Simon van Vliet

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 628 citations indexed

About

Simon van Vliet is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon van Vliet has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 628 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Simon van Vliet's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (7 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers). Simon van Vliet is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (7 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers). Simon van Vliet collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and United States. Simon van Vliet's co-authors include Martin Ackermann, Alma Dal Co, Susan Schlegel, Daniel J. Kiviet, Michael Doebeli, Bärbel Stecher, J. J. A. Baselmans, T. M. Klapwijk, R. Barends and J. R. Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Simon van Vliet

21 papers receiving 625 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.

Short-range interactions govern the dynamics and functions of microbial communities

2020 181 citations Alma Dal Co, Simon van Vliet et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon van Vliet Switzerland	13	327	193	178	118	87	24	628
Jordi van Gestel United States	15	717 2.2×	264 1.4×	473 2.7×	224 1.9×	110 1.3×	26	1.1k
Lon M. Chubiz United States	14	328 1.0×	79 0.4×	239 1.3×	63 0.5×	130 1.5×	23	609
Alma Dal Co Switzerland	11	352 1.1×	176 0.9×	144 0.8×	75 0.6×	96 1.1×	15	565
Tobias Bergmiller Austria	15	457 1.4×	179 0.9×	319 1.8×	34 0.3×	89 1.0×	20	735
Jonas Cremer United States	16	403 1.2×	115 0.6×	381 2.1×	275 2.3×	122 1.4×	22	913
R. Fredrik Inglis Switzerland	15	304 0.9×	167 0.9×	294 1.7×	183 1.6×	58 0.7×	22	743
Alicia Sánchez-Gorostiaga Spain	13	745 2.3×	427 2.2×	310 1.7×	187 1.6×	74 0.9×	16	1.3k
Dave van Ditmarsch United States	9	260 0.8×	71 0.4×	171 1.0×	62 0.5×	54 0.6×	10	385
Jennifer T. Pentz United States	8	172 0.5×	56 0.3×	192 1.1×	158 1.3×	27 0.3×	16	406
Thomas Julou Switzerland	12	476 1.5×	74 0.4×	190 1.1×	53 0.4×	68 0.8×	15	783

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon van Vliet

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Garza, Daniel, et al.. (2026). Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 50.

Rufián, José S., María Antonia Sánchez-Romero, Laurent Aussel, et al.. (2025). Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection. Nature Microbiology. 10(4). 958–972. 4 indexed citations

Holló, Gábor, et al.. (2025). Uptake and leakage rates differentially shape community arrangement and composition of microbial consortia. The ISME Journal. 19(1). 1 indexed citations

Schubert, Olga T., et al.. (2025). Disentangling the feedback loops driving spatial patterning in microbial communities. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 11(1). 32–32. 5 indexed citations

Kaczmarczyk, Andreas, Simon van Vliet, Roman P. Jakob, et al.. (2024). A genetically encoded biosensor to monitor dynamic changes of c-di-GMP with high temporal resolution. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3920–3920. 12 indexed citations

Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2023). Changes in interactions over ecological time scales influence single-cell growth dynamics in a metabolically coupled marine microbial community. The ISME Journal. 17(3). 406–416. 28 indexed citations

Co, Alma Dal, Martin Ackermann, & Simon van Vliet. (2023). Spatial self-organization of metabolism in microbial systems: A matter of enzymes and chemicals. Cell Systems. 14(2). 98–108. 12 indexed citations

Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2022). Frequency modulation of a bacterial quorum sensing response. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2772–2772. 14 indexed citations

Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2022). Changes in interactions over ecological time scales influence single cell growth dynamics in a metabolically coupled marine microbial community. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

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Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2022). Global dynamics of microbial communities emerge from local interaction rules. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(3). e1009877–e1009877. 19 indexed citations

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Co, Alma Dal, Simon van Vliet, Daniel J. Kiviet, Susan Schlegel, & Martin Ackermann. (2021). Author Correction: Short-range interactions govern the dynamics and functions of microbial communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(5). 701–701. 2 indexed citations

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Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2021). Multilevel selection favors fragmentation modes that maintain cooperative interactions in multispecies communities. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(9). e1008896–e1008896. 8 indexed citations

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Co, Alma Dal, Simon van Vliet, Daniel J. Kiviet, Susan Schlegel, & Martin Ackermann. (2020). Short-range interactions govern the dynamics and functions of microbial communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(3). 366–375. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vliet, Simon van & Michael Doebeli. (2019). The role of multilevel selection in host microbiome evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(41). 20591–20597. 67 indexed citations

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Co, Alma Dal, Martin Ackermann, & Simon van Vliet. (2019). Metabolic activity affects the response of single cells to a nutrient switch in structured populations. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(156). 20190182–20190182. 35 indexed citations

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Co, Alma Dal, Simon van Vliet, & Martin Ackermann. (2019). Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1786). 20190080–20190080. 71 indexed citations

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Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2018). Spatially Correlated Gene Expression in Bacterial Groups: The Role of Lineage History, Spatial Gradients, and Cell-Cell Interactions. Cell Systems. 6(4). 496–507.e6. 45 indexed citations

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Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2016). L’État doit-il soutenir davantage les médias d’information ?. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 12–13.

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Vliet, Simon van & Martin Ackermann. (2015). Bacterial Ventures into Multicellularity: Collectivism through Individuality. PLoS Biology. 13(6). e1002162–e1002162. 21 indexed citations

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Vliet, Simon van, et al.. (2014). The effects of chemical interactions and culture history on the colonization of structured habitats by competing bacterial populations. BMC Microbiology. 14(1). 116–116. 23 indexed citations

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