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Jaap A. Wagenaar

Jaap A. Wagenaar

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
84
Citations
24491
World Ranking
932
National Ranking
51

Jaap A. Wagenaar 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 Jaap A. Wagenaar sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 390 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jaap A. Wagenaar 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 Jaap A. Wagenaar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jaap A. Wagenaar is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and is active in research areas related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including infectious diseases, molecular medicine, molecular biology, pollution, and food science.

The scientist's research topics focus predominantly on antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, as well as epidemiology related to Salmonella and Campylobacter. Additional areas of interest include gut microbiota and health, antibiotic use and resistance, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, and bacterial identification and susceptibility testing.

Notable recent publications by Jaap A. Wagenaar include:

  • Antimicrobial Usage and Resistance in Companion Animals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Three European Countries, 2020, Antibiotics
  • Farm dust resistomes and bacterial microbiomes in European poultry and pig farms, 2020, Environment International
  • The Equine Faecal Microbiota of Healthy Horses and Ponies in The Netherlands: Impact of Host and Environmental Factors, 2021, Animals
  • RFPlasmid: predicting plasmid sequences from short-read assembly data using machine learning, 2021, Microbial Genomics
  • Description and determinants of the faecal resistome and microbiome of farmers and slaughterhouse workers: A metagenome-wide cross-sectional study, 2020, Environment International

Jaap A. Wagenaar frequently collaborates with several researchers including Aldert Zomer, Roosmarijn E. C. Luiken, Birgitta Duim, Dik Mevius, and Linda van der Graaf-van Bloois. These collaborations highlight ongoing interdisciplinary research within the field.

The primary venues publishing Jaap A. Wagenaar's work include:

  • Antibiotics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Microbial Genomics

Best Publications

  • Plasmids carrying antimicrobial resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae

    M Rozwandowicz;M S M Brouwer;J Fischer;J A Wagenaar

  • Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study

    Vincent Perreten;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz;Ulrika Grönlund Andersson

  • Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Salmonella Colonization of broiler chickens

    R.J. Atterbury;M.A.P. van Bergen;F. Ortiz;M.A. Lovell

  • MRSA transmission between cows and humans.

    Éva Juhász-Kaszanyitzky;Szilárd Jánosi;Pál Somogyi;Ádám Dán

  • Phage therapy reduces Campylobacter jejuni colonization in broilers

    Jaap A. Wagenaar;Marcel A.P. Van Bergen;Mark A. Mueller;Trudy M. Wassenaar

  • Host-Pathogen Interactions in Campylobacter Infections: the Host Perspective

    Riny Janssen;Karen A. Krogfelt;Shaun A. Cawthraw;Wilfrid van Pelt

  • Campylobacter in the food supply

    Wilma Jacobs-Reitsma;Ulrike Lyhs;Jaap Wagenaar

  • Comparative Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Short Repeat Sequencing: Strain Diversity, Host Range, and Recombination

    Leo M. Schouls;Sanne Reulen;Birgitta Duim;Jaap A. Wagenaar

  • Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals and humans

    Haitske Graveland;Birgitta Duim;Engeline van Duijkeren;Dick Heederik;Dick Heederik

  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in veal calf farming: Human MRSA carriage related with animal antimicrobial usage and farm hygiene

    Haitske Graveland;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Hans Heesterbeek;Dik J. Mevius;Dik J. Mevius

  • Molecular characterization of Campylobacter jejuni clones: a basis for epidemiologic investigation.

    Kate E. Dingle;Frances M. Colles;Roisin Ure;Jaap A. Wagenaar

  • Abundance and diversity of the faecal resistome in slaughter pigs and broilers in nine European countries.

    Patrick Munk;Berith Elkær Knudsen;Oksana Lukjacenko;Ana Sofia Ribeiro Duarte

  • Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter lari, and Campylobacter coli in different ecological guilds and taxa of migrating birds.

    Jonas Waldenström;Tina Broman;Inger Carlsson;Dennis Hasselquist

  • Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains between different kinds of pig farms.

    E. van Duijkeren;R. Ikawaty;M.J. Broekhuizen-Stins;M.D. Jansen

  • Reduction of Veterinary Antimicrobial Use in the Netherlands. The Dutch Success Model

    D. C. Speksnijder;D. J. Mevius;D. J. Mevius;C. J. M. Bruschke;J. A. Wagenaar;J. A. Wagenaar

  • Persistence of Livestock Associated MRSA CC398 in Humans Is Dependent on Intensity of Animal Contact

    Haitske Graveland;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Kelly Bergs;Hans Heesterbeek

  • Occurrence and characteristics of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase- and AmpC-producing clinical isolates derived from companion animals and horses

    C. M. Dierikx;E. van Duijkeren;A. H. W. Schoormans;A. van Essen-Zandbergen

  • Risk Factors for Campylobacteriosis of Chicken, Ruminant, and Environmental Origin: A Combined Case-Control and Source Attribution Analysis

    Lapo Mughini Gras;Lapo Mughini Gras;Joost H. Smid;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Albert G. de Boer

  • Bacterial Zoonoses Transmitted by Household Pets: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives for Targeted Research and Policy Actions

    P. Damborg;E.M. Broens;B.B. Chomel;S. Guenther

  • High-resolution genotyping of Campylobacter strains isolated from poultry and humans with amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting.

    Birgitta Duim;Trudy M. Wassenaar;Alan Rigter;Jaap Wagenaar

Frequent Co-Authors

Birgitta Duim
Birgitta Duim Utrecht University
Dik Mevius
Dik Mevius Utrecht University
Dick Heederik
Dick Heederik Utrecht University
Jos P. M. van Putten
Jos P. M. van Putten Utrecht University
Arie H. Havelaar
Arie H. Havelaar University of Florida
Engeline van Duijkeren
Engeline van Duijkeren National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
E. van Duijkeren
E. van Duijkeren Utrecht University
Harm W. Ploeger
Harm W. Ploeger Utrecht University
Frank Møller Aarestrup
Frank Møller Aarestrup Technical University of Denmark
Annemarie Bouma
Annemarie Bouma Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

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