Christian de Duve

14.9k total citations · 11 hit papers
87 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Christian de Duve is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian de Duve has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian de Duve's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (10 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (9 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (5 papers). Christian de Duve is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (10 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (9 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (5 papers). Christian de Duve collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Germany. Christian de Duve's co-authors include Robert Wattiaux, Brian D. Poole, Pierre Baudhuin, André Trouet, Russell L. Deter, Thierry de Barsy, Paul M. Tulkens, Federico Leighton, Henri Beaufay and Paul B. Lazarow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christian de Duve

80 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

Functions of Lysosomes 1963 2026 1984 2005 1966 1974 1968 1967 1963 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Functions of Lysosomes
    1966 2.5k citations Christian de Duve, Robert Wattiaux Annual Review of Physiology profile →
  2. Lysosomotropic agents
    1974 1.6k citations Christian de Duve, Brian D. Poole et al. profile →
  3. THE LARGE-SCALE SEPARATION OF PEROXISOMES, MITOCHONDRIA, AND LYSOSOMES FROM THE LIVERS OF RATS INJECTED WITH TRITON WR-1339
    1968 1.0k citations Federico Leighton, Brian D. Poole et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  4. INFLUENCE OF GLUCAGON, AN INDUCER OF CELLULAR AUTOPHAGY, ON SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RAT LIVER LYSOSOMES
    1967 422 citations Christian de Duve et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  5. The Lysosome
    1963 302 citations Christian de Duve profile →
  6. PARTICIPATION OF LYSOSOMES IN CELLULAR AUTOPHAGY INDUCED IN RAT LIVER BY GLUCAGON
    1967 278 citations Christian de Duve et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  7. RESOLUTION OF GRANULES FROM RABBIT HETEROPHIL LEUKOCYTES INTO DISTINCT POPULATIONS BY ZONAL SEDIMENTATION
    1969 262 citations Christian de Duve et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  8. TISSUE FRACTION-PAST AND PRESENT
    1971 260 citations Christian de Duve The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  9. Chemotherapy through Lysosomes with a DNA-Daunorubicin Complex
    1972 227 citations André Trouet, D. Deprez-De Campeneere et al. Nature New Biology profile →
  10. COMBINED BIOCHEMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF PARTICULATE FRACTIONS FROM RAT LIVER
    1965 212 citations Christian de Duve et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  11. LYSOSOMES IN LYMPHOID TISSUE
    1967 188 citations Christian de Duve et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian de Duve United States 40 5.7k 2.0k 2.0k 1.9k 840 87 10.9k
Robert Wattiaux Belgium 31 5.6k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 113 11.1k
Pierre Baudhuin Belgium 35 4.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 92 7.2k
Yoshinori Nozawa Japan 64 10.6k 1.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 2.6k 1.4× 354 0.4× 588 17.3k
C. De Duve Belgium 43 8.0k 1.4× 3.0k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 2.1k 2.4× 64 13.8k
Robert Schimke United States 84 13.4k 2.3× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 2.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 215 20.5k
Bradford W. Gibson United States 71 10.1k 1.8× 1.8k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 995 0.5× 444 0.5× 224 16.1k
Tracey A. Rouault United States 87 11.2k 2.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 654 0.8× 240 22.9k
Grant R. Bartlett United States 23 7.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 1.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 45 14.1k
Martha Vaughan United States 66 7.0k 1.2× 2.5k 1.2× 642 0.3× 4.0k 2.2× 293 0.3× 295 14.0k
R. M. C. Dawson Slovakia 58 7.4k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 535 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 219 13.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Poli, Raffaele, et al.. (2015). Debating FIFA’s TPO ban: ASSER International Sports Law Blog symposium. The International Sports Law Journal. 15(3-4). 233–252. 4 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (2007). Chemistry and Selection. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 4(4). 574–583. 28 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (2005). Le lysosome a cinquante ans. médecine/sciences. 21. 12–15. 6 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (2004). My Love Affair with Insulin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(21). 21679–21688. 10 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (2002). Life Evolving. 50 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (1999). Mediation und Vergleich im Prozeß : Eine Darstellung am Beispiel des Special Master in den USA. Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (1997). International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology. Molecular Medicine. 3(2). 87–89.
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Duve, Christian de. (1994). Born‐Again Glucagon. The FASEB Journal. 8(12). 979–981. 8 indexed citations
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Buechter, Douglas D., Paul Schimmel, & Christian de Duve. (1993). Aminoacylation of RNA Minihelices: Implications for tRNA Synthetase Structural Design and Evolution. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 28(4). 309–322. 30 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (1993). Co-chairman's remarks: the RNA world: before and after?. Gene. 135(1-2). 29–31. 9 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (1990). PRELUDE TO A CELL. The Sciences. 30(6). 22–28. 2 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (1982). PEROXISOMES AND RELATED PARTICLES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 386(1). 1–4. 51 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de, et al.. (1978). LIPOSOMES AS LYSOSOMOTROPIC CARRIERS. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 308(1). 226–234. 16 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (1975). Exploring Cells with a Centrifuge. Science. 189(4198). 186–194. 205 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de. (1972). Les contraintes du hasard. 15–42. 1 indexed citations
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Trouet, André, D. Deprez-De Campeneere, & Christian de Duve. (1972). Chemotherapy through Lysosomes with a DNA-Daunorubicin Complex. Nature New Biology. 239(91). 110–112. 227 indexed citations breakdown →
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Poole, Brian D., Tokuhiko Higashi, & Christian de Duve. (1970). THE SYNTHESIS AND TURNOVER OF RAT LIVER PEROXISOMES. The Journal of Cell Biology. 45(2). 408–415. 60 indexed citations
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Leighton, Federico, Brian D. Poole, Paul B. Lazarow, & Christian de Duve. (1969). THE SYNTHESIS AND TURNOVER OF RAT LIVER PEROXISOMES. The Journal of Cell Biology. 41(2). 521–535. 156 indexed citations
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Duve, Christian de & Robert Wattiaux. (1966). Functions of Lysosomes. Annual Review of Physiology. 28(1). 435–492. 2470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Duve, Christian de, et al.. (1963). Methods of separation of subcellular structural components. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations

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