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 Joost Schymkowitz sits on this spectrum.
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.
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 Joost Schymkowitz sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile
69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.
Joost Schymkowitz is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their research spans several fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, along with medicine. Their main areas of study include molecular biology, physiology, materials chemistry, food science, and genetics.
The scientist's contributions focus on topics such as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, protein structure and dynamics, prion diseases and protein misfolding, enzyme structure and function, proteins in food systems, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and heat shock proteins research.
Frequent co-authors collaborating with Joost Schymkowitz include:
They have published extensively in various venues, notably:
Selected recent papers from Joost Schymkowitz include:
Joost Schymkowitz;Jesper Borg;Francois Stricher;Robby Nys
Ana-Maria Fernandez-Escamilla;Frederic Rousseau;Joost Schymkowitz;Luis Serrano
Steven Boeynaems;Steven Boeynaems;Simon Alberti;Nicolas L. Fawzi;Tanja Mittag
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh;Maja Debulpaep;Maja Debulpaep;Nico Kuemmerer;Manuela Lopez de la Paz
Inna Kuperstein;Kerensa Broersen;Kerensa Broersen;Iryna Benilova;Iryna Benilova;Iryna Benilova;Jef Rozenski
Lucía Chávez-Gutiérrez;Leen Bammens;Iryna Benilova;Annelies Vandersteen;Annelies Vandersteen
Steven Boeynaems;Elke Bogaert;Denes Kovacs;Albert Konijnenberg
Frederic Rousseau;Joost Schymkowitz;Luis Serrano
Jie Xu;Joke Reumers;José R Couceiro;Frederik De Smet
Nobuhiko Tokuriki;Francois Stricher;Joost Schymkowitz;Luis Serrano
Rune Linding;Joost Schymkowitz;Frederic Rousseau;Francesca Diella
Joost W. H. Schymkowitz;Frederic Rousseau;Ivo C. Martins;Jesper Ferkinghoff-Borg
Ivo Cristiano Martins;Inna Kuperstein;Hannah Wilkinson;Elke Maes
Frederic Rousseau;Luis Serrano;Joost W.H. Schymkowitz
Joost Van Durme;Javier Delgado;Francois Stricher;Luis Serrano
Frederic Rousseau;Joost W.H. Schymkowitz;Laura S. Itzhaki
Ragna Sannerud;Cary Esselens;Paulina Ejsmont;Rafael Mattera
Greet De Baets;Joost J. J. van Durme;Joke Reumers;Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
Kris Pauwels;Thomas L. Williams;Kyle L. Morris;Wim Jonckheere;Wim Jonckheere
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh;Maja Debulpaep;Nico Kuemmerer;Manuela Lopez de la Paz
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