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J. Wouter Jukema publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where J. Wouter Jukema sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 1,308 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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J. Wouter Jukema 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 J. Wouter Jukema sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 177 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

J. Wouter Jukema is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their academic and research work centers primarily on medicine, with a specialization in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their contributions span a variety of subfields, including surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, radiology and nuclear medicine, as well as molecular biology.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, health systems with economic evaluations and quality of life assessments, genetic associations and epidemiology, diabetes with cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, coronary interventions and diagnostics, and antiplatelet therapy related to cardiovascular diseases.

Their notable recent publications include:

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe (2021, European Heart Journal)
  • Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure (2020, Nature Communications)
  • EU-Wide Cross-Sectional Observational Study of Lipid-Modifying Therapy Use in Secondary and Primary Care: the DA VINCI study (2020, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)
  • Effect of Alirocumab on Lipoprotein(a) and Cardiovascular Risk After Acute Coronary Syndrome (2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • SCORE2-OP risk prediction algorithms: estimating incident cardiovascular event risk in older persons in four geographical risk regions (2021, European Heart Journal)

Jukema frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their common coauthors include:

  • Stella Trompet
  • Michael Szarek
  • Philippe Gabríel Steg
  • Gregory G. Schwartz
  • Deepak L. Bhatt

Their work is regularly published in several prominent academic journals, among which the most frequent venues include:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Circulation
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Pravastatin in elderly individuals at risk of vascular disease (PROSPER): a randomised controlled trial

    James Shepherd;Gerard J Blauw;Michael B Murphy;Edward Lem Bollen

  • Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials

    Naveed Sattar;David Preiss;Heather M Murray;Paul Welsh

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • Diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography: a prospective, multicenter, multivendor study.

    W. Bob Meijboom;Matthijs F.L. Meijs;Joanne D. Schuijf;Maarten J. Cramer

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Effects of Lipid Lowering by Pravastatin on Progression and Regression of Coronary Artery Disease in Symptomatic Men With Normal to Moderately Elevated Serum Cholesterol Levels The Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study (REGRESS)

    J. Wouter Jukema;Albert V.G. Bruschke;Ad J. van Boven;Johan H.C. Reiber

  • World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions

    Stephen Kaptoge;Lisa Pennells;Dirk De Bacquer;Marie Therese Cooney

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • The role of a common variant of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene in the progression of coronary atherosclerosis. The Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study Group

    J. A. Kuivenhoven;J. W. Jukema;A. H. Zwinderman;P. De Knijff

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Thrombin-Receptor Antagonist Vorapaxar in Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Pierluigi Tricoci;Zhen Huang;Claes Held;David J. Moliterno

  • Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;David Wormser;Peter Willeit

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Stella Trompet
Stella Trompet Leiden University Medical Center
Ian Ford
Ian Ford University of Glasgow
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Jeroen J. Bax
Jeroen J. Bax Leiden University Medical Center
David J. Stott
David J. Stott University of Glasgow
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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