Bart C. Jacobs

17.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
176 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Bart C. Jacobs is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Bart C. Jacobs has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Neurology, 99 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 30 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Bart C. Jacobs's work include Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (142 papers), Hereditary Neurological Disorders (99 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (22 papers). Bart C. Jacobs is often cited by papers focused on Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (142 papers), Hereditary Neurological Disorders (99 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (22 papers). Bart C. Jacobs collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Bart C. Jacobs's co-authors include Pieter A. van Doorn, Hugh J. Willison, Liselotte Ruts, Judith Drenthen, Christa Walgaard, C. Wim Ang, C. Fokke, F.G.A. van der Meché, Hubert P. Endtz and Bianca van den Berg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Bart C. Jacobs

169 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Guillain-Barré syndrome

2016 1.0k citations Hugh J. Willison, Bart C. Jacobs et al. The Lancet profile →
Guillain–Barré syndrome: pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

2014 675 citations Bianca van den Berg, Christa Walgaard et al. profile →
The spectrum of antecedent infections in Guillain-Barre syndrome

1998 597 citations Bart C. Jacobs, F.G.A. van der Meché et al. Neurology profile →
Clinical features, pathogenesis, and treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome

2008 564 citations Pieter A. van Doorn, Liselotte Ruts et al. profile →
Diagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome and validation of Brighton criteria

2013 483 citations C. Fokke, Christa Walgaard et al. Brain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bart C. Jacobs Netherlands	49	7.4k	4.8k	1.7k	982	809	176	10.2k
Nobuhiro Yuki Japan	67	12.3k 1.7×	9.8k 2.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	348	14.9k
Thomas E. Lane United States	54	717 0.1×	503 0.1×	1.9k 1.1×	123 0.1×	2.0k 2.5×	168	10.6k
Madeleine W. Cunningham United States	53	962 0.1×	206 0.0×	3.4k 2.0×	646 0.7×	2.0k 2.5×	152	10.7k
Nobuhiro Fujii Japan	42	716 0.1×	317 0.1×	1.3k 0.8×	148 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	213	6.0k
D. Borden Lacy United States	51	970 0.1×	649 0.1×	2.6k 1.6×	75 0.1×	3.5k 4.4×	197	8.6k
Horst Schroten Germany	41	264 0.0×	349 0.1×	1.3k 0.8×	151 0.2×	1.1k 1.3×	219	5.6k
Chella S. David United States	61	549 0.1×	248 0.1×	1.4k 0.8×	2.9k 3.0×	3.0k 3.7×	446	14.3k
Tetsuya Mizutani Japan	41	333 0.0×	277 0.1×	2.6k 1.6×	139 0.1×	1.2k 1.5×	309	6.2k
G Marchal France	42	780 0.1×	224 0.0×	2.2k 1.3×	826 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	129	6.5k
Reinhard Pabst Germany	51	196 0.0×	717 0.1×	551 0.3×	293 0.3×	1.6k 2.0×	235	9.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jacobs, Bart C., et al.. (2025). Role of the Proportional Odds Assumption for the Analysis of Ordinal Outcomes in Neurologic Trials. Neurology. 105(8). e214146–e214146.

Piñero‐Lambea, Carlos, Carolina Segura-Morales, Anne P. Tio‐Gillen, et al.. (2024). Engineering Mycoplasma pneumoniae to bypass the association with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Microbes and Infection. 26(5-6). 105342–105342. 1 indexed citations

Luijten, Linda W.G., Eveline Wiegers, Diederik W.J. Dippel, et al.. (2024). Opportunities for more powerful statistical analyses of ordinal scales: A scoping review of neurological trials. medRxiv. 1 indexed citations

Fokke, C., Christa Walgaard, Anne P. Tio‐Gillen, et al.. (2023). High and Persistent Anti-GM1 Antibody Titers Are Associated With Poor Clinical Recovery in Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 10(4). 14 indexed citations

