Joep Grootjans

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Joep Grootjans is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joep Grootjans has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Surgery, 10 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Joep Grootjans's work include Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (7 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (5 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Joep Grootjans is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (7 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (5 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Joep Grootjans collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Joep Grootjans's co-authors include Wim A. Buurman, Arthur Kaser, Richard S. Blumberg, Randal J. Kaufman, Cornelis H.C. Dejong, Kaatje Lenaerts, Joep P. M. Derikx, Annemarie A. van Bijnen, Ronald M. van Dam and Martijn Poeze and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Nature reviews. Immunology and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Joep Grootjans

37 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

The unfolded protein response in immunity and inflammation

2016 577 citations Joep Grootjans, Arthur Kaser et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joep Grootjans Netherlands	21	707	568	472	426	392	40	2.4k
Corinne Rolland France	27	945 1.3×	650 1.1×	192 0.4×	248 0.6×	340 0.9×	64	2.7k
Oliver Bachmann Germany	29	1.2k 1.6×	477 0.8×	243 0.5×	742 1.7×	422 1.1×	80	2.9k
Michiro Otaka Japan	28	1.1k 1.5×	550 1.0×	230 0.5×	277 0.7×	260 0.7×	120	2.5k
Sharmila Fagoonee Italy	31	1.2k 1.7×	1.1k 2.0×	246 0.5×	385 0.9×	398 1.0×	193	3.8k
Francesca Rappa Italy	36	1.8k 2.5×	330 0.6×	290 0.6×	415 1.0×	321 0.8×	119	3.1k
Hong Chai United States	36	1.2k 1.7×	415 0.7×	189 0.4×	405 1.0×	418 1.1×	63	3.3k
Çiğdem Yenisey Türkiye	25	459 0.6×	398 0.7×	200 0.4×	258 0.6×	172 0.4×	141	2.2k
José R. Romero United States	28	816 1.2×	413 0.7×	166 0.4×	487 1.1×	141 0.4×	116	2.6k
Marie‐Christine Saint‐Paul France	28	736 1.0×	878 1.5×	277 0.6×	335 0.8×	293 0.7×	77	3.5k
Tommy Sundqvist Sweden	29	731 1.0×	490 0.9×	151 0.3×	582 1.4×	400 1.0×	132	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joep Grootjans

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Zwezerijnen, Gerben J.C., et al.. (2025). FAPi PET/CT Imaging to Identify Fibrosis in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases. Biomedicines. 13(4). 775–775. 4 indexed citations

Grootjans, Joep, et al.. (2025). The effect of Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulator treatment on leukocyte subsets across different clinical indications: A systematic review. Autoimmunity Reviews. 24(12). 103934–103934.

Voogd, F de, et al.. (2024). Su1746 SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR BLOCKADE WITH ETRASIMOD ALTERS LYMPHOCYTE TRAFFICKING IN CROHN'S DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM HIGH-DIMENSIONAL PHENOTYPIC MAPPING. Gastroenterology. 166(5). S–794. 1 indexed citations

Houwen, Britt B. S. L., Yark Hazewinkel, Manon van der Vlugt, et al.. (2024). Polyp size measurement during colonoscopy using a virtual scale: variability and systematic differences. Endoscopy. 57(2). 137–145. 7 indexed citations

Verhoeff, Jan, Geert D’Haens, Joep Grootjans, et al.. (2023). Tu1255 FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN (FAP) IS STRONGLY EXPRESSED IN INTESTINAL FIBROSIS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–1009.

Roest, Manon van, Jan Verhoeff, Joep Grootjans, et al.. (2023). P110 activation protein is strongly expressed in intestinal fibrosis in inflammatory bowel disease patients. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 17(Supplement_1). i273–i276. 1 indexed citations

Hundscheid, Inca H., Dirk H. S. M. Schellekens, Joep Grootjans, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the safety of two human experimental intestinal ischemia reperfusion models: A retrospective observational study. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0253506–e0253506. 1 indexed citations

Grootjans, Joep, Marco Manca, M’hamed Hadfoune, et al.. (2021). Temporal Transcript Profiling Identifies a Role for Unfolded Protein Stress in Human Gut Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 13(3). 681–694. 14 indexed citations

Hosomi, Shuhei, Joep Grootjans, Yu‐Hwa Huang, Arthur Kaser, & Richard S. Blumberg. (2018). New Insights Into the Regulation of Natural-Killer Group 2 Member D (NKG2D) and NKG2D-Ligands: Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and CEA-Related Cell Adhesion Molecule 1. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1324–1324. 23 indexed citations

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Hosomi, Shuhei, Joep Grootjans, Markus Tschurtschenthaler, et al.. (2017). Intestinal epithelial cell endoplasmic reticulum stress promotes MULT1 up-regulation and NKG2D-mediated inflammation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 214(10). 2985–2997. 48 indexed citations

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Grootjans, Joep, Kaatje Lenaerts, Wim A. Buurman, Cornelis H.C. Dejong, & Joep P. M. Derikx. (2016). Life and death at the mucosal-luminal interface: New perspectives on human intestinal ischemia-reperfusion. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 22(9). 2760–2760. 114 indexed citations

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Grootjans, Joep, Arthur Kaser, Randal J. Kaufman, & Richard S. Blumberg. (2016). The unfolded protein response in immunity and inflammation. Nature reviews. Immunology. 16(8). 469–484. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reisinger, Kostan W., Dirk H. S. M. Schellekens, Joanna W. A. M. Bosmans, et al.. (2016). Cyclooxygenase-2 Is Essential for Colorectal Anastomotic Healing. Annals of Surgery. 265(3). 547–554. 32 indexed citations

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Grootjans, Joep, Inca H. Hundscheid, & Wim A. Buurman. (2013). Goblet cell compound exocytosis in the defense against bacterial invasion in the colon exposed to ischemia-reperfusion. Gut Microbes. 4(3). 232–235. 21 indexed citations

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Schellekens, Dirk H. S. M., Joep Grootjans, Simon Dello, et al.. (2013). Plasma Intestinal Fatty Acid–Binding Protein Levels Correlate With Morphologic Epithelial Intestinal Damage in a Human Translational Ischemia-reperfusion Model. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 48(3). 253–260. 103 indexed citations

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Grootjans, Joep, Inca H. Hundscheid, Kaatje Lenaerts, et al.. (2012). Ischaemia-induced mucus barrier loss and bacterial penetration are rapidly counteracted by increased goblet cell secretory activity in human and rat colon. Gut. 62(2). 250–258. 87 indexed citations

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Thuijls, Geertje, Kim van Wijck, & Joep Grootjans. (2011). Early Diagnosis of Intestinal Ischemia Using Urinary and Plasma Fatty Acid Binding Proteins. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 54(3). 911–911. 7 indexed citations

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Grootjans, Joep, Geertje Thuijls, Joep P. M. Derikx, et al.. (2011). Rapid lamina propria retraction and zipper‐like constriction of the epithelium preserves the epithelial lining in human small intestine exposed to ischaemia–reperfusion. The Journal of Pathology. 224(3). 411–419. 30 indexed citations

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Grootjans, Joep, Kaatje Lenaerts, Joep P. M. Derikx, et al.. (2010). Human Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion–Induced Inflammation Characterized. American Journal Of Pathology. 176(5). 2283–2291. 152 indexed citations

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Derikx, Joep P. M., Anita Vreugdenhil, Anita M. Van den Neucker, et al.. (2009). A Pilot Study on the Noninvasive Evaluation of Intestinal Damage in Celiac Disease Using I-FABP and L-FABP. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 43(8). 727–733. 86 indexed citations

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