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Top institutions in the Netherlands for Microbiology

16 institutions · Microbiology · Netherlands

Which institutions in the Netherlands have the most top-cited scientists in Microbiology?

132 researchers in the Netherlands whose main subfield is Microbiology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.7% of all listed authors in the Netherlands, and 10th of 93 countries in the subfield. 72 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Wageningen University & Research has the most (19), followed by Radboud University Medical Center (11) and Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (10). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
132
2.7% of all in the Netherlands
In the global top 100,000
72
54.5% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#10
of 93 countries in Microbiology
Highest-ranked
#597
de Vos, Willem Meindert
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Wageningen University & Research1915#7de Vos, Willem Meindert #597
2Radboud University Medical Center117#43van Ingen, Jakko #22,737
3Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen105#57Busscher, Henk J. #46,130
4Radboud Universiteit73#109Jetten, Mike S. M. #6,991
5Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW74#123de Hoog, Gerrit Sybren #24,060
6Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam63#149Geerlings, Suzanne Eugenie #24,142
7Universiteit Utrecht64#150Wösten, Han A.B. #24,555
8Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu61#162Knol, Mirjam J. #65,292
9Rijksuniversiteit Groningen52#206van Elsas, Jan Dirk #32,364
10Universiteit van Amsterdam41#290Wiersinga, Willem Joost #49,820
11Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences40#314Heintz-Buschart, Anna #109,494
12Institute of Biology Leiden33#336Raaijmakers, Jos M. #8,550
13Erasmus MC31#345Koopmans, Marion P.G. #13,544
14Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) - KNAW32#391De Boer, Wietse Boer #44,120
15University Medical Center Utrecht32#393Kluytmans, Jan A.J.W. #45,058
16Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum32#431Kuijper, Ed J. #75,702

