Els Keunen

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Els Keunen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Els Keunen has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Els Keunen's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (8 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (7 papers). Els Keunen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (8 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (7 papers). Els Keunen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Spain. Els Keunen's co-authors include Ann Cuypers, Jaco Vangronsveld, Tony Remans, Darin Peshev, Wim Van den Ende, Marijke Jozefczak, Kelly Opdenakker, Heidi Gielen, Karen Smeets and Tom Artois and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Els Keunen

27 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Cadmium stress: an oxidative challenge

2010 859 citations Ann Cuypers, Michelle Plusquin et al. BioMetals profile →
Plant sugars are crucial players in the oxidative challenge during abiotic stress: extending the traditional concept

2013 657 citations Els Keunen, Darin Peshev et al. Plant Cell & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Els Keunen Belgium	22	2.3k	668	626	586	332	27	3.3k
Marijke Jozefczak Belgium	15	1.3k 0.6×	586 0.9×	733 1.2×	360 0.6×	353 1.1×	21	2.5k
Tony Remans Belgium	37	4.0k 1.7×	834 1.2×	808 1.3×	1.2k 2.1×	415 1.3×	53	5.5k
Fangbin Cao China	28	2.2k 0.9×	588 0.9×	234 0.4×	404 0.7×	271 0.8×	64	2.7k
Claudia Cosio Switzerland	29	2.0k 0.9×	919 1.4×	1.2k 1.9×	758 1.3×	101 0.3×	62	3.7k
Ruigang Wang China	32	2.5k 1.1×	635 1.0×	304 0.5×	1.0k 1.8×	276 0.8×	99	3.6k
Kelly Opdenakker Belgium	12	1.1k 0.5×	351 0.5×	553 0.9×	491 0.8×	281 0.8×	13	2.0k
Shanti S. Sharma India	18	2.5k 1.1×	945 1.4×	288 0.5×	506 0.9×	161 0.5×	36	3.3k
Xin‐Yuan Huang China	25	2.1k 0.9×	718 1.1×	253 0.4×	528 0.9×	196 0.6×	55	2.8k
Andres Schützendübel Germany	13	3.0k 1.3×	984 1.5×	319 0.5×	574 1.0×	150 0.5×	15	3.6k
Abdelilah Chaoui Tunisia	27	2.5k 1.1×	704 1.1×	222 0.4×	325 0.6×	136 0.4×	69	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Els Keunen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Els Keunen

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

All Works

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Hendrix, Sophie, Thomas Eekhout, Michiel Huybrechts, et al.. (2020). Suppressor of Gamma Response 1 Modulates the DNA Damage Response and Oxidative Stress Response in Leaves of Cadmium-Exposed Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 366–366. 27 indexed citations

Sergeant, Kjell, Els Keunen, Els Prinsen, et al.. (2019). Does long-term cadmium exposure influence the composition of pectic polysaccharides in the cell wall of Medicago sativa stems?. BMC Plant Biology. 19(1). 271–271. 65 indexed citations

Hendrix, Sophie, et al.. (2018). Cell cycle regulation in different leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana plants grown under control and cadmium-exposed conditions. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 155. 441–452. 30 indexed citations

Reis, Rafaela Amaral dos, Els Keunen, Miguel P. Mourato, et al.. (2018). Accession-specific life strategies affect responses in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana plants exposed to excess Cu and Cd. Journal of Plant Physiology. 223. 37–46. 12 indexed citations

Rabêlo, Flávio Henrique Silveira, Lucélia Borgo, Els Keunen, et al.. (2018). Enzymatic antioxidants—Relevant or not to protect the photosynthetic system against cadmium-induced stress in Massai grass supplied with sulfur?. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 155. 702–717. 18 indexed citations

Keunen, Els, et al.. (2017). Mycorrhization protects Betula pubescens Ehr. from metal-induced oxidative stress increasing its tolerance to grow in an industrial polluted soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 336. 119–127. 40 indexed citations

Huybrechts, Michiel, et al.. (2017). Reciprocal Interactions between Cadmium-Induced Cell Wall Responses and Oxidative Stress in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1867–1867. 260 indexed citations

Keunen, Els, Kerim Schellingen, Jaco Vangronsveld, & Ann Cuypers. (2016). Ethylene and Metal Stress: Small Molecule, Big Impact. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 23–23. 100 indexed citations

Keunen, Els, Jan Klein, Philip Pallmann, et al.. (2016). Quantitative Expression Analysis in Brassica napus by Northern Blot Analysis and Reverse Transcription-Quantitative PCR in a Complex Experimental Setting. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0163679–e0163679. 7 indexed citations

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Cuypers, Ann, Sophie Hendrix, Rafaela Amaral dos Reis, et al.. (2016). Hydrogen Peroxide, Signaling in Disguise during Metal Phytotoxicity. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 470–470. 133 indexed citations

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Schellingen, Kerim, Dominique Van Der Straeten, Tony Remans, et al.. (2015). Ethylene signalling is mediating the early cadmium-induced oxidative challenge in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science. 239. 137–146. 61 indexed citations

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Keunen, Els, Kerim Schellingen, Dominique Van Der Straeten, et al.. (2015). ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE1a modulates the oxidative challenge during moderate Cd exposure in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(10). 2967–2977. 42 indexed citations

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Jozefczak, Marijke, Els Keunen, Henk Schat, et al.. (2014). Differential response of Arabidopsis leaves and roots to cadmium: Glutathione-related chelating capacity vs antioxidant capacity. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 83. 1–9. 98 indexed citations

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Remans, Tony, Els Keunen, Geert Jan Bex, et al.. (2014). Reliable Gene Expression Analysis by Reverse Transcription-Quantitative PCR: Reporting and Minimizing the Uncertainty in Data Accuracy . The Plant Cell. 26(10). 3829–3837. 98 indexed citations

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Keunen, Els, Darin Peshev, Jaco Vangronsveld, Wim Van den Ende, & Ann Cuypers. (2013). Plant sugars are crucial players in the oxidative challenge during abiotic stress: extending the traditional concept. Plant Cell & Environment. 36(7). 1242–1255. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keunen, Els, Tony Remans, Kelly Opdenakker, et al.. (2012). A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana LIPOXYGENASE1 gene shows altered signalling and oxidative stress related responses after cadmium exposure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 63. 272–280. 38 indexed citations

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Remans, Tony, Sofie Thijs, Sascha Truyens, et al.. (2012). Understanding the development of roots exposed to contaminants and the potential of plant-associated bacteria for optimization of growth. Annals of Botany. 110(2). 239–252. 63 indexed citations

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Seth, Chandra Shekhar, Tony Remans, Els Keunen, et al.. (2011). Phytoextraction of toxic metals: a central role for glutathione. Plant Cell & Environment. 35(2). 334–346. 252 indexed citations

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Keunen, Els, Sascha Truyens, Liesbeth Bruckers, et al.. (2011). Survival of Cd-exposed Arabidopsis thaliana: Are these plants reproductively challenged?. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 49(10). 1084–1091. 29 indexed citations

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Cuypers, Ann, Michelle Plusquin, Tony Remans, et al.. (2010). Cadmium stress: an oxidative challenge. BioMetals. 23(5). 927–940. 859 indexed citations breakdown →

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