Benjamin Hillmann: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Benjamin Hillmann's h-index is 21 (23 i10-index, 29,730+ total citations across 3+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Benjamin Hillmann is affiliated with Graduate Student, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
Benjamin Hillmann is a researcher affiliated with Graduate Student, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Metagenomics. Their work has been cited 29,730 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Benjamin Hillmann's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 3 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 21
- i10-Index
- 23
- Total Citations
- 29,730
- Citing Countries
- 27
As of July 2026.
Benjamin Hillmann has an h-index of 21 and 29,730 total citations across 3 publications, with research cited by institutions in 27 countries.
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Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
201925,340
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The researcher demonstrated that US immigration significantly alters the human gut microbiome, providing foundational evidence on how environmental shifts impact microbial diversity.
The researcher developed QIIME 2, a highly cited framework enabling reproducible, interactive, scalable, and extensible microbiome data science, establishing a standard for computational analysis in the field.
The researcher established a framework for identifying personalized diet-microbiome associations through daily sampling, as demonstrated in a highly cited 2019 Cell Host and Microbe paper.
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About Benjamin Hillmann's research
Benjamin Hillmann is a researcher in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Metagenomics at Graduate Student, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Their work has been cited 29,730 times across 3 publications (h-index 21), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2” (2019), has accumulated 25,340 citations. Other influential works include “US immigration westernizes the human gut microbiome” (2018) with 907 citations and “Daily Sampling Reveals Personalized Diet-Microbiome Associations in Humans” (2019) with 767 citations.
Citations of Benjamin Hillmann's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











