2026 Danny Geelen: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	64	9864	9104	175	162	197	11919

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Biology and Biochemistry

9864

9104

175

162

197

11919

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

11919

World Ranking

9864

National Ranking

175

Overview

Danny Geelen is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Soil Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Aquatic Science.

The main research topics addressed by Geelen include:

Plant Reproductive Biology
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques

Geelen has contributed to several research articles, some of the recent papers are:

Vertical Farming: The Only Way Is Up? (2021), published in Agronomy
A Meta-Analysis of Biostimulant Yield Effectiveness in Field Trials (2022), published in Frontiers in Plant Science
High temperatures alter cross-over distribution and induce male meiotic restitution in Arabidopsis thaliana (2020), published in Communications Biology
The genetic framework of shoot regeneration in Arabidopsis comprises master regulators and conditional fine-tuning factors (2020), published in Communications Biology
Natural Variation in Plant Pluripotency and Regeneration (2020), published in Plants

Geelen frequently collaborates with several co-authors including:

Steffen Vanneste
Jing Li
Hoang Khai Trinh
Tom Beeckman
Thijs Van Gerrewey

Their work is commonly published in venues such as:

Frontiers in Plant Science
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Experimental Botany
Acta Horticulturae
New Phytologist

Best Publications

The impact of environmental stress on male reproductive development in plants: biological processes and molecular mechanisms.

Nico De Storme;Danny Geelen

439
Citations
CENH3-GFP: a visual marker for gametophytic and somatic ploidy determination in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nico De Storme;Burcu Nur Keçeli;Linda Zamariola;Geert Angenon

426
Citations
Strigolactones suppress adventitious rooting in Arabidopsis and pea

Amanda Rasmussen;Michael Glenn Mason;Carolien De Cuyper;Philip B. Brewer

376
Citations
Genome-wide identification of NBS resistance genes in Populus trichocarpa

Annegret Kohler;Cécile Rinaldi;Sébastien Duplessis;Marie Baucher

299
Citations
A tobacco syntaxin with a role in hormonal control of guard cell ion channels

Barbara Leyman;Danny Geelen;Francisco J. Quintero;Michael R. Blatt

283
Citations
Molecular dissection of plant cytokinesis and phragmoplast structure: a survey of GFP‐tagged proteins

Daniël Van Damme;François-Yves Bouget;Kris Van Poucke;Dirk Inzé

241
Citations
Developing Biostimulants From Agro-Food and Industrial By-Products.

Lin Xu;Danny Geelen

238
Citations
The NodC protein of Azorhizobium caulinodans is an N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

R. Geremia;Peter Mergaert;D. Geelen;M. van Montagu

236
Citations
Sexual polyploidization in plants – cytological mechanisms and molecular regulation

Nico De Storme;Danny Geelen

223
Citations
Plant formin AtFH5 is an evolutionarily conserved actin nucleator involved in cytokinesis

Mathieu Ingouff;Jonathan N. Fitz Gerald;Jonathan N. Fitz Gerald;Christophe Guérin;Hélène Robert

209
Citations
In Vivo Dynamics and Differential Microtubule-Binding Activities of MAP65 Proteins

Daniël Van Damme;Kris Van Poucke;Emmanuel Boutant;Christophe Ritzenthaler

209
Citations
Saponins and their role in biological processes in plants

Ahmad Faizal;Ahmad Faizal;Danny Geelen

206
Citations
Disruption of putative anion channel gene AtCLC-a in Arabidopsis suggests a role in the regulation of nitrate content.

Danny Geelen;Claire Lurin;David Bouchez;Jean Marie Frachisse

199
Citations
Polyploidy Affects Plant Growth and Alters Cell Wall Composition.

Sander Corneillie;Nico De Storme;Rebecca Van Acker;Jonatan Ulrik Fangel

188
Citations
Callose homeostasis at plasmodesmata: molecular regulators and developmental relevance.

Nico De Storme;Danny Geelen

188
Citations
The abscisic acid-related SNARE homolog NtSyr1 contributes to secretion and growth: evidence from competition with its cytosolic domain

Danny Geelen;Barbara Leyman;Henri Batoko;Gian-Pietro Di Sansebastiano

182
Citations
Control of Endogenous Auxin Levels in Plant Root Development

Damilola Olatunji;Danny Geelen;Inge Verstraeten;Inge Verstraeten

178
Citations
Production of diploid male gametes in Arabidopsis by cold-induced destabilization of postmeiotic radial microtubule arrays.

Nico De Storme;Gregory P. Copenhaver;Danny Geelen

173
Citations
Identification and Dynamics of Two Classes of Aurora-Like Kinases in Arabidopsis and Other Plants

Dmitri Demidov;Daniël Van Damme;Danny Geelen;Frank R. Blattner

172
Citations
In Vitro Propagation

Hans Motte;Stefaan Werbrouck;Danny Geelen

39
Citations