Bart Theelen

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Bart Theelen is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bart Theelen has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Cell Biology, 43 papers in Epidemiology and 35 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bart Theelen's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (46 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (32 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (27 papers). Bart Theelen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (46 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (32 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (27 papers). Bart Theelen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and China. Bart Theelen's co-authors include Teun Boekhout, Marizeth Groenewald, Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek, Brigitte A. Wevers, Sonja I. Gringhuis, Tanja M. Kaptein, Anna Kolecka, Jack W. Fell, H. Thorsten Lumbsch and Ferry Hagen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bart Theelen

86 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

2015 491 citations Ferry Hagen, Kantarawee Khayhan et al. Fungal Genetics and Biology profile →
Dectin-1 is an extracellular pathogen sensor for the induction and processing of IL-1β via a noncanonical caspase-8 inflammasome

2012 471 citations Sonja I. Gringhuis, Tanja M. Kaptein et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bart Theelen Netherlands	38	2.5k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.3k	88	5.3k
Kazuko Nishimura Japan	36	2.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	306	5.0k
Makoto Miyaji Japan	36	2.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	316	5.1k
Richard J. Bennett United States	43	1.9k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	3.3k 1.9×	626 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	128	5.8k
Ilse D. Jacobsen Germany	42	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	368 0.2×	820 0.6×	122	5.3k
Kerstin Voigt Germany	38	726 0.3×	920 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	125	4.4k
Dee Carter Australia	43	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	121	6.3k
Josepa Gené Spain	42	2.9k 1.1×	3.0k 1.7×	1.1k 0.6×	4.4k 2.6×	3.0k 2.3×	194	7.5k
E. Guého France	30	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	622 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	733 0.6×	74	3.3k
James W. Kronstad Canada	54	3.8k 1.5×	3.3k 1.8×	3.7k 2.1×	1.7k 1.0×	4.2k 3.2×	175	8.9k
Thearith Koeuth United States	25	869 0.3×	783 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	254 0.1×	1.0k 0.8×	35	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Bart Theelen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bart Theelen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Goffau, Marcus C. de, Bart Theelen, Sigrid E.M. Heinsbroek, et al.. (2025). Typing of feces-derived Candida albicans strains using a novel seven-locus microsatellite panel reveals associations with yeast phenotype in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease. Pathogens and Disease. 83. 1 indexed citations

Coelho, Marco A., Giuseppe Ianiri, Bart Theelen, et al.. (2023). Frequent transitions in mating-type locus chromosomal organization in Malassezia and early steps in sexual reproduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(32). e2305094120–e2305094120. 13 indexed citations

Theelen, Bart, et al.. (2023). Co-evolution of large inverted repeats and G-quadruplex DNA in fungal mitochondria may facilitate mitogenome stability: the case of Malassezia. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 6308–6308. 1 indexed citations

Theelen, Bart, Verónica Mixão, Giuseppe Ianiri, et al.. (2022). Multiple Hybridization Events Punctuate the Evolutionary Trajectory of Malassezia furfur. mBio. 13(2). e0385321–e0385321. 13 indexed citations

Theelen, Bart, et al.. (2022). Mitogenomics and mitochondrial gene phylogeny decipher the evolution of Saccharomycotina yeasts. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(5). 12 indexed citations

Gringhuis, Sonja I., Tanja M. Kaptein, Ester B. M. Remmerswaal, et al.. (2022). Fungal sensing by dectin-1 directs the non-pathogenic polarization of TH17 cells through balanced type I IFN responses in human DCs. Nature Immunology. 23(12). 1735–1748. 20 indexed citations

Hyde, Kevin D., Abdullah M. S. Al‐Hatmi, Birgitte Andersen, et al.. (2018). The world’s ten most feared fungi. Fungal Diversity. 93(1). 161–194. 84 indexed citations

Theelen, Bart, Claudia Cafarchia, Georgios Gaitanis, et al.. (2017). Malassezia ecology, pathophysiology, and treatment. Medical Mycology. 56(suppl_1). S10–S25. 189 indexed citations

Ullmann, Andrew J., Jacques F. Meis, Teun Boekhout, et al.. (2016). Invited Abstracts. Mycoses. 59(S1). 5–11.

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Kurtzman, Cletus P., et al.. (2015). Advances in yeast systematics and phylogeny and their use as predictors of biotechnologically important metabolic pathways. FEMS Yeast Research. 15(6). fov050–fov050. 46 indexed citations

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Hagen, Ferry, Kantarawee Khayhan, Bart Theelen, et al.. (2015). Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 78. 16–48. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

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Theelen, Bart, et al.. (2014). Moniliellomycetes and Malasseziomycetes, two new classes in Ustilaginomycotina. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 33(1). 41–47. 76 indexed citations

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López‐Quintero, Carlos A., Lea Atanasova, Ana E. Franco-Molano, et al.. (2013). DNA barcoding survey of Trichoderma diversity in soil and litter of the Colombian lowland Amazonian rainforest reveals Trichoderma strigosellum sp. nov. and other species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 104(5). 657–674. 29 indexed citations

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Zaragozí, María Teresa Illnait, et al.. (2012). Environmental isolation and characterisation of Cryptococcus species from living trees in Havana city, Cuba. Mycoses. 55(3). e138–44. 27 indexed citations

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Gringhuis, Sonja I., Brigitte A. Wevers, Tanja M. Kaptein, et al.. (2011). Selective C-Rel Activation via Malt1 Controls Anti-Fungal TH-17 Immunity by Dectin-1 and Dectin-2. PLoS Pathogens. 7(1). e1001259–e1001259. 132 indexed citations

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Pan, Weihua, Wanqing Liao, Ferry Hagen, et al.. (2011). Meningitis caused by Filobasidium uniguttulatum: case report and overview of the literature. Mycoses. 55(2). 105–109. 28 indexed citations

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Thomas‐Hall, Skye R., Benedetta Turchetti, Pietro Buzzini, et al.. (2009). Cold-adapted yeasts from Antarctica and the Italian Alps—description of three novel species: Mrakia robertii sp. nov., Mrakia blollopis sp. nov. and Mrakiella niccombsii sp. nov.. Extremophiles. 14(1). 47–59. 92 indexed citations

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Kantarcıoğlu, A. Serda, Teun Boekhout, Sybren de Hoog, et al.. (2007). Subcutaneous cryptococcosis due toCryptococcus diffluensin a patient with sporotrichoid lesions case report, features of the case isolate andin vitroantifungal susceptibilities. Medical Mycology. 45(2). 173–181. 13 indexed citations

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Gildemacher, P., et al.. (2006). Interactions between yeasts, fungicides and apple fruit russeting. FEMS Yeast Research. 6(8). 1149–1156. 30 indexed citations

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Diaz, Mara R., Teun Boekhout, Bart Theelen, & Jack W. Fell. (2000). Molecular Sequence Analyses of the Intergenic Spacer (IGS) Associated with rDNA of the Two Varieties of the Pathogenic Yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 23(4). 535–545. 88 indexed citations

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