Rian Pierneef

1.3k total citations
62 papers, 836 citations indexed

About

Rian Pierneef is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rian Pierneef has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 836 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Food Science, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Rian Pierneef's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). Rian Pierneef is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). Rian Pierneef collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and United States. Rian Pierneef's co-authors include Oliver Bezuidt, Don A. Cowan, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Yves Van de Peer, Marc W. Van Goethem, Itumeleng Matle, Oleg N. Reva, Kudakwashe Magwedere, F. C. Muchadeyi and Evelyn Madoroba and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Rian Pierneef

58 papers receiving 830 citations

Peers

Rian Pierneef

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Eric Marinier Canada

Eric Enns Canada

Maysa Mandetta Clementino Brazil

Chunyan Feng China

Enrique Doster United States

Terje M. Steınum Norway

Rodrigo Ortega Polo Canada

Matthew D. Hitchings United Kingdom

Paul Ebner United States

Arnab Mandal India

Eric Marinier Canada

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Countries citing papers authored by Rian Pierneef

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rian Pierneef

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

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Kunene, Nokuthula Winfred, et al.. (2025). Profiling the diversity of the village chicken faecal microbiota using 16S rRNA gene and metagenomic sequencing data to reveal patterns of gut microbiome signatures. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1487595–1487595. 2 indexed citations

Pierneef, Rian, et al.. (2025). SeqWord Motif Mapper: A Tool for Rapid Statistical Analysis and Visualization of Epigenetic Modifications in Bacterial Genomes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(19). 169307–169307.

Pierneef, Rian, et al.. (2024). Synergizing Ecotoxicology and Microbiome Data Is Key for Developing Global Indicators of Environmental Antimicrobial Resistance. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 150–150. 2 indexed citations

Carroll, Laura M., et al.. (2023). Genus-wide genomic characterization of Macrococcus: insights into evolution, population structure, and functional potential. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1181376–1181376. 8 indexed citations

Montso, Peter Kotsoana, et al.. (2023). Comparative genomics and proteomics analysis of phages infecting multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O177 isolated from cattle faeces. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21426–21426. 5 indexed citations

Gcebe, Nomakorinte, et al.. (2023). Mycobacteriosis in slaughter pigs from South Africa from 1991 to 2002: Mycobacterium spp. diversity and Mycobacterium avium complex genotypes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1284906–1284906. 2 indexed citations

Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Oliver Bezuidt, Rian Pierneef, et al.. (2023). African microbiomes matter. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(8). 479–481. 18 indexed citations

Matle, Itumeleng, et al.. (2022). Comparative Genomics of Listeria Species Recovered from Meat and Food Processing Facilities. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(5). e0118922–e0118922. 17 indexed citations

Carroll, Laura M., et al.. (2022). Genomic Sequencing of Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Strains Isolated from Meat and Poultry Products in South Africa Enables Inter- and Intranational Surveillance and Source Tracking. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(3). e0070022–e0070022. 8 indexed citations

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Gcebe, Nomakorinte, et al.. (2022). Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis Genotypes of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Farms, Abattoirs, and Retail in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Journal of Food Protection. 85(9). 1249–1257. 4 indexed citations

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Cruywagen, Elsie M., et al.. (2021). Major Streptomyces species associated with fissure scab of potato in South Africa including description of Streptomyces solaniscabiei sp. nov. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 114(12). 2033–2046. 3 indexed citations

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Madoroba, Evelyn, et al.. (2021). Microbial Communities of Meat and Meat Products: An Exploratory Analysis of the Product Quality and Safety at Selected Enterprises in South Africa. Microorganisms. 9(3). 507–507. 30 indexed citations

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Sibeko-Matjila, Kgomotso P., Rian Pierneef, Wai Chan, et al.. (2021). South African Buffalo-Derived Theileria parva Is Distinct From Other Buffalo and Cattle-Derived T. parva. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 666096–666096. 4 indexed citations

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Dzomba, E. F., M. Chimonyo, Rian Pierneef, & F. C. Muchadeyi. (2021). Runs of homozygosity analysis of South African sheep breeds from various production systems investigated using OvineSNP50k data. BMC Genomics. 22(1). 7–7. 36 indexed citations

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Matle, Itumeleng, et al.. (2020). Population Structure of Non-ST6 Listeria monocytogenes Isolated in the Red Meat and Poultry Value Chain in South Africa. Microorganisms. 8(8). 1152–1152. 21 indexed citations

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Valverde, Ángel, et al.. (2020). A clinically important, plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance gene (β-lactamase TEM-116) present in desert soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 719. 137497–137497. 13 indexed citations

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Pierneef, Rian, et al.. (2020). Resistance Sniffer: An online tool for prediction of drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates using next generation sequencing data. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 310(2). 151399–151399. 22 indexed citations

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Pierneef, Rian, et al.. (2018). Selection of marker genes for genetic barcoding of microorganisms and binning of metagenomic reads by Barcoder software tools. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(1). 309–309. 3 indexed citations

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Goethem, Marc W. Van, Rian Pierneef, Oliver Bezuidt, et al.. (2018). A reservoir of ‘historical’ antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils. Microbiome. 6(1). 40–40. 274 indexed citations

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Pierneef, Rian, et al.. (2018). EuGI: a novel resource for studying genomic islands to facilitate horizontal gene transfer detection in eukaryotes. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 323–323. 4 indexed citations

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