2026 Thomas Voets: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	98	1660	1496	29	28	369	36241

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Biology and Biochemistry

1660

1496

369

36241

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

36241

World Ranking

1660

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Voets is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, whose academic work spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research focuses primarily on sensory systems and molecular biology, with important contributions addressing physiology, nutrition and dietetics, and urology.

The scientist's main areas of study include ion channels and receptors, ion channel regulation and function, urinary bladder and prostate research, pain mechanisms and treatments, herbal medicine research studies, urinary tract infections management, and neurobiology and insect physiology research.

Thomas Voets has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
eLife
British Journal of Pharmacology
Cell Calcium

Among their recent papers are:

The Sensory Coding of Warm Perception, 2020, Neuron
TRP Channel Cooperation for Nociception: Therapeutic Opportunities, 2020, The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Gain of channel function and modified gating properties in TRPM3 mutants causing intellectual disability and epilepsy, 2020, eLife
Functional expression and pharmacological modulation of TRPM3 in human sensory neurons, 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology
Transient receptor potential channels in sensory mechanisms of the lower urinary tract, 2021, Nature Reviews Urology

Frequent collaborators of Thomas Voets include Joris Vriens, Wouter Everaerts, Katrien De Clercq, Katharina Held, and Annelies Janssens.

Best Publications

Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channels in Disease

Bernd Nilius;Grzegorz Owsianik;Thomas Voets;John A. Peters

1647
Citations
The principle of temperature-dependent gating in cold- and heat-sensitive TRP channels

Thomas Voets;Guy Droogmans;Ulrich Wissenbach;Annelies Janssens

1294
Citations
Anandamide and arachidonic acid use epoxyeicosatrienoic acids to activate TRPV4 channels

Hiroyuki Watanabe;Joris Vriens;Jean Prenen;Guy Droogmans

1165
Citations
Cell swelling, heat, and chemical agonists use distinct pathways for the activation of the cation channel TRPV4.

Joris Vriens;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Annelies Janssens;Guillaume Droogmans

729
Citations
TRPM6 forms the Mg2+ influx channel involved in intestinal and renal Mg2+ absorption.

Thomas Voets;Bernd Nilius;Susan Hoefs;Annemiete W.C.M. van der Kemp

694
Citations
TRPA1 acts as a cold sensor in vitro and in vivo

Yuji Karashima;Karel Talavera;Wouter Everaerts;Annelies Janssens

689
Citations
Permeation and selectivity of TRP channels.

Grzegorz Owsianik;Karel Talavera;Thomas Voets;Bernd Nilius

664
Citations
TRPM3 Is a Nociceptor Channel Involved in the Detection of Noxious Heat

Joris Vriens;Grzegorz Owsianik;Thomas Hofmann;Stephan E. Philipp

645
Citations
Bimodal Action of Menthol on the Transient Receptor Potential Channel TRPA1

Yuji Karashima;Nils Damann;Jean Prenen;Karel Talavera

620
Citations
Heat activation of TRPM5 underlies thermal sensitivity of sweet taste

Karel Talavera;Keiko Yasumatsu;Thomas Voets;Guy Droogmans

597
Citations
TRPV4 calcium entry channel: a paradigm for gating diversity.

Bernd Nilius;Joris Vriens;Jean Prenen;Guy Droogmans

554
Citations
Peripheral thermosensation in mammals

Joris Vriens;Bernd Nilius;Thomas Voets

507
Citations
Munc18-1 promotes large dense-core vesicle docking.

Thomas Voets;Ruud F. Toonen;Elisabeth C. Brian;Heidi de Wit

505
Citations
A TRP channel trio mediates acute noxious heat sensing

Ine Vandewauw;Katrien De Clercq;Marie Mulier;Katharina Held

487
Citations
TRPA1 channels mediate acute neurogenic inflammation and pain produced by bacterial endotoxins

Victor Meseguer;Yeranddy A. Alpizar;Enoch Luis;Sendoa Tajada

477
Citations
Inhibition of the cation channel TRPV4 improves bladder function in mice and rats with cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis

Wouter Everaerts;Xiaoguang Zhen;Debapriya Ghosh;Joris Vriens

452
Citations
Sensing with TRP channels.

Thomas Voets;Karel Talavera;Grzegorz Owsianik;Bernd Nilius

449
Citations
The Ca2+-activated cation channel TRPM4 is regulated by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate

Bernd Nilius;Frank Mahieu;Jean Prenen;Annelies Janssens

441
Citations
Properties of volume-regulated anion channels in mammalian cells

Bernd Nilius;Jan Eggermont;Thomas Voets;Gunnar Buyse

434
Citations
Modulation of the Ca2 Permeable Cation Channel TRPV4 by Cytochrome P450 Epoxygenases in Vascular Endothelium

Joris Vriens;Grzegorz Owsianik;B Fisslthaler;M Suzuki

429
Citations