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Albert K. Groen

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
47339
World Ranking
6191
National Ranking
239

Albert K. Groen publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 544 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Albert K. Groen D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Albert K. Groen sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Albert K. Groen is primarily affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and related fields. Their work encompasses a broad array of topics, with a significant focus on diet, metabolism, gut microbiota, and cardiovascular health.

Their publication record includes involvement in key areas such as:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism

Albert K. Groen's research spans the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with disciplined work within subfields including surgery, physiology, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and epidemiology.

They have frequently published in journals and venues such as:

  • Nutrients
  • iScience
  • Diabetes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Atherosclerosis

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Short chain fatty acids in human gut and metabolic health," 2020, Beneficial Microbes
  • "Microbiome-derived ethanol in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease," 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Atherogenic Lipoprotein(a) Increases Vascular Glycolysis, Thereby Facilitating Inflammation and Leukocyte Extravasation," 2020, Circulation Research
  • "Donor Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Alters Gut Microbiota and Metabolites in Obese Individuals With Steatohepatitis," 2020, Hepatology Communications
  • "Improved cardiovascular risk prediction using targeted plasma proteomics in primary prevention," 2020, European Heart Journal

Albert K. Groen has collaborated extensively with several colleagues, frequently co-authoring papers with:

  • Max Nieuwdorp (48 joint publications)
  • Hilde Herrema (24 joint publications)
  • Victor E. A. Gerdes (18 joint publications)
  • Fredrik Bäckhed (16 joint publications)
  • Ömrüm Aydin (15 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • The role of short-chain fatty acids in the interplay between diet, gut microbiota, and host energy metabolism

    Gijs Den Besten;Karen Van Eunen;Albert K. Groen;Koen Venema

  • Transfer of Intestinal Microbiota From Lean Donors Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Individuals With Metabolic Syndrome

    Anne Vrieze;Els Van Nood;Frits Holleman;Jarkko Salojarvi

  • Randomised trial of self-expanding metal stents versus polyethylene stents for distal malignant biliary obstruction.

    P.H.P. Davids;A.K. Groen;E.A.J. Rauws;G.N.J. Tytgat

  • Improvement of Insulin Sensitivity after Lean Donor Feces in Metabolic Syndrome Is Driven by Baseline Intestinal Microbiota Composition

    Ruud S. Kootte;Evgeni Levin;Jarkko Salojärvi;Loek P. Smits

  • Short-Chain Fatty Acids protect against High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity via a PPARγ-dependent switch from lipogenesis to fat oxidation

    Gijs den Besten;Aycha Bleeker;Albert Gerding;Karen van Eunen

  • Short chain fatty acids in human gut and metabolic health.

    E E Blaak;E E Canfora;S Theis;G Frost

  • Butyrate reduces appetite and activates brown adipose tissue via the gut-brain neural circuit

    Zhuang Li;Chun-Xia Yi;Saeed Katiraei;Sander Kooijman

  • Depicting the composition of gut microbiota in a population with varied ethnic origins but shared geography.

    Mélanie Deschasaux;Kristien E Bouter;Andrei Prodan;Evgeni Levin

  • Intestinal ABCA1 directly contributes to HDL biogenesis in vivo.

    Liam R. Brunham;Janine K. Kruit;Jahangir Iqbal;Catherine Fievet

  • Impact of oral vancomycin on gut microbiota, bile acid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity

    Anne Vrieze;Carolien Out;Susana Fuentes;Lisanne Jonker

  • Gut-derived short-chain fatty acids are vividly assimilated into host carbohydrates and lipids

    Gijs den Besten;Katja Lange;Rick Havinga;Theo H van Dijk

  • Hepatobiliary secretion of organic compounds; molecular mechanisms of membrane transport.

    Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink;Dirk K.F. Meijer;Folkert Kuipers;Peter L.M. Jansen

  • Beyond intestinal soap—bile acids in metabolic control

    Folkert Kuipers;Vincent W. Bloks;Albert K. Groen

  • The therapeutic potential of manipulating gut microbiota in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus

    R. S. Kootte;A. Vrieze;F. Holleman;G. M. Dallinga-Thie

  • Role of the Gut Microbiome in the Pathogenesis of Obesity and Obesity-Related Metabolic Dysfunction

    Kristien E. Bouter;Daniël H. van Raalte;Albert K. Groen;Albert K. Groen;Max Nieuwdorp

  • Mice with homozygous disruption of the mdr2 P-glycoprotein gene. A novel animal model for studies of nonsuppurative inflammatory cholangitis and hepatocarcinogenesis.

    Mauad Th;van Nieuwkerk Cm;Dingemans Kp;Smit Jj

  • ApoAV reduces plasma triglycerides by inhibiting very low density lipoprotein-triglyceride (VLDL-TG) production and stimulating lipoprotein lipase-mediated VLDL-TG hydrolysis.

    Frank G. Schaap;Patrick C.N. Rensen;Peter J. Voshol;Carlos Vrins

  • Effects of Gut Microbiota Manipulation by Antibiotics on Host Metabolism in Obese Humans: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.

    Dorien Reijnders;Gijs H Goossens;Gerben D A Hermes;Evelien P J G Neis

  • Inhibition of mTORC1 by Astrin and Stress Granules Prevents Apoptosis in Cancer Cells

    Kathrin Thedieck;Birgit Holzwarth;Mirja Tamara Prentzell;Christopher Boehlke

  • 24(S)-HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL PARTICIPATES IN A LIVER X RECEPTOR- CONTROLLED PATHWAY IN ASTROCYTES THAT REGULATES APOLIPOPROTEIN E-MEDIATED CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX

    Karlygash Abildayeva;Paula J. Jansen;Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen;Vincent W. Bloks

Frequent Co-Authors

Folkert Kuipers
Folkert Kuipers University Medical Center Groningen
Max Nieuwdorp
Max Nieuwdorp University of Amsterdam
J. M. Tager
J. M. Tager University of Amsterdam
Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink
Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink University of Amsterdam
Erik S.G. Stroes
Erik S.G. Stroes University of Amsterdam
Ronald J.A. Wanders
Ronald J.A. Wanders University of Amsterdam
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Barbara M. Bakker
Barbara M. Bakker University Medical Center Groningen
Johannes M. F. G. Aerts
Johannes M. F. G. Aerts Leiden University
Hans V. Westerhoff
Hans V. Westerhoff Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Publications: 174

Folkert Kuipers

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Publications: 102

Max Nieuwdorp

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Publications: 91

Bart Staels

Bart Staels

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Willem M. de Vos

Willem M. de Vos

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Piero Portincasa

Piero Portincasa

University of Bari Aldo Moro

Publications: 56

Michael Trauner

Michael Trauner

Medical University of Vienna

Publications: 52

Adil Mardinoglu

Adil Mardinoglu

Royal Institute of Technology

Publications: 52

Dieter Lütjohann

Dieter Lütjohann

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Publications: 51

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Yuichi Sugiyama

University of Tokyo

Publications: 50

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Publications: 49

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Michael R. Hayden

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Publications: 42

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Michael Müller

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