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D-Index
36
Citations
4584
World Ranking
7175
National Ranking
167

Klaas Vrieling publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaas Vrieling sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 115 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Klaas Vrieling D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaas Vrieling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Klaas Vrieling is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, and pharmacology.

The primary topics of Klaas Vrieling's research include plant parasitism and resistance, plant and animal studies, insect-plant interactions and control, plant toxicity and pharmacological properties, allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, and botanical research and chemistry.

Recent publications illustrate the scope and diversity of their work. Selected papers include:

  • Current Knowledge and Perspectives of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Pharmacological Applications: A Mini-Review (2021, Molecules)
  • Evolutionary changes in an invasive plant support the defensive role of plant volatiles (2021, Current Biology)
  • Application of methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid lead to contrasting effects on the plant's metabolome and herbivory (2020, Plant Science)
  • Diversity and evolution of cytochrome P450s of Jacobaea vulgaris and Jacobaea aquatica (2020, BMC Plant Biology)
  • Altered gene expression and root thebaine production in polyploidized and methyl jasmonate-elicited Papaver bracteatum Lindl (2020, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry)

Klaas Vrieling has co-authored multiple works with several frequent collaborators. Notable co-authors include:

  • Peter G. L. Klinkhamer
  • Т. Martijn Bezemer
  • Xianqin Wei
  • Xiangyu Liu
  • Suzanne T. E. Lommen

Their research has been frequently published in specific academic venues such as Plant and Soil, Plant Science, Frontiers in Plant Science, Basic and Applied Ecology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Plant and Soil is the leading journal for their publications, with four recorded articles.

Best Publications

  • The enemy release and EICA hypothesis revisited: incorporating the fundamental difference between specialist and generalist herbivores

    J. Joshi;K. Vrieling

  • Introgression of crop alleles into wild or weedy populations

    Norman C. Ellstrand;Patrick Meirmans;Jun Rong;Detlef Bartsch

  • The Complete Chloroplast Genome of 17 Individuals of Pest Species Jacobaea vulgaris: SNPs, Microsatellites and Barcoding Markers for Population and Phylogenetic Studies

    Leonie Doorduin;Barbara Gravendeel;Youri Lammers;Yavuz Ariyurek

  • A review of the phytochemical support for the shifting defence hypothesis

    Leonie J. Doorduin;Klaas Vrieling

  • Frequent gain and loss of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the evolution of Senecio section Jacobaea (Asteraceae).

    Pieter B. Pelser;Helene de Vos;Claudine Theuring;Till Beuerle

  • Palatability to a generalist herbivore, defence and growth of invasive and native Senecio species: testing the evolution of increased competitive ability hypothesis

    L. Caño;J. Escarré;K. Vrieling;F. X. Sans

  • Genetic analysis of the concentrations of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Senecio jacobaea

    Klaas Vrieling;Helene de Vos;Catharina A.M. van Wijk

  • Genetic diversity, evolutionary history and implications for conservation of the lion (Panthera leo) in West and Central Africa

    L. D. Bertola;W. F. Van Hooft;K. Vrieling;D. R. Uit de Weerd;D. R. Uit de Weerd

  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloids as oviposition stimulants for the cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae.

    Mirka Macel;Klaas Vrieling

  • Tritrophic interactions between aphids (Aphis jacobaeae Schrank), ant species, Tyria jacobaeae L., and Senecio jacobaea L. lead to maintenance of genetic variation in pyrrolizidine alkaloid concentration.

    Klaas Vrieling;Wouter Smit;Ed van der Meijden

  • The effect of hybridization on secondary metabolites and herbivore resistance: implications for the evolution of chemical diversity in plants

    Dandan Cheng;Dandan Cheng;Klaas Vrieling;Peter G. L. Klinkhamer

  • Species by Environment Interactions Affect Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Expression in Senecio jacobaea , Senecio aquaticus , and Their Hybrids

    Heather Kirk;Klaas Vrieling;Eddy Van Der Meijden;Peter G. L. Klinkhamer

  • GENE FLOW IN PLANTAGO-I GENE FLOW AND NEIGHBORHOOD SIZE IN PLANTAGO-LANCEOLATA

    M Bos;H Harmens;K Vrieling

  • Genetic variation in constitutive and inducible pyrrolizidine alkaloid levels inCynoglossum officinale L.

    Nicole M. van Dam;Klaas Vrieling

  • Selective Embryo Abortion Hypothesis Revisited ‐ A Molecular Approach

    G. Korbecka;P. G. L. Klinkhamer;K. Vrieling

  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloid variation in shoots and roots of segregating hybrids between Jacobaea vulgaris and Jacobaea aquatica.

    Dandan Cheng;Dandan Cheng;Heather Kirk;Heather Kirk;Patrick P. J. Mulder;Klaas Vrieling

  • Natural hybridization between Senecio jacobaea and Senecio aquaticus: molecular and chemical evidence.

    Heather Kirk;Mirka Máčel;Peter G. L. Klinkhamer;Klaas Vrieling

  • Diversity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Senecio species does not affect the specialist herbivore Tyria jacobaeae.

    Mirka Macel;Peter G. L. Klinkhamer;Klaas Vrieling;Ed Van Der Meijden

  • New insights into domestication of carrot from root transcriptome analyses

    Jun Rong;Jun Rong;Youri Lammers;Jared L Strasburg;Natasha S Schidlo

  • Phylogeographic Patterns in Africa and High Resolution Delineation of Genetic Clades in the Lion (Panthera leo)

    L. D. Bertola;H. Jongbloed;K. J. van der Gaag;P. de Knijff

  • Cost assessment of the production of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.).

    K. Vrieling;C. A. M. van Wijk

  • Nutrients decrease pyrrolizidine alkaloid concentrations in Senecio jacobaea

    W. H. G. Hol;K. Vrieling;J. A. Van Veen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. L. Klinkhamer
Peter G. L. Klinkhamer Leiden University
Jan W. Arntzen
Jan W. Arntzen Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Hans Bauer
Hans Bauer University of Oxford
Young Hae Choi
Young Hae Choi Leiden University
Barbara Gravendeel
Barbara Gravendeel Leiden University
Urs Schaffner
Urs Schaffner CAB International
T. Martijn Bezemer
T. Martijn Bezemer Leiden University
Menno Schilthuizen
Menno Schilthuizen Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Jasmin Joshi
Jasmin Joshi University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
Íñigo Martínez-Solano
Íñigo Martínez-Solano Spanish National Research Council

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