Jan Claesen

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Claesen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Claesen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pharmacology and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jan Claesen's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Jan Claesen is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Jan Claesen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Jan Claesen's co-authors include Michael A. Fischbach, Mervyn J. Bibb, Ben Shen, Michael J. Smanski, Hui Zhou, Christopher A. Voigt, Roger G. Linington, Kenji L. Kurita, Peter Cimermančič and Amrita Pati and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jan Claesen

20 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Insights into Secondary Metabolism from a Global Analysis of Prokaryotic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

2014 698 citations Peter Cimermančič, Marnix H. Medema et al. Cell profile →
Synthetic biology to access and expand nature's chemical diversity

2016 355 citations Michael J. Smanski, Hui Zhou et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Claesen United States	16	1.5k	889	289	234	198	22	2.2k
Stephanie Grond Germany	25	1.5k 1.0×	834 0.9×	313 1.1×	239 1.0×	124 0.6×	74	2.7k
Laura C. Brown United States	8	1.4k 0.9×	751 0.8×	192 0.7×	232 1.0×	24 0.1×	10	2.0k
Matthew W. Frank United States	30	1.7k 1.1×	162 0.2×	97 0.3×	171 0.7×	25 0.1×	63	2.9k
Dae Kyun Chung South Korea	29	1.1k 0.8×	96 0.1×	119 0.4×	727 3.1×	246 1.2×	98	2.3k
Joshua B. Parsons United States	18	1.1k 0.7×	148 0.2×	94 0.3×	212 0.9×	24 0.1×	33	1.8k
Robert Żarnowski United States	29	1.2k 0.8×	323 0.4×	97 0.3×	348 1.5×	21 0.1×	89	3.0k
Rolf G. Werner Germany	21	1.1k 0.7×	100 0.1×	139 0.5×	242 1.0×	73 0.4×	71	1.6k
Javier Casqueiro Spain	28	926 0.6×	579 0.7×	234 0.8×	135 0.6×	10 0.1×	52	2.3k
M. Sinha India	21	598 0.4×	154 0.2×	154 0.5×	142 0.6×	50 0.3×	58	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Claesen

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Osborn, Lucas J., Sarah Preston, Clifton G. Fulmer, et al.. (2025). The diet-derived gut microbial metabolite 3-phenylpropionic acid reverses insulin resistance and obesity-associated metabolic dysfunction. Molecular Metabolism. 102. 102272–102272.

Elgharably, Haytham, Jan Claesen, Naseer Sangwan, et al.. (2024). In vivo virulence of Staphylococcus aureus in native versus prosthetic left-sided valve endocarditis. JTCVS Open. 24. 156–169.

Samorezov, Sergey, et al.. (2022). A 3D‐printable device allowing fast and reproducible longitudinal preparation of mouse intestines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 189–196. 2 indexed citations

Özçam, Mustafa, Jee‐Hwan Oh, Restituto Tocmo, et al.. (2022). A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation. Cell Host & Microbe. 30(6). 824–835.e6. 15 indexed citations

Claesen, Jan, et al.. (2022). Engineered Cancer Targeting Microbes and Encapsulation Devices for Human Gut Microbiome Applications. Biochemistry. 61(24). 2841–2848. 12 indexed citations

Osborn, Lucas J., et al.. (2021). Identification of essential genes for Escherichia coli aryl polyene biosynthesis and function in biofilm formation. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 7(1). 56–56. 52 indexed citations

Orabi, Danny, Lucas J. Osborn, Kevin Fung, et al.. (2021). A surgical method for continuous intraportal infusion of gut microbial metabolites in mice. JCI Insight. 6(9). 8 indexed citations

Osborn, Lucas J., Danny Orabi, Naseer Sangwan, et al.. (2021). A Single Human-Relevant Fast Food Meal Rapidly Reorganizes Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Signatures in a Gut Microbiota-Dependent Manner#. PubMed. 3(4). 7 indexed citations

Osborn, Lucas J., Jan Claesen, & J. Mark Brown. (2021). Microbial Flavonoid Metabolism: A Cardiometabolic Disease Perspective. Annual Review of Nutrition. 41(1). 433–454. 21 indexed citations

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Claesen, Jan, Stephany Flores Ramos, Kenji L. Kurita, et al.. (2020). A Cutibacterium acnes antibiotic modulates human skin microbiota composition in hair follicles. Science Translational Medicine. 12(570). 117 indexed citations

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Bell, Andrew, Jason Brunt, Emmanuelle H. Crost, et al.. (2019). Elucidation of a sialic acid metabolism pathway in mucus-foraging Ruminococcus gnavus unravels mechanisms of bacterial adaptation to the gut. Nature Microbiology. 4(12). 2393–2404. 94 indexed citations

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Ridaura, Vanessa K., Nicolas Bouladoux, Jan Claesen, et al.. (2018). Contextual control of skin immunity and inflammation by Corynebacterium. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(3). 785–799. 154 indexed citations

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Smanski, Michael J., Hui Zhou, Jan Claesen, et al.. (2016). Synthetic biology to access and expand nature's chemical diversity. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 14(3). 135–149. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Claesen, Jan, et al.. (2015). A Streptomyces coelicolor host for the heterologous expression of Type III polyketide synthase genes. Microbial Cell Factories. 14(1). 145–145. 34 indexed citations

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Wollenberg, Michael S., et al.. (2014). Propionibacterium -Produced Coproporphyrin III Induces Staphylococcus aureus Aggregation and Biofilm Formation. mBio. 5(4). e01286–14. 93 indexed citations

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Cimermančič, Peter, Marnix H. Medema, Jan Claesen, et al.. (2014). Insights into Secondary Metabolism from a Global Analysis of Prokaryotic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. Cell. 158(2). 412–421. 698 indexed citations breakdown →

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Claesen, Jan & Michael A. Fischbach. (2014). Synthetic Microbes As Drug Delivery Systems. ACS Synthetic Biology. 4(4). 358–364. 113 indexed citations

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Claesen, Jan & Mervyn J. Bibb. (2011). Biosynthesis and Regulation of Grisemycin, a New Member of the Linaridin Family of Ribosomally Synthesized Peptides Produced by Streptomyces griseus IFO 13350. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(10). 2510–2516. 56 indexed citations

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Claesen, Jan & Mervyn J. Bibb. (2010). Genome mining and genetic analysis of cypemycin biosynthesis reveal an unusual class of posttranslationally modified peptides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(37). 16297–16302. 112 indexed citations

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Goto, Yuki, Бо Ли, Jan Claesen, et al.. (2010). Discovery of Unique Lanthionine Synthetases Reveals New Mechanistic and Evolutionary Insights. PLoS Biology. 8(3). e1000339–e1000339. 181 indexed citations

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