Tom Van de Wiele

26.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
304 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

Tom Van de Wiele is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Van de Wiele has authored 304 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Molecular Biology, 110 papers in Food Science and 68 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Tom Van de Wiele's work include Gut microbiota and health (146 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (95 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (40 papers). Tom Van de Wiele is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (146 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (95 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (40 papers). Tom Van de Wiele collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Netherlands. Tom Van de Wiele's co-authors include Willy Verstraete, Sam Possemiers, Nico Boon, Massimo Marzorati, Pieter Van den Abbeele, Charlotte Grootaert, Christophe M. Courtin, Patrice D. Cani, Audrey M. Neyrinck and Nathalie M. Delzenne and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tom Van de Wiele

296 papers receiving 19.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Changes in gut microbiota control inflammation in obese mice through a mechanism involving GLP-2-driven improvement of gut permeability

2009 2.0k citations Sam Possemiers, Tom Van de Wiele et al. profile →
Comparison of Five In Vitro Digestion Models To Study the Bioaccessibility of Soil Contaminants

2002 668 citations Willy Verstraete, Tom Van de Wiele et al. profile →
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Postweaning Piglets: Understanding the Keys to Health

2017 599 citations Tom Van de Wiele, Stéphanie Blanquet‐Diot et al. profile →
Butyrate-producingClostridiumcluster XIVa species specifically colonize mucins in anin vitrogut model

2012 497 citations Pieter Van den Abbeele, Rosemarie De Weirdt et al. profile →
Prebiotic and Other Health-Related Effects of Cereal-Derived Arabinoxylans, Arabinoxylan-Oligosaccharides, and Xylooligosaccharides

2011 441 citations Tom Van de Wiele, Willy Verstraete et al. profile →
Propionate as a health-promoting microbial metabolite in the human gut

2011 440 citations Charlotte Grootaert, Willy Verstraete et al. profile →
Dietary emulsifiers directly alter human microbiota composition and gene expression ex vivo potentiating intestinal inflammation

2017 399 citations Benoît Chassaing, Tom Van de Wiele et al. profile →
Butyrate-producing bacteria supplemented in vitro to Crohn’s disease patient microbiota increased butyrate production and enhanced intestinal epithelial barrier integrity

2017 346 citations Marta Calatayud, Charlotte Grootaert et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Van de Wiele Belgium	71	10.0k	4.6k	4.4k	3.2k	1.7k	304	19.9k
Hauke Smidt Netherlands	86	14.4k 1.4×	5.2k 1.1×	3.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	3.6k 2.1×	409	27.0k
Wei Chen China	80	17.1k 1.7×	8.6k 1.9×	5.4k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	573 0.3×	934	29.3k
Hao Zhang China	74	13.9k 1.4×	7.5k 1.6×	4.5k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	429 0.2×	759	24.2k
Julian R. Marchesi United Kingdom	73	14.9k 1.5×	3.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	3.8k 1.2×	982 0.6×	295	24.5k
Hermie J. M. Harmsen Netherlands	62	10.9k 1.1×	3.9k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	780 0.4×	192	18.3k
Yulong Yin China	93	16.2k 1.6×	4.3k 0.9×	5.7k 1.3×	7.3k 2.3×	380 0.2×	960	41.0k
Bruno Pot Belgium	71	13.6k 1.4×	12.6k 2.8×	5.4k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	496 0.3×	176	23.9k
Ian Rowland United Kingdom	71	7.7k 0.8×	5.0k 1.1×	4.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	247 0.1×	236	17.6k
H. Rex Gaskins United States	63	7.6k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	455 0.3×	172	14.9k
Karen P. Scott United Kingdom	48	13.2k 1.3×	5.7k 1.2×	5.1k 1.2×	4.8k 1.5×	579 0.3×	112	20.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Van de Wiele

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Pessemier, Britta De, Christopher J. Hammond, Michiel Stock, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the hidden side of laundry: malodour, microbiome and pathogenome. BMC Biology. 23(1). 40–40.

Gheysens, Tom, et al.. (2025). GelMA as scaffold material for epithelial cells to emulate the small intestinal microenvironment. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 8214–8214. 4 indexed citations

Chatzigiannidou, Ioanna, J. Heyse, Ruben Props, et al.. (2024). Real-time flow cytometry to assess qualitative and quantitative responses of oral pathobionts during exposure to antiseptics. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(10). e0095524–e0095524.

