Barbara De Coninck

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Barbara De Coninck is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara De Coninck has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Plant Science, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Barbara De Coninck's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (21 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (11 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (11 papers). Barbara De Coninck is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (21 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (11 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (11 papers). Barbara De Coninck collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and United States. Barbara De Coninck's co-authors include Bruno P.A. Cammue, Janick Mathys, Miguel F. C. De Bolle, Patrizia Tavormina, Kaat De Cremer, Karin Thevissen, Natalia Nikonorova, Ive De Smet, Christine Vos and Wim Van den Ende and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Barbara De Coninck

58 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Plant pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins: A focus on PR peptides

2008 615 citations Janick Mathys, Barbara De Coninck et al. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers

Barbara De Coninck

MICRO

Jun Song China

Hui Cao China

Yongsheng Liu China

Gerhard Saalbach United Kingdom

André Laroche Canada

Rosana Rodrigues Brazil

William A. Powell United States

Jelka Pleadin Croatia

Santosh Misra Canada

Tünde Pusztahelyi Hungary

Jun Song China

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224 ×0.6

MICRO

190 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Barbara De Coninck

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara De Coninck

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara De Coninck

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara De Coninck. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara De Coninck 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 Barbara De Coninck. Barbara De Coninck is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Yasmín, et al.. (2025). Suppression of Fusarium wilt in banana and growth promotion by the beneficial fungus Trichoderma asperellum TRC900 is cultivar-dependent. Biological Control. 210. 105878–105878. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Qinggang, et al.. (2024). Exploring Synergistic Effects of Levan and Levan‐MetabolizingBacillaceae in Promoting Growth and Enhancing Immunity of Tomato and Wheat. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(3). e14325–e14325. 5 indexed citations

Pérez, Nicolás Manosalva, Ana Cristina Jaramillo-Madrid, Liesbeth De Milde, et al.. (2023). Rhizogenic Agrobacterium protein RolB interacts with the TOPLESS repressor proteins to reprogram plant immunity and development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(3). e2210300120–e2210300120. 15 indexed citations

Coninck, Barbara De, et al.. (2023). Early detection of Botrytis cinerea in strawberry fruit during quiescent infection using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS). International Journal of Food Microbiology. 402. 110313–110313. 4 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Bianca, et al.. (2022). Constitutive Defense Mechanisms Have a Major Role in the Resistance of Woodland Strawberry Leaves Against Botrytis cinerea. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 912667–912667. 8 indexed citations

Hemelrijck, W. Van, Pieter Verboven, Bart Nicolaı̈, et al.. (2022). Time Is of the Essence—Early Activation of the Mevalonate Pathway in Apple Challenged With Gray Mold Correlates With Reduced Susceptibility During Postharvest Storage. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 797234–797234. 6 indexed citations

Carpentier, Sébastien, et al.. (2021). Polyploidy affects the development of Venturia inaequalis in scab-resistant and -susceptible apple cultivars. Scientia Horticulturae. 290. 110436–110436. 6 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Heba, et al.. (2021). Pathogen Effectors: Exploiting the Promiscuity of Plant Signaling Hubs. Trends in Plant Science. 26(8). 780–795. 45 indexed citations

Poel, Bram Van de, et al.. (2021). UV-B light and its application potential to reduce disease and pest incidence in crops. Horticulture Research. 8(1). 194–194. 85 indexed citations

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Karimi, Mansour, Griet Coussens, Stijn Aesaert, et al.. (2020). Efficient CRISPR-mediated base editing in Agrobacterium spp.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 49 indexed citations

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Hazarika, Rashmi R., et al.. (2017). ARA-PEPs: a repository of putative sORF-encoded peptides in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(1). 37–37. 37 indexed citations

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Hulsmans, Sander, Marianela Rodríguez, Barbara De Coninck, & Filip Rolland. (2016). The SnRK1 Energy Sensor in Plant Biotic Interactions. Trends in Plant Science. 21(8). 648–661. 126 indexed citations

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Vriens, Kim, Tanne L. Cools, Peta J. Harvey, et al.. (2015). The radish defensins RsAFP1 and RsAFP2 act synergistically with caspofungin against Candida albicans biofilms. Peptides. 75. 71–79. 59 indexed citations

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Vriens, Kim, Tanne L. Cools, Peta J. Harvey, et al.. (2015). Synergistic Activity of the Plant Defensin HsAFP1 and Caspofungin against Candida albicans Biofilms and Planktonic Cultures. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0132701–e0132701. 72 indexed citations

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Dang, Tuong Vi T., Isabelle Henry, Barbara De Coninck, et al.. (2014). Assessment of RNAi-induced silencing in banana (Musa spp.). BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 655–655. 6 indexed citations

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Coninck, Barbara De, Pieter Timmermans, Christine Vos, Bruno P.A. Cammue, & Kemal Kazan. (2014). What lies beneath: belowground defense strategies in plants. Trends in Plant Science. 20(2). 91–101. 160 indexed citations

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Coninck, Barbara De, Wannes Thys, Inge J.W.M. Goderis, et al.. (2010). Arabidopsis thaliana plant defensin AtPDF1.1 is involved in the plant response to biotic stress. New Phytologist. 187(4). 1075–1088. 52 indexed citations

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Mathys, Janick, et al.. (2008). Plant pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins: A focus on PR peptides. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 46(11). 941–950. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roy, Katrien Le, Willem Lammens, Maureen Verhaest, et al.. (2007). Unraveling the Difference between Invertases and Fructan Exohydrolases: A Single Amino Acid (Asp-239) Substitution Transforms Arabidopsis Cell Wall Invertase1 into a Fructan 1-Exohydrolase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 145(3). 616–625. 100 indexed citations

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Coninck, Barbara De, et al.. (2004). Plant fructan exohydrolases: a role in signaling and defense?. Trends in Plant Science. 9(11). 523–528. 110 indexed citations

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