Elke Lievens

942 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 664 citations indexed

About

Elke Lievens is a scholar working on Microbiology, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elke Lievens has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 664 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Microbiology, 4 papers in Food Science and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Elke Lievens's work include Reproductive tract infections research (5 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (3 papers). Elke Lievens is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (5 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (3 papers). Elke Lievens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Canada. Elke Lievens's co-authors include Mariya Petrova, Sarah Lebeer, Shweta Malik, Nicole C. E. Imholz, Gregor Reid, Rebecca van der Westen, Jessica A. Younes, Ruben Hummelen, Jos Vanderleyden and Tine Verhoeven and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Trends in Microbiology and Frontiers in Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Elke Lievens

8 papers receiving 648 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.

Lactobacillus species as biomarkers and agents that can promote various aspects of vaginal health

2015 363 citations Mariya Petrova, Elke Lievens et al. Frontiers in Physiology profile →

Peers

Elke Lievens

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EPIDE

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Amy McMillan Canada

Nicole C. E. Imholz Netherlands

Charlotte van der Veer Netherlands

Jonathan Faro United States

Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago Belgium

Thomas Parks United States

Anna‐Ursula Happel South Africa

Teenus Paramel Jayaprakash Canada

Yevgeniy Turovskiy United States

Catharine De Ganck Belgium

Amy McMillan Canada

Elke Lievens

293 ×0.7

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332 ×1.1

MB

277 ×1.1

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151 ×1.0

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57 ×0.5

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Countries citing papers authored by Elke Lievens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elke Lievens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elke Lievens

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Paganelli, Fernanda L., et al.. (2025). Probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum strains desialylate MUC13 and increase intestinal epithelial barrier function. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 8778–8778. 10 indexed citations

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Verwijs, Marijn C., et al.. (2020). Vaginal probiotic adherence and acceptability in Rwandan women with high sexual risk participating in a pilot randomised controlled trial: a mixed-methods approach. BMJ Open. 10(5). e031819–e031819. 2 indexed citations

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Wijgert, Janneke van de, Marijn C. Verwijs, Christina Bronowski, et al.. (2020). Intermittent Lactobacilli-containing Vaginal Probiotic or Metronidazole Use to Prevent Bacterial Vaginosis Recurrence: A Pilot Study Incorporating Microscopy and Sequencing. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3884–3884. 47 indexed citations

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Younes, Jessica A., Elke Lievens, Ruben Hummelen, et al.. (2017). Women and Their Microbes: The Unexpected Friendship. Trends in Microbiology. 26(1). 16–32. 172 indexed citations

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Spacova, Irina, Elke Lievens, Tine Verhoeven, et al.. (2017). Expression of fluorescent proteins in Lactobacillus rhamnosus to study host–microbe and microbe–microbe interactions. Microbial Biotechnology. 11(2). 317–331. 22 indexed citations

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Petrova, Mariya, Elke Lievens, Tine Verhoeven, et al.. (2016). The lectin-like protein 1 in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 mediates tissue-specific adherence to vaginal epithelium and inhibits urogenital pathogens. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37437–37437. 35 indexed citations

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Petrova, Mariya, Elke Lievens, Shweta Malik, Nicole C. E. Imholz, & Sarah Lebeer. (2015). Lactobacillus species as biomarkers and agents that can promote various aspects of vaginal health. Frontiers in Physiology. 6. 81–81. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lievens, Elke, et al.. (2012). Probing the applicability of autotransporter based surface display with the EstA autotransporter of Pseudomonas stutzeri A15. Microbial Cell Factories. 11(1). 158–158. 13 indexed citations

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