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Rupert De Wachter

Rupert De Wachter

University of Antwerp
Belgium

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
15829
World Ranking
14200
National Ranking
256

Rupert De Wachter publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 117 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rupert De Wachter 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 Rupert De Wachter 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: 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

Rupert De Wachter is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their academic profile reflects a professional connection to this institution without additional details concerning other affiliations or research collaborations.

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Best Publications

  • TREECON for Windows: a software package for the construction and drawing of evolutionary trees for the Microsoft Windows environment

    Yves Van de Peer;Rupert De Wachter

  • Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences

    Jean-Marc Neefs;Yves Van de Peer;Peter De Rijk;Anne Goris

  • Structure of the 16 S ribosomal RNA of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis HTF ('Mastigocladus laminosus HTF') strain PCC7518, and phylogenetic analysis

    Annick Wilmotte;Gert Van der Auwera;Rupert De Wachter

  • TREECON: A software package for the construction and drawing of evolutionary trees

    Yves Van de Peer;Rupert De Wachter

  • Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA structures

    Jean-Marc Neefs;Yves Van de Peer;Peter De Rijk;Sabine Chapelle

  • Construction of evolutionary distance trees with TREECON for Windows: accounting for variation in nucleotide substitution rate among sites

    Yves Van de Peer;Rupert De Wachter

  • Database on the structure of large ribosomal subunit RNA

    Peter De Rijk;Yves Van de Peer;Rupert De Wachter

  • A Quantitative Map of Nucleotide Substitution Rates in Bacterial rRNA

    Yves Van de Peer;Sabine Chapelle;Rupert De Wachter

  • The European database on small subunit ribosomal RNA

    Jan Wuyts;Yves Van de Peer;Tina Winkelmans;Rupert De Wachter

  • Classification of all putative permeases and other membrane plurispanners of the major facilitator superfamily encoded by the complete genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Bart Nelissen;Rupert De Wachter;André Goffeau

  • Evolutionary relationships among the eukaryotic crown taxa taking into account site-to-site rate variation in 18S rRNA

    Yves Van de Peer;Rupert De Wachter

  • The Determination and Comparison of the 16S rRNA Gene Sequences of Species of the Genus Pseudomonas (sensu stricto and Estimation of the Natural Intrageneric Relationships

    Edward R.B. Moore;Margit Mau;Angelika Arnscheidt;Erik C. Böttger

  • RnaViz 2: an improved representation of RNA secondary structure

    Peter De Rijk;Jan Wuyts;Rupert De Wachter

  • The European small subunit ribosomal RNA database.

    Yves Van de Peer;Peter De Rijk;Jan Wuyts;Tina Winkelmans

  • Structure of the large ribosomal subunit RNA of Phytophthora megasperma, and phylogeny of the oomycetes.

    Gert Van der Auwera;Sabine Chapelle;Rupert De Wächter

  • RnaViz, a program for the visualisation of RNA secondary structure

    Peter De Rijk;Rupert De Wachter

  • Comparative analysis of more than 3000 sequences reveals the existence of two pseudoknots in area V4 of eukaryotic small subunit ribosomal RNA

    Jan Wuyts;Peter De Rijk;Yves Van de Peer;Greet Pison

  • Database on the structure of large subunit ribosomal RNA.

    Peter De Rijk;Elmar Robbrecht;Sybren de Hoog;An Caers

  • The European Large Subunit Ribosomal RNA database

    Jan Wuyts;Peter De Rijk;Yves Van de Peer;Tina Winkelmans

  • Classification of all putative permeases and other membrane multispanners of the Major Facilitator Superfamily encoded by the complete genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    B. Nelissen;F. Van Leuven;Rupert De Wachter;André Goffeau

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Karel Kersters
Karel Kersters Ghent University
Marc Vancanneyt
Marc Vancanneyt Ghent University
Herman Goossens
Herman Goossens University of Antwerp
Els Prinsen
Els Prinsen University of Antwerp
Kenneth N. Timmis
Kenneth N. Timmis Technische Universität Braunschweig
Guy Van Camp
Guy Van Camp University of Antwerp
André Goffeau
André Goffeau Université Catholique de Louvain
Christine Van Broeckhoven
Christine Van Broeckhoven University of Antwerp

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