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Alain Vanderplasschen

Alain Vanderplasschen

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
52
Citations
9254
World Ranking
4073
National Ranking
61

Alain Vanderplasschen publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Vanderplasschen sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 241 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Alain Vanderplasschen D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Vanderplasschen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alain Vanderplasschen is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing particularly on epidemiology, immunology, oncology, molecular biology, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics such as herpesvirus infections and treatments, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, animal disease management and epidemiology, animal virus infection studies, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, as well as fish ecology and management studies.

Alain Vanderplasschen has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Proadrenomedullin N-Terminal 20 Peptides (PAMPs) Are Agonists of the Chemokine Scavenger Receptor ACKR3/CXCR7, 2021, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • European eel restocking programs based on wild-caught glass eels: Feasibility of quarantine stage compatible with implementation of prophylactic measures prior to scheduled reintroduction to the wild, 2020, Journal for Nature Conservation
  • Genomes of Anguillid Herpesvirus 1 Strains Reveal Evolutionary Disparities and Low Genetic Diversity in the Genus Cyprinivirus, 2021, Microorganisms
  • A fish herpesvirus highlights functional diversities among Zα domains related to phase separation induction and A-to-Z conversion, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • A complete check-up of European eel after eight years of restocking in an upland river: Trends in growth, lipid content, sex ratio and health status, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Owen Donohoe
  • Andrew J. Davison
  • Haiyan Zhang
  • Natacha Delrez
  • Bo He

The scientist's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Viruses
  • Vaccines
  • ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • Microorganisms
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • The formation and function of extracellular enveloped vaccinia virus.

    Geoffrey L. Smith;Alain Vanderplasschen;Mansun Law

  • Lung interstitial macrophages alter dendritic cell functions to prevent airway allergy in mice

    Denis Bedoret;Hugues Wallemacq;Thomas Marichal;Christophe Desmet

  • Extracellular enveloped vaccinia virus is resistant to complement because of incorporation of host complement control proteins into its envelope

    Alain Vanderplasschen;Elizabeth Mathew;Michael Hollinshead;Robert B. Sim

  • Vaccinia virus immune evasion.

    Geoffrey L. Smith;Julian A. Symons;Anu Khanna;Alain Vanderplasschen

  • Intracellular and extracellular vaccinia virions enter cells by different mechanisms

    Alain Vanderplasschen;Michael Hollinshead;Geoffrey L. Smith

  • A gammaherpesvirus provides protection against allergic asthma by inducing the replacement of resident alveolar macrophages with regulatory monocytes

    Bénédicte Machiels;Mickael Dourcy;Xue Xiao;Justine Javaux

  • Ruminant alphaherpesviruses related to bovine herpesvirus 1

    Julien Thiry;Véronique Keuser;Benoît Muylkens;François Meurens

  • Vaccinia Virus Intracellular Mature Virions Contain only One Lipid Membrane

    Michael Hollinshead;Alain Vanderplasschen;Geoffrey L. Smith;David J. Vaux

  • Glycoprotein G isoforms from some alphaherpesviruses function as broad‐spectrum chemokine binding proteins

    Neil A. Bryant;Nick Davis‐Poynter;Alain Vanderplasschen;Antonio Alcami

  • Targeting nanoparticles to M cells with non-peptidic ligands for oral vaccination

    Virginie Fievez;Laurence Plapied;Anne des Rieux;Vincent Pourcelle

  • A Novel Virus Binding Assay Using Confocal Microscopy: Demonstration that the Intracellular and Extracellular Vaccinia Virions Bind to Different Cellular Receptors

    Alain Vanderplasschen;G. L. Smith

  • The major portal of entry of koi herpesvirus in Cyprinus carpio is the skin.

    Bérénice Costes;V. Stalin Raj;Benjamin Michel;Guillaume Fournier

  • Mechanisms of persistent NF-kappa B activity in the bronchi of an animal model of asthma.

    Fabrice Bureau;Sylvie Delhalle;Giuseppina Bonizzi;Laurence Fiévez

  • Recombination in alphaherpesviruses.

    Etienne Thiry;François Meurens;Benoît Muylkens;Michael McVoy

  • Glycosyltransferases encoded by viruses.

    Nicolas Markine-Goriaynoff;Laurent Gillet;James L. Van Etten;Haralambos Korres

  • Skin mucus of Cyprinus carpio inhibits cyprinid herpesvirus 3 binding to epidermal cells.

    Victor Stalin Raj;Guillaume Fournier;Krzysztof Rakus;Maygane Ronsmans

  • Antibodies against vaccinia virus do not neutralize extracellular enveloped virus but prevent virus release from infected cells and comet formation

    Alain Vanderplasschen;Michael Hollinshead;Geoffrey L. Smith

  • Behavioral fever in ectothermic vertebrates

    Krzysztof Rakus;Maygane Ronsmans;Alain Vanderplasschen

  • Ixodes ticks belonging to the Ixodes ricinus complex encode a family of anticomplement proteins.

    Virginie Daix;Hélène Schroeder;N. Praet;J.-P. Georgin

  • Role of IKK and ERK pathways in intrinsic inflammation of cystic fibrosis airways.

    Catherine Verhaeghe;Caroline Remouchamps;Benoît Hennuy;Alain Vanderplasschen

  • Extracellular enveloped vaccinia virus. Entry, egress, and evasion.

    Geoffrey L. Smith;Alain Vanderplasschen

  • IL-10 encoded by viruses: a remarkable example of independent acquisition of a cellular gene by viruses and its subsequent evolution in the viral genome

    Ping Ouyang;Krzysztof Rakus;Steven J. van Beurden;Adrie H. Westphal

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul-Pierre Pastoret
Paul-Pierre Pastoret University of Liège
Etienne Thiry
Etienne Thiry University of Liège
Fabrice Bureau
Fabrice Bureau University of Liège
Andrew J. Davison
Andrew J. Davison University of Glasgow
Geoffrey L. Smith
Geoffrey L. Smith University of Oxford
Philip G. Stevenson
Philip G. Stevenson University of Queensland
Ruddy Wattiez
Ruddy Wattiez University of Mons
Jacques Piette
Jacques Piette University of Liège
Hamida Hammad
Hamida Hammad Ghent University
Günther M. Keil
Günther M. Keil Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

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