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Dirk Elewaut

Dirk Elewaut

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
82
Citations
26752
World Ranking
1496
National Ranking
17

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
27117
World Ranking
16024
National Ranking
201

Dirk Elewaut publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 537 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Dirk Elewaut D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dirk Elewaut is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in medical research, with an emphasis on rheumatology and related subfields. Their principal areas of study include rheumatology, immunology, molecular biology, surgery, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

The scientist's research predominantly focuses on spondyloarthritis studies and treatments, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, bone and joint diseases, psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis, salivary gland disorders and functions, and osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms.

Dirk Elewaut has authored numerous publications in prominent venues, including:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Targeting SLC7A11 improves efferocytosis by dendritic cells and wound healing in diabetes" (2022) published in Nature
  • "Tendon and ligament mechanical loading in the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis" (2020) published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • "Revisiting the gut-joint axis: links between gut inflammation and spondyloarthritis" (2020) published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • "MRI-based Synthetic CT in the Detection of Structural Lesions in Patients with Suspected Sacroiliitis: Comparison with MRI" (2020) published in Radiology
  • "Psoriatic arthritis from a mechanistic perspective" (2022) published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Filip Van den Bosch (42 publications)
  • Philippe Carron (27 publications)
  • Ann-Sophie De Craemer (23 publications)
  • Liselotte Deroo (22 publications)
  • Eric Gracey (20 publications)

Best Publications

  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

    Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

  • Identification of multiple risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis through high-density genotyping of immune-related loci.

    A Cortes;J Hadler;J P Pointon

  • Expression and Regulation of the Human β-Defensins hBD-1 and hBD-2 in Intestinal Epithelium

    Deborah A. O’Neil;Edith Martin Porter;Dirk Elewaut;G. Mark Anderson

  • Adalimumab with or without Methotrexate in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Daniel J. Lovell;Nicolino Ruperto;Steven Goodman;Andreas Reiff

  • Treating spondyloarthritis, including ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, to target: recommendations of an international task force

    Josef S. Smolen;Jürgen Braun;Maxime Dougados;Paul Emery

  • Stellate Cells, Hepatocytes, and Endothelial Cells Imprint the Kupffer Cell Identity on Monocytes Colonizing the Liver Macrophage Niche

    Johnny Bonnardel;Wouter T’Jonck;Djoere Gaublomme;Robin Browaeys

  • Negative regulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by A20 protects against arthritis

    Lieselotte Vande Walle;Nina Van Opdenbosch;Peggy Jacques;Amelie Fossoul

  • Enthesitis: from pathophysiology to treatment

    Georg Schett;Rik J Lories;Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino;Dirk Elewaut

  • How cytokine networks fuel inflammation: Toward a cytokine-based disease taxonomy

    Georg Schett;Dirk Elewaut;Iain B. McInnes;Jean-Michel Dayer

  • Formatted anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha VHH proteins derived from camelids show superior potency and targeting to inflamed joints in a murine model of collagen-induced arthritis.

    Ken Coppieters;Torsten Dreier;Karen Silence;Hans De Haard

  • Proof of concept: enthesitis and new bone formation in spondyloarthritis are driven by mechanical strain and stromal cells

    Peggy Jacques;Stijn Lambrecht;Eveline Verheugen;Elin Pauwels

  • Dendritic cells are crucial for maintenance of tertiary lymphoid structures in the lung of influenza virus–infected mice

    Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel;Monique A.M. Willart;Ingrid M. Bergen;Leonie S. van Rijt;Leonie S. van Rijt

  • Mesenchymal cell targeting by TNF as a common pathogenic principle in chronic inflammatory joint and intestinal diseases

    Maria Armaka;Maria Apostolaki;Peggy Jacques;Dimitris L. Kontoyiannis

  • Glycolipid antigen processing for presentation by CD1d molecules

    Theodore I. Prigozy;Olga Naidenko;Pankaj Qasba;Dirk Elewaut

  • Microscopic gut inflammation in axial spondyloarthritis: a multiparametric predictive model

    Liesbet Van Praet;Filip E Van den Bosch;Peggy Jacques;Philippe Carron

  • Major histocompatibility complex associations of ankylosing spondylitis are complex and involve further epistasis with ERAP1.

    Adrian Cortes;Sara L. Pulit;Paul J. Leo;Jenny J. Pointon

  • Dysbiosis and zonulin upregulation alter gut epithelial and vascular barriers in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    Francesco Ciccia;Giuliana Guggino;Aroldo Rizzo;Riccardo Alessandro

  • A20 (TNFAIP3) deficiency in myeloid cells triggers erosive polyarthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis

    Mourad Matmati;Peggy Jacques;Jonathan Maelfait;Jonathan Maelfait;Eveline Verheugen

  • Multinational evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of gout: integrating systematic literature review and expert opinion of a broad panel of rheumatologists in the 3e initiative

    Francisca Sivera;Mariano Andres;Loreto Carmona;Alison Sr Kydd

  • Human cartilage glycoprotein-39 as a candidate autoantigen in rheumatoid arthritis

    Gfm Verheijden;Awm Rijnders;E Bos;Cjjc deRoo

  • RORγt inhibition selectively targets IL-17 producing iNKT and γδ-T cells enriched in Spondyloarthritis patients

    Koen Venken;Peggy Jacques;Céline Mortier;Mark E. Labadia

  • Identification of multiple risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis through high-density genotyping of immune-related loci

    A. Cortes;J. Hadler;J.P. Pointon;P.C. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Filip Van den Bosch
Filip Van den Bosch Ghent University
Filip De Keyser
Filip De Keyser Ghent University Hospital
Dieter Deforce
Dieter Deforce Ghent University
Herman Mielants
Herman Mielants Ghent University Hospital
Eric Veys
Eric Veys Ghent University Hospital
Bart N. Lambrecht
Bart N. Lambrecht Ghent University
Rik Lories
Rik Lories KU Leuven
Maxime Breban
Maxime Breban University of Paris-Saclay
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Rudi Beyaert
Rudi Beyaert Ghent University

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