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Barbara De Coninck

Barbara De Coninck

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
34
Citations
5245
World Ranking
5321
National Ranking
52

Barbara De Coninck 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 Barbara De Coninck sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 82 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Barbara De Coninck 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 Barbara De Coninck sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 19th percentile

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

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

Best Publications

  • Plant pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins: a focus on PR peptides.

    Jan Sels;Janick Mathys;Barbara M.A. De Coninck;Bruno P.A. Cammue

  • The Plant Peptidome: An Expanding Repertoire of Structural Features and Biological Functions

    Patrizia Tavormina;Patrizia Tavormina;Barbara De Coninck;Barbara De Coninck;Natalia Nikonorova;Ive De Smet

  • What lies beneath: belowground defense strategies in plants

    Barbara De Coninck;Barbara De Coninck;Pieter Timmermans;Christine Vos;Christine Vos;Bruno P.A. Cammue;Bruno P.A. Cammue

  • Genome-wide characterization of ISR induced in Arabidopsis thaliana by Trichoderma hamatum T382 against Botrytis cinerea infection

    Janick Mathys;Kaat De Cremer;Pieter Timmermans;Stefan Van Kerckhove

  • The SnRK1 Energy Sensor in Plant Biotic Interactions

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  • Unraveling the Difference between Invertases and Fructan Exohydrolases: A Single Amino Acid (Asp-239) Substitution Transforms Arabidopsis Cell Wall Invertase1 into a Fructan 1-Exohydrolase

    Katrien Le Roy;Willem Lammens;Maureen Verhaest;Barbara De Coninck

  • The toolbox of Trichoderma spp. in the biocontrol of Botrytis cinerea disease

    Christine M. F. Vos;Kaat De Cremer;Bruno P. A. Cammue;Barbara De Coninck

  • RNAseq‐based transcriptome analysis of Lactuca sativa infected by the fungal necrotroph Botrytis cinerea

    Kaat De Cremer;Janick Mathys;Christine Vos;Lutz Froenicke

  • Plant fructan exohydrolases: a role in signaling and defense?

    Wim Van den Ende;Barbara De Coninck;André Van Laere

  • Ultraviolet Radiation From a Plant Perspective: The Plant-Microorganism Context

    Lucas Vanhaelewyn;Dominique Van Der Straeten;Barbara De Coninck;Filip Vandenbussche

  • Arabidopsis AtcwINV3 and 6 are not invertases but are fructan exohydrolases (FEHs) with different substrate specificities

    Barbara De Coninck;Katrien Le Roy;Isolde Francis;Stefan Clerens

  • Modes of antifungal action and in planta functions of plant defensins and defensin-like peptides

    Barbara De Coninck;Bruno P.A. Cammue;Karin Thevissen

  • Fungal (-like) biocontrol organisms in tomato disease control

    C.M. Vos;Y. Yang;B. De Coninck;B.P.A. Cammue

  • UV-B light and its application potential to reduce disease and pest incidence in crops.

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  • Hub Protein Controversy: Taking a Closer Look at Plant Stress Response Hubs

    Katy Vandereyken;Jelle Van Leene;Barbara De Coninck;Bruno P. A. Cammue

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana RNA Editing Factor SLO2, which Affects the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain, Participates in Multiple Stress and Hormone Responses

    Qiang Zhu;Jasper Dugardeyn;Chunyi Zhang;Per Mühlenbock;Per Mühlenbock

  • Arabidopsis thaliana plant defensin AtPDF1.1 is involved in the plant response to biotic stress.

    Barbara M. A. De Coninck;Jan Sels;Esther Venmans;Wannes Thys

  • Unexpected presence of fructan 6‐exohydrolases (6‐FEHs) in non‐fructan plants: characterization, cloning, mass mapping and functional analysis of a novel ‘cell‐wall invertase‐like’ specific 6‐FEH from sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

    Wim Van den Ende;Barbara De Coninck;Stefan Clerens;Rudolf Vergauwen

  • X‐ray diffraction structure of a cell‐wall invertase from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Maureen Verhaest;Willem Lammens;Katrien Le Roy;Barbara De Coninck

  • Mining the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana as a basis for the identification of novel bioactive peptides involved in oxidative stress tolerance

    Barbara De Coninck;Delphine Carron;Patrizia Tavormina;Lander Willem

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Craik
David J. Craik University of Queensland
Rony Swennen
Rony Swennen KU Leuven
Alain Goossens
Alain Goossens Ghent University
Kathleen Marchal
Kathleen Marchal Ghent University
Kemal Kazan
Kemal Kazan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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