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Nico Callewaert

Nico Callewaert

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14783
World Ranking
10182
National Ranking
187

Nico Callewaert 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 Nico Callewaert sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 257 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nico Callewaert 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 Nico Callewaert sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nico Callewaert is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research output spans several fields, primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The focus of their work often falls into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Epidemiology.

Their research concentrates on key topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 studies, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, galectins and cancer biology, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Nico Callewaert has contributed multiple publications, with a noticeable presence in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Cell
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Among the recent papers associated with Nico Callewaert, the following have been published:

  • Structural Basis for Potent Neutralization of Betacoronaviruses by Single-Domain Camelid Antibodies, 2020, Cell
  • STAT2 signaling restricts viral dissemination but drives severe pneumonia in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Structural Basis for Potent Neutralization of Betacoronaviruses by Single-Domain Camelid Antibodies, 2020, Cell
  • Ring finger protein 213 assembles into a sensor for ISGylated proteins with antimicrobial activity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Structural Basis for Potent Neutralization of Betacoronaviruses by Single-domain Camelid Antibodies, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nico Callewaert include:

  • Leander Meuris
  • Loes van Schie
  • Xavier Saelens
  • Bert Schepens
  • Kenny Roose

Best Publications

  • Structure and function in rhodopsin: High-level expression of rhodopsin with restricted and homogeneous N-glycosylation by a tetracycline-inducible N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I-negative HEK293S stable mammalian cell line

    Philip J. Reeves;Nico Callewaert;Roland Contreras;H. Gobind Khorana

  • Structural Basis for Potent Neutralization of Betacoronaviruses by Single-Domain Camelid Antibodies.

    Daniel Wrapp;Dorien De Vlieger;Kizzmekia S. Corbett;Gretel M. Torres

  • Genome sequence of the recombinant protein production host Pichia pastoris.

    Kristof De Schutter;Yao-Cheng Lin;Petra Tiels;Annelies Van Hecke

  • Genome dynamics of the human embryonic kidney 293 lineage in response to cell biology manipulations.

    Yao-Cheng Lin;Morgane Boone;Leander Meuris;Irma Lemmens

  • Noninvasive diagnosis of liver cirrhosis using DNA sequencer-based total serum protein glycomics

    Nico Callewaert;Nico Callewaert;Hans Van Vlierberghe;Annelies Van Hecke;Wouter Laroy

  • Necrostatin-1 analogues: critical issues on the specificity, activity and in vivo use in experimental disease models.

    N Takahashi;L Duprez;S Grootjans;A Cauwels

  • Definition of the bacterial N-glycosylation site consensus sequence.

    Michael Kowarik;N Martin Young;Shin Numao;Benjamin L Schulz

  • Engineering complex-type N-glycosylation in Pichia pastoris using GlycoSwitch technology

    Pieter P Jacobs;Steven Geysens;Wouter Vervecken;Roland Contreras

  • Multiple Phenotypes in Phosphoglucomutase 1 Deficiency

    Laura C. Tegtmeyer;Stephan Rust;Monique van Scherpenzeel;Bobby G. Ng

  • STAT2 signaling restricts viral dissemination but drives severe pneumonia in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters.

    Robbert Boudewijns;Robbert Boudewijns;Hendrik Jan Thibaut;Hendrik Jan Thibaut;Suzanne J. F. Kaptein;Suzanne J. F. Kaptein;Rong Li

  • Alteration of protein glycosylation in liver diseases.

    Bram Blomme;Christophe Van Steenkiste;Nico Callewaert;Hans Van Vlierberghe

  • N-linked glycosylation of folded proteins by the bacterial oligosaccharyltransferase.

    Michael Kowarik;Shin Numao;Mario F. Feldman;Benjamin L. Schulz

  • Substrate specificity of bacterial oligosaccharyltransferase suggests a common transfer mechanism for the bacterial and eukaryotic systems

    Michael Wacker;Mario F. Feldman;Nico Callewaert;Michael Kowarik

  • In Vivo Synthesis of Mammalian-Like, Hybrid-Type N-Glycans in Pichia pastoris

    Wouter Vervecken;Vladimir Kaigorodov;Nico Callewaert;Steven Geysens

  • Glycome mapping on DNA sequencing equipment.

    Wouter Laroy;Roland Contreras;Nico Callewaert

  • The HAC1 gene from Pichia pastoris: characterization and effect of its overexpression on the production of secreted, surface displayed and membrane proteins.

    Mouna Guerfal;Stefan Ryckaert;Pieter P Jacobs;Pieter P Jacobs;Paul Ameloot

  • N-glycomic changes in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with liver cirrhosis induced by hepatitis B virus.

    Xue-En Liu;Xue-En Liu;Xue-En Liu;Liesbeth Desmyter;Liesbeth Desmyter;Chun-Fang Gao;Wouter Laroy;Wouter Laroy

  • Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 1 deficiency reveals a previously uncharacterized congenital disorder of glycosylation type II

    François Foulquier;Eliza Vasile;Els Schollen;Nico Callewaert

  • Necrostatin-1 blocks both RIPK1 and IDO: consequences for the study of cell death in experimental disease models.

    Peter Vandenabeele;Sasker Grootjans;Nico Callewaert;Nozomi Takahashi

  • Ultrasensitive profiling and sequencing of N-linked oligosaccharides using standard DNA-sequencing equipment

    Nico Callewaert;Steven Geysens;Francis Molemans;Roland Contreras

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Contreras
Roland Contreras Ghent University
Joris R. Delanghe
Joris R. Delanghe Ghent University
Xavier Saelens
Xavier Saelens Ghent University
Anna Depicker
Anna Depicker Ghent University
Dirk Elewaut
Dirk Elewaut Ghent University
Johan Neyts
Johan Neyts Rega Institute for Medical Research
Riet De Rycke
Riet De Rycke Ghent University
Nadine Van Roy
Nadine Van Roy Ghent University
Katleen De Preter
Katleen De Preter Ghent University
Jo Vandesompele
Jo Vandesompele Ghent University

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