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D-Index
43
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6458
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4852
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191

Raymond Pieters publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raymond Pieters sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 182 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Raymond Pieters D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raymond Pieters sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Raymond Pieters is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology, Immunology, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Exercise and Physiological Responses, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Thermoregulation and Physiological Responses, and Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions.

Recent papers authored by or associated with Raymond Pieters include:

  • The impact of saliva collection methods on measured salivary biomarker levels, 2023, Clinica Chimica Acta
  • Chicken-derived RSPO1 and WNT3 contribute to maintaining longevity of chicken intestinal organoid cultures, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Environmentally weathered polystyrene particles induce phenotypical and functional maturation of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells, 2022, Journal of Immunotoxicology
  • Natural language processing in toxicology: Delineating adverse outcome pathways and guiding the application of new approach methodologies, 2022, Biomaterials and Biosystems
  • Towards a risk assessment framework for micro- and nanoplastic particles for human health, 2024, Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Raymond Pieters frequently publishes in venues such as Toxicology Letters, Frontiers in Toxicology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Open Research Europe, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

  • Marc Teunis
  • Esther S. Lenssen
  • Cyrille Krul
  • Marie Corradi
  • Roel Vermeulen

These collaborators have appeared alongside Pieters in multiple publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships across various topics within toxicology and environmental health.

Best Publications

  • Methods of in vitro toxicology.

    G Eisenbrand;B Pool-Zobel;V Baker;M Balls

  • In vitro toxicity of particulate matter (PM) collected at different sites in the Netherlands is associated with PM composition, size fraction and oxidative potential - the RAPTES project

    Maaike Steenhof;Ilse Gosens;Maciej Strak;Krystal J Godri;Krystal J Godri

  • Managing the challenge of drug-induced liver injury: a roadmap for the development and deployment of preclinical predictive models.

    Richard J Weaver;Eric A Blomme;Amy E Chadwick;Ian M Copple

  • Ultrafine but not fine particulate matter causes airway inflammation and allergic airway sensitization to co‐administered antigen in mice

    C. De Haar;I. Hassing;M. Bol;R. Bleumink

  • Organotins induce apoptosis by disturbance of [Ca2+]i and mitochondrial activity, causing oxidative stress and activation of caspases in rat thymocytes

    Alessandra Gennari;Barbara Viviani;Corrado Lodovico Galli;Marina Marinovich

  • Diesel exhaust, carbon black, and silica particles display distinct Th1/Th2 modulating activity.

    M. van Zijverden;A. van der Pijl;M. Bol;F.A. van Pinxteren

  • AHTN and HHCB show weak estrogenic — but no uterotrophic activity

    Willem Seinen;Josephine G Lemmen;Raymond H.H Pieters;Erik M.J Verbruggen

  • Air pollution exposure affects circulating white blood cell counts in healthy subjects: the role of particle composition, oxidative potential and gaseous pollutants - the RAPTES project.

    Maaike Steenhof;Nicole A. H. Janssen;Maciej Strak;Gerard Hoek

  • The Effect of the Food Matrix on In Vivo Immune Responses to Purified Peanut Allergens

    F. van Wijk;S. Nierkens;I. Hassing;M. Feijen

  • Mixed antibody and T cell responses to peanut and the peanut allergens Ara h 1, Ara h 2, Ara h 3 and Ara h 6 in an oral sensitization model.

    F. van Wijk;S. Hartgring;S.J. Koppelman;R. Pieters

  • Lung dendritic cells are stimulated by ultrafine particles and play a key role in particle adjuvant activity.

    Colin de Haar;Mirjam Kool;Ine Hassing;Marianne Bol

  • Toxicogenomics of subchronic hexachlorobenzene exposure in Brown Norway rats.

    Janine Ezendam;Frank Staedtler;Jeroen Pennings;Rob J. Vandebriel

  • In vitro tests to evaluate immunotoxicity: a preliminary study.

    M. Carfi;A. Gennari;I. Malerba;E. Corsini

  • Cytotoxicity and aromatase (CYP19) activity modulation by organochlorines in human placental JEG-3 and JAR choriocarcinoma cells

    Robert J. Letcher;Ineke Van Holsteijn;Henk Jan Drenth;Ross J. Norstrom

  • Comparison of six commercial ELISA kits for their specificity and sensitivity in detecting different major peanut allergens

    Shyamali Jayasena;Mieke Smits;Daniëlle Fiechter;Aard De Jong

  • Ultrafine Carbon Black Particles Cause Early Airway Inflammation and Have Adjuvant Activity in a Mouse Allergic Airway Disease Model

    Colin de Haar;Ine Hassing;Marianne Bol;Rob Bleumink

  • Activation of pulmonary dendritic cells and Th2-type inflammatory responses on instillation of engineered, environmental diesel emission source or ambient air pollutant particles in vivo.

    Gillina F.G. Bezemer;Stephen M. Bauer;Günter Oberdörster;Patrick N. Breysse

  • Regional expression levels of drug transporters and metabolizing enzymes along the pig and human intestinal tract and comparison with Caco-2 cells

    Stefan F.C. Vaessen;Marola M.H. van Lipzig;Raymond H.H. Pieters;Cyrille A.M. Krul

  • Is Candida albicans a trigger in the onset of coeliac disease

    W.F. Nieuwenhuizen;R.H.H. Pieters;L.M.J. Knippels;M.C.J.F. Jansen

  • CTLA-4 Signaling Regulates the Intensity of Hypersensitivity Responses to Food Antigens, but is Not Decisive in the Induction of Sensitization

    Femke van Wijk;Sanne Hoeks;Stefan Nierkens;Stef J. Koppelman

  • The use of reporter antigens in the popliteal lymph node assay to assess immunomodulation by chemicals

    R Albers;A Broeders;A van der Pijl;W Seinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Garssen
Johan Garssen Utrecht University
Stefan Nierkens
Stefan Nierkens University Medical Center Utrecht
Louis Boon
Louis Boon University of Amsterdam
Emanuela Corsini
Emanuela Corsini University of Milan
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Gerard Hoek
Gerard Hoek Utrecht University
Henk van Loveren
Henk van Loveren Maastricht University
Flemming R. Cassee
Flemming R. Cassee Utrecht University
Frank J. Kelly
Frank J. Kelly Imperial College London
Nicole A.H. Janssen
Nicole A.H. Janssen Wageningen University & Research

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