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Jan Tack

Jan Tack

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Medicine
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
150
Citations
89134
World Ranking
1157
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jan Tack is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes in Medicine, with a strong focus on Gastroenterology. Their research portfolio includes significant contributions to several subfields, including Gastroenterology, Surgery, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Pharmacy.

The main topics covered in Jan Tack's work involve gastrointestinal motility and disorders, gastroesophageal reflux and treatments, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, diet and metabolism studies, infant health and development, eosinophilic esophagitis, and dysphagia assessment and management.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Tack include:

  • Tim Vanuytsel
  • Florencia Carbone
  • Magnus Simrén
  • Jolien Schol
  • Karen Van den Houte

Jan Tack has published extensively in various venues, with notable frequented journals being:

  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • Gastroenterology
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Gut
  • United European Gastroenterology Journal

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan Tack include:

  • "Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study," 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "Esophageal motility disorders on high-resolution manometry: Chicago classification version 4.0©," 2020, Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • "International consensus on the diagnosis and management of dumping syndrome," 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "Budesonide Orodispersible Tablets Maintain Remission in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis," 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "The Role of Intestinal Permeability in Gastrointestinal Disorders and Current Methods of Evaluation," 2021, Frontiers in Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Functional gastroduodenal disorders

    Jan Tack;Nicholas J. Talley;Michael Camilleri;Gerald Holtmann

  • Kyoto global consensus report on Helicobacter pylori gastritis

    Kentaro Sugano;Jan Tack;Ernst J Kuipers;David Y Graham

  • The Serotonin Signaling System: From Basic Understanding To Drug Development for Functional GI Disorders

    Michael D. Gershon;Jan Tack

  • Role of impaired gastric accommodation to a meal in functional dyspepsia

    Jan Tack;Hubert Piessevaux;Bernard Coulie;Philip Caenepeel

  • Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study.

    Ami D. Sperber;Shrikant I. Bangdiwala;Shrikant I. Bangdiwala;Douglas A. Drossman;Uday C. Ghoshal

  • Rome IV - Gastroduodenal Disorders.

    Stanghellini;Talley Nj;Chan F;Hasler Wl

  • Modern diagnosis of GERD: the Lyon Consensus

    C Prakash Gyawali;Peter J Kahrilas;Edoardo Savarino;Frank Zerbib

  • The prevalence, patterns and impact of irritable bowel syndrome: an international survey of 40,000 subjects.

    A P S Hungin;P J Whorwell;Jan Tack;F Mearin

  • Improvement of gastric emptying in diabetic gastroparesis by erythromycin : preliminary studies

    J Janssens;T L Peeters;G Vantrappen;J Tack

  • Pneumatic dilation versus laparoscopic Heller's myotomy for idiopathic achalasia.

    Guy E. Boeckxstaens;Vito Annese;Stanislas Bruley des Varannes;Stanislas Chaussade

  • Symptoms associated with hypersensitivity to gastric distention in functional dyspepsia.

    Jan Tack;Philip Caenepeel;Benjamin Fischler;Hubert Piessevaux

  • Design of Treatment Trials for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.

    E. Jan Irvine;E. Jan Irvine;Jan Tack;Michael D. Crowell;Kok Ann Gwee

  • Pathophysiology and treatment of functional dyspepsia.

    Jan Tack;Raf Bisschops;Giovanni Sarnelli

  • Esophageal motility disorders on high-resolution manometry: Chicago classification version 4.0©

    Rena Yadlapati;Peter J. Kahrilas;Mark R. Fox;Albert J. Bredenoord

  • Psychological stress and corticotropin-releasing hormone increase intestinal permeability in humans by a mast cell-dependent mechanism

    Tim Vanuytsel;Sander van Wanrooy;Hanne Vanheel;Christophe Vanormelingen

  • Symptoms associated with impaired gastric emptying of solids and liquids in functional dyspepsia.

    Giovanni Sarnelli;Philip Caenepeel;Benny Geypens;Jozef Janssens

  • Acid, nonacid, and gas reflux in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease during ambulatory 24-hour pH-impedance recordings.

    Daniel Sifrim;Richard Holloway;Jiri Silny;Zhang Xin

  • Outcomes of Treatment for Achalasia Depend on Manometric Subtype

    Wout O. Rohof;Renato Salvador;Vito Annese;Stanislas Bruley des Varannes

  • Weakly acidic reflux in patients with chronic unexplained cough during 24 hour pressure, pH, and impedance monitoring

    Daniel Sifrim;Lieven Dupont;Kathleen Blondeau;X Zhang

  • REVIEWS IN BASIC AND CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY The Serotonin Signaling System: From Basic Understanding To Drug Development for Functional GI Disorders

    Michael D. Gershon;Jan Tack

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Sifrim
Daniel Sifrim Queen Mary University of London
Magnus Simren
Magnus Simren University of Gothenburg
Nicholas J. Talley
Nicholas J. Talley University of Newcastle Australia
William E. Whitehead
William E. Whitehead University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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