Luijten, Linda W.G., Alex Y. Doets, Samuel Arends, et al.. (2022). Modified Erasmus GBS Respiratory Insufficiency Score: a simplified clinical tool to predict the risk of mechanical ventilation in Guillain-Barré syndrome. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 94(4). 300–308. 19 indexed citations

Helfferich, Jelte, Kimberley Benschop, Bart C. Jacobs, et al.. (2022). Epidemiology of acute flaccid myelitis in children in the Netherlands, 2014 to 2019. Eurosurveillance. 27(42). 7 indexed citations

Doets, Alex Y., Christa Walgaard, Hester F. Lingsma, et al.. (2022). International Validation of the Erasmus Guillain–Barré Syndrome Respiratory Insufficiency Score. Annals of Neurology. 91(4). 521–531. 21 indexed citations

Berg, Bianca van den, David R. Cornblath, Esmée Venema, et al.. (2019). Original research: Second IVIg course in Guillain-Barré syndrome with poor prognosis: the non-randomised ISID study. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 91(2). 113–121. 33 indexed citations

Wirtz, Paul W., et al.. (2018). [Bell's palsy: different doctor, different care?]. PubMed. 162. 1 indexed citations

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Berg, Benno van den, Jelmer Alsma, Annemiek A. van der Eijk, et al.. (2018). [Guillain-Barré syndrome following infection with the Zika virus].. PubMed. 160. D155–D155. 3 indexed citations

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Willison, Hugh J., Bart C. Jacobs, & Pieter A. van Doorn. (2016). Guillain-Barré syndrome. The Lancet. 388(10045). 717–727. 1021 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leeuwen, Nikki van, Hester F. Lingsma, Miriam Sturkenboom, et al.. (2016). Hospital Admissions, Transfers and Costs of Guillain-Barré Syndrome. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0143837–e0143837. 10 indexed citations

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Lens, Frederic, Rutger Vos, Guillaume Charrier, et al.. (2016). Scalariform-to-simple transition in vessel perforation plates triggered by differences in climate during the evolution of Adoxaceae. Annals of Botany. 118(5). 1043–1056. 33 indexed citations

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Walgaard, Christa, Hester F. Lingsma, Pieter A. van Doorn, et al.. (2016). Tracheostomy or Not: Prediction of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Guillain–Barré Syndrome. Neurocritical Care. 26(1). 6–13. 39 indexed citations

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Roodbol, Joyce, Marie‐Claire Y. de Wit, Femke K. Aarsen, Coriene E. Catsman‐Berrevoets, & Bart C. Jacobs. (2014). Long‐term outcome of Guillain‐Barré syndrome in children. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 19(2). 121–126. 42 indexed citations

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Sauteur, Patrick M. Meyer, Bart C. Jacobs, Emiel B. M. Spuesens, et al.. (2014). Antibody Responses to Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Role in Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Encephalitis?. PLoS Pathogens. 10(6). e1003983–e1003983. 52 indexed citations

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Godschalk, Peggy C. R., Astrid P. Heikema, Michel Gilbert, et al.. (2004). The crucial role of Campylobacter jejuni genes in anti-ganglioside antibody induction in Guillain-Barré syndrome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(11). 1659–1665. 170 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Bart C., Roland Bullens, Graham M. O’Hanlon, et al.. (2002). Detection and prevalence of α‐latrotoxin–like effects of serum from patients with Guillain–Barré syndrome. Muscle & Nerve. 25(4). 549–558. 29 indexed citations

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Endtz, Hubert P., C. Wim Ang, Nicole van den Braak, et al.. (2000). Evaluation of a New Commercial Immunoassay >for Rapid Detection of Campylobacter jejuni in Stool Samples. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 19(10). 794–797. 20 indexed citations

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Visser, L. H., F.G.A. van der Meché, Pieter A. van Doorn, et al.. (1995). Guillain-Barré syndrome without sensory loss (acute motor neuropathy). Brain. 118(4). 841–847. 139 indexed citations

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