Jan Dirk van Elsas

25.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
232 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Jan Dirk van Elsas is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Dirk van Elsas has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Plant Science, 83 papers in Molecular Biology and 69 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jan Dirk van Elsas's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (73 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (60 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (44 papers). Jan Dirk van Elsas is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (73 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (60 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (44 papers). Jan Dirk van Elsas collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Brazil and France. Jan Dirk van Elsas's co-authors include Joana Falcão Salles, L.S. van Overbeek, Pablo R. Hardoim, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, James Stegen, J. T. Trevors, J.A. Warmink, Paolina Garbeva, Johannes A. van Veen and Eric Smit and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jan Dirk van Elsas

232 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Methods of soil analysis. Part 2 — Microbiological and biochemical properties

1995 2.3k citations Jan Dirk van Elsas profile →
Disentangling mechanisms that mediate the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes in microbial succession

2015 1.2k citations Francisco Dini‐Andreote, James Stegen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Properties of bacterial endophytes and their proposed role in plant growth

2008 1.1k citations L.S. van Overbeek, Jan Dirk van Elsas et al. Trends in Microbiology profile →
Microbial diversity determines the invasion of soil by a bacterial pathogen

2012 742 citations Jan Dirk van Elsas, Cyrus A. Mallon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Bacterial–fungal interactions: ecology, mechanisms and challenges

2018 508 citations Aurélie Deveau, Gregory Bonito et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →
Survival of Escherichia coli in the environment: fundamental and public health aspects

2010 466 citations Jan Dirk van Elsas, A. V. Semenov et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Dynamics of Seed-Borne Rice Endophytes on Early Plant Growth Stages

2012 347 citations Jan Dirk van Elsas et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Dirk van Elsas Netherlands	69	9.4k	6.0k	5.2k	2.9k	2.4k	232	18.6k
Kornelia Smalla Germany	71	9.9k 1.1×	6.0k 1.0×	5.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	3.9k 1.6×	232	19.7k
Angela Sessitsch Austria	77	14.6k 1.5×	4.7k 0.8×	5.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	226	21.8k
Jan Dirk van Elsas Netherlands	64	6.5k 0.7×	5.7k 1.0×	4.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	175	14.6k
Susannah G. Tringe United States	73	8.8k 0.9×	9.4k 1.6×	9.2k 1.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	170	23.8k
Wietse de Boer Netherlands	66	7.3k 0.8×	4.8k 0.8×	2.6k 0.5×	3.8k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	203	14.2k
Petr Baldrián Czechia	80	12.1k 1.3×	6.4k 1.1×	3.7k 0.7×	5.3k 1.8×	2.0k 0.8×	277	22.7k
George A. Kowalchuk Netherlands	73	9.0k 1.0×	8.8k 1.5×	4.8k 0.9×	4.5k 1.5×	4.1k 1.7×	214	20.1k
Johannes A. van Veen Netherlands	72	9.5k 1.0×	6.1k 1.0×	3.6k 0.7×	6.5k 2.2×	1.5k 0.6×	181	17.7k
Makoto Kimura Japan	58	5.4k 0.6×	3.0k 0.5×	4.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	950 0.4×	577	14.1k
Yoav Bashan United States	69	10.2k 1.1×	2.9k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	237	19.2k

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Naqqash, Tahir, Kauser A. Malik, Asma Imran, et al.. (2024). Isolation and characterization of Rhizobium from non-leguminous potato plants: New frontiers in Rhizobium research. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 60(3). 307–325. 3 indexed citations

Ihalainen, Janne A., et al.. (2023). Multifaceted photoreceptor compositions in dual phototrophic systems – A genomic analysis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 436(5). 168412–168412. 2 indexed citations

Pratama, Akbar Adjie, Diego Javier Jiménez, Boyke Bunk, et al.. (2020). Delineation of a Subgroup of the Genus Paraburkholderia, Including P. terrae DSM 17804T, P. hospita DSM 17164T, and Four Soil-Isolated Fungiphiles, Reveals Remarkable Genomic and Ecological Features—Proposal for the Definition of a P. hospita Species Cluster. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(4). 325–344. 13 indexed citations

