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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
102
Citations
35816
World Ranking
374
National Ranking
9

Paul De Vos 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 Paul De Vos sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 447 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul De Vos 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 Paul De Vos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Paul De Vos is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research across several fields, with a strong focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences.

The primary areas of study for De Vos encompass Nutrition and Dietetics, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Food Science. Their research interests prominently include pancreatic function and diabetes, probiotics and fermented foods, gut microbiota and health, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, infant nutrition and health, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, and diabetes and associated disorders.

Recent scholarly publications by Paul De Vos include:

  • Impact of Bacterial Metabolites on Gut Barrier Function and Host Immunity: A Focus on Bacterial Metabolism and Its Relevance for Intestinal Inflammation (2021) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • The effects of different dietary fiber pectin structures on the gastrointestinal immune barrier: impact via gut microbiota and direct effects on immune cells (2020) published in Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • Mitochondrial function in immune cells in health and disease (2020) published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Acetate and Butyrate Improve β-cell Metabolism and Mitochondrial Respiration under Oxidative Stress (2020) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Benefits of bacteria-derived exopolysaccharides on gastrointestinal microbiota, immunity and health (2020) published in Journal of Functional Foods

De Vos has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Henk A. Schols (34 joint publications)
  • Bart J. de Haan (29 joint publications)
  • Alexandra M. Smink (26 joint publications)
  • Marijke M. Faas (24 joint publications)
  • Marthe T. C. Walvoort (20 joint publications)

The scientist's work has been regularly published in a range of scientific journals and venues, reflective of their multidisciplinary approach. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Food & Function (17 publications)
  • Carbohydrate Polymers (16 publications)
  • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research (8 publications)
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (7 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification.

    Dawn Field;George Garrity;Tanya Gray;Norman Morrison

  • Initial community evenness favours functionality under selective stress

    Lieven Wittebolle;Massimo Marzorati;Lieven Clement;Annalisa Balloi

  • Alginate-based microcapsules for immunoisolation of pancreatic islets

    Paul de Vos;Marijke M. Faas;Berit Strand;Ricardo Calafiore

  • Introduction to the Proteobacteria

    Karel Kersters;Paul De Vos;Monique Gillis;Jean Swings

  • Ecological diversification in the Bacillus cereus Group

    Marie-Hélène Guinebretière;Fabiano L. Thompson;Fabiano L. Thompson;Alexei Sorokin;Philippe Normand

  • Impact of Bacterial Metabolites on Gut Barrier Function and Host Immunity: A Focus on Bacterial Metabolism and Its Relevance for Intestinal Inflammation

    Naschla Gasaly;Paul de Vos;Marcela A. Hermoso

  • Advantages of multilocus sequence analysis for taxonomic studies: a case study using 10 housekeeping genes in the genus Ensifer (including former Sinorhizobium).

    Miet Martens;Peter Dawyndt;Renata Coopman;Monique Gillis

  • Polyphasic taxonomic revision of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex: proposal to emend the descriptions of Ralstonia solanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii and reclassify current R. syzygii strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. syzygii subsp. nov., R. solanacearum phylotype IV strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis subsp. nov., banana blood disease bacterium strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis subsp. nov. and R. solanacearum phylotype I and III strains as Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum sp. nov.

    Irda Safni;Ilse Cleenwerck;Paul De Vos;Mark Fegan

  • Bioaugmentation of Activated Sludge by an Indigenous 3-Chloroaniline-Degrading Comamonas testosteroni Strain, I2gfp

    Nico Boon;Johan Goris;Paul De Vos;Willy Verstraete

  • Specific inulin-type fructan fibers protect against autoimmune diabetes by modulating gut immunity, barrier function, and microbiota homeostasis

    Kang Chen;Hao Chen;Marijke M Faas;Bart J de Haan

  • Evaluation of a microplate DNA : DNA hybridization method compared with the initial renaturation method

    Johan Goris;Ken-ichiro Suzuki;Paul De Vos;Takashi Nakase

  • Burkholderia tuberum sp. nov. and Burkholderia phymatum sp. nov., Nodulate the Roots of Tropical Legumes

    Peter Vandamme;Johan Goris;Wen-Ming Chen;Paul de Vos

  • Cultivation of Denitrifying Bacteria: Optimization of Isolation Conditions and Diversity Study

    Kim Heylen;Bram Vanparys;Lieven Wittebolle;Willy Verstraete

  • Aged Gut Microbiota Contributes to Systemical Inflammaging after Transfer to Germ-Free Mice

    Floris Fransen;Adriaan A. van Beek;Theo Borghuis;Sahar El Aidy

  • Rapid identification of bacteria of the Comamonadaceae with amplified ribosomal DNA-restriction analysis (ARDRA)

    Mario Vaneechoutte;Rudi Rossau;Paul De Vos;Monique Gillis

  • Bacillus cytotoxicus sp. nov. is a novel thermotolerant species of the Bacillus cereus Group occasionally associated with food poisoning

    Marie-Hélène Guinebretière;Marie-Hélène Guinebretière;Sandrine Auger;Sandrine Auger;Nathalie Galleron;Nathalie Galleron;Matthias Contzen

  • Multilocus sequence analysis of Ensifer and related taxa.

    Miet Martens;Manuel Delaere;Renata Coopman;Paul De Vos

  • Synergistic degradation of linuron by a bacterial consortium and isolation of a single linuron-degrading variovorax strain.

    Winnie Dejonghe;Ellen Berteloot;Johan Goris;Nico Boon

  • Polymers in cell encapsulation from an enveloped cell perspective

    Paul de Vos;Hamideh Aghajani Lazarjani;Denis Poncelet;Marijke M. Faas

  • Recent Changes in the Classification of the Pseudomonads: an Overview

    Karel Kersters;Wolfgang Ludwig;Marc Vancanneyt;Paul De Vos

  • The incidence of nirS and nirK and their genetic heterogeneity in cultivated denitrifiers.

    Kim Heylen;Dirk Gevers;Bram Vanparys;Lieven Wittebolle

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilse Cleenwerck
Ilse Cleenwerck Ghent University
Karl-Heinz Schleifer
Karl-Heinz Schleifer Technical University of Munich
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Fred A. Rainey
Fred A. Rainey University of Florida
Michael Goodfellow
Michael Goodfellow Newcastle University
Don J. Brenner
Don J. Brenner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marc Heyndrickx
Marc Heyndrickx Ghent University
James T. Staley
James T. Staley University of Washington
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University

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