Jan J. De Waele

39.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
293 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Jan J. De Waele is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan J. De Waele has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Surgery, 95 papers in Epidemiology and 89 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Jan J. De Waele's work include Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (78 papers), Abdominal Surgery and Complications (69 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (61 papers). Jan J. De Waele is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (78 papers), Abdominal Surgery and Complications (69 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (61 papers). Jan J. De Waele collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and France. Jan J. De Waele's co-authors include Eric A. J. Hoste, Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Stijn Blot, Johan Decruyenaere, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Ari Leppäniemi, Jason A. Roberts, Jeffrey Lipman, Matteo Bassetti and Veronique Stove and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Jan J. De Waele

284 papers receiving 12.8k 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.

  1. Results from the International Conference of Experts on Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. I. Definitions
    2006 1.0k citations Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  2. Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper#
    2020 640 citations Matteo Bassetti, José Artur Paiva et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  3. Results from the International Conference of Experts on Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. II. Recommendations
    2007 518 citations Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  4. Micafungin versus Caspofungin for Treatment of Candidemia and Other Forms of Invasive Candidiasis
    2007 478 citations Márcio Nucci, Deepak Talwar et al. profile →
  5. Gastrointestinal function in intensive care patients: terminology, definitions and management. Recommendations of the ESICM Working Group on Abdominal Problems
    2012 364 citations Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Jan J. De Waele et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  6. Symptoms of burnout in intensive care unit specialists facing the COVID-19 outbreak
    2020 260 citations Jan J. De Waele, Ricard Ferrer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan J. De Waele Belgium 58 4.4k 4.4k 3.8k 3.1k 2.5k 293 13.2k
Joseph S. Solomkin United States 51 5.3k 1.2× 1.5k 0.3× 2.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 157 11.8k
Fabio Silvio Taccone Belgium 64 2.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 5.1k 1.4× 2.3k 0.7× 4.9k 2.0× 521 15.3k
Lena M. Napolitano United States 60 5.9k 1.3× 3.3k 0.7× 4.3k 1.1× 912 0.3× 3.6k 1.4× 277 17.2k
Naomi P. O’Grady United States 36 1.7k 0.4× 2.9k 0.7× 5.0k 1.3× 1.7k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 57 15.5k
Jean‐François Timsit France 68 1.3k 0.3× 2.8k 0.6× 5.6k 1.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 345 14.3k
Kevin B. Laupland Canada 72 2.6k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 5.6k 1.5× 1.1k 0.3× 2.0k 0.8× 364 17.1k
Christian Brun‐Buisson France 72 2.3k 0.5× 6.4k 1.4× 7.3k 1.9× 1.1k 0.4× 2.8k 1.1× 281 18.9k
Charles‐Édouard Luyt France 59 2.9k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 4.3k 1.1× 790 0.3× 2.8k 1.1× 222 11.8k
Andrew F. Shorr United States 73 1.5k 0.3× 4.2k 1.0× 6.3k 1.7× 1.8k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 345 15.9k
Massimo Antonelli Italy 70 4.4k 1.0× 8.2k 1.8× 6.7k 1.8× 1.1k 0.3× 5.4k 2.1× 381 21.4k

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All Works

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Bus, Liesbet De, et al.. (2025). Unraveling mitochondrial pyruvate dysfunction to mitigate hyperlactatemia and lethality in sepsis. Cell Reports. 44(8). 116032–116032. 1 indexed citations
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Iliopoulou, Katerina, Marc Léone, Nicole Hunfeld, et al.. (2025). Environmental sustainability in intensive care: An international survey of intensive care professionals‘views, practices and proposals to the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Journal of Critical Care. 88. 155079–155079. 1 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven, Ville Paakinaho, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, et al.. (2024). A critical role for HNF4α in polymicrobial sepsis-associated metabolic reprogramming and death. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(10). 2485–2515. 6 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, et al.. (2024). Antibiotic dose optimisation in the critically ill: targets, evidence and future strategies. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 30(5). 439–447. 4 indexed citations
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Meier, Nick, Marie Warrer Munch, Anders Granholm, et al.. (2024). Empirical carbapenems or piperacillin/tazobactam for infections in intensive care: An international retrospective cohort study. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 68(6). 821–829. 1 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, et al.. (2024). Designing a Pharmacokinetic Machine Learning Model for Optimizing Beta-Lactam Antimicrobial Dosing in Critically Ill Patients. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 311–317.
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Tanha, Nima, Liesbet De Bus, Gennaro De Pascale, et al.. (2023). Clinical outcomes in combination versus mono antibiotic therapy in ICU admitted patients with a suspected infection - A substudy of the DIANA study. Journal of Critical Care. 80. 154501–154501.
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Niederman, Michael S., Rebecca M. Baron, Lila Bouadma, et al.. (2021). Initial antimicrobial management of sepsis. Critical Care. 25(1). 307–307. 106 indexed citations
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Hermie, Laurens, Elisabeth Dhondt, Peter Vanlangenhove, et al.. (2020). Empiric cone-beam CT-guided embolization in acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. European Radiology. 31(4). 2161–2172. 17 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, Jeroen Schouten, Bojana Beovič, Alexis Tabah, & Marc Léone. (2020). Antimicrobial de-escalation as part of antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care: no simple answers to simple questions—a viewpoint of experts. Intensive Care Medicine. 46(2). 236–244. 57 indexed citations
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Lipman, Jeffrey, Stephen J. Brett, Jan J. De Waele, et al.. (2019). A protocol for a phase 3 multicentre randomised controlled trial of continuous versus intermittent β-lactam antibiotic infusion in critically ill patients with sepsis: BLING III. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 21(1). 63–68. 35 indexed citations
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Dhaese, Sofie, Pieter Colin, Hermann Willems, et al.. (2019). Saturable elimination of piperacillin in critically ill patients: implications for continuous infusion. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 54(6). 741–749. 14 indexed citations
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Dhaese, Sofie, Jeffrey Lipman, Alain Verstraete, et al.. (2019). Early target attainment of continuous infusion piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem in critically ill patients: A prospective observational study. Journal of Critical Care. 52. 75–79. 25 indexed citations
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Dhaese, Sofie, Pieter Colin, Jeffrey Lipman, et al.. (2018). Population pharmacokinetics and evaluation of the predictive performance of pharmacokinetic models in critically ill patients receiving continuous infusion meropenem: a comparison of eight pharmacokinetic models. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74(2). 432–441. 48 indexed citations
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Tängdén, Thomas, Véronique Martin, Tim Felton, et al.. (2017). The role of infection models and PK/PD modelling for optimising care of critically ill patients with severe infections. Intensive Care Medicine. 43(7). 1021–1032. 89 indexed citations
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Pappas, P. G., Márcio Nucci, Deepak Talwar, et al.. (2008). Micafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis (vol 45, pg 883, 2007). Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 108 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, Sandy Widder, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, et al.. (2007). The optimal zero reference transducer position for intraabdominal pressure measurement: A multicenter analysis. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 4 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, Sandy Widder, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, et al.. (2007). The effect of body position on intra-abdominal pressure measurement: A multicenter analysis. Acta Clinica Belgica. 62. 246–246. 9 indexed citations
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Waele, Jan J. De, Johan Decruyenaere, Eric A. J. Hoste, et al.. (2003). The impact of timing of surgical intervention on survival in patients with severe acute pancreatitis. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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