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Aart J. E. van Bel

Aart J. E. van Bel

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
46
Citations
7945
World Ranking
2702
National Ranking
165

Aart J. E. van Bel publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aart J. E. van Bel sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 104 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Aart J. E. van Bel D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aart J. E. van Bel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Biochemistry

His primary scientific interests are in Sieve tube element, Biophysics, Phloem, Botany and Forisome. The concepts of his Phloem study are interwoven with issues in Plasmodesma and Vicia faba. Many of his research projects under Botany are closely connected to Laser light and Confocal laser scanning microscopy with Laser light and Confocal laser scanning microscopy, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.

Aart J. E. van Bel works mostly in the field of Aphid, limiting it down to concerns involving Saliva and, occasionally, Photoassimilate, Arthropod mouthparts and Electrical penetration graph. His Forisome research includes elements of Callose, Pressure Flow Hypothesis and Turgor pressure. His Biochemistry research incorporates elements of Microinjection and Cell biology.

His most cited work include:

  • Molecular sabotage of plant defense by aphid saliva (396 citations)
  • Sieve Tubes in Action (280 citations)
  • Physical and chemical interactions between aphids and plants (232 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Phloem, Botany, Sieve tube element, Biophysics and Forisome. His Phloem research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cell biology, Biochemistry, Plasmodesma and Vicia faba. When carried out as part of a general Biochemistry research project, his work on Gene expression, Saliva and Cell wall is frequently linked to work in Divalent, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

As a part of the same scientific study, Aart J. E. van Bel usually deals with the Botany, concentrating on Sucrose and frequently concerns with Photosynthesis, Commelinaceae and Sugar. His Sieve tube element research includes themes of Callose, Aphid, Phloem transport and Turgor pressure. His Biophysics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Membrane and Cell type.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Phloem (63.44%)
  • Botany (47.31%)
  • Sieve tube element (46.24%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Phloem (63.44%)
  • Cell biology (19.35%)
  • Sieve tube element (46.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Phloem, Cell biology, Sieve tube element, Phytoplasma and Sieve are his primary areas of study. His studies deal with areas such as Vicia faba and Biochemistry as well as Phloem. The various areas that he examines in his Vicia faba study include Biophysics, Pisum and Intracellular.

His work investigates the relationship between Cell biology and topics such as Ultrastructure that intersect with problems in Endoplasmic reticulum. His Sieve tube element study combines topics in areas such as RNA interference, Aphid and Hordeum vulgare. He works mostly in the field of Botany, limiting it down to topics relating to Cytoskeleton and, in certain cases, Chaperone and Actin.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Functional Evaluation of Proteins in Watery and Gel Saliva of Aphids. (44 citations)
  • Aphid salivary proteases are capable of degrading sieve-tube proteins (36 citations)
  • Phytoplasma infection in tomato is associated with re-organization of plasma membrane, ER stacks, and actin filaments in sieve elements (22 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Biochemistry

Aart J. E. van Bel spends much of his time researching Proteases, Biochemistry, Saliva, Phloem and Sieve tube element. Among his Proteases studies, you can observe a synthesis of other disciplines of science such as Callose, Effector, GroEL, Buchnera and Proteome. Aart J. E. van Bel works in the field of Biochemistry, namely Saliva secretion.

His Phloem study is concerned with the larger field of Botany. His Sieve tube element research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Acyrthosiphon pisum and Protein degradation.

Best Publications

  • Molecular sabotage of plant defense by aphid saliva

    Torsten Will;W. Fred Tjallingii;Alexandra Thönnessen;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • Physical and chemical interactions between aphids and plants

    Torsten Will;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • Sieve Tubes in Action

    Michael Knoblauch;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • Multivesicular bodies participate in a cell wall‐associated defence response in barley leaves attacked by the pathogenic powdery mildew fungus

    Qianli An;Ralph Hückelhoven;Karl-Heinz Kogel;Aart J E van Bel

  • Compatible plant-aphid interactions: how aphids manipulate plant responses.

    Philippe Giordanengo;Laurence Brunissen;Christine Rusterucci;Charles Vincent

  • Reversible Calcium-Regulated Stopcocks in Legume Sieve Tubes

    Michael Knoblauch;Winfried S. Peters;Katrin Ehlers;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • A galinstan expansion femtosyringe for microinjection of eukaryotic organelles and prokaryotes.

