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Sylvia Dewilde publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 222 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Sylvia Dewilde D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sylvia Dewilde is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist has primarily contributed to studies on hemoglobin structure and function, immune cells in cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, neonatal health and biochemistry, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

The main fields of study for Sylvia Dewilde include biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with five publications, followed by medicine with three publications. Subfields include molecular biology and cell biology as the predominant areas, alongside immunology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and physiology.

The scientist has authored research published in several venues, with notable contributions to:

  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Recent papers by Sylvia Dewilde include:

  • "Physical plasma-derived oxidants sensitize pancreatic cancer cells to ferroptotic cell death," 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Structural and functional properties of Antarctic fish cytoglobins-1: Cold-reactivity in multi-ligand reactions," 2020, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • "GLB-3: A resilient, cysteine-rich, membrane-tethered globin expressed in the reproductive and nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans," 2022, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sylvia Dewilde include:

  • Herald Berghmans
  • Naresh Kumar
  • Claudina Pérez-Novo
  • Priyanka Shaw
  • Emilie Logie

Best Publications

  • Biochemical Characterization and Ligand Binding Properties of Neuroglobin, a Novel Member of the Globin Family

    Sylvia Dewilde;Laurent Kiger;Thorsten Burmester;Thomas Hankeln

  • Neuroglobin and cytoglobin. Fresh blood for the vertebrate globin family.

    Alessandra Pesce;Martino Bolognesi;Alessio Bocedi;Paolo Ascenzi

  • Human Brain Neuroglobin Structure Reveals a Distinct Mode of Controlling Oxygen Affinity

    Alessandra Pesce;Sylvia Dewilde;Marco Nardini;Luc Moens

  • Neuroglobin and cytoglobin in search of their role in the vertebrate globin family.

    Thomas Hankeln;Bettina Ebner;Christine Fuchs;Frank Gerlach

  • The Redox State of the Cell Regulates the Ligand Binding Affinity of Human Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin

    Djemel Hamdane;Laurent Kiger;Sylvia Dewilde;Brian N. Green

  • Reactivity Studies of the Fe(III) and Fe(II)NO Forms of Human Neuroglobin Reveal a Potential Role against Oxidative Stress

    Susanna Herold;Angela Fago;Roy Edwin Weber;Sylvia Dewilde

  • A novel two-over-two alpha-helical sandwich fold is characteristic of the truncated hemoglobin family.

    Alessandra Pesce;Manon Couture;Manon Couture;Sylvia Dewilde;Michel Guertin

  • Non‐Thermal Plasma as a Unique Delivery System of Short‐Lived Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species for Immunogenic Cell Death in Melanoma Cells

    Abraham Lin;Yury Gorbanev;Joey De Backer;Jinthe Van Loenhout

  • Allosteric Regulation and Temperature Dependence of Oxygen Binding in Human Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    Angela Fago;Christian Hundahl;Sylvia Dewilde;Kambiz Gilany

  • Neuroglobin and cytoglobin overexpression protects human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells against oxidative stress-induced cell death.

    Elke Fordel;Liesbet Thijs;Wim Martinet;Marc Lenjou

  • Crystal structure of cytoglobin: the fourth globin type discovered in man displays heme hexa-coordination.

    Daniele de Sanctis;Sylvia Dewilde;Alessandra Pesce;Luc Moens

  • A Globin in the Nucleus

    Eva Geuens;Inge Brouns;Daisy Flamez;Sylvia Dewilde

  • Three globin lineages belonging to two structural classes in genomes from the three kingdoms of life

    Serge N. Vinogradov;David Hoogewijs;Xavier Bailly;Raúl Arredondo-Peter

  • Neuroglobin and cytoglobin expression in mice

    Elke Fordel;Liesbet Thijs;Luc Moens;Sylvia Dewilde

  • Cytoglobin expression is upregulated in all tissues upon hypoxia: an in vitro and in vivo study by quantitative real-time PCR

    E Fordel;E Geuens;Sylvia Dewilde;Pieter Rottiers

  • Review: Correlations between oxygen affinity and sequence classifications of plant hemoglobins

    Benoit J. Smagghe;Julie A. Hoy;Ryan Percifield;Suman Kundu

  • Anoxia or oxygen and glucose deprivation in SH-SY5Y cells: a step closer to the unraveling of neuroglobin and cytoglobin functions.

    Elke Fordel;Liesbet Thijs;Wim Martinet;Dorien Schrijvers

  • Reactions of ferrous neuroglobin and cytoglobin with nitrite under anaerobic conditions.

    Morten Gjerning Petersen;Sylvia Dewilde;Angela Fago

  • A model of globin evolution.

    Serge N. Vinogradov;David Hoogewijs;Xavier Bailly;Kenji Mizuguchi

  • The reaction of neuroglobin with potential redox protein partners cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c.

    Angela Fago;Antony J. Mathews;Luc Moens;Sylvia Dewilde

  • Structural bases for heme binding and diatomic ligand recognition in truncated hemoglobins.

    Mario Milani;Alessandra Pesce;Marco Nardini;Hugues Ouellet

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc Moens
Luc Moens University of Antwerp
Martino Bolognesi
Martino Bolognesi University of Milan
Paolo Ascenzi
Paolo Ascenzi Roma Tre University
Thomas Hankeln
Thomas Hankeln Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Thorsten Burmester
Thorsten Burmester Universität Hamburg
Jacques R. Vanfleteren
Jacques R. Vanfleteren Ghent University
Roy E. Weber
Roy E. Weber Aarhus University
Annemie Bogaerts
Annemie Bogaerts University of Antwerp
John S. Olson
John S. Olson Rice University
Evelien Smits
Evelien Smits University of Antwerp

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