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Karin Thevissen

Karin Thevissen

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
67
Citations
22981
World Ranking
2235
National Ranking
51

Karin Thevissen publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karin Thevissen sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 219 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Karin Thevissen D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karin Thevissen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karin Thevissen is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, specializing in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily focuses on infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and biomedical engineering.

Thevissen's research addresses several main topics, including antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, antimicrobial peptides and activities, COVID-19 clinical research studies, long-term effects of COVID-19, biochemical and molecular research, and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Thevissen has contributed to multiple publications across frequent venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Critical Care

Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • Discriminating mild from critical COVID-19 by innate and adaptive immune single-cell profiling of bronchoalveolar lavages (2021, Cell Research)
  • Combining Biocontrol Agents with Chemical Fungicides for Integrated Plant Fungal Disease Control (2020, Microorganisms)
  • Monocyte-driven atypical cytokine storm and aberrant neutrophil activation as key mediators of COVID-19 disease severity (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Lung epithelial and myeloid innate immunity in influenza-associated or COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: an observational study (2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Membrane-Interacting Antifungal Peptides (2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)

Thevissen frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Bruno P.A. Cammue
  • Joost Wauters
  • Lore Vanderbeke
  • Greet Hermans
  • Philippe Meersseman

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants

    W.F. Broekaert;B.P.A. Cammue;M.F.C. de Bolle;K. Thevissen

  • Isolation and characterisation of plant defensins from seeds of Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Hippocastanaceae and Saxifragaceae

    Rupert W. Osborn;Genoveva W. De Samblanx;Karin Thevissen;Inge Goderis

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  • A Potent Antimicrobial Protein from Onion Seeds Showing Sequence Homology to Plant Lipid Transfer Proteins

    B. P. A. Cammue;K. Thevissen;M. Hendriks;K. Eggermont

  • Permeabilization of fungal membranes by plant defensins inhibits fungal growth.

    Karin Thevissen;Franky R. G. Terras;Willem F. Broekaert

  • Defensins from Insects and Plants Interact with Fungal Glucosylceramides

    Karin Thevissen;Dirk C. Warnecke;Isabelle E.J.A. François;Martina Leipelt

  • Fungal membrane responses induced by plant defensins and thionins.

    Karin Thevissen;Alexandre Ghazi;Genoveva W. De Samblanx;Colin Brownlee

  • Combining Biocontrol Agents with Chemical Fungicides for Integrated Plant Fungal Disease Control

    Lena Ons;Dany Bylemans;Karin Thevissen;Bruno P A Cammue

  • Synergistic Enhancement of the Antifungal Activity of Wheat and Barley Thionins by Radish and Oilseed Rape 2S Albumins and by Barley Trypsin Inhibitors

    Franky R. C. Terras;Hilde M. E. Schoofs;Karin Thevissen;Rupert W. Osborn

  • Antibiotic activities of host defense peptides: more to it than lipid bilayer perturbation.

    Miriam Wilmes;Bruno P. A. Cammue;Hans-Georg Sahl;Karin Thevissen

  • The mode of antifungal action of plant, insect and human defensins.

    An Aerts;Isabelle François;Bruno Cammue;Karin Thevissen

  • Antibacterial and antifungal properties of α-helical, cationic peptides in the venom of scorpions from southern Africa

    Leentje Moerman;Suzanne Bosteels;Wim Noppe;Jean Willems

  • Antifungal Plant Defensins: Mechanisms of Action and Production

    Kim Vriens;Bruno P. A. Cammue;Karin Thevissen

  • Interactions of antifungal plant defensins with fungal membrane components.

    Karin Thevissen;Kathelijne K.A. Ferket;Isabelle E.J.A. François;Bruno P.A. Cammue

  • A gene encoding a sphingolipid biosynthesis enzyme determines the sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to an antifungal plant defensin from dahlia (Dahlia merckii)

    Karin Thevissen;Bruno Cammue;Katleen Lemaire;Joris Winderickx

  • Mutational Analysis of a Plant Defensin from Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Reveals Two Adjacent Sites Important for Antifungal Activity

    Genoveva W. De Samblanx;Inge J. Goderis;Karin Thevissen;Romaan Raemaekers

  • Monocyte-driven atypical cytokine storm and aberrant neutrophil activation as key mediators of COVID-19 disease severity.

    L. Vanderbeke;P. Van Mol;Y. Van Herck;F. De Smet

  • Therapeutic potential of antifungal plant and insect defensins

    Karin Thevissen;Hans-Henrik Kristensen;Bart P.H.J. Thomma;Bruno P.A. Cammue

  • The antifungal activity of RsAFP2, a plant defensin from raphanus sativus, involves the induction of reactive oxygen species in Candida albicans.

    An M. Aerts;Isabelle E.J.A. François;Els M.K. Meert;Qiu-Tian Li

  • Reactive oxygen species-inducing antifungal agents and their activity against fungal biofilms

    Nicolas Delattin;Bruno P A Cammue;Karin Thevissen

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