

Fidel Toldrá;Mónica Flores;Yolanda Sanz

336
Citations
Dietary reference values for vitamin K.

Dominique Turck;Jean‐Louis Bresson;Barbara Burlingame;Tara Dean

200
Citations