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64
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9860
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253

Piter Bijma 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 Piter Bijma sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 302 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Piter Bijma 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 Piter Bijma sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Piter Bijma is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. The primary focus of their scholarly work spans across fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, their research is concentrated particularly on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Small Animals, and Insect Science.

The major topics covered in their work address genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, animal behavior and welfare studies, plant and animal studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and insect and pesticide research.

They have contributed to several frequent publication venues, notably:

  • Genetics Selection Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
  • Genetics
  • Journal of Animal Science

The list of frequent coauthors includes:

  • Yvonne C. J. Wientjes
  • M.P.L. Calus
  • M.C.M. de Jong
  • Bas J. Zwaan
  • Lars Rönnegård

Selected recent publications by Piter Bijma include:

  • Next-generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics, 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • How Depressing Is Inbreeding? A Meta-Analysis of 30 Years of Research on the Effects of Inbreeding in Livestock, 2021, Genes
  • Breeding Beyond Monoculture: Putting the "Intercrop" Into Crops, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Enhanced camera-based individual pig detection and tracking for smart pig farms, 2023, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Inbreeding depression across the genome of Dutch Holstein Friesian dairy cattle, 2020, Genetics Selection Evolution

Best Publications

  • Multilevel Selection 1: Quantitative Genetics of Inheritance and Response to Selection

    Piter Bijma;William M. Muir;Johan A. M. Van Arendonk

  • Inbreeding in genome‐wide selection

    H.D. Daetwyler;B. Villanueva;P. Bijma;John Woolliams

  • The joint effects of kin, multilevel selection and indirect genetic effects on response to genetic selection

    P. Bijma;M. J. Wade

  • Best linear unbiased prediction of genomic breeding values using a trait-specific marker-derived relationship matrix.

    Zhe Zhang;Zhe Zhang;Jianfeng Liu;Xiangdong Ding;Piter Bijma

  • Multilevel Selection 2: Estimating the Genetic Parameters Determining Inheritance and Response to Selection

    Piter Bijma;William M. Muir;Esther D. Ellen;Jason B. Wolf

  • The contribution of social effects to heritable variation in finishing traits of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa).

    Rob Bergsma;Egbert Kanis;Egbert Frank Knol;Piter Bijma

  • Effects of genotype x environment interaction on genetic gain in breeding programs.

    H. A. Mulder;P. Bijma

  • Inbreeding depression due to recent and ancient inbreeding in Dutch Holstein–Friesian dairy cattle

    Harmen P. Doekes;Roel F. Veerkamp;Piter Bijma;Gerben de Jong

  • Estimating Relatedness Between Individuals in General Populations With a Focus on Their Use in Conservation Programs

    Pieter A Oliehoek;Jack J Windig;Johan A M van Arendonk;Piter Bijma

  • The quantitative genetics of indirect genetic effects: a selective review of modelling issues.

    P Bijma

  • Selection and phenotypic plasticity in evolutionary biology and animal breeding

    G. de Jong;P. Bijma

  • SelAction: Software to Predict Selection Response and Rate of Inbreeding in Livestock Breeding Programs

    M.J.M. Rutten;P. Bijma;John Woolliams;J.A.M. van Arendonk

  • Prediction of Breeding Values and Selection Responses with Genetic Heterogeneity of Environmental Variance

    Herman A. Mulder;Piter Bijma;William G Hill

  • Optimization of Dairy Cattle Breeding Programs for Different Environments with Genotype by Environment Interaction

    H.A. Mulder;R.F. Veerkamp;B.J. Ducro;J.A.M. van Arendonk

  • Estimating maternal genetic effects in livestock.

    P. Bijma

  • Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production

    P. Bijma;T.H.E. Meuwissen;John Woolliams

  • Survival of Laying Hens: Genetic Parameters for Direct and Associative Effects in Three Purebred Layer Lines

    E.D. Ellen;J. Visscher;J.A.M. van Arendonk;P. Bijma

  • A General Definition of the Heritable Variation that Determines the Potential of a Population to Respond to Selection

    Piter Bijma

  • Estimating indirect genetic effects: precision of estimates and optimum designs.

    Piter Bijma

  • Accuracies of estimated breeding values from ordinary genetic evaluations do not reflect the correlation between true and estimated breeding values in selected populations

    P. Bijma

Frequent Co-Authors

John Woolliams
John Woolliams University of Edinburgh
J.A.M. van Arendonk
J.A.M. van Arendonk Wageningen University & Research
Roel F. Veerkamp
Roel F. Veerkamp Wageningen University & Research
H. Bovenhuis
H. Bovenhuis Wageningen University & Research
Irene Camerlink
Irene Camerlink Polish Academy of Sciences
Jack J. Windig
Jack J. Windig Wageningen University & Research
T.B. Rodenburg
T.B. Rodenburg Utrecht University
Egbert F. Knol
Egbert F. Knol Topigs Norsvin (Netherlands)
William M. Muir
William M. Muir Purdue University West Lafayette
Bas Kemp
Bas Kemp Wageningen University & Research

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