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D-Index
70
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15214
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2287
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84

Pierre J. G. M. de Wit publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre J. G. M. de Wit sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 124 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Pierre J. G. M. de Wit D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre J. G. M. de Wit sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Pierre J. G. M. de Wit is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily lies within Environmental Science, with a particular focus on the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Genetics, Oceanography, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's body of work addresses several main topics, including Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Genetic diversity and population structure, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine and coastal plant biology, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Recent notable papers by Pierre J. G. M. de Wit include:

  • Temporally balanced selection during development of larval Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) inherently preserves genetic diversity within offspring, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species, 2023, Molecular Ecology
  • Deep-learning-powered data analysis in plankton ecology, 2024, Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Larval development in the Pacific oyster and the impacts of ocean acidification: Differential genetic effects in wild and domesticated stocks, 2021, Evolutionary Applications
  • Genome-Wide Population Structure in a Marine Keystone Species, the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis), 2024, Molecular Ecology

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • Evolutionary Applications (6 publications)
  • Molecular Ecology (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (3 publications)
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters (1 publication)

Pierre J. G. M. de Wit has collaborated extensively with a range of coauthors including Alexandra Kinnby, Carl André, Marlene Jahnke, Marina Rafajlović, and Halvor Knutsen.

In addition to journal publications, the scientist has contributed to book publications with recognized Nordic institutions. These include works published by TemaNord and the Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks, focusing on marine conservation and population connectivity in the Skagerrak region, with titles expected in 2024 and 2025.

The scientist was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Fungal Effector Proteins

    Ioannis Stergiopoulos;Pierre J G M de Wit

  • Finished Genome of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola Reveals Dispensome Structure, Chromosome Plasticity, and Stealth Pathogenesis

    Stephen B. Goodwin;Sarrah Ben M'Barek;Braham Dhillon;Alexander H J Wittenberg

  • Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

    Robin A. Ohm;Nicolas Feau;Bernard Henrissat;Conrad L Schoch

  • Cladosporium Avr2 inhibits tomato Rcr3 protease required for Cf-2-dependent disease resistance.

    Henrietta C. E. Rooney;John W. van 't Klooster;John W. van 't Klooster;Renier A. L. van der Hoorn;Renier A. L. van der Hoorn;Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten;Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten

  • Cladosporium fulvum Avr4 protects fungal cell walls against hydrolysis by plant chitinases accumulating during infection

    Harrold A van den Burg;Stuart J Harrison;Matthieu H A J Joosten;Jacques Vervoort

  • Fungal effector proteins: past, present and future.

    Pierre J. G. M. De Wit;Rahim Mehrabi;Harrold A. Van Den Burg;Ioannis Stergiopoulos

  • Oomycetes and fungi: similar weaponry to attack plants

    Maita Latijnhouwers;Maita Latijnhouwers;Pierre J.G.M. de Wit;Francine Govers

  • The novel Cladosporium fulvum lysin motif effector Ecp6 is a virulence factor with orthologues in other fungal species

    Melvin D Bolton;H Peter van Esse;Jack H Vossen;Ronnie de Jonge

  • Identification of Several Pathogenesis-Related Proteins in Tomato Leaves Inoculated with Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Fulvia fulva) as 1,3-β-Glucanases and Chitinases

    Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten;Pierre J. G. M. De Wit

  • A genome-wide functional investigation into the roles of receptor-like proteins in Arabidopsis

    Guodong Wang;Ursula Ellendorff;Ben Kemp;John W. Mansfield

  • The Cladosporium fulvum virulence protein Avr2 inhibits host proteases required for basal defense

    H. Peter van Esse;John W. van't Klooster;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Koste A. Yadeta

  • Molecular analysis of the avirulence gene avr9 of the fungal tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum fully supports the gene-for-gene hypothesis.

    Guido F.J.M. Van den Ackerveken;Jan A.L. Van Kan;Pierre J.G.M. De Wit

  • Dual disease resistance mediated by the immune receptor Cf-2 in tomato requires a common virulence target of a fungus and a nematode

    Jose L. Lozano-Torres;Ruud H. P. Wilbers;Piotr Gawronski;Jordi C. Boshoven

  • The Genomes of the Fungal Plant Pathogens Cladosporium fulvum and Dothistroma septosporum Reveal Adaptation to Different Hosts and Lifestyles But Also Signatures of Common Ancestry

    Pierre J. G. M. De Wit;Ate van der Burgt;Bilal Ökmen;Ioannis Stergiopoulos;Ioannis Stergiopoulos

  • The chitin-binding Cladosporium fulvum effector protein Avr4 is a virulence factor.

    H Peter van Esse;Melvin D Bolton;Ioannis Stergiopoulos;Pierre J G M de Wit

  • Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva), a highly specialized plant pathogen as a model for functional studies on plant pathogenic Mycosphaerellaceae

    Bart P. H. J. Thomma;H. Peter Van Esse;Pedro W. Crous;Pedro W. Crous;Pierre J. G. M. De Wit

  • RD19, an Arabidopsis Cysteine Protease Required for RRS1-R–Mediated Resistance, Is Relocalized to the Nucleus by the Ralstonia solanacearum PopP2 Effector

    Maud Bernoux;Ton Timmers;Alain Jauneau;Christian Brière

  • Balancing selection favors guarding resistance proteins.

    Renier A.L Van der Hoorn;Pierre J.G.M De Wit;Matthieu H.A.J Joosten

  • Phosphatidic acid accumulation is an early response in the Cf-4/Avr4 interaction

    Camiel F. de Jong;Ana M. Laxalt;Bastiaan O. R. Bargmann;Pierre J. G. M. de Wit

  • Tomato Cf resistance proteins mediate recognition of cognate homologous effectors from fungi pathogenic on dicots and monocots.

    Ioannis Stergiopoulos;Harrold A. van den Burg;Bilal Ökmen;Henriek G. Beenen

Frequent Co-Authors

Rahim Mehrabi
Rahim Mehrabi Isfahan University of Technology
Ioannis Stergiopoulos
Ioannis Stergiopoulos University of California, Davis
Gert H. J. Kema
Gert H. J. Kema Wageningen University & Research
Bart P. H. J. Thomma
Bart P. H. J. Thomma University of Cologne
Theo van der Lee
Theo van der Lee Wageningen University & Research
Frank L. W. Takken
Frank L. W. Takken University of Amsterdam
Russell J. Cox
Russell J. Cox University of Hannover
Cees Waalwijk
Cees Waalwijk Wageningen University & Research
Richard C. Hamelin
Richard C. Hamelin University of British Columbia
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy

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