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Belgium
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
19874
World Ranking
3950
National Ranking
65

Emile Van Schaftingen publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emile Van Schaftingen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 249 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Emile Van Schaftingen D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emile Van Schaftingen sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Emile Van Schaftingen is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and has a research focus in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine.

Their main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Clinical Biochemistry, Rheumatology, and Biochemistry.

The topics covered in their publications show concentration around Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Blood disorders and treatments, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, and Biochemical and Molecular Research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Emile Van Schaftingen include Maria Veiga-da-Cunha, Guido T. Bommer, Takfarinas Kentache, Joseph P. Dewulf, and Francesco Caligiore.

Publication venues in which they have appeared multiple times are the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Blood, and Cell.

Notable papers by Emile Van Schaftingen and collaborators include:

  • Treating neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction in glycogen storage disease type Ib with an SGLT2 inhibitor, 2020, Blood
  • Molecular damage in aging, 2021, Nature Aging
  • Two Novel Homozygous Mutations in Phosphoglucomutase 3 Leading to Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Skeletal Dysplasia, and Malformations, 2021, Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • Successful use of empagliflozin to treat neutropenia in two G6PC3-deficient children: Impact of a mutation in SGLT5, 2022, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
  • Treatment of the Neutropenia Associated with GSD1b and G6PC3 Deficiency with SGLT2 Inhibitors, 2023, Diagnostics

Best Publications

  • Vitamin C. Biosynthesis, recycling and degradation in mammals.

    Carole L Linster;Emile Van Schaftingen

  • A kinetic study of pyrophosphate: fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase from potato tubers. Application to a microassay of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate.

    Emile Van Schaftingen;Béatrice Lederer;Ramon Bartrons;Henri‐Géry Hers

  • The glucose-6-phosphatase system.

    Emile Van Schaftingen;Isabelle Gerin

  • Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate.

    Emile Van Schaftingen

  • Phosphomannomutase deficiency is a cause of carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type I.

    Emile Van Schaftingen;Jaak Jaeken

  • Inhibition of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase by fructose 2,6-biphosphate

    E Van Schaftingen;H G Hers

  • A new class of phosphotransferases phosphorylated on an aspartate residue in an amino-terminal DXDX(T/V) motif.

    Jean-François Collet;Vincent Stroobant;Michel Pirard;Ghislain Delpierre

  • Metabolite damage and its repair or pre-emption

    Carole L Linster;Emile Van Schaftingen;Andrew D Hanson

  • Multiple Phenotypes in Phosphoglucomutase 1 Deficiency

    Laura C. Tegtmeyer;Stephan Rust;Monique van Scherpenzeel;Bobby G. Ng

  • Control of the fructose-6-phosphate/fructose 1,6-bisphosphate cycle in isolated hepatocytes by glucose and glucagon. Role of a low-molecular-weight stimulator of phosphofructokinase.

    Emile Van Schaftingen;Louis Hue;Henri-Géry Hers

  • Sequence of a putative glucose 6‐phosphate translocase, mutated in glycogen storage disease type Ib

    Isabelle Gerin;Maria Veiga-Da-Cunha;Younes Achouri;Jean François Collet

  • Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG): Quo vadis?

    Romain Péanne;Pascale de Lonlay;François Foulquier;Uwe Kornak

  • IDH2 Mutations in Patients with d-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria

    Martijn Kranendijk;Eduard A. Struys;Emile van Schaftingen;K. Michael Gibson

  • A protein from rat liver confers to glucokinase the property of being antagonistically regulated by fructose 6-phosphate and fructose 1-phosphate

    Emile Van Schaftingen

  • Molecular Identification of Carnosine Synthase as ATP-grasp Domain-containing Protein 1 (ATPGD1)

    Jakub Drozak;Maria Veiga-da-Cunha;Didier Vertommen;Vincent Stroobant

  • A gene encoding a putative FAD-dependent l-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase is mutated in l-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria

    Rim Rzem;Maria Veiga-da-Cunha;Gaëtane Noël;Sophie Goffette

  • The Mechanism By Which Glucose Increases Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate Concentration in Saccharomyces-cerevisiae - a Cyclic-amp-dependent Activation of Phosphofructokinase-2

    Jean François;Emile Van Schaftingen;Henri-Géry Hers

  • Lack of homozygotes for the most frequent disease allele in carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1A.

    Gert Matthijs;Els Schollen;Emile Van Schaftingen;Jean-Jacques Cassiman

  • TMEM165 Deficiency Causes a Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation

    François Foulquier;Mustapha Amyere;Jaak Jaeken;Renate Zeevaert

  • Mutations in the d-2-Hydroxyglutarate Dehydrogenase Gene Cause d-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria

    Eduard A. Struys;Gajja S. Salomons;Younes Achouri;Emile Van Schaftingen

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri-Géry Hers
Henri-Géry Hers Université Catholique de Louvain
Didier Vertommen
Didier Vertommen Université Catholique de Louvain
Vincent Stroobant
Vincent Stroobant Ludwig Cancer Research
Gert Matthijs
Gert Matthijs KU Leuven
Jean-François Collet
Jean-François Collet Université Catholique de Louvain
Jaak Jaeken
Jaak Jaeken KU Leuven
Mark H. Rider
Mark H. Rider Université Catholique de Louvain
Willy Malaisse
Willy Malaisse Université Libre de Bruxelles
Fred R. Opperdoes
Fred R. Opperdoes Université Catholique de Louvain
Jean Marie François
Jean Marie François Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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