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Jan Roelof van der Meer

Jan Roelof van der Meer

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
66
Citations
15310
World Ranking
2404
National Ranking
60

Jan Roelof van der Meer 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 Jan Roelof van der Meer sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 225 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Roelof van der Meer 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 Jan Roelof van der Meer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan Roelof van der Meer is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans several disciplines, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in environmental science. Within these fields, van der Meer has developed expertise in molecular biology, ecology, genetics, plant science, and biophysics.

The scientist's main topics of research include microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, evolution and genetic dynamics, cell image analysis techniques, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Van der Meer has published extensively in various academic venues. Some frequent publication platforms include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 15 publications, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 8 publications, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature with 6 publications, mSystems with 5 publications, and The ISME Journal with 2 publications.

Frequent collaborators in van der Meer's work consist of:

  • Nicolas Carraro
  • Vladimir Sentchilo
  • Senka Čaušević
  • Jordan Vacheron
  • Clara Margot Heiman

Selected recent papers by Jan Roelof van der Meer include:

  • Predicting spatial patterns of soil bacteria under current and future environmental conditions, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Changes in structure and assembly of a species-rich soil natural community with contrasting nutrient availability upon establishment of a plant-beneficial Pseudomonas in the wheat rhizosphere, 2023, Microbiome
  • Miniaturized electrochemical biosensor based on whole-cell for heavy metal ions detection in water, 2020, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • Mechanistic insights into bacterial metabolic reprogramming from omics-integrated genome-scale models, 2020, npj Systems Biology and Applications
  • From microbiome composition to functional engineering, one step at a time, 2023, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Best Publications

  • Genomic islands: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and evolution.

    Mario Juhas;Jan Roelof van der Meer;Muriel Gaillard;Rosalind M Harding

  • Enrichment and characterization of an anammox bacterium from a rotating biological contactor treating ammonium-rich leachate.

    Konrad Egli;Urs Fanger;Pedro J.J. Alvarez;Hansruedi Siegrist

  • Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics

    Stefanie Widder;Rosalind J Allen;Thomas Pfeiffer;Thomas P Curtis

  • Where microbiology meets microengineering: design and applications of reporter bacteria

    Jan Roelof van der Meer;Shimshon Belkin

  • Bacterial Transcriptional Regulators for Degradation Pathways of Aromatic Compounds

    David Tropel;Jan Roelof van der Meer;Jan Roelof van der Meer

  • Development of a set of simple bacterial biosensors for quantitative and rapid measurements of arsenite and arsenate in potable water.

    Judith Stocker;Denisa Balluch;Monika Gsell;Hauke Harms

  • Characterisation of microbial communities colonising the hyphal surfaces of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    T.R. Scheublin;I.R. Sanders;C. Keel;J.R. van der Meer

  • Whole-cell living biosensors—are they ready for environmental application?

    Hauke Harms;Mona C. Wells;Jan Roelof van der Meer

  • The hidden life of integrative and conjugative elements.

    François Delavat;Ryo Miyazaki;Nicolas Carraro;Nicolas Pradervand

  • Cloning and characterization of lin genes responsible for the degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane isomers by Sphingomonas paucimobilis strain B90.

    Rekha Kumari;Sanjukta Subudhi;Mrutyunjay Suar;Gauri Dhingra

  • Illuminating the detection chain of bacterial bioreporters

    J.R. van der Meer;D. Tropel;M. Jaspers

  • Community analysis of ammonia and nitrite oxidizers during start-up of nitritation reactors

    Konrad Egli;Christian Langer;Hans-Ruedi Siegrist;Alexander J. B. Zehnder

  • Chromosomal Integration, Tandem Amplification, and Deamplification in Pseudomonas putida F1 of a 105-Kilobase Genetic Element Containing the Chlorocatechol Degradative Genes from Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13

    Roald Ravatn;Sonja Studer;Dirk Springael;Alexander J. B. Zehnder

  • Bacterial bioassay for rapid and accurate analysis of arsenic in highly variable groundwater samples

    Pham Thi Kim Trang;Michael Berg;Pham Hung Viet;Nguyen Van Mui

  • The clc Element of Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13, a Genomic Island with Various Catabolic Properties

    Muriel Gaillard;Tatiana Vallaeys;Frank Jörg Vorhölter;Marco Minoia

  • Genomic islands and the evolution of catabolic pathways in bacteria

    Jan Roelof van der Meer;Vladimir Sentchilo

  • Use of flow cytometric methods for single-cell analysis in environmental microbiology.

    Kamila Czechowska;David R Johnson;Jan Roelof van der Meer

  • Degradation of low concentrations of dichlorobenzenes and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene by Pseudomonas sp. strain P51 in nonsterile soil columns

    Jan Roelof van der Meer;Wim Roelofsen;Gosse Schraa;Alexander J.B. Zehnder

  • Evolution of a Pathway for Chlorobenzene Metabolism Leads to Natural Attenuation in Contaminated Groundwater

    Jan Roelof van der Meer;Christoph Werlen;Shirley F. Nishino;Jim C. Spain

  • The urgent need for microbiology literacy in society.

    Kenneth Timmis;Ricardo Cavicchioli;José Luis Garcia;Balbina Nogales

  • Analytics with engineered bacterial bioreporter strains and systems.

    Jan Roelof van der Meer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hauke Harms
Hauke Harms Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Alexander J. B. Zehnder
Alexander J. B. Zehnder Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Marc Robinson-Rechavi
Marc Robinson-Rechavi University of Lausanne
Rup Lal
Rup Lal University of Delhi
Hans-Peter E. Kohler
Hans-Peter E. Kohler Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Philippe Renaud
Philippe Renaud École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christof Holliger
Christof Holliger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Vassily Hatzimanikatis
Vassily Hatzimanikatis École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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