Jan Michiels

21.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
371 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Michiels is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Michiels has authored 371 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Molecular Biology, 114 papers in Hematology and 93 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jan Michiels's work include Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment (86 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (67 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (57 papers). Jan Michiels is often cited by papers focused on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment (86 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (67 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (57 papers). Jan Michiels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Jan Michiels's co-authors include Maarten Fauvart, Jos Vanderleyden, Natalie Verstraeten, Bram Van den Bergh, Perry J.J. van Genderen, Ruth Daniels, Huub H.D.M. van Vliet, Wilfried Schroyens, Zwi Berneman and Joran Michiels and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jan Michiels

362 papers receiving 13.6k 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. Bacterial persistence promotes the evolution of antibiotic resistance by increasing survival and mutation rates
    2019 248 citations Etthel M. Windels, Joran Michiels et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers

Jan Michiels
Victor Nizet United States
Carl T. Wittwer United States
Eric P. Skaar United States
Jacques Élion France
Arturo Zychlinsky Germany
Jan Potempa Poland
A. John Barrett United States
Alan Aderem United States
James C. Whisstock Australia
Terje Espevik Norway
Victor Nizet United States
Jan Michiels
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Countries citing papers authored by Jan Michiels

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Michiels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jan Michiels. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Jan Michiels. The network helps show where Jan Michiels may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Michiels

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Michiels. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Michiels 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 Jan Michiels. Jan Michiels is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Khodaparast, Ladan, Laleh Khodaparast, Joost Schymkowitz, et al.. (2025). Composition and liquid-to-solid maturation of protein aggregates contribute to bacterial dormancy development and recovery. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1046–1046. 6 indexed citations
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Mertens, Stien, M Vermeersch, Judith Van Dingenen, et al.. (2025). Fast track to environmentally adapted rhizobia for growing soybean at northern latitudes using citizen science. The ISME Journal.
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Maroc, Laetitia, et al.. (2024). The rise and future of CRISPR-based approaches for high-throughput genomics. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 48(5). 7 indexed citations
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Gerstmans, Hans, et al.. (2024). Bacillus subtilis as a host for natural product discovery and engineering of biosynthetic gene clusters. Natural Product Reports. 41(7). 1113–1151. 24 indexed citations
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Verstraeten, Natalie, et al.. (2023). Strategies to Enhance the Biosynthesis of Monounsaturated Fatty Acids in Escherichia coli. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. 28(1). 36–50. 6 indexed citations
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Verstraeten, Natalie, et al.. (2023). Environmental, mechanistic and evolutionary landscape of antibiotic persistence. EMBO Reports. 24(8). e57309–e57309. 22 indexed citations
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Dewachter, Liselot, Aaron N. Brooks, Nandini Krishnamurthy, et al.. (2023). Deep mutational scanning of essential bacterial proteins can guide antibiotic development. Nature Communications. 14(1). 241–241. 24 indexed citations
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Martin, Charlotte, Tamás Lázár, Liselot Dewachter, et al.. (2023). YbiB: a novel interactor of the GTPase ObgE. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(7). 3420–3435. 2 indexed citations
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Charlier, Daniël, et al.. (2021). Alternative dimerization is required for activity and inhibition of the HEPN ribonuclease RnlA. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(12). 7164–7178. 10 indexed citations
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Michiels, Jan, et al.. (2021). Studying Bacterial Persistence: Established Methods and Current Advances. Methods in molecular biology. 2357. 3–20. 3 indexed citations
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Windels, Etthel M., Richard Fox, Krishna Yerramsetty, et al.. (2021). Population Bottlenecks Strongly Affect the Evolutionary Dynamics of Antibiotic Persistence. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(8). 3345–3357. 21 indexed citations
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Windels, Etthel M., Joran Michiels, Maarten Fauvart, et al.. (2019). Bacterial persistence promotes the evolution of antibiotic resistance by increasing survival and mutation rates. The ISME Journal. 13(5). 1239–1251. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spincemaille, Pascal, Kaat De Cremer, Katrijn De Brucker, et al.. (2017). Repurposing AM404 for the treatment of oral infections by Porphyromonas gingivalis. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research. 3(2). 69–76. 10 indexed citations
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Meysman, Pieter, Paolo Sonego, Luca Bianco, et al.. (2013). COLOMBOS v2.0: an ever expanding collection of bacterial expression compendia: Table 1.. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(D1). D649–D653. 28 indexed citations
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Remans, Roseline, et al.. (2011). Inoculation with Rhizobium etli enhances organic acid exudation in common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) subjected to phosphorus deficiency. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 6(10). 2235–2242. 10 indexed citations
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Michiels, Jan. (1998). Acquired disorders of haemostasis : pathophysiology, clinical practice and basic research. 2 indexed citations
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Cornette, Luc, Patrick Dupont, Guy Bormans, et al.. (1997). Occipito-temporal pathway involvement in direction discrimination: A PET study. Acta Neurologica Belgica. 97(1). 59–59. 1 indexed citations

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