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14744
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358

G. van Meer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. van Meer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 117 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

G. van Meer D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. van Meer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2008 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

G. van Meer is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields, with a focus on decision sciences, physics and astronomy, and specialized areas such as statistics, probability and uncertainty, information systems and management, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main topics of van Meer's research include:

  • scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Van Meer has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Michael S. Marks
  • Robert G. Parton
  • Trina A. Schroer
  • Sharon A. Tooze
  • Frances M. Brodsky

Publication venues for van Meer's work have included:

  • Traffic

One of van Meer's recent papers is titled A new direction for Traffic, published in 2020 in the journal Traffic. This paper has received citations from other research in the field.

Van Meer has been recognized for contributions to the academic community through membership in the Academia Europaea, awarded in 2017, and selection as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Membrane lipids: where they are and how they behave.

    Gerrit van Meer;Dennis R. Voelker;Gerald W. Feigenson

  • Lipid sorting in epithelial cells.

    K. Simons;G. van Meer

  • MDR1 P-Glycoprotein Is a Lipid Translocase of Broad Specificity, While MDR3 P-Glycoprotein Specifically Translocates Phosphatidylcholine

    Ardy van Helvoort;Alexander J Smith;Hein Sprong;Ingo Fritzsche

  • The cell biology of lysosomal storage disorders.

    Anthony H. Futerman;Gerrit van Meer

  • HOW PROTEINS MOVE LIPIDS AND LIPIDS MOVE PROTEINS

    Hein Sprong;Peter van der Sluijs;Gerrit van Meer

  • Lipid traffic in animal cells

    G. van Meer

  • The function of tight junctions in maintaining differences in lipid composition between the apical and the basolateral cell surface domains of MDCK cells

    G van Meer;K Simons

  • Sorting of sphingolipids in epithelial (Madin-Darby canine kidney) cells.

    G van Meer;E H Stelzer;R W Wijnaendts-van-Resandt;K Simons

  • The organizing potential of sphingolipids in intracellular membrane transport

    Joost C. M. Holthuis;Thomas Pomorski;René J. Raggers;Hein Sprong

  • Glucosylceramide is synthesized at the cytosolic surface of various Golgi subfractions

    D. Jeckel;A. Karrenbauer;K.N.J. Burger;G. van Meer

  • Molecular characterization of phagosomes.

    M Desjardins;J E Celis;G van Meer;H Dieplinger

  • Assembly of vaccinia virus: role of the intermediate compartment between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi stacks.

    B. Sodeik;R.W. Doms;M. Ericsson;G. Hiller

  • Lipid polarity and sorting in epithelial cells

    G. van Meer;K. Simons

  • Reclustering of scattered Golgi elements occurs along microtubules.

    Wai Chang Ho;V. J. Allan;G. Van Meer;E. G. Berger

  • Pre- and post-Golgi translocation of glucosylceramide in glycosphingolipid synthesis

    D. Halter;S. Neumann;S.M. van Dijk;J. Wolthoorn

  • Hierarchy of mechanisms involved in generating Na/K-ATPase polarity in MDCK epithelial cells.

    R W Mays;K A Siemers;B A Fritz;A W Lowe

  • The tight junction does not allow lipid molecules to diffuse from one epithelial cell to the next

    G. van Meer;B. Gumbiner;K. Simons

  • VIP21/caveolin, glycosphingolipid clusters and the sorting of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins in epithelial cells

    C. Zurzolo;W.J. van 't Hof;G. van Meer;E. Rodriguez-Boulan

  • UDP-Galactose:Ceramide Galactosyltransferase Is a Class I Integral Membrane Protein of the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Hein Sprong;B. Kruithof;R. Leijendekker;J. W. Slot

  • Lipid distribution and transport across cellular membranes.

    T. Pomorski;S. Hrafnsdóttir;P.F. Devaux;G. van Meer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai Simons
Kai Simons Lipotype
Hein Sprong
Hein Sprong Wageningen University & Research
L.L.M. Van Deenen
L.L.M. Van Deenen Utrecht University
Thomas Günther Pomorski
Thomas Günther Pomorski Ruhr University Bochum
Arie J. Verkleij
Arie J. Verkleij Utrecht University
Chiara Zurzolo
Chiara Zurzolo Institut Pasteur
Willem Stoorvogel
Willem Stoorvogel Utrecht University
Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan
Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan Cornell University
Gareth Griffiths
Gareth Griffiths University of Oslo
Felix T. Wieland
Felix T. Wieland Heidelberg University

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