Niels P. Riksen

17.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
205 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Niels P. Riksen is a scholar working on Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Niels P. Riksen has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Immunology, 42 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 34 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Niels P. Riksen's work include Immune responses and vaccinations (51 papers), Immune cells in cancer (36 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (28 papers). Niels P. Riksen is often cited by papers focused on Immune responses and vaccinations (51 papers), Immune cells in cancer (36 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (28 papers). Niels P. Riksen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Niels P. Riksen's co-authors include Mihai G. Netea, Leo A. B. Joosten, Siroon Bekkering, J.W.M. van der Meer, Gerard A. Rongen, Paul Smits, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Samuel T. Keating, Mihai G. Netea and Triantafyllos Chavakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Niels P. Riksen

197 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

2020 1.6k citations Mihai G. Netea, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway

2018 529 citations Siroon Bekkering, Charlotte D.C.C. van der Heijden et al. profile →
Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Induces Long-Term Proinflammatory Cytokine Production and Foam Cell Formation via Epigenetic Reprogramming of Monocytes

2014 504 citations Siroon Bekkering, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology profile →
Oxidized Phospholipids on Lipoprotein(a) Elicit Arterial Wall Inflammation and an Inflammatory Monocyte Response in Humans

2016 454 citations Siroon Bekkering, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. profile →
Trained Immunity: Reprogramming Innate Immunity in Health and Disease

2021 207 citations Siroon Bekkering, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés et al. profile →
Trained immunity: adaptation within innate immune mechanisms

2022 117 citations Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Jéssica Cristina dos Santos et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niels P. Riksen Netherlands	50	4.8k	2.4k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	205	9.5k
Pål Aukrust Norway	50	2.5k 0.5×	2.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	2.0k 1.9×	273	9.7k
Masashi Narazaki Japan	44	5.0k 1.1×	4.1k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	773 0.7×	603 0.6×	92	14.2k
David W. H. Riches United States	56	3.3k 0.7×	3.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	304 0.3×	147	12.3k
Julia M. Potter Australia	40	2.6k 0.5×	3.4k 1.4×	897 0.8×	879 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	152	9.3k
Lirlândia P. Sousa Brazil	46	2.1k 0.4×	2.2k 0.9×	724 0.6×	416 0.4×	445 0.4×	135	6.5k
Fabrizio De Benedetti Italy	55	4.0k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	834 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	280 0.3×	304	11.7k
Pierre Gourdy France	45	2.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	986 0.9×	595 0.6×	190	8.1k
Graham M. Lord United Kingdom	51	4.9k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	3.4k 3.0×	1.2k 1.1×	314 0.3×	136	12.4k
Thierry Roger Switzerland	52	5.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	502 0.5×	297 0.3×	144	9.4k
John Morser United States	49	1.9k 0.4×	3.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	616 0.6×	1.8k 1.7×	168	12.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niels P. Riksen

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Blaauw, Marc J. T., W Vos, Erni Juwita Nelwan, et al.. (2025). Distinct metabolic perturbations link liver steatosis and incident CVD in lean but not obese PWH. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 78–78. 1 indexed citations

Ulas, Thomas, Nico Reusch, Harsh Bahrar, et al.. (2025). Human γδ T Cell Function Is Impaired Upon Mevalonate Pathway Inhibition. Immunology. 175(3). 300–322.

Harshfield, Eric L., Frank‐Erik de Leeuw, Stephen Burgess, et al.. (2025). Proteins Involved in Endothelial Function and Inflammation Are Implicated in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Stroke. 56(3). 692–704.

Riksen, Niels P., et al.. (2025). Trained immunity in cardiovascular disease. European Heart Journal. 47(10). 1159–1170.

Mast, Quirijn de, Marc J. T. Blaauw, W Vos, et al.. (2024). Plasma proteomic signatures of liver steatosis and fibrosis in people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study. EBioMedicine. 109. 105407–105407. 3 indexed citations

Deuren, Rosanne C. van, Joost H.W. Rutten, Leo A. B. Joosten, et al.. (2024). Association Between Clonal Hematopoiesis Driver Mutations, Immune Cell Function, and the Vasculometabolic Complications of Obesity. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(2). e031665–e031665. 2 indexed citations

Vos, W, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Marc J. T. Blaauw, et al.. (2024). Cardiometabolic Differences in People Living with HIV Receiving Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors Compared to Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: Implications for Current ART Strategies. Viruses. 16(4). 582–582. 3 indexed citations

Henkens, Michiel T.H.M., et al.. (2023). Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential From a Heart Failure Specialist's Point of View. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(15). e030603–e030603. 22 indexed citations

Bekkering, Siroon, Rob ter Horst, Benjamin P. Cossins, et al.. (2023). The effect of leptin on trained innate immunity and on systemic inflammation in subjects with obesity. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 115(2). 374–384. 13 indexed citations

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Riksen, Niels P., Siroon Bekkering, Willem J. M. Mulder, & Mihai G. Netea. (2023). Trained immunity in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 20(12). 799–811. 59 indexed citations

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Telgte, Annemieke ter, J. de Jong, José P. Marques, et al.. (2022). The Hyperintense study: Assessing the effects of induced blood pressure increase and decrease on MRI markers of cerebral small vessel disease: Study rationale and protocol. European Stroke Journal. 7(3). 331–338. 2 indexed citations

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Schwenck, Johannes, Manfred Kneilling, Niels P. Riksen, et al.. (2022). A role for artificial intelligence in molecular imaging of infection and inflammation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 17–17. 7 indexed citations

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Heijden, Charlotte D.C.C. van der, et al.. (2021). The role of the mineralocorticoid receptor in immune cells in cardiovascular disease. British Journal of Pharmacology. 179(13). 3135–3151. 20 indexed citations

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Netea, Mihai G., Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Luis B. Barreiro, et al.. (2020). Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease. Nature reviews. Immunology. 20(6). 375–388. 1595 indexed citations breakdown →

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Riksen, Niels P., et al.. (2020). Trained Immunity. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 41(1). 55–61. 41 indexed citations

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Heijden, Charlotte D.C.C. van der, Samuel T. Keating, Laszlo Groh, et al.. (2019). Aldosterone induces trained immunity: the role of fatty acid synthesis. Cardiovascular Research. 116(2). 317–328. 84 indexed citations

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Heijden, Charlotte D.C.C. van der, Marlies P. Noz, Leo A. B. Joosten, et al.. (2017). Epigenetics and Trained Immunity. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 29(11). 1023–1040. 194 indexed citations

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Groh, Laszlo, Samuel T. Keating, Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, & Niels P. Riksen. (2017). Monocyte and macrophage immunometabolism in atherosclerosis. Seminars in Immunopathology. 40(2). 203–214. 168 indexed citations

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Diepen, Janna A. van, Kathrin Thiem, Rinke Stienstra, et al.. (2016). Diabetes propels the risk for cardiovascular disease: sweet monocytes becoming aggressive?. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(24). 4675–4684. 53 indexed citations

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Ramakers, Bart, Niels P. Riksen, & Peter Pickkers. (2014). The immunomodulatory actions of adenosine during systemic inflammation. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 18. 4–10. 1 indexed citations

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