Dirk Gevers

89.0k total citations · 21 hit papers
94 papers, 42.6k citations indexed

About

Dirk Gevers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Gevers has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 42.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Food Science and 18 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Dirk Gevers's work include Gut microbiota and health (50 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (20 papers). Dirk Gevers is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (50 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (20 papers). Dirk Gevers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Dirk Gevers's co-authors include Curtis Huttenhower, Nicola Segata, Jacques Izard, Levi Waldron, Wendy S. Garrett, Ramnik J. Xavier, Rob Knight, Patrick D. Schloss, Jean Swings and Sarah L. Westcott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Gevers

93 papers receiving 42.0k citations

Hit Papers

Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation 2001 2026 2009 2017 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dirk Gevers United States 68 26.2k 7.4k 6.4k 5.6k 4.6k 94 42.6k
Curtis Huttenhower United States 89 38.0k 1.5× 7.4k 1.0× 8.0k 1.3× 5.8k 1.0× 7.6k 1.6× 255 57.9k
José C. Clemente United States 54 21.9k 0.8× 8.0k 1.1× 4.9k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 4.7k 1.0× 135 38.2k
Catherine Lozupone United States 56 28.3k 1.1× 12.4k 1.7× 5.7k 0.9× 4.8k 0.9× 6.4k 1.4× 104 48.8k
David A. Relman United States 83 24.9k 1.0× 5.3k 0.7× 8.6k 1.4× 5.1k 0.9× 4.7k 1.0× 249 43.8k
Nicola Segata Italy 62 22.3k 0.9× 5.2k 0.7× 5.1k 0.8× 4.2k 0.8× 4.5k 1.0× 199 34.4k
William Nelson United States 86 19.7k 0.8× 5.5k 0.7× 3.8k 0.6× 3.9k 0.7× 4.0k 0.9× 298 36.7k
Micah Hamady United States 26 19.7k 0.8× 7.2k 1.0× 3.7k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 5.1k 1.1× 38 31.1k
J. Gregory Caporaso United States 65 28.1k 1.1× 18.6k 2.5× 4.3k 0.7× 4.3k 0.8× 4.5k 1.0× 123 57.4k
Frederic D. Bushman United States 107 30.5k 1.2× 4.7k 0.6× 12.7k 2.0× 2.5k 0.5× 5.0k 1.1× 370 48.6k
Paul J. McMurdie United States 19 19.9k 0.8× 12.9k 1.7× 3.1k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 3.3k 0.7× 22 42.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Gevers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Gevers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dirk Gevers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dirk Gevers based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dirk Gevers. Dirk Gevers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simmons, Sheri L., et al.. (2025). Impact of a multi-strain L. crispatus-based vaginal synbiotic on the vaginal microbiome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 11(1). 158–158. 6 indexed citations
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Brito, Ilana, Thomas Gurry, Shijie Zhao, et al.. (2019). Transmission of human-associated microbiota along family and social networks. Nature Microbiology. 4(6). 964–971. 135 indexed citations
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Börnigen, Daniela, Boyu Ren, Robert K. L. Pickard, et al.. (2017). Alterations in oral bacterial communities are associated with risk factors for oral and oropharyngeal cancer. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17686–17686. 106 indexed citations
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Gevers, Dirk, Subra Kugathasan, Dan Knights, et al.. (2017). A Microbiome Foundation for the Study of Crohn’s Disease. Cell Host & Microbe. 21(3). 301–304. 41 indexed citations
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Brito, Ilana, Suzan Yilmaz, Katherine Huang, et al.. (2016). Mobile genes in the human microbiome are structured from global to individual scales. Nature. 535(7612). 435–439. 172 indexed citations
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Pedamallu, Chandra Sekhar, Ami S. Bhatt, Susan Bullman, et al.. (2016). Metagenomic Characterization of Microbial Communities In Situ Within the Deeper Layers of the Ileum in Crohn’s Disease. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2(5). 563–566.e5. 24 indexed citations
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Franzosa, Eric A., Katherine Huang, James Meadow, et al.. (2015). Identifying personal microbiomes using metagenomic codes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(22). E2930–8. 320 indexed citations
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Cleary, Brian, Ilana Brito, Katherine Huang, et al.. (2015). Detection of low-abundance bacterial strains in metagenomic datasets by eigengenome partitioning. Nature Biotechnology. 33(10). 1053–1060. 91 indexed citations
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Knights, Dan, Mark S. Silverberg, Rinse K. Weersma, et al.. (2014). Complex host genetics influence the microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease. Genome Medicine. 6(12). 107–107. 290 indexed citations
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Abubucker, Sahar, Nicola Segata, Johannes B. Goll, et al.. (2012). Metabolic Reconstruction for Metagenomic Data and Its Application to the Human Microbiome \n. Goce Delchev University Repository (Goce Delčev University of Štip). 723 indexed citations breakdown →
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Papa, Eliseo, Michael Docktor, Christopher S. Smillie, et al.. (2012). Non-Invasive Mapping of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota Identifies Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39242–e39242. 214 indexed citations
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Segata, Nicola, Susan Kinder Haake, Peter Mannon, et al.. (2012). Composition of the adult digestive tract bacterial microbiome based on seven mouth surfaces, tonsils, throat and stool samples. Genome biology. 13(6). R42–R42. 816 indexed citations breakdown →
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Faust, Karoline, J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti, Jacques Izard, et al.. (2012). Microbial Co-occurrence Relationships in the Human Microbiome. PLoS Computational Biology. 8(7). e1002606–e1002606. 1132 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aagaard, Kjersti M., Kevin Riehle, Jun Ma, et al.. (2012). A Metagenomic Approach to Characterization of the Vaginal Microbiome Signature in Pregnancy. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e36466–e36466. 500 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuczynski, Justin, Christian L. Lauber, William A. Walters, et al.. (2011). Experimental and analytical tools for studying the human microbiome. Nature Reviews Genetics. 13(1). 47–58. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hunt, Dana E., Lawrence A. David, Dirk Gevers, et al.. (2008). Resource Partitioning and Sympatric Differentiation Among Closely Related Bacterioplankton. Science. 320(5879). 1081–1085. 379 indexed citations
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Naser, Sabri M., Peter Dawyndt, Bart Hoste, et al.. (2007). Identification of lactobacilli by pheS and rpoA gene sequence analyses. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 57(12). 2777–2789. 237 indexed citations
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Heylen, Kim, Dirk Gevers, Bram Vanparys, et al.. (2006). The incidence of nirS and nirK and their genetic heterogeneity in cultivated denitrifiers. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 10 indexed citations
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Gevers, Dirk, Geert Huys, & Jean Swings. (2001). Applicability of rep-PCR fingerprinting for identification ofLactobacillusspecies. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 205(1). 31–36. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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