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Peter Vandenabeele

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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Best Scientists

D-Index
171
Citations
137556
World Ranking
826
National Ranking
8

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
175
Citations
145261
World Ranking
74
National Ranking
2

Peter Vandenabeele 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 Peter Vandenabeele sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 785 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Vandenabeele 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 Peter Vandenabeele sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 175 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Peter Vandenabeele is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine. Within these broad areas, their work covers subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cancer Research.

The main topics of their research focus on interferon and immune responses, cell death mechanisms and regulation, inflammasome and immune disorders, phagocytosis and immune regulation, immune cell function and interaction, immunotherapy and immune responses, and ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter Vandenabeele include Tom Vanden Berghe, Jonathan Maelfait, Wim Declercq, Franck B. Riquet, and Bartosz Wiernicki.

Their publications appear most often in the following venues:

  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers by Peter Vandenabeele include:

  • Consensus guidelines for the definition, detection and interpretation of immunogenic cell death, 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Patients with COVID-19: in the dark-NETs of neutrophils, 2021, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cancer cells dying from ferroptosis impede dendritic cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Excessive phospholipid peroxidation distinguishes ferroptosis from other cell death modes including pyroptosis, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • ADAR1 prevents autoinflammation by suppressing spontaneous ZBP1 activation, 2022, Nature

Best Publications

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

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

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Immunogenic cell death and DAMPs in cancer therapy.

    Dmitri V. Krysko;Abhishek D. Garg;Agnieszka Kaczmarek;Olga Krysko

  • Molecular mechanisms of necroptosis: an ordered cellular explosion.

    Peter Vandenabeele;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Tom Vanden Berghe;Guido Kroemer

  • The molecular machinery of regulated cell death

    Daolin Tang;Rui Kang;Tom Vanden Berghe;Peter Vandenabeele;Peter Vandenabeele

  • Targeting Ferroptosis to Iron Out Cancer.

    Behrouz Hassannia;Peter Vandenabeele;Tom Vanden Berghe

  • Necroptosis and its role in inflammation

    Manolis Pasparakis;Peter Vandenabeele

  • Regulated necrosis: the expanding network of non-apoptotic cell death pathways

    Tom Vanden Berghe;Andreas Linkermann;Sandrine Jouan-Lanhouet;Henning Walczak

  • Reference database of Raman spectra of biological molecules

    Joke De Gelder;Kris De Gussem;Peter Vandenabeele;Luc Moens

  • Necroptosis: The Release of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns and Its Physiological Relevance

    Agnieszka Kaczmarek;Peter Vandenabeele;Dmitri V. Krysko

  • Toxic proteins released from mitochondria in cell death

    Xavier Saelens;Nele Festjens;Lieselotte Vande Walle;Maria van Gurp

  • Cytosolic flagellin requires Ipaf for activation of caspase-1 and interleukin 1β in salmonella-infected macrophages

    Luigi Franchi;Amal Amer;Mathilde Body-Malapel;Thirumala Devi Kanneganti

  • Bacterial RNA and small antiviral compounds activate caspase-1 through cryopyrin/Nalp3

    Thirumala Devi Kanneganti;Nesrin Özören;Mathilde Body-Malapel;Amal Amer

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • More than one way to die: apoptosis, necrosis and reactive oxygen damage

    Walter Fiers;Rudi Beyaert;Wim Declercq;Peter Vandenabeele

  • Inhibition of Caspases Increases the Sensitivity of L929 Cells to Necrosis Mediated by Tumor Necrosis Factor

    Dominique Vercammen;Rudi Beyaert;Geertrui Denecker;Vera Goossens

  • Two tumour necrosis factor receptors: structure and function.

    Peter Vandenabeele;Wim Declercq;Rudi Beyaert;Walter Fiers

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Declercq
Wim Declercq Ghent University
Tom Vanden Berghe
Tom Vanden Berghe University of Antwerp
Dmitri V. Krysko
Dmitri V. Krysko Ghent University
Luc Moens
Luc Moens University of Antwerp
Walter Fiers
Walter Fiers Ghent University
Mathieu J.M. Bertrand
Mathieu J.M. Bertrand Ghent University
Xavier Saelens
Xavier Saelens Ghent University
Luc Moens
Luc Moens University of Antwerp

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