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Guido Van den Ackerveken

Guido Van den Ackerveken

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
10058
World Ranking
18627
National Ranking
444

Guido Van den Ackerveken 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 Guido Van den Ackerveken sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 91 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Guido Van den Ackerveken 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 Guido Van den Ackerveken sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Guido Van den Ackerveken is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of plant science and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on plant-microbe interactions and immunity.

Their recent publications demonstrate a sustained contribution to topics related to plant disease resistance, pathogen interactions, and genetic analysis in plants. Notable papers include:

  • Salicylic Acid Steers the Growth-Immunity Tradeoff (2020) published in Trends in Plant Science
  • Stop helping pathogens: engineering plant susceptibility genes for durable resistance (2021) published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • Sensor-based phenotyping of above-ground plant-pathogen interactions (2022) published in Plant Methods
  • Obligate biotroph downy mildew consistently induces near-identical protective microbiomes in Arabidopsis thaliana (2023) published in Nature Microbiology
  • Structure-guided analysis of Arabidopsis JASMONATE-INDUCED OXYGENASE (JOX) 2 reveals key residues for recognition of jasmonic acid substrate by plant JOXs (2021) published in Molecular Plant

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Joyce Elberse (11 coauthored works)
  • Dmitry Lapin (9 coauthored works)
  • Michael Seidl (9 coauthored works)
  • Petros Skiadas (8 coauthored works)
  • Ronnie de Jonge (8 coauthored works)

Guido Van den Ackerveken's publication record is concentrated in several scientific journals and venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 13 publications
  • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (2 publications)
  • Environmental Microbiology (2 publications)
  • The Plant Journal (2 publications)

The main fields of study represented in their body of work are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (72 publications)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23 publications)

Within these fields, the subfields of study most prominently addressed include:

  • Plant Science (68 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (12 publications)
  • Cell Biology (8 publications)
  • Biomedical Engineering (5 publications)
  • Insect Science (3 publications)

The key scientific topics examined in their research include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (30 publications)
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (22 publications)
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance (20 publications)
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance (18 publications)
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (16 publications)
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (10 publications)
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology

    Sophien Kamoun;Oliver Furzer;Jonathan D. G. Jones;Howard S. Judelson

  • Signatures of adaptation to obligate biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis genome

    Laura Baxter;Sucheta Tripathy;Naveed Ishaque;Nico Boot

  • An RLP23–SOBIR1–BAK1 complex mediates NLP-triggered immunity

    Isabell Albert;Hannah Böhm;Markus Albert;Christina E. Feiler

  • Recognition of the Bacterial Avirulence Protein AvrBs3 Occurs inside the Host Plant Cell

    Guido Van den Ackerveken;Eric Marois;Ulla Bonas

  • Cloning and characterization of cDNA of avirulence gene avr9 of the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum, causal agent of tomato leaf mold.

    J.A.L. van Kan;A.F.J.M. van den Ackerveken;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • Regulatory network construction in Arabidopsis by using genome-wide gene expression quantitative trait loci

    Joost J. B. Keurentjes;Jingyuan Fu;Inez R. Terpstra;Juan M. Garcia

  • Molecular analysis of the avirulence gene avr9 of the fungal tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum fully supports the gene-for-gene hypothesis.

    Guido F.J.M. Van den Ackerveken;Jan A.L. Van Kan;Pierre J.G.M. De Wit

  • The xanthomonas type III effector protein AvrBs3 modulates plant gene expression and induces cell hypertrophy in the susceptible host.

    Eric Marois;Guido Van den Ackerveken;Ulla Bonas

  • Fungal Endopolygalacturonases Are Recognized as Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns by the Arabidopsis Receptor-Like Protein RESPONSIVENESS TO BOTRYTIS POLYGALACTURONASES1

    Lisha Zhang;Ilona Kars;Bert Essenstam;Thomas W.H. Liebrand

  • DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANT 6 and DMR6-LIKE OXYGENASE 1 are partially redundant but distinct suppressors of immunity in Arabidopsis

    Tieme Zeilmaker;Nora R Ludwig;Joyce Elberse;Michael F Seidl

  • Eukaryotic features of the Xanthomonas type III effector AvrBs3: protein domains involved in transcriptional activation and the interaction with nuclear import receptors from pepper.

    Boris Szurek;Eric Marois;Ulla Bonas;Guido Van den Ackerveken

  • Multiple candidate effectors from the oomycete pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis suppress host plant immunity.

    Georgina Fabro;Jens Steinbrenner;Mary Coates;Naveed Ishaque

  • Arabidopsis DMR6 encodes a putative 2OG-Fe(II) oxygenase that is defense-associated but required for susceptibility to downy mildew.

    Mireille van Damme;Robin P. Huibers;Joyce Elberse;Guido Van den Ackerveken

  • Distinctive Expansion of Potential Virulence Genes in the Genome of the Oomycete Fish Pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica

    Rays H. Y. Jiang;Irene de Bruijn;Brian J. Haas;Rodrigo Belmonte

  • HrpB2 and HrpF from Xanthomonas are type III‐secreted proteins and essential for pathogenicity and recognition by the host plant

    O Rossier;G Van den Ackerveken;U Bonas

  • A Conserved Peptide Pattern from a Widespread Microbial Virulence Factor Triggers Pattern-Induced Immunity in Arabidopsis

    Hannah Böhm;Isabell Albert;Stan Oome;Tom M. Raaymakers

  • Quantification of disease progression of several microbial pathogens on Arabidopsis thaliana using real-time fluorescence PCR

    Margreet Brouwer;Bart Lievens;Wendy Van Hemelrijck;Guido Van den Ackerveken

  • Nep1-like proteins from three kingdoms of life act as a microbe-associated molecular pattern in Arabidopsis

    Stan Oome;Tom M. Raaymakers;Adriana Cabral;Simon Samwel

  • Salicylic Acid Steers the Growth-Immunity Tradeoff.

    Tijmen van Butselaar;Guido Van den Ackerveken

  • The In Planta-Produced Extracellular Proteins ECP1 and ECP2 of Cladosporium fulvum Are Virulence Factors

    Richard Laugé;Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten;Guido F. J. M. Van den Ackerveken;Henk W. J. Van den Broek

Frequent Co-Authors

Francine Govers
Francine Govers Wageningen University & Research
Ulla Bonas
Ulla Bonas Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Berend Snel
Berend Snel Utrecht University
David J. Studholme
David J. Studholme University of Exeter
Jane E. Parker
Jane E. Parker Max Planck Society
Howard S. Judelson
Howard S. Judelson University of California, Riverside
Brett M. Tyler
Brett M. Tyler Oregon State University
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit Wageningen University & Research

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