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2023

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Willem Takken 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 Willem Takken sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 420 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willem Takken 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 Willem Takken sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Willem Takken is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, with a research focus that spans medicine and agricultural and biological sciences. Their scholarly work is primarily situated within several key subfields, including public health, environmental and occupational health, plant science, insect science, parasitology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research addresses topics such as mosquito-borne diseases and control, malaria research and control, insect pest control strategies, vector-borne infectious diseases, insect and pesticide research, viral infections and vectors, and insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Willem Takken has contributed to multiple papers, notably:

  • The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Effect of rodent density on tick and tick-borne pathogen populations: consequences for infectious disease risk, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Exploiting the chemical ecology of mosquito oviposition behavior in mosquito surveillance and control: a review, 2020, Journal of Vector Ecology
  • Community factors affecting participation in larval source management for malaria control in Chikwawa District, Southern Malawi, 2020, Malaria Journal
  • The effect of community-driven larval source management and house improvement on malaria transmission when added to the standard malaria control strategies in Malawi: a cluster-randomized controlled trial, 2021, Malaria Journal

Their frequent co-authors include Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, Robert S. McCann, Henk van den Berg, Steven Gowelo, and Michèle van Vugt.

Willem Takken's work is regularly published in venues such as Malaria Journal, Parasites & Vectors, Research Square, Scientific Reports, and bioRxiv. Their research output includes at least ten publications in Malaria Journal and eight in Parasites & Vectors, reflecting a focus on vector-borne diseases and malaria.

Best Publications

  • ODOR-MEDIATED BEHAVIOR OF AFROTROPICAL MALARIA MOSQUITOES

    Willem Takken;Bart G. J. Knols

  • Host preferences of blood-feeding mosquitoes

    Willem Takken;Niels O. Verhulst

  • Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination

    Teun Bousema;Jamie T. Griffin;Robert W. Sauerwein;David L. Smith

  • Entomopathogenic fungi for mosquito control: A review

    Ernst-Jan Scholte;Bart G.J. Knols;Robert A. Samson;Willem Takken

  • The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases

    Anne L. Wilson;Orin Courtenay;Louise A. Kelly-Hope;Thomas W. Scott

  • An Entomopathogenic Fungus for Control of Adult African Malaria Mosquitoes

    Ernst Jan Scholte;Kija Ng'Habi;Japheth Kihonda;Willem Takken

  • Olfactory regulation of mosquito-host interactions.

    L.J. Zwiebel;W. Takken

  • Odor Coding in the Maxillary Palp of the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Tan Lu;Yu Tong Qiu;Guirong Wang;Jae Young Kwon

  • Feeding strategies of anthropophilic mosquitoes result in increased risk of pathogen transmission

    Thomas W. Scott;Thomas W. Scott;Willem Takken

  • Circulation of four Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in Europe

    Setareh Jahfari;E Claudia Coipan;Manoj Fonville;Arieke Docters van Leeuwen

  • Absence of seasonal variation in malaria parasitaemia in an area of intense seasonal transmission.

    T. Smith;J.D. Charlwood;J. Kihonda;S. Mwankusye

  • Composition of Human Skin Microbiota Affects Attractiveness to Malaria Mosquitoes

    Niels O. Verhulst;Yu Tong Qiu;Hans Beijleveld;Chris Maliepaard

  • The role of olfaction in host-seeking of mosquitoes: a review.

    Willem Takken

  • Carbon dioxide and 1-octen-3-ol as mosquito attractants

    W. Takken;D.L. Kline

  • Unexpected High Losses of Anopheles gambiae Larvae Due to Rainfall

    Krijn P. Paaijmans;Moses O. Wandago;Andrew K. Githeko;Willem Takken

  • Effects of adult body size on fecundity and the pre-gravid rate of Anopheles gambiae females in Tanzania.

    Edith O. Lyimo;W. Takken

  • Effect of rearing temperature and larval density on larval survival, age at pupation and adult size of Anopheles gambiae.

    E. O. Lyimo;W. Takken;J. C. Koella

  • Infection of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae reduces blood feeding and fecundity.

    Ernst-Jan Scholte;Bart G.J. Knols;Bart G.J. Knols;Willem Takken

  • Do insecticide-treated bednets have an effect on malaria vectors?

    Willem Takken

  • The ecology of genetically modified mosquitoes.

    Thomas W. Scott;Willem Takken;Bart G. J. Knols;Christophe Boëte

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart G. J. Knols
Bart G. J. Knols Wageningen University & Research
Joop J. A. van Loon
Joop J. A. van Loon Wageningen University & Research
Hein Sprong
Hein Sprong Wageningen University & Research
Thomas J. Smith
Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Andrew K. Githeko
Andrew K. Githeko Kenya Medical Research Institute
Manoj Fonville
Manoj Fonville National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Marcel Dicke
Marcel Dicke Wageningen University & Research
Teun Bousema
Teun Bousema Radboud University
Ahmed Hassanali
Ahmed Hassanali Kenyatta University
Thomas W. Scott
Thomas W. Scott University of California, Davis

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