Vázquez, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Phage lysins for intestinal microbiome modulation: current challenges and enabling techniques. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2387144–2387144. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Shaokang, Kim De Paepe, Tom Van de Wiele, et al.. (2023). Starch-entrapped microspheres enhance gut microbiome-mediated anti-obesity effects of resistant starch in high-fat diet induced obese C57BL/6J mice. Food Research International. 172. 113215–113215. 15 indexed citations

Folens, Karel, André Rodrigues dos Reis, Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme, et al.. (2023). Content, speciation and in vitro bioaccessibility of trace elements in seaweeds and derived food products. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 118. 105162–105162. 11 indexed citations

Paepe, Kim De, et al.. (2021). Oral and Gut Microbial Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes Landscape in Health and Disease. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 653448–653448. 25 indexed citations

Fournier, E, Charlène Roussel, Delphine Ley, et al.. (2021). In vitro models of gut digestion across childhood: current developments, challenges and future trends. Biotechnology Advances. 54. 107796–107796. 23 indexed citations

Broeckx, Bart J. G., et al.. (2020). Dose-Dependent Effects of Dietary Xylooligosaccharides Supplementation on Microbiota, Fermentation and Metabolism in Healthy Adult Cats. Molecules. 25(21). 5030–5030. 7 indexed citations

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Gomes, Andréia, Alba Macià, Alexandre Foito, et al.. (2019). Berry-Enriched Diet in Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats: Metabolic Fate of (Poly)Phenols and the Role of Gut Microbiota. Nutrients. 11(11). 2634–2634. 21 indexed citations

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Grootaert, Charlotte, et al.. (2019). The response of five intestinal cell lines to anoxic conditions in vitro. Biology of the Cell. 111(9). 232–244. 11 indexed citations

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Riedmiller, Martin, Roland Hafner, Thomas Lampe, et al.. (2018). Learning by Playing - Solving Sparse Reward Tasks from Scratch. International Conference on Machine Learning. 4344–4353. 48 indexed citations

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Bodt, Jana De, Nóra Papp, Luke R. Howard, et al.. (2018). Impact of tart cherries polyphenols on the human gut microbiota and phenolic metabolites in vitro and in vivo. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 59. 160–172. 104 indexed citations

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Lambrecht, Ellen, Eva Van Meervenne, Nico Boon, et al.. (2017). Characterization of Cefotaxime- and Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Commensal Escherichia coli Originating from Belgian Farm Animals Indicates High Antibiotic Resistance Transfer Rates. Microbial Drug Resistance. 24(6). 707–717. 26 indexed citations

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Chassaing, Benoît, Tom Van de Wiele, & Andrew T. Gewirtz. (2017). O-013 Dietary Emulsifiers Directly Impact the Human Gut Microbiota Increasing Its Pro-inflammatory Potential and Ability to Induce Intestinal Inflammation. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 23. 9 indexed citations

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Chaikham, Pittaya, et al.. (2016). Impact of Encapsulated Lactobacillus casei 01 Along with Pasteurized Purple-Rice Drinks on Modulating Colon Microbiome using a Digestive Model. International Journal of Food Engineering. 12(7). 637–646. 2 indexed citations

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Uyttendaele, Mieke, et al.. (2015). Bacillus cereus Adhesion to Simulated Intestinal Mucus Is Determined by Its Growth on Mucin, Rather Than Intestinal Environmental Parameters. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 12(11). 904–913. 12 indexed citations

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Callewaert, Chris, Frederiek‐Maarten Kerckhof, Michael S. Granitsiotis, et al.. (2013). Characterization of Staphylococcus and Corynebacterium Clusters in the Human Axillary Region. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e70538–e70538. 71 indexed citations

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Ceuppens, Siele, et al.. (2012). Enterotoxin Production by Bacillus cereus Under Gastrointestinal Conditions and Their Immunological Detection by Commercially Available Kits. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 9(12). 1130–1136. 45 indexed citations

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Abbeele, Pieter Van den, Mélanie Derde, Rosemarie De Weirdt, et al.. (2011). The adherent and invasive Escherichia coli is repressed from mucus by arabinoxylans, inulin and Lactobacillus reuteri in a novel in vitro gut model. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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