Andy Willaert

4.3k total citations
57 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Andy Willaert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andy Willaert has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Andy Willaert's work include Connective tissue disorders research (22 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Andy Willaert is often cited by papers focused on Connective tissue disorders research (22 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Andy Willaert collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Italy. Andy Willaert's co-authors include Paul Coucke, Anne De Paepe, Bert Callewaert, Fransiska Malfait, Sofie Symoens, Wouter Steyaert, Annekatrien Boel, Jan Willem Bek, Charlotte Gistelinck and Nicoletta Zoppi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Andy Willaert

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andy Willaert Belgium 21 812 790 324 190 156 57 1.5k
Eissa Faqeih Saudi Arabia 28 1.5k 1.8× 920 1.2× 238 0.7× 181 1.0× 159 1.0× 80 2.2k
Nursel Elçioğlu Türkiye 19 1.2k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 195 0.6× 145 0.8× 95 0.6× 70 2.0k
Anas M. Alazami Saudi Arabia 22 857 1.1× 584 0.7× 100 0.3× 129 0.7× 95 0.6× 55 1.5k
Brenda L. Bohnsack United States 22 771 0.9× 346 0.4× 247 0.8× 65 0.3× 152 1.0× 82 1.6k
Hanan E. Shamseldin Saudi Arabia 24 981 1.2× 590 0.7× 182 0.6× 46 0.2× 100 0.6× 55 1.5k
Ralph Zirngibl Canada 20 1.5k 1.8× 561 0.7× 178 0.5× 212 1.1× 114 0.7× 31 2.0k
Roberta Besio Italy 20 375 0.5× 482 0.6× 145 0.4× 254 1.3× 170 1.1× 45 1.0k
Pallavi Bhattaram United States 17 1.1k 1.3× 379 0.5× 188 0.6× 428 2.3× 376 2.4× 33 1.7k
Kyu Sang Joeng United States 16 1.2k 1.5× 423 0.5× 112 0.3× 175 0.9× 219 1.4× 27 1.7k
Daria Onichtchouk Germany 20 2.3k 2.8× 388 0.5× 302 0.9× 67 0.4× 126 0.8× 32 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andy Willaert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andy Willaert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andy Willaert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andy Willaert based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andy Willaert. Andy Willaert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mukherjee, Rajarshi, Chris F. Inglehearn, Frauke Coppieters, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics analysis in human retina uncovers ultraconserved cis-regulatory elements at rare eye disease loci. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1600–1600. 9 indexed citations
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Tonelli, Francesca, Laura Leoni, Roberta Gioia, et al.. (2023). Zebrafish Tric-b is required for skeletal development and bone cells differentiation. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1002914–1002914. 9 indexed citations
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Willaert, Andy, et al.. (2022). The Abcc6a Knockout Zebrafish Model as a Novel Tool for Drug Screening for Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 822143–822143. 3 indexed citations
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Bek, Jan Willem, Adelbert De Clercq, Paul Coucke, & Andy Willaert. (2021). The ZE-Tunnel: An Affordable, Easy-to-Assemble, and User-Friendly Benchtop Zebrafish Swim Tunnel. Zebrafish. 18(1). 29–41. 4 indexed citations
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Boel, Annekatrien, Aude Beyens, Marjolijn Renard, et al.. (2020). Slc2a10 knock-out mice deficient in ascorbic acid synthesis recapitulate aspects of arterial tortuosity syndrome and display mitochondrial respiration defects. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(9). 1476–1488. 4 indexed citations
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Creytens, David, et al.. (2020). Atm deficient zebrafish model reveals conservation of the tumour suppressor function. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations
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Bek, Jan Willem, Chen Shochat, Adelbert De Clercq, et al.. (2020). Lrp5 Mutant and Crispant Zebrafish Faithfully Model Human Osteoporosis, Establishing the Zebrafish as a Platform for CRISPR-Based Functional Screening of Osteoporosis Candidate Genes. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 36(9). 1749–1764. 18 indexed citations
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Willaert, Andy, et al.. (2020). Zebrafish as an in vivo screening tool to establish PARP inhibitor efficacy. DNA repair. 97. 103023–103023. 5 indexed citations
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Loontiens, Siebe, Suzanne Vanhauwaert, Charlotte Gistelinck, et al.. (2019). Purification of high-quality RNA from a small number of fluorescence activated cell sorted zebrafish cells for RNA sequencing purposes. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 228–228. 7 indexed citations
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Gistelinck, Charlotte, Ronald Y. Kwon, Fransiska Malfait, et al.. (2018). Zebrafish type I collagen mutants faithfully recapitulate human type I collagenopathies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(34). E8037–E8046. 69 indexed citations
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Boel, Annekatrien, Wouter Steyaert, Bert Callewaert, et al.. (2018). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated homology-directed repair by ssODNs in zebrafish induces complex mutational patterns resulting from genomic integration of repair-template fragments. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 11(10). 68 indexed citations
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Willaert, Andy, et al.. (2018). Generation and Validation of a Complete Knockout Model of abcc6a in Zebrafish. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138(11). 2333–2342. 16 indexed citations
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Steyaert, Wouter, Annekatrien Boel, Paul Coucke, & Andy Willaert. (2018). BATCH-GE: Analysis of NGS Data for Genome Editing Assessment. Methods in molecular biology. 1865. 83–90. 2 indexed citations
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Gistelinck, Charlotte, Jane Lee, Sarah K. McMenamin, et al.. (2017). MicroCT-Based Phenomics in the Zebrafish Skeleton Reveals Virtues of Deep Phenotyping in a Distributed Organ System. Zebrafish. 15(1). 77–78. 7 indexed citations
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Symoens, Sofie, Andy Willaert, Tamer Essawi, et al.. (2017). Genetic analysis of osteogenesis imperfecta in the Palestinian population: molecular screening of 49 affected families. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 6(1). 15–26. 25 indexed citations
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Willaert, Andy, Kris Vleminckx, Petra Vermassen, et al.. (2016). Studying the functionality of the homologous repair pathway in zebrafish embryos : heading for an in vivo functional test to evaluate the pathogenicity of BRCA2 variants. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Willaert, Andy, Bert Callewaert, Paul Coucke, et al.. (2011). GLUT10 is required for the development of the cardiovascular system and the notochord and connects mitochondrial function to TGFβ signaling. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(6). 1248–1259. 45 indexed citations
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Malfait, Fransiska, Andy Willaert, Sofie Symoens, Paul Coucke, & Anne De Paepe. (2008). A hotspot splicing mutation in LEPREI affects prolyl 3-hydroxylation and causes recessive osteogenesis imperfecta. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 58. 1 indexed citations
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Willaert, Andy, Sofie Symoens, Fransiska Malfait, et al.. (2008). A Hotspot Splicing Mutation in LEPREI Affects Prolyl 3-hydroxylation and Causes Recessive Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 23. 1 indexed citations

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