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Frank Van Breusegem

Frank Van Breusegem

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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
43395
World Ranking
2388
National Ranking
36

Frank Van Breusegem 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 Frank Van Breusegem sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 237 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank Van Breusegem 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 Frank Van Breusegem 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: 90 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

Frank Van Breusegem is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology and Plant Science, with additional work in Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's investigations are centered around key topics such as:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant responses to water stress

Recent publications by Van Breusegem include:

  • Reactive oxygen species signalling in plant stress responses, 2022, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Improving oxidative stress resilience in plants, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Reactive oxygen species and organellar signaling, 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Classification and Nomenclature of Metacaspases and Paracaspases: No More Confusion with Caspases, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Detection of Damage-Activated Metacaspase Activity by Western Blot in Plants, 2022, Methods in molecular biology

Van Breusegem frequently publishes in notable journals and platforms such as:

  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Collaboration plays a significant role in their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Patrick J. Willems
  • Jingjing Huang
  • Amna Mhamdi
  • Simon Stael
  • Kris Gevaert

Best Publications

  • Reactive oxygen gene network of plants

    Ron Mittler;Sandy Vanderauwera;Martin Gollery;Frank Van Breusegem

  • ROS signaling: the new wave?

    Ron Mittler;Ron Mittler;Sandy Vanderauwera;Nobuhiro Suzuki;Gad Miller

  • Signal transduction during oxidative stress

    Eva Vranová;Dirk Inzé;Frank Van Breusegem

  • Reactive oxygen species as signals that modulate plant stress responses and programmed cell death.

    Tsanko S. Gechev;Frank Van Breusegem;Julie M. Stone;Iliya Denev

  • Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant Cell Death

    Frank Van Breusegem;James F. Dat

  • Catalase function in plants: a focus on Arabidopsis mutants as stress-mimic models

    Amna Mhamdi;Guillaume Queval;Sejir Chaouch;Sandy Vanderauwera

  • The role of active oxygen species in plant signal transduction

    Frank Van Breusegem;Eva Vranová;James F. Dat;Dirk Inzé

  • How relevant are flavonoids as antioxidants in plants

    Iker Hernández;Iker Hernández;Leonor Alegre;Frank Van Breusegem;Frank Van Breusegem;Sergi Munné-Bosch

  • Transcriptomic Footprints Disclose Specificity of Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Ilya Gadjev;Sandy Vanderauwera;Tsanko S. Gechev;Christophe Laloi

  • Singlet Oxygen Is the Major Reactive Oxygen Species Involved in Photooxidative Damage to Plants

    Christian Triantaphylidès;Markus Krischke;Frank Alfons Hoeberichts;Brigitte Ksas

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Hydrogen Peroxide-Regulated Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Reveals a High Light-Induced Transcriptional Cluster Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis

    Sandy Vanderauwera;Philip Zimmermann;Stéphane Rombauts;Steven Vandenabeele

  • Conditional oxidative stress responses in the Arabidopsis photorespiratory mutant cat2 demonstrate that redox state is a key modulator of daylength-dependent gene expression, and define photoperiod as a crucial factor in the regulation of H2O2-induced cell death.

    Guillaume Queval;Emmanuelle Issakidis-Bourguet;Frank A. Hoeberichts;Michaël Vandorpe

  • Induction of systemic resistance in tomato by N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone-producing rhizosphere bacteria.

    Regina Schuhegger;Alexandra Ihring;Stephan Gantner;GüNTHER Bahnweg

  • Perturbation of Indole-3-Butyric Acid Homeostasis by the UDP-Glucosyltransferase UGT74E2 Modulates Arabidopsis Architecture and Water Stress Tolerance

    Vanesa B. Tognetti;Olivier Van Aken;Olivier Van Aken;Kris Morreel;Korneel Vandenbroucke

  • Arabidopsis Type I Metacaspases Control Cell Death

    Nuria S. Coll;Dominique Vercammen;Andrea Smidler;Charles Clover

  • Reactive oxygen species in plant development

    Amna Mhamdi;Frank Van Breusegem

  • Hydrogen peroxide—a central hub for information flow in plant cells

    Veselin Dimitrov Petrov;Frank Van Breusegem

  • Spreading the news: subcellular and organellar reactive oxygen species production and signalling

    Lorin Mignolet-Spruyt;Enjun Xu;Niina Idänheimo;Frank A. Hoeberichts

  • Double antisense plants lacking ascorbate peroxidase and catalase are less sensitive to oxidative stress than single antisense plants lacking ascorbate peroxidase or catalase

    Ludmila Rizhsky;Elza Hallak-Herr;Frank Van Breusegem;Shimon Rachmilevitch

  • The role of active oxygen species in plant signal transduction

    Eva Vranová;Frank Van Breusegem;James F Dat;Enric Belles-Boix

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Inzé
Dirk Inzé Ghent University
Joris Messens
Joris Messens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Kris Gevaert
Kris Gevaert Ghent University
Olivier Van Aken
Olivier Van Aken Lund University
Klaas Vandepoele
Klaas Vandepoele Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Jaakko Kangasjärvi
Jaakko Kangasjärvi University of Helsinki
James Whelan
James Whelan La Trobe University
Riet De Rycke
Riet De Rycke Ghent University
Graham Noctor
Graham Noctor University of Paris-Saclay

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