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Announcements
23 April 2025
Nutrients | Highly Cited Papers in 2023–2024 in the Section “Prebiotics and Probiotics”

As all of the articles published in our journal are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full texts. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023–2024, which are listed below:
1. “Short-Chain Fatty-Acid-Producing Bacteria: Key Components of the Human Gut Microbiota”
by William Fusco, Manuel Bernabeu Lorenzo, Marco Cintoni, Serena Porcari, Emanuele Rinninella,
Francesco Kaitsas, Elena Lener, Maria Cristina Mele, Antonio Gasbarrini, Maria Carmen Collado et al.
Nutrients 2023, 15(9), 2211; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15092211
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/9/2211
2. “Effect of Probiotic Supplementation on Gut Microbiota in Patients with Major Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review”
by Qin Xiang Ng, Yu Liang Lim, Clyve Yu Leon Yaow, Wee Khoon Ng, Julian Thumboo and Tau Ming Liew
Nutrients 2023, 15(6), 1351; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061351
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/6/1351
3. “Role of Akkermansia in Human Diseases: From Causation to Therapeutic Properties”
by Antonio Pellegrino, Gaetano Coppola, Francesco Santopaolo, Antonio Gasbarrini and Francesca Romana Ponziani
Nutrients 2023, 15(8), 1815; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081815
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/8/1815
4. “Understanding the Gut–Brain Axis and Its Therapeutic Implications for Neurodegenerative Disorders”
by Yadong Zheng, Laura Bonfili, Tao Wei and Anna Maria Eleuteri
Nutrients 2023, 15(21), 4631; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15214631
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/21/4631
5. “The Effects of Probiotics/Synbiotics on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials”
by Jinhao Mu, Xian Guo, Yanbing Zhou and Guoxia Cao
Nutrients 2023, 15(6), 1375; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061375
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/6/1375
6. “Prebiotic and Probiotic Modulation of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Depression”
by Daniel E. Radford-Smith and Daniel C. Anthony
Nutrients 2023, 15(8), 1880; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081880
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/8/1880
7. “Gut-Microbiota, and Multiple Sclerosis: Background, Evidence, and Perspectives”
by Clelia Altieri, Barbara Speranza, Maria Rosaria Corbo, Milena Sinigaglia and Antonio Bevilacqua
Nutrients 2023, 15(4), 942; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15040942
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/4/942
8. “The Role of Diet and Gut Microbiota in Alzheimer’s Disease”
by D. M. Sithara Dissanayaka, Vijay Jayasena, Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith, Ralph N. Martins and W. M. A. D. Binosha Fernando
Nutrients 2024, 16(3), 412; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16030412
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/3/412
9. “The Role of Diet and Nutritional Interventions for the Infant Gut Microbiome”
by Giulia Catassi, Marina Aloi, Valentina Giorgio, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Cammarota
and Gianluca Ianiro
Nutrients 2024, 16(3), 400; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16030400
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/3/400
10. “The Role of Intestinal Microbiota and Diet as Modulating Factors in the Course of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases”
by Witold Czarnik, Piotr Fularski, Agata Gajewska, Paulina Jakubowska, Zofia Uszok, Ewelina Młynarska, Jacek Rysz and Beata Franczyk
Nutrients 2024, 16(2), 308; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16020308
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/2/308