Jos Boekhorst

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Jos Boekhorst is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jos Boekhorst has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Food Science and 25 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Jos Boekhorst's work include Gut microbiota and health (43 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (34 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers). Jos Boekhorst is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (43 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (34 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers). Jos Boekhorst collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Jos Boekhorst's co-authors include Roland J. Siezen, Michiel Kleerebezem, Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum, Harro M. Timmerman, Michiel Wels, Douwe Molenaar, Oscar P. Kuipers, Guus A. M. Kortman, Willem M. de Vos and Richard van Kranenburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jos Boekhorst

109 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Complete genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1

2003 1.2k citations Michiel Kleerebezem, Jos Boekhorst et al. profile →
Iron fortification adversely affects the gut microbiome, increases pathogen abundance and induces intestinal inflammation in Kenyan infants

2014 481 citations Guus A. M. Kortman, Diego Moretti et al. Gut profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jos Boekhorst Netherlands	45	4.1k	2.5k	1.6k	616	613	114	6.8k
Manuela Raffatellu United States	44	3.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	899 0.6×	723 1.2×	1.8k 3.0×	81	7.6k
Stefan Bereswill Germany	57	3.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	612 1.0×	2.6k 4.3×	252	10.3k
Andrew S. Neish United States	64	7.3k 1.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	1.4k 2.3×	148	14.9k
Thomas Clavel Germany	49	5.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	774 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	113	8.8k
Emma Allen‐Vercoe Canada	42	5.8k 1.4×	1.5k 0.6×	653 0.4×	932 1.5×	2.5k 4.0×	143	10.3k
Emmanuelle Maguin France	45	4.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 2.1×	721 1.2×	123	7.7k
Sebastian Winter United States	46	4.8k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	690 0.4×	996 1.6×	2.7k 4.5×	94	9.1k
Koji Hase Japan	55	5.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	853 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	159	10.5k
Beth A. McCormick United States	52	3.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	546 0.3×	1.3k 2.1×	1.7k 2.8×	148	9.3k
Maria G. Winter United States	33	3.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	451 0.3×	680 1.1×	1.4k 2.4×	50	5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jos Boekhorst

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Gros, Gwendoline, Patricia Diabangouaya, David Pérez-Pascual, et al.. (2025). IL-26 from innate lymphoid cells regulates early-life gut epithelial homeostasis by shaping microbiota composition. The EMBO Journal. 44(23). 6832–6856.

Boekhorst, Jos, et al.. (2024). Prebiotic utilisation provides Lactiplantibacillus plantarum a competitive advantage in vitro , but is not reflected by an increased intestinal fitness. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2338946–2338946. 5 indexed citations

Tedjo, Danyta I., Jos Boekhorst, Harro M. Timmerman, et al.. (2023). Impact of Sleeve Gastrectomy on Fecal Microbiota in Individuals with Morbid Obesity. Microorganisms. 11(9). 2353–2353. 3 indexed citations

Nadal, Adrià López, et al.. (2023). Environmental microbes determine macrophage response towards saponin-induced inflammation in zebrafish larvae. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 100187–100187. 2 indexed citations

Middelkoop, Anouschka, Jos Boekhorst, W.J.J. Gerrits, et al.. (2021). Early life feeding accelerates gut microbiome maturation and suppresses acute post‐weaning stress in piglets. Environmental Microbiology. 23(11). 7201–7213. 44 indexed citations

Paganini, Daniela, Mary A Uyoga, Guus A. M. Kortman, et al.. (2019). Maternal Human Milk Oligosaccharide Profile Modulates the Impact of an Intervention with Iron and Galacto-Oligosaccharides in Kenyan Infants. Nutrients. 11(11). 2596–2596. 37 indexed citations

Timmerman, Harro M., Nicole Rutten, Jos Boekhorst, et al.. (2017). Intestinal colonisation patterns in breastfed and formula-fed infants during the first 12 weeks of life reveal sequential microbiota signatures. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8327–8327. 92 indexed citations

Paganini, Daniela, Mary A Uyoga, Guus A. M. Kortman, et al.. (2017). Prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides mitigate the adverse effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiome: a randomised controlled study in Kenyan infants. Gut. 66(11). 1956–1967. 137 indexed citations

Anukam, Kingsley C., Jean M. Macklaim, Gregory B. Gloor, et al.. (2013). Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus pentosus KCA1: Vaginal Isolate from a Healthy Premenopausal Woman. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59239–e59239. 46 indexed citations

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Bogert, Bartholomeus van den, Oylum Erkuş, Jos Boekhorst, et al.. (2013). Diversity of human small intestinalStreptococcusandVeillonellapopulations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 85(2). 376–388. 131 indexed citations

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Ramiro‐Garcia, Javier, Mark Davids, Bartholomeus van den Bogert, et al.. (2013). A comprehensive metatranscriptome analysis pipeline and its validation using human small intestine microbiota datasets. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 530–530. 92 indexed citations

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Axelsson, Lars, Ida Rud, Kristine Naterstad, et al.. (2012). Genome Sequence of the Naturally Plasmid-Free Lactobacillus plantarum Strain NC8 (CCUG 61730). Journal of Bacteriology. 194(9). 2391–2392. 50 indexed citations

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Boekhorst, Jos, et al.. (2011). Searching in microbial genomes for encoded small proteins. Microbial Biotechnology. 4(3). 308–313. 8 indexed citations

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Siezen, Roland J., Christof Francke, Jos Boekhorst, et al.. (2011). Complete Resequencing and Reannotation of the Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 Genome. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(1). 195–196. 108 indexed citations

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Booijink, Carien CGM, Jos Boekhorst, Erwin G. Zoetendal, et al.. (2010). Metatranscriptome Analysis of the Human Fecal Microbiota Reveals Subject-Specific Expression Profiles, with Genes Encoding Proteins Involved in Carbohydrate Metabolism Being Dominantly Expressed. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(16). 5533–5540. 68 indexed citations

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Wels, Michiel, Roger S. Bongers, Jos Boekhorst, et al.. (2009). Large Intergenic Cruciform-Like Supermotifs in the Lactobacillus plantarum Genome. Journal of Bacteriology. 191(10). 3420–3423. 4 indexed citations

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Siezen, Roland J., et al.. (2007). Genome-scale genotype-phenotype matching of two Lactococcus lactis plant isolates identifies adaptation mechanisms to the plant niche. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 424–436. 1 indexed citations

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Boekhorst, Jos, Michiel Wels, Michiel Kleerebezem, & Roland J. Siezen. (2006). The predicted secretome of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 sheds light on interactions with its environment. Microbiology. 152(11). 3175–3183. 94 indexed citations

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Smid, Eddy J., Arno Wegkamp, Jos Boekhorst, et al.. (2005). Metabolic models for rational improvement of lactic acid bacteria as cell factories. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 98(6). 1326–1331. 32 indexed citations

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Boekhorst, Jos, et al.. (2005). Genome-Wide Detection and Analysis of Cell Wall-Bound Proteins with LPxTG-Like Sorting Motifs. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(14). 4928–4934. 129 indexed citations

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