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Rinse K. Weersma publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rinse K. Weersma sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 439 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Rinse K. Weersma D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rinse K. Weersma is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the gut microbiome, inflammatory bowel disease, and related gastrointestinal health issues, integrating fields such as medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

They have contributed extensively to the scientific understanding of gut microbiota and health, with a publication record spanning several interconnected subfields including molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, surgery, and immunology.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Interaction between drugs and the gut microbiome, 2020, Gut
  • Impact of commonly used drugs on the composition and metabolic function of the gut microbiota, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Environmental factors shaping the gut microbiome in a Dutch population, 2022, Nature
  • Long-term dietary patterns are associated with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory features of the gut microbiome, 2021, Gut
  • Effect of host genetics on the gut microbiome in 7,738 participants of the Dutch Microbiome Project, 2022, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Gerard Dijkstra
  • Eleonora A. Festen
  • Ranko Gaćeša
  • Arnau Vich Vila
  • Jingyuan Fu

Their publications are often found in journals and venues such as:

  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Gastroenterology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gut
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Their work extensively covers topics including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity

In total, Rinse K. Weersma has produced over 300 publications in the field of medicine, with additional significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research emphasizes the interplay of genetics, environment, and microbial factors in gastrointestinal diseases and health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

    Luke Jostins;Stephan Ripke;Rinse K Weersma;Richard H Duerr

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci

    Andre Franke;Dermot P B McGovern;Jeffrey C. Barrett;Kai Wang

  • Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations

    J Z Liu;S van Sommeren;H Huang;S C Ng

  • Population-based metagenomics analysis reveals markers for gut microbiome composition and diversity.

    Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexander Kurilshikov;Marc Jan Bonder;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • Gut microbiome structure and metabolic activity in inflammatory bowel disease

    Eric A Franzosa;Eric A Franzosa;Alexandra Sirota-Madi;Julian Avila-Pacheco;Nadine Fornelos

  • Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47.

    Carl A. Anderson;Gabrielle Boucher;Charlie W. Lees;Andre Franke

  • Proton pump inhibitors affect the gut microbiome

    Floris Imhann;Marc Jan Bonder;Arnau Vich Vila;Jingyuan Fu

  • Multiple common variants for celiac disease influencing immune gene expression

    Patrick C. A. Dubois;Gosia Trynka;Lude Franke;Lude Franke;Karen A. Hunt

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • The effect of host genetics on the gut microbiome

    Marc Jan Bonder;Alexander Kurilshikov;Alexander Kurilshikov;Ettje F Tigchelaar;Zlatan Mujagic

  • Analysis of five chronic inflammatory diseases identifies 27 new associations and highlights disease-specific patterns at shared loci

    David Ellinghaus;Luke Jostins;Sarah L. Spain;Adrian Cortes

  • Inherited determinants of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis phenotypes: a genetic association study

    Isabelle Cleynen;Isabelle Cleynen;Gabrielle Boucher;Luke Jostins;Luke Jostins;Luke Jostins;L Philip Schumm

  • Genome-wide association identifies multiple ulcerative colitis susceptibility loci

    Dermot P.B. McGovern;Agnès Gardet;Leif Törkvist;Philippe Goyette

  • Sequence variants in IL10, ARPC2 and multiple other loci contribute to ulcerative colitis susceptibility

    Andre Franke;Tobias Balschun;Tom H Karlsen;Jurgita Sventoraityte

  • Interplay of host genetics and gut microbiota underlying the onset and clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease

    Floris Imhann;Arnau Vich Vila;Marc Jan Bonder;Jingyuan Fu

  • The Gut Microbiome Contributes to a Substantial Proportion of the Variation in Blood Lipids

    Jingyuan Fu;Marc Jan Bonder;María Carmen Cenit;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • Population-based epidemiology, malignancy risk, and outcome of primary sclerosing cholangitis.

    Kirsten Boonstra;Rinse K. Weersma;Karel J. van Erpecum;Erik A. Rauws

  • Interaction between drugs and the gut microbiome

    Rinse K Weersma;Alexandra Zhernakova;Jingyuan Fu

  • Fine-mapping inflammatory bowel disease loci to single-variant resolution

    Hailiang Huang;Hailiang Huang;Ming Fang;Luke Jostins;Maša Umićević Mirkov

  • Proton pump inhibitors affect the gut microbiome

    F. Imhann;M. J. Bonder;A. Vich Vila;J. Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen
Alexandra Zhernakova
Alexandra Zhernakova University Medical Center Groningen
Jingyuan Fu
Jingyuan Fu University Medical Center Groningen
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Cyriel Y. Ponsioen
Cyriel Y. Ponsioen University of Amsterdam
Andre Franke
Andre Franke Kiel University
Lude Franke
Lude Franke University Medical Center Groningen
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Stefan Schreiber
Stefan Schreiber Kiel University

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