Table 2.

The top 10 most cited articles in the field of microbiota and colorectal cancer research from 2001-2021.

Rank	Author	Journal	Title	Citations of Web of science	Institutions
1	Rubinstein, Mara Roxana	CELL HOST &MICROBE 2013;14(2):195-206	Fusobacterium nucleatum Promotes Colorectal Carcinogenesis by Modulating E-Cadherin/beta-Catenin Signaling via its FadA Adhesin Fusobacterium nucleatum	1053	Case Western Reserve University
2	Yu, TaChung	CELL 2017;170(3):548-+	Promotes Chemoresistance to Colorectal Cancer by Modulating Autophagy Structural segregation of gut microbiota	802	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
3	Wang, Tingting	ISME JOURNAL 2012,6(2):320-329	between colorectal cancer patients and healthy volunteers	722	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
4	Feng, Qiang	NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 2015:6:6528 MOLECULAR SYSTEMS	Gut microbiome development along the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence	611	BGI-Shenzhen : University Copenhagen
5	Zeller, Georg	BIOLOGY 2014;10(11):766	Potential of fecal microbiota for early-stage detection of colorectal cancer	552	Struct & Computat Biol Unit
6	Martin, HM	GASTROENTEROLOGY 2004;127(1):80-93	Enhanced Escherichia coli adherence and invasion in Crohn's disease and colon cancer	547	University of Liverpool