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Tom Van de Wiele

Tom Van de Wiele

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 83 980 881 25 23 372 26286

Tom Van de Wiele publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tom Van de Wiele between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tom Van de Wiele published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 18.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2013. 33 of the 455 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2013. 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 5 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 27 publications 2012: 37 publications 2013: 38 publications 2014: 27 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 31 publications 2017: 35 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 22 publications
2001 2025

455 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tom Van de Wiele: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 2
2002 2
2003 1
2004 5
2005 1
2006 6
2007 14
2008 10
2009 15
2010 21
2011 27
2012 37
2013 38
2014 27
2015 20
2016 31
2017 35
2018 27
2019 25
2020 24
2021 23
2022 22
2023 9
2024 11
2025 22
Total 455
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Tom Van de Wiele publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Van de Wiele sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 365–374 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 372 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65 372
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Tom Van de Wiele D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Van de Wiele sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 83 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77 83
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Tom Van de Wiele is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields with a significant focus on medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work predominantly explores key topics related to gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research. Additional topics include gastrointestinal motility and disorders, diet and metabolism studies, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, and nutritional studies and diet.

Van de Wiele has contributed to numerous publications across various venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Food Chemistry
  • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

The following papers represent some of the recent contributions carrying relevance within their research scope:

  • Gut microbiota generation of protein-bound uremic toxins and related metabolites is not altered at different stages of chronic kidney disease, 2020, Kidney International
  • Aberrant gut-microbiota-immune-brain axis development in premature neonates with brain damage, 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Postbiotics and Their Health Modulatory Biomolecules, 2022, Biomolecules
  • Oral biofilms exposure to chlorhexidine results in altered microbial composition and metabolic profile, 2020, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • Lactobacilli Have a Niche in the Human Nose, 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators in Van de Wiele's publications include:

  • Kim De Paepe
  • Stéphanie Blanquet-Diot
  • Marta Calatayud
  • John Van Camp
  • Yorick Minnebo

Their subfields of study encompass molecular biology, food science, infectious diseases, physiology, and nutrition and dietetics, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research approaches.

Best Publications

  • Changes in gut microbiota control inflammation in obese mice through a mechanism involving GLP-2-driven improvement of gut permeability

    Patrice D. Cani;S. Possemiers;T. Van de Wiele;Yves Guiot

  • Comparison of Five In Vitro Digestion Models To Study the Bioaccessibility of Soil Contaminants

    Agnes G. Oomen;Alfons Hack;Mans Minekus;Evelijn Zeijdner

  • Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Postweaning Piglets: Understanding the Keys to Health

    Raphaële Gresse;Frédérique Chaucheyras-Durand;Mickaël Alain Fleury;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Butyrate-producing Clostridium cluster XIVa species specifically colonize mucins in an in vitro gut model.

    Pieter Van Den Abbeele;Clara Belzer;Margot Goossens;Michiel Kleerebezem

  • Prebiotic and other health-related effects of cereal-derived arabinoxylans, arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, and xylooligosaccharides.

    Willem F Broekaert;Christophe M Courtin;Kristin Verbeke;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Propionate as a health-promoting microbial metabolite in the human gut.

    Elham Hosseini;Charlotte Grootaert;Willy Verstraete;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Metabolic fate of polyphenols in the human superorganism

    John van Duynhoven;Elaine E. Vaughan;Doris M. Jacobs;Robèr A. Kemperman

  • Dietary emulsifiers directly alter human microbiota composition and gene expression ex vivo potentiating intestinal inflammation

    Benoit Chassaing;Tom Van de Wiele;Jana De Bodt;Massimo Marzorati

  • Prebiotic Effects of Wheat Arabinoxylan Related to the Increase in Bifidobacteria, Roseburia and Bacteroides/Prevotella in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

    Audrey M. Neyrinck;Sam Possemiers;Céline Druart;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Butyrate-producing bacteria supplemented in vitro to Crohn’s disease patient microbiota increased butyrate production and enhanced intestinal epithelial barrier integrity

    Annelies Geirnaert;Annelies Geirnaert;Marta Calatayud;Charlotte Grootaert;Debby Laukens

  • An inter-laboratory trial of the unified BARGE bioaccessibility method for arsenic, cadmium and lead in soil.

    Joanna Wragg;Mark R. Cave;Nick Basta;Esther Brandon

  • Microbial Community Development in a Dynamic Gut Model Is Reproducible, Colon Region Specific, and Selective for Bacteroidetes and Clostridium Cluster IX

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Charlotte Grootaert;Massimo Marzorati;Sam Possemiers

  • Inulin‐type fructans of longer degree of polymerization exert more pronounced in vitro prebiotic effects

    T. Van De Wiele;N. Boon;S. Possemiers;H. Jacobs

  • Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene.

    Hans Verstraelen;Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas;Fabian Desimpel;Ruy Jauregui

  • Synthetic microbial ecosystems: an exciting tool to understand and apply microbial communities.

    Karen De Roy;Massimo Marzorati;Pieter Van den Abbeele;Tom Van de Wiele

  • The host selects mucosal and luminal associations of coevolved gut microorganisms: a novel concept

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Tom Van de Wiele;Willy Verstraete;Sam Possemiers

  • The Prenylflavonoid Isoxanthohumol from Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) Is Activated into the Potent Phytoestrogen 8-Prenylnaringenin In Vitro and in the Human Intestine

    Sam Possemiers;Selin Bolca;Charlotte Grootaert;Arne Heyerick

  • Learning by Playing - Solving Sparse Reward Tasks from Scratch

    Martin A. Riedmiller;Roland Hafner;Thomas Lampe;Michael Neunert

  • Incorporating a mucosal environment in a dynamic gut model results in a more representative colonization by lactobacilli

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Stefaan Roos;Venessa Eeckhaut;Donald A MacKenzie

  • Microbial metabolism and prebiotic potency of arabinoxylan oligosaccharides in the human intestine

    Charlotte Grootaert;Jan A. Delcour;Christophe M. Courtin;Willem F. Broekaert

  • Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Philippe Gérard;Sylvie Rabot;Aurélia Bruneau

Frequent Co-Authors

Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
John Van Camp
John Van Camp Ghent University
Marc Heyndrickx
Marc Heyndrickx Ghent University
Gijs Du Laing
Gijs Du Laing Ghent University
Marc Bracke
Marc Bracke Ghent University
Mieke Uyttendaele
Mieke Uyttendaele Ghent University
Dietmar H. Pieper
Dietmar H. Pieper Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University

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