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Bart Lievens

Bart Lievens

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
68
Citations
15514
World Ranking
2172
National Ranking
49

Bart Lievens publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bart Lievens sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 297 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Bart Lievens D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bart Lievens is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Insect Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Food Science.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to plant and insect interactions, addressing areas such as:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control

Bart Lievens has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Hans Jacquemyn
  • Sam Crauwels
  • Sergio Álvarez-Pérez
  • Kevin J. Verstrepen
  • Sofie Bossaert

Their published papers reflect a focus on insect-associated microorganisms, microbial community dynamics, and food safety, with key publications including:

  • Identification of bacterial endospores and targeted detection of foodborne viruses in industrially reared insects for food, 2020, Nature Food
  • From Diverse Origins to Specific Targets: Role of Microorganisms in Indirect Pest Biological Control, 2020, Insects
  • Towards a better understanding of the role of nectar-inhabiting yeasts in plant-animal interactions, 2020, Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
  • Description of the temporal dynamics in microbial community composition and beer chemistry in sour beer production via barrel ageing of finished beers, 2020, International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Meta-analysis of larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) microbiota based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, 2022, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Their work has appeared frequently in several publication venues such as:

  • Microbial Ecology
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Current Opinion in Insect Science

Best Publications

  • Anaerobic digestion in global bio-energy production: Potential and research challenges

    Lise Appels;Joost Lauwers;Jan Degrève;Lieve Helsen

  • Tomato immune receptor Ve1 recognizes effector of multiple fungal pathogens uncovered by genome and RNA sequencing

    Ronnie de Jonge;H. Peter van Esse;Karunakaran Maruthachalam;Melvin D. Bolton

  • Vibrio anguillarum as a fish pathogen: virulence factors, diagnosis and prevention.

    Ingeborg Frans;Chris Michiels;Peter Bossier;Kris Willems

  • Comparison and validation of some ITS primer pairs useful for fungal metabarcoding studies.

    Michiel Op De Beeck;Bart Lievens;Pieter Busschaert;Stéphan Declerck

  • Ecology of aspergillosis: insights into the pathogenic potency of Aspergillus fumigatus and some other Aspergillus species

    Caroline Paulussen;John E. Hallsworth;Sergio Álvarez-Pérez;William C. Nierman

  • Physiology, ecology and industrial applications of aroma formation in yeast

    Maria C Dzialo;Rahel Park;Jan Steensels;Bart Lievens

  • Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?

    Andrew Stevenson;Jonathan A. Cray;Jim P. Williams;Ricardo Santos

  • Recent advances in molecular techniques to study microbial communities in food-associated matrices and processes.

    Annelies Justé;B.P.H.J. Thomma;Bart Lievens

  • Real-time PCR for detection and quantification of fungal and oomycete tomato pathogens in plant and soil samples

    Bart Lievens;Margreet Brouwer;Alfons C.R.C. Vanachter;Bruno P.A. Cammue

  • Recent developments in the molecular discrimination of formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum

    Bart Lievens;Martijn Rep;Bart P H J Thomma

  • Effector gene screening allows unambiguous identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici races and discrimination from other formae speciales

    Bart Lievens;Petra M. Houterman;Martijn Rep

  • Assessing the Microbiota of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) Reared on Organic Waste Streams on Four Different Locations at Laboratory and Large Scale

    E. Wynants;L. Frooninckx;S. Crauwels;C. Verreth

  • Genome-wide characterization of ISR induced in Arabidopsis thaliana by Trichoderma hamatum T382 against Botrytis cinerea infection

    Janick Mathys;Kaat De Cremer;Pieter Timmermans;Stefan Van Kerckhove

  • Microbial community assessment of mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor) and grasshoppers (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) sold for human consumption.

    J. Stoops;S. Crauwels;M. Waud;J. Claes

  • Microbiology of sugar-rich environments: diversity, ecology and system constraints

    Bart Lievens;John E. Hallsworth;Maria I. Pozo;Zouhaier Ben Belgacem

  • Recent developments in pathogen detection arrays: implications for fungal plant pathogens and use in practice.

    Bart Lievens;Bart P. H. J. Thomma

  • Bioflavoring by non-conventional yeasts in sequential beer fermentations

    Sylvester Holt;Vaskar Mukherjee;Bart Lievens;Kevin J. Verstrepen

  • Quantification of disease progression of several microbial pathogens on Arabidopsis thaliana using real-time fluorescence PCR

    Margreet Brouwer;Bart Lievens;Wendy Van Hemelrijck;Guido Van den Ackerveken

  • Design and development of a DNA array for rapid detection and identification of multiple tomato vascular wilt pathogens

    Bart Lievens;Margreet Brouwer;Alfons C.R.C. Vanachter;C.André Lévesque

  • Evaluation of six primer pairs targeting the nuclear rRNA operon for characterization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) communities using 454 pyrosequencing.

    Maarten Van Geel;Pieter Busschaert;Olivier Honnay;Bart Lievens

  • Quantitative assessment of phytopathogenic fungi in various substrates using a DNA macroarray

    Bart Lievens;Margreet Brouwer;Alfons C. R. C. Vanachter;C. André Lévesque

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart P. H. J. Thomma
Bart P. H. J. Thomma University of Cologne
Rein Brys
Rein Brys Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Felix L. Wäckers
Felix L. Wäckers Lancaster University
Kathleen Marchal
Kathleen Marchal Ghent University

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