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Jeroen Raes

Jeroen Raes

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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
124
Citations
110613
World Ranking
517
National Ranking
8

Jeroen Raes 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 Jeroen Raes sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 401 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jeroen Raes 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 Jeroen Raes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jeroen Raes is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily explores the gut microbiota and its impact on health, with a body of work also contributing to diet and metabolism studies, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, probiotics and fermented foods, colorectal cancer screening and detection, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

The scientist has published numerous papers in notable venues, frequently appearing in Journal of Crohn's and Colitis (15 publications), Gastroenterology (14 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 13 publications, Nature Communications (8 publications), and Gut (7 publications).

Recent notable papers include:

  • Short chain fatty acids and its producing organisms: An overlooked therapy for IBD? (2021, EBioMedicine)
  • Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology (2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist (2021, Nature Medicine)
  • Discriminating mild from critical COVID-19 by innate and adaptive immune single-cell profiling of bronchoalveolar lavages (2021, Cell Research)
  • Microglia Require CD4 T Cells to Complete the Fetal-to-Adult Transition (2020, Cell)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Séverine Vermeire, Sara Vieira-Silva, Gwen Falony, Raúl Y. Tito, and João Sabino. This network of co-authorship has contributed significantly to the breadth and depth of their studies.

Their scientific output spans various subfields, such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Oncology. These subfields highlight a multidisciplinary approach to exploring complex biological systems and disease mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

    Junjie Qin;Ruiqiang Li;Jeroen Raes;Manimozhiyan Arumugam

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

    Manimozhiyan Arumugam;Jeroen Raes;Eric Pelletier;Denis Le Paslier

  • A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes

    Junjie Qin;Yingrui Li;Zhiming Cai;Shenghui Li

  • Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers

    Trine Nielsen;Junjie Qin;Edi Prifti

  • Microbial interactions: from networks to models

    Karoline Faust;Jeroen Raes

  • Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Luis Pedro Coelho;Samuel Chaffron;Jens Roat Kultima

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Population-level analysis of gut microbiome variation

    Gwen Falony;Marie Joossens;Marie Joossens;Sara Vieira-Silva;Jun Wang

  • Disentangling type 2 diabetes and metformin treatment signatures in the human gut microbiota

    Kristoffer Forslund;Falk Hildebrand;Falk Hildebrand;Trine Nielsen;Gwen Falony;Gwen Falony

  • Human gut microbes impact host serum metabolome and insulin sensitivity

    Helle Krogh Pedersen;Valborg Gudmundsdottir;Henrik B. Nielsen;Tuulia Hyötyläinen;Tuulia Hyötyläinen

  • Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

    Colomban de Vargas;Colomban de Vargas;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;Nicolas Henry;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle;Johan Decelle

  • Population-based metagenomics analysis reveals markers for gut microbiome composition and diversity.

    Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexander Kurilshikov;Marc Jan Bonder;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • The neuroactive potential of the human gut microbiota in quality of life and depression

    Mireia Valles-Colomer;Mireia Valles-Colomer;Gwen Falony;Gwen Falony;Youssef Darzi;Youssef Darzi;Ettje F Tigchelaar

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Microbial Co-occurrence Relationships in the Human Microbiome

    Karoline Faust;J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti;Jacques Izard;Jacques Izard;Nicola Segata

  • How informative is the mouse for human gut microbiota research

    Thi Loan Anh Nguyen;Thi Loan Anh Nguyen;Sara Vieira-Silva;Sara Vieira-Silva;Adrian Liston;Jeroen Raes;Jeroen Raes

  • Identification and assembly of genomes and genetic elements in complex metagenomic samples without using reference genomes

    H Bjørn Nielsen;Mathieu Almeida;Agnieszka Sierakowska Juncker;Simon Rasmussen

  • Modeling gene and genome duplications in eukaryotes.

    Steven Maere;Stefanie De Bodt;Jeroen Raes;Tineke Casneuf

  • Duplication and Divergence: The Evolution of New Genes and Old Ideas

    John S. Taylor;Jeroen Raes

Frequent Co-Authors

Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Gwen Falony
Gwen Falony Wageningen University & Research
Shinichi Sunagawa
Shinichi Sunagawa Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Hiroyuki Ogata
Hiroyuki Ogata Kyoto University
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen

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