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Sjef Boeren 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 Sjef Boeren sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 170 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sjef Boeren 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 Sjef Boeren 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: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sjef Boeren is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work focuses on several specialized subfields, including molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, food science, biotechnology, and plant science. The main topics they address include infant nutrition and health, probiotics and fermented foods, protein hydrolysis and bioactive peptides, genomics and phylogenetic studies, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, Listeria monocytogenes in food safety, and microbial inactivation methods.

Boeren has published extensively, contributing to a number of respected scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Food Research International

They have several recent notable papers such as:

  • The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Conversion of dietary inositol into propionate and acetate by commensal Anaerostipes associates with host health, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Akkermansia muciniphila uses human milk oligosaccharides to thrive in the early life conditions in vitro, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Unravelling lactate-acetate and sugar conversion into butyrate by intestinal Anaerobutyricum and Anaerostipes species by comparative proteogenomics, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • RAF-like protein kinases mediate a deeply conserved, rapid auxin response, 2023, Cell

Boeren frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Tjakko Abee
  • Kasper Hettinga
  • Eddy J. Smid
  • Richard A. Notebaart
  • Marcel H. Tempelaars

Best Publications

  • Rules for optimization of biocatalysis in organic solvents

    Colja Laane;Sjef Boeren;Kees Vos;Cees Veeger

  • Characterization of MADS-domain transcription factor complexes in Arabidopsis flower development

    Cezary Smaczniak;Richard G. H. Immink;Jose M. Muiño;Robert Blanvillain

  • Pili-like proteins of Akkermansia muciniphila modulate host immune responses and gut barrier function

    Noora Ottman;Noora Ottman;Noora Ottman;Justus Reunanen;Marjolein Meijerink;Taija E. Pietilä

  • The Arabidopsis SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE1 protein complex includes BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE1

    Rumyana Karlova;Sjef Boeren;Eugenia Russinova;José Aker

  • SPEECHLESS integrates brassinosteroid and stomata signalling pathways.

    Gustavo E. Gudesblat;Joanna Schneider-Pizoń;Camilla Betti;Juliane Mayerhofer

  • The Cladosporium fulvum virulence protein Avr2 inhibits host proteases required for basal defense

    H. Peter van Esse;John W. van't Klooster;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Koste A. Yadeta

  • Identification of the major constituents of Hypericum perforatum by LC/SPE/NMR and/or LC/MS.

    Evangelos C. Tatsis;Sjef Boeren;Vassiliki Exarchou;Anastassios N. Troganis

  • A bHLH complex controls embryonic vascular tissue establishment and indeterminate growth in Arabidopsis.

    Bert De Rybel;Barbara Möller;Saiko Yoshida;Ilona Grabowicz

  • The Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinase BIR2 Is a Negative Regulator of BAK1 in Plant Immunity

    Thierry Halter;Julia Imkampe;Sara Mazzotta;Michael Wierzba

  • Regioselectivity of phase II metabolism of luteolin and quercetin by UDP-glucuronosyl transferases.

    Marelle G Boersma;Hester van der Woude;Jan Bogaards;Sjef Boeren

  • The Host Defense Proteome of Human and Bovine Milk

    Kasper Hettinga;Hein van Valenberg;Sacco de Vries;Sjef Boeren

  • Production of butyrate from lysine and the Amadori product fructoselysine by a human gut commensal

    Thi Phuong Nam Bui;Jarmo Ritari;Sjef Boeren;Pieter de Waard

  • MITEs in the promoters of effector genes allow prediction of novel virulence genes in Fusarium oxysporum

    Sarah M. Schmidt;Petra M. Houterman;Ines Schreiver;Ines Schreiver;Lisong Ma

  • Genome-Scale Model and Omics Analysis of Metabolic Capacities of Akkermansia muciniphila Reveal a Preferential Mucin-Degrading Lifestyle.

    Noora Ottman;Mark Davids;Maria Suarez-Diez;Sjef Boeren

  • The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

    Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Iame Alves Guedes;Bastian Hornung;Sjef Boeren

  • Synergistic Action of a Metalloprotease and a Serine Protease from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Cleaves Chitin-Binding Tomato Chitinases, Reduces Their Antifungal Activity, and Enhances Fungal Virulence

    Mansoor Karimi Jashni;Mansoor Karimi Jashni;Ivo H M Dols;Yuichiro Iida;Yuichiro Iida;Sjef Boeren

  • Structure-activity study on the quinone/quinone methide chemistry of flavonoids.

    H.M. Awad;M.G. Boersma;S. Boeren;P.J. van Bladeren

  • Natural disulfide bond-disrupted mutants of AVR4 of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum are sensitive to proteolysis, circumvent Cf-4-mediated resistance, but retain their chitin binding ability.

    Harrold A. van den Burg;Nienke Westerink;Kees-Jan Francoijs;Ronelle Roth

  • Myofibrillar protein oxidation affects filament charges, aggregation and water-holding.

    Yulong Bao;Sjef Boeren;Per Ertbjerg

  • POLAR-guided signalling complex assembly and localization drive asymmetric cell division

    Anaxi Houbaert;Cheng Zhang;Manish Tiwari;Kun Wang;Kun Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Vervoort
Jacques Vervoort Wageningen University & Research
Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens
Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens Wageningen University & Research
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research
Just M. Vlak
Just M. Vlak Wageningen University & Research
Sacco C. de Vries
Sacco C. de Vries Wageningen University & Research
Eddy J. Smid
Eddy J. Smid Wageningen University & Research
Tjakko Abee
Tjakko Abee Wageningen University & Research
Cees Veeger
Cees Veeger Wageningen University & Research
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research

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