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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 70 2287 2173 84 81 124 15214

Pierre J. G. M. de Wit publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pierre J. G. M. de Wit between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pierre J. G. M. de Wit published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2015. 16 of the 190 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2015. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 10 publications
1983 2025

190 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pierre J. G. M. de Wit: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 1
1990 1
1991 2
1992 2
1993 2
1994 1
1995 1
1996 2
1997 3
1998 1
1999 2
2000 4
2001 6
2002 7
2003 3
2004 7
2005 6
2006 4
2007 5
2008 5
2009 7
2010 6
2011 6
2012 8
2013 8
2014 10
2015 15
2016 11
2017 3
2018 11
2019 5
2020 4
2021 5
2022 6
2023 3
2024 6
2025 10
Total 190
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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.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 115–124 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 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.

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203 124
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 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.

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158 70
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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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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