Leite, Deborah Catharine de Assis, Joana Falcão Salles, Emiliano Nicolas Calderón, et al.. (2018). Coral Bacterial-Core Abundance and Network Complexity as Proxies for Anthropogenic Pollution. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 833–833. 54 indexed citations

Deveau, Aurélie, Gregory Bonito, Jessie Uehling, et al.. (2018). Bacterial–fungal interactions: ecology, mechanisms and challenges. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 42(3). 335–352. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

Pratama, Akbar Adjie & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (2018). The ‘Neglected’ Soil Virome – Potential Role and Impact. Trends in Microbiology. 26(8). 649–662. 149 indexed citations

Nazir, Rashid, Sylvie Mazurier, Pu Yang, Philippe Lemanceau, & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (2017). The Ecological Role of Type Three Secretion Systems in the Interaction of Bacteria with Fungi in Soil and Related Habitats Is Diverse and Context-Dependent. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 38–38. 35 indexed citations

Pratama, Akbar Adjie, Irshad Ul Haq, Rashid Nazir, Maryam Chaib De Mares, & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (2017). Draft genome sequences of three fungal-interactive Paraburkholderia terrae strains, BS007, BS110 and BS437. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 12(1). 81–81. 5 indexed citations

Pratama, Akbar Adjie & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (2017). A novel inducible prophage from the mycosphere inhabitant Paraburkholderia terrae BS437. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9156–9156. 12 indexed citations

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Dini‐Andreote, Francisco, James Stegen, Jan Dirk van Elsas, & Joana Falcão Salles. (2015). Disentangling mechanisms that mediate the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes in microbial succession. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(11). E1326–32. 1232 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hanif, Muhammad Kashif, Sohail Hameed, Asma Imran, et al.. (2015). Isolation and characterization of a Î²-propeller gene containing phosphobacterium Bacillus subtilis strain KPS-11 for growth promotion of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 583–583. 76 indexed citations

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Cretoiu, Mariana Silvia, Anna M. Kielak, Andreas Schlüter, & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (2014). Bacterial communities in chitin-amended soil as revealed by 16S rRNA gene based pyrosequencing. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 76. 5–11. 29 indexed citations

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Elsas, Jan Dirk van, et al.. (2012). Microbial diversity determines the invasion of soil by a bacterial pathogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(4). 1159–1164. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dini‐Andreote, Francisco, Fernando Dini Andreote, Welington Luiz Araújo, J. T. Trevors, & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (2012). Bacterial Genomes: Habitat Specificity and Uncharted Organisms. Microbial Ecology. 64(1). 1–7. 32 indexed citations

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Elsas, Jan Dirk van, A. V. Semenov, Rodrigo Costa, & J. T. Trevors. (2010). Survival of Escherichia coli in the environment: fundamental and public health aspects. The ISME Journal. 5(2). 173–183. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nazir, Rashid, et al.. (2009). Mechanisms that promote bacterial fitness in fungal-affected soil microhabitats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 71(2). 169–185. 166 indexed citations

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Costa, Rodrigo, Ingrid M. van Aarle, Rodrigo Mendes, & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (2008). Genomics of pyrrolnitrin biosynthetic loci: evidence for conservation and whole‐operon mobility within Gram‐negative bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 11(1). 159–175. 45 indexed citations

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Mendonça-Hagler, Lêda C., et al.. (1995). Competition between genetically modified Pseudomonas fluorescens and its parent in subtropical soil microcosms. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 26. 6–15. 9 indexed citations

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Smalla, Kornelia, L.S. van Overbeek, Rüdiger Pukall, & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (1993). Prevalence of nptII and Tn5 in kanamycin-resistant bacteria from different environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 13(1). 47–58. 49 indexed citations

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Richaume, Agnès, Edith G. Smit, G. Faurie, & Jan Dirk van Elsas. (1992). Influence of soil type on the transfer of RP4p from Pseudomonas fluorescens to indigenous bacteria.. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 101. 281–292. 39 indexed citations

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