The top 100 in Microbiology in the Netherlands, in order

  1. 1
    de Vos, Willem Meindert
    Wageningen University & Research
  2. 2
    Medema, Marnix H.
    Wageningen University & Research
  3. 3
    Jetten, Mike S. M.
    Radboud Universiteit
  4. 4
    Geisen, Stefan
    Wageningen University & Research
  5. 5
    Raaijmakers, Jos M.
    Institute of Biology Leiden
  6. 6
    van de Beek, Diederik V.D.
    Amsterdam Neuroscience
  7. 7
  8. 8
    Belzer, Clara
    Wageningen University & Research
  9. 9
    Wells, Jerry Mark
    Wageningen University & Research
  10. 10
    Kuenen, Johannes Gijs
    Delft University of Technology
  11. 11
    Burt, Sara A.
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences
  12. 12
    Kleerebezem, Michiel
    Wageningen University & Research
  13. 13
    Bonten, Marc J.M.
    Ecraid Foundation
  14. 14
    van Ingen, Jakko
    Radboud University Medical Center
  15. 15
    Muyzer, G.
    Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics - Amsterdam
  16. 16
    de Hoog, Gerrit Sybren
    Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW
  17. 17
    Geerlings, Suzanne Eugenie
    Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
  18. 18
    Wösten, Han A.B.
    Universiteit Utrecht
  19. 19
    Stams, Alfons J.M.
    Wageningen University & Research
  20. 20
    Venema, Koen
    Universiteit Maastricht
  21. 21
    van Belkum, Alex F.
    Independent Microbiology Consultant
  22. 22
    Kovács, Ákos T.
    Institute of Biology Leiden
  23. 23
    Verweij, Paul E.
    Radboud University Medical Center
  24. 24
    Amaral-Zettler, Linda A.
    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
  25. 25
    Lugtenberg, Ben J.J.
    Service XS B.V.
  26. 26
    van Elsas, Jan Dirk
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
  27. 27
    van der Oost, John
    Wageningen University & Research
  28. 28
    Kuipers, Oscar P.
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
  29. 29
    Bodelier, Paul L.E.
    Radboud Universiteit
  30. 30
    Zoetendal, Erwin Gerard
    Wageningen University & Research
  31. 31
    Kullberg, Bart Jan
    Radboud University Medical Center
  32. 32
    Falony, Gwen
    Wageningen University & Research
  33. 33
    de Vries, Ronald P.
    Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW
  34. 34
    De Boer, Wietse Boer
    Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) - KNAW
  35. 35
    Brouwer, Matthijs C.
    Emma Kinderziekenhuis
  36. 36
    Zwietering, Marcel H.
    Wageningen University & Research
  37. 37
    Kluytmans, Jan A.J.W.
    University Medical Center Utrecht
  38. 38
    Busscher, Henk J.
    Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
  39. 39
    Mouton, Johan W.
    Radboud University Medical Center
  40. 40
    Wiersinga, Willem Joost
    Universiteit van Amsterdam
  41. 41
    Kurilshikov, Alexander M.
    Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
  42. 42
    Jack T. Pronk, Jack
    Delft University of Technology
  43. 43
    Stal, Lucas J.
    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
  44. 44
    Kuramae, Eiko Eurya
    Universiteit Utrecht
  45. 45
    Plugge, Caroline M.
    Wageningen University & Research
  46. 46
    Kowalchuk, George A.
    Universiteit Utrecht
  47. 47
    Wiersinga, W. J.
    Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
  48. 48
    Berendsen, Roeland L.
    Universiteit Utrecht
  49. 49
    Garbeva, Paolina
    Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) - KNAW
  50. 50
    Dijksterhuis, Jan F.
    Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW
  51. 51
    Knol, Mirjam J.
    Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
  52. 52
    Smidt, H. S.
    Wageningen University & Research
  53. 53
    de Vries, Henry J.C.
    Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
  54. 54
    Donnelly, J. Peter
    Radboud University Medical Center
  55. 55
    Boekhout, Teun
    The Yeasts Foundation
  56. 56
    van Crevel, Reinout
    Radboud University Medical Center
  57. 57
    Druzhinina, Irina S.
    Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW
  58. 58
    Kuijper, Ed J.
    Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
  59. 59
    Wertheim, Heiman F.L.
    Radboud University Medical Center
  60. 60
    Siezen, Roland J.
    Microbial Bioinformatics
  61. 61
    Fluit, Adriaan Camille
    University Medical Center Utrecht
  62. 62
    van der Mei, Henny C.
    Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
  63. 63
    Willems, Anne Eliza
    Kenniscentrum Phrenos
  64. 64
    Penders, John
    Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+
  65. 65
    Bont, Louis J.
    Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis
  66. 66
    Smid, Eddy J.
    Wageningen University & Research
  67. 67
    Harmsen, Hermie J.M.
    Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
  68. 68
    Welte, Cornelia U.
    Radboud Universiteit
  69. 69
    Friedrich, Alexander W.
    Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
  70. 70
    Wallinga, Jacco
    Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
  71. 71
    Ettema, Thijs J.G.
    Wageningen University & Research
  72. 72
    Van Wezel, Gilles P.
    Institute of Biology Leiden
  73. 73
    Janssen, Dick B.
    Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute
  74. 74
    Lücker, Sebastian
    Radboud Universiteit
  75. 75
    Op den Camp, H. J.M.
    Radboud Universiteit
  76. 76
    Poolman, Jan T.
    Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.
  77. 77
    Brüggemann, Roger J.M.
    Radboud University Medical Center
  78. 78
    Heintz-Buschart, Anna
    Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
  79. 79
    Salles, Joana Falcão
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
  80. 80
    van de Sande, Wendy W.J.
    Erasmus MC, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  81. 81
    Laanbroek, Hendrikus J.
    Universiteit Utrecht
  82. 82
    Mende, Daniel R.
    Universiteit van Amsterdam
  83. 83
    Spang, Anja
    Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics - Amsterdam
  84. 84
    van Soolingen, D.
    Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
  85. 85
    Hugenholtz, Jeroen
    Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
  86. 86
    Robert, Vincent A.R.G.
    Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW
  87. 87
    El Aidy, Sahar
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
  88. 88
    Rhodes, Johanna L.
    Radboud University Medical Center
  89. 89
    Wagenaar, Jaap A.
    Faculteit Diergeneeskunde
  90. 90
    Sprong, Hein
    Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
  91. 91
    Pot, Bruno
    Yakult Europe Science Department
  92. 92
    Johnson, Katerina Vicky Ann
    Universiteit Leiden
  93. 93
    Groenewald, Marizeth
    Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW
  94. 94
    Paget, John W.
    Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg
  95. 95
    Klis, Frans M.
    Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
  96. 96
    Abee, Tjakko
    Wageningen University & Research
  97. 97
    Schultsz, Constance
    Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development
  98. 98
    Hagen, Ferry
    Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - KNAW
  99. 99
    van Niftrik, Laura A.M.P.
    Radboud Universiteit
  100. 100
    Gacesa, Ranko
    Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

132 listed scientists in Microbiology in the Netherlands

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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