    Michael Knoblauch;Julian M. Hibberd;John C. Gray;Aart J.E. van Bel

  • Do plant cells secrete exosomes derived from multivesicular bodies

    Qianli An;Aart J. E. van Bel;Ralph Hückelhoven

  • Multivesicular compartments proliferate in susceptible and resistant MLA12-barley leaves in response to infection by the biotrophic powdery mildew fungus.

    Qianli An;Katrin Ehlers;Karl‐Heinz Kogel;Aart J. E. Van Bel

  • ATP-independent contractile proteins from plants.

    Michael Knoblauch;Gundula A. Noll;Torsten Müller;Dirk Prüfer

  • Ca2+-mediated remote control of reversible sieve tube occlusion in Vicia faba

    Alexandra C. U. Furch;Jens B. Hafke;Alexander Schulz;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • Symplasmic connections between sieve element and companion cell in the stem phloem of Vicia faba L. have a molecular exclusion limit of at least 10 kDa

    Ronald Kempers;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • Aphid watery saliva counteracts sieve-tube occlusion: a universal phenomenon?

    Torsten Will;Sarah R Kornemann;Alexandra C U Furch;W Fred Tjallingii

  • Functional Evaluation of Proteins in Watery and Gel Saliva of Aphids.

    Aart J. E. van Bel;Torsten Will;Torsten Will

  • The Mystery of Virus Trafficking Into, Through and Out of Vascular Tissue

    Richard S. Nelson;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • Sieve Element Ca2+ Channels as Relay Stations between Remote Stimuli and Sieve Tube Occlusion in Vicia faba

    Alexandra C.U. Furch;Aart J.E. van Bel;Mark D. Fricker;Hubert H. Felle

  • Symplasmic Constriction and Ultrastructural Features of the Sieve Element/Companion Cell Complex in the Transport Phloem of Apoplasmically and Symplasmically Phloem-Loading Species

    Ronald Kempers;Ankie Ammerlaan;Aart J.E. van Bel

  • Sieve elements caught in the act

    Aart J.E van Bel;Katrin Ehlers;Michael Knoblauch

  • Hexoses as phloem transport sugars: the end of a dogma?

    Aart J. E. van Bel;Paul H. Hess

  • Thermodynamic Battle for Photosynthate Acquisition between Sieve Tubes and Adjoining Parenchyma in Transport Phloem

    Jens B. Hafke;Jan-Kees van Amerongen;Frits Kelling;Alexandra C.U. Furch

  • Spread the news: systemic dissemination and local impact of Ca2+ signals along the phloem pathway

    Aart J. E. van Bel;Alexandra C. U. Furch;Torsten Will;Stefanie V. Buxa

  • Pathogen‐induced resistance and alarm signals in the phloem

    Aart J. E. Van Bel;Frank Gaupels

  • Remote-controlled stop of phloem mass flow by biphasic occlusion in Cucurbita maxima

    Alexandra C. U. Furch;Matthias R. Zimmermann;Torsten Will;Jens B. Hafke

  • Aphid Gel Saliva: Sheath Structure, Protein Composition and Secretory Dependence on Stylet-Tip Milieu

    Torsten Will;Kathrin Steckbauer;Martin Hardt;Aart J. E. van Bel

  • Adaptation of aphid stylectomy for analyses of proteins and mRNAs in barley phloem sap.

    Frank Gaupels;Anja Buhtz;Torsten Knauer;Sachin Deshmukh

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl-Heinz Kogel
Karl-Heinz Kogel University of Giessen
Rita Musetti
Rita Musetti University of Padua
Dirk Prüfer
Dirk Prüfer University of Münster
Ralph Hückelhoven
Ralph Hückelhoven Technical University of Munich
Yves Piché
Yves Piché Université Laval
Julian M. Hibberd
Julian M. Hibberd University of Cambridge
John W. Patrick
John W. Patrick University of Newcastle Australia
Mark D. Fricker
Mark D. Fricker University of Oxford
Horst Vierheilig
Horst Vierheilig Spanish National Research Council
John C. Gray
John C. Gray University of Cambridge

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