2026 Joost T. van Dongen: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	56	14263	13115	1008	941	92	13966

Overview

Joost T. van Dongen is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields, including:

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Pollution
Biochemistry
Ecology

Main research topics addressed by Joost T. van Dongen include:

Plant responses to water stress
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on environmental impact, plant physiology, and stress responses. Representative papers include:

"Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial communities, and the fate of pesticides" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
"Remobilization of pollutants during extreme flood events poses severe risks to human and environmental health" (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
"Molecular oxygen as a signaling component in plant development" (2020), published in New Phytologist
"Endoplasmic reticulum-bound ANAC013 factor is cleaved by RHOMBOID-LIKE 2 during the initial response to hypoxia in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Mitochondrial alternative NADH dehydrogenases NDA1 and NDA2 promote survival of reoxygenation stress in Arabidopsis by safeguarding photosynthesis and limiting ROS generation" (2022), published in New Phytologist

Joost T. van Dongen has frequently published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
New Phytologist
Soil Systems
RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)
The Science of The Total Environment

Throughout their career, they have collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, including:

Jos H. M. Schippers
Romy Schmidt
Martin Siedt
Andreas Schäffer
Kilian E. C. Smith

Best Publications

Oxygen sensing in plants is mediated by an N-end rule pathway for protein destabilization

Francesco Licausi;Francesco Licausi;Monika Kosmacz;Daan A. Weits;Beatrice Giuntoli

845
Citations
Making sense of low oxygen sensing

Julia Bailey-Serres;Takeshi Fukao;Daniel J. Gibbs;Michael J. Holdsworth

687
Citations
On the origins of nitric oxide

Kapuganti J. Gupta;Alisdair R. Fernie;Werner M. Kaiser;Joost T. van Dongen

626
Citations
Priming and memory of stress responses in organisms lacking a nervous system.

Monika Hilker;Jens Schwachtje;Margarete Baier;Salma Balazadeh

573
Citations
The effect of geometry on three-dimensional tissue growth

Monika Rumpler;Alexander Woesz;John W.C Dunlop;Joost T van Dongen

562
Citations
HRE1 and HRE2, two hypoxia-inducible ethylene response factors, affect anaerobic responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Francesco Licausi;Joost T. Van Dongen;Beatrice Giuntoli;Giacomo Novi

515
Citations
Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial communities, and the fate of pesticides

Martin Siedt;Andreas Schäffer;Kilian E.C. Smith;Moritz Nabel

504
Citations
Symbiotic Leghemoglobins Are Crucial for Nitrogen Fixation in Legume Root Nodules but Not for General Plant Growth and Development

Thomas Ott;Joost T van Dongen;Catrin Gunther;Lene Krusell

471
Citations
Glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle are linked by alanine aminotransferase during hypoxia induced by waterlogging of Lotus japonicus.

M. Rocha;F. Licausi;W. L. Araujo;A. Nunes-Nesi

455
Citations
Plant cysteine oxidases control the oxygen-dependent branch of the N-end-rule pathway.

Daan A. Weits;Daan A. Weits;Beatrice Giuntoli;Monika Kosmacz;Sandro Parlanti

408
Citations
SNF1-related kinases allow plants to tolerate herbivory by allocating carbon to roots

Jens Schwachtje;Peter E. H. Minchin;Sigfried Jahnke;Joost T. van Dongen

394
Citations
Mass spectrometry-based plant metabolomics: Metabolite responses to abiotic stress.

Tiago F. Jorge;João A. Rodrigues;Camila Caldana;Romy Schmidt

383
Citations
Cold-induced repression of the rice anther-specific cell wall invertase gene OSINV4 is correlated with sucrose accumulation and pollen sterility

Sandra N. Oliver;Sandra N. Oliver;Sandra N. Oliver;Joost T. Van Dongen;Sanjeev C. Alfred;Sanjeev C. Alfred;Ezaz A. Mamun;Ezaz A. Mamun

363
Citations
Regulation of Respiration and Fermentation to Control the Plant Internal Oxygen Concentration

Ana Zabalza;Joost T. van Dongen;Anja Froehlich;Sandra N. Oliver

319
Citations
Use of reverse-phase liquid chromatography, linked to tandem mass spectrometry, to profile the Calvin cycle and other metabolic intermediates in Arabidopsis rosettes at different carbon dioxide concentrations.

Stéphanie Arrivault;Manuela Guenther;Alexander Ivakov;Regina Feil

319
Citations
Oxygen sensing and signaling.

Joost T. van Dongen;Francesco Licausi

288
Citations
Phloem metabolism and function have to cope with low internal oxygen

J. T. van Dongen;U. Schurr;M. Pfister;P. Geigenberger

265
Citations
Transcript and metabolite profiling of the adaptive response to mild decreases in oxygen concentration in the roots of arabidopsis plants

Joost T. van Dongen;Anja Fröhlich;Santiago J. Ramírez-Aguilar;Nicolas Schauer

243
Citations
Potassium (K+) gradients serve as a mobile energy source in plant vascular tissues

Pawel Gajdanowicz;Erwan Michard;Michael Sandmann;Marcio Rocha

231
Citations
Regulation of respiration in plants: a role for alternative metabolic pathways.

Joost T. van Dongen;Kapuganti J. Gupta;Santiago J. Ramírez-Aguilar;Wagner L. Araújo

222
Citations