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Joost T. van Dongen

Joost T. van Dongen

RWTH Aachen University
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
13966
World Ranking
14263
National Ranking
1008

Joost T. van Dongen publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 92 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.

Joost T. van Dongen 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 Joost T. van Dongen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Making sense of low oxygen sensing

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

  • On the origins of nitric oxide

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

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

    Monika Hilker;Jens Schwachtje;Margarete Baier;Salma Balazadeh

  • The effect of geometry on three-dimensional tissue growth

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Oxygen sensing and signaling.

    Joost T. van Dongen;Francesco Licausi

  • Phloem metabolism and function have to cope with low internal oxygen

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

  • 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

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

    Pawel Gajdanowicz;Erwan Michard;Michael Sandmann;Marcio Rocha

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Licausi
Francesco Licausi University of Oxford
Peter Geigenberger
Peter Geigenberger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Pierdomenico Perata
Pierdomenico Perata Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Joachim Kopka
Joachim Kopka Max Planck Society
Jos H. M. Schippers
Jos H. M. Schippers RWTH Aachen University
Kapuganti Jagadis Gupta
Kapuganti Jagadis Gupta University of Oxford
Julia Bailey-Serres
Julia Bailey-Serres University of California, Riverside
Alexander Erban
Alexander Erban Max Planck Society
Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek
Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek Utrecht University

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