Freek Spitaels

775 total citations
11 papers, 534 citations indexed

About

Freek Spitaels is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Freek Spitaels has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 534 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Food Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Freek Spitaels's work include Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (7 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (3 papers). Freek Spitaels is often cited by papers focused on Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (7 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (3 papers). Freek Spitaels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Portugal. Freek Spitaels's co-authors include Peter Vandamme, Anneleen D. Wieme, Anita Van Landschoot, Maarten Aerts, Luc De Vuyst, Maarten Janssens, Heide‐Marie Daniel, Katrien De Bruyne, Ilse Cleenwerck and Leilei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and International Journal of Food Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Freek Spitaels

11 papers receiving 522 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Freek Spitaels Belgium 10 418 232 167 83 80 11 534
Kazumaru Iijima Japan 11 432 1.0× 242 1.0× 68 0.4× 48 0.6× 96 1.2× 16 484
Nikolaos Tzanetakis Greece 13 622 1.5× 345 1.5× 114 0.7× 213 2.6× 68 0.8× 17 703
Maarten Janssens Belgium 10 562 1.3× 258 1.1× 133 0.8× 99 1.2× 91 1.1× 10 695
Wahengbam Romi India 9 190 0.5× 167 0.7× 103 0.6× 86 1.0× 59 0.7× 11 376
Veronica Gatto Italy 15 429 1.0× 356 1.5× 95 0.6× 101 1.2× 53 0.7× 26 622
Torey Arvik United States 7 353 0.8× 191 0.8× 102 0.6× 14 0.2× 249 3.1× 15 567
Sofía M. Arvizu‐Medrano Mexico 12 229 0.5× 103 0.4× 61 0.4× 53 0.6× 108 1.4× 31 382
Margarida Baleiras-Couto Portugal 12 456 1.1× 269 1.2× 335 2.0× 28 0.3× 21 0.3× 24 570
Giuseppe Zeppa Italy 10 296 0.7× 100 0.4× 199 1.2× 86 1.0× 19 0.2× 44 428
Stéphane Guézenec France 10 282 0.7× 126 0.5× 94 0.6× 122 1.5× 42 0.5× 12 374

Countries citing papers authored by Freek Spitaels

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Fields of papers citing papers by Freek Spitaels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Freek Spitaels

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Spitaels, Freek, et al.. (2021). The bacterial diversity of raw Moroccon camel milk. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 341. 109050–109050. 25 indexed citations
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Spitaels, Freek, Anneleen D. Wieme, Maarten Janssens, et al.. (2015). The microbial diversity of an industrially produced lambic beer shares members of a traditionally produced one and reveals a core microbiota for lambic beer fermentation. Food Microbiology. 49. 23–32. 75 indexed citations
3.
Spitaels, Freek, et al.. (2015). Enterococcus bulliens sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from camel milk. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 108(5). 1257–1265. 19 indexed citations
4.
Spitaels, Freek, Anneleen D. Wieme, Maarten Janssens, et al.. (2014). The Microbial Diversity of Traditional Spontaneously Fermented Lambic Beer. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e95384–e95384. 183 indexed citations
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Wieme, Anneleen D., Freek Spitaels, Maarten Aerts, et al.. (2014). Identification of beer-spoilage bacteria using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 185. 41–50. 57 indexed citations
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Spitaels, Freek, Simon Van Kerrebroeck, Anneleen D. Wieme, et al.. (2014). Microbiota and metabolites of aged bottled gueuze beers converge to the same composition. Food Microbiology. 47. 1–11. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Leilei, Anneleen D. Wieme, Freek Spitaels, et al.. (2014). Acetobacter sicerae sp. nov., isolated from cider and kefir, and identification of species of the genus Acetobacter by dnaK, groEL and rpoB sequence analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 64(Pt_7). 2407–2415. 26 indexed citations
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Wieme, Anneleen D., Freek Spitaels, Peter Vandamme, & Anita Van Landschoot. (2014). Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry as a monitoring tool for in-house brewer's yeast contamination: a proof of concept. Journal of the Institute of Brewing. n/a–n/a. 8 indexed citations
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Wieme, Anneleen D., Freek Spitaels, Maarten Aerts, et al.. (2013). Effects of Growth Medium on Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption–Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectra: a Case Study of Acetic Acid Bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(4). 1528–1538. 45 indexed citations
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Spitaels, Freek, Leilei Li, Anneleen D. Wieme, et al.. (2013). Acetobacter lambici sp. nov., isolated from fermenting lambic beer. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 64(Pt_4). 1083–1089. 43 indexed citations
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Spitaels, Freek, Anneleen D. Wieme, Ilse Cleenwerck, et al.. (2013). Gluconobacter cerevisiae sp. nov., isolated from the brewery environment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 64(Pt_4). 1134–1141. 26 indexed citations

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