Gilles P. van Wezel

23.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
199 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Gilles P. van Wezel is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilles P. van Wezel has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Pharmacology, 132 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Gilles P. van Wezel's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (136 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (73 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers). Gilles P. van Wezel is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (136 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (73 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers). Gilles P. van Wezel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Gilles P. van Wezel's co-authors include Marnix H. Medema, Tilmann Weber, Simon J. Shaw, Kai Blin, Alexander Kloosterman, Zachary Charlop–Powers, Kenneth J. McDowall, Sébastien Rigali, Dennis Claessen and Hans‐Peter Klenk and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gilles P. van Wezel

195 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

antiSMASH 6.0: improving ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2021 2016 2023 2019 2017 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. antiSMASH 6.0: improving cluster detection and comparison capabilities
    2021 1.8k citations Alexander Kloosterman, Gilles P. van Wezel et al. profile →
  2. Taxonomy, Physiology, and Natural Products of Actinobacteria
    2016 1.4k citations Essaïd Ait Barka, Parul Vatsa et al. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews profile →
  3. antiSMASH 7.0: new and improved predictions for detection, regulation, chemical structures and visualisation
    2023 1.1k citations Hannah E. Augustijn, Zachary L. Reitz et al. profile →
  4. Pathogen-induced activation of disease-suppressive functions in the endophytic root microbiome
    2019 744 citations Víctor J. Carrión, Juan E. Pérez‐Jaramillo et al. Science profile →
  5. Chemical ecology of antibiotic production by actinomycetes
    2017 298 citations Anne van der Meij, Gilles P. van Wezel et al. profile →
  6. Ecology and genomics of Actinobacteria: new concepts for natural product discovery
    2020 283 citations Barbara R. Terlouw, Marnix H. Medema et al. profile →
  7. A widely distributed gene cluster compensates for uricase loss in hominids
    2023 75 citations Hannah E. Augustijn, Gilles P. van Wezel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gilles P. van Wezel Netherlands 53 7.9k 6.0k 3.5k 2.3k 1.9k 199 13.7k
Roderich D. Süßmuth Germany 64 8.5k 1.1× 6.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 765 0.4× 321 14.4k
Tilmann Weber Denmark 45 11.0k 1.4× 8.1k 1.4× 3.4k 1.0× 2.9k 1.3× 2.2k 1.2× 137 15.9k
Mohamed A. Marahiel Germany 89 19.2k 2.4× 11.7k 2.0× 2.8k 0.8× 3.0k 1.3× 2.1k 1.1× 281 25.9k
Axel A. Brakhage Germany 76 9.1k 1.2× 6.8k 1.1× 5.7k 1.6× 1.6k 0.7× 417 0.2× 336 19.4k
Keith Chater United Kingdom 68 9.7k 1.2× 7.8k 1.3× 3.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 182 13.7k
Christian Hertweck Germany 79 11.0k 1.4× 12.8k 2.1× 5.3k 1.5× 3.8k 1.7× 1.1k 0.6× 473 23.1k
Jörn Piel Switzerland 62 6.3k 0.8× 6.6k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 3.8k 1.6× 1.1k 0.6× 205 11.6k
David H. Sherman United States 66 8.5k 1.1× 8.6k 1.4× 1.5k 0.4× 3.2k 1.4× 666 0.4× 357 15.1k
Gregory L. Challis United Kingdom 50 6.3k 0.8× 6.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 2.2k 1.0× 492 0.3× 138 10.1k
Eriko Takano United Kingdom 45 7.8k 1.0× 6.0k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 128 10.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gilles P. van Wezel

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Augustijn, Hannah E., et al.. (2025). Regulatory Genes as Beacons for Discovery and Prioritization of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Streptomyces. Biochemistry. 64(13). 2877–2885. 1 indexed citations
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Terlouw, Barbara R., Chao Du, Joost Willemse, et al.. (2024). Discovery and Derivatization of Tridecaptin Antibiotics with Altered Host Specificity and Enhanced Bioactivity. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(5). 1106–1115. 3 indexed citations
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Wezel, Gilles P. van, et al.. (2024). Divergence of Classical and C-Ring-Cleaved Angucyclines: Elucidation of Early Tailoring Steps in Lugdunomycin and Thioangucycline Biosynthesis. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(5). 1131–1141. 5 indexed citations
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Meij, Anne van der, Somayah S. Elsayed, Chao Du, et al.. (2023). The plant stress hormone jasmonic acid evokes defensive responses in streptomycetes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(11). e0123923–e0123923. 12 indexed citations
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Du, Chao, et al.. (2022). System-Wide Analysis of the GATC-Binding Nucleoid-Associated Protein Gbn and Its Impact on Streptomyces Development. mSystems. 7(3). e0006122–e0006122. 7 indexed citations
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Zhong, Xiaobo, Le Zhang, Gilles P. van Wezel, Erik Vijgenboom, & Dennis Claessen. (2022). Role for a Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase in Cell Wall Remodeling in Streptomyces coelicolor. mBio. 13(2). e0045622–e0045622. 21 indexed citations
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Tracanna, Vittorio, Adam Ossowicki, Barbara R. Terlouw, et al.. (2021). Dissecting Disease-Suppressive Rhizosphere Microbiomes by Functional Amplicon Sequencing and 10× Metagenomics. mSystems. 6(3). e0111620–e0111620. 34 indexed citations
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Willemse, Joost, Patrick Voskamp, Xinmeng Li, et al.. (2021). Ectopic positioning of the cell division plane is associated with single amino acid substitutions in the FtsZ-recruiting SsgB in Streptomyces. Open Biology. 11(2). 200409–200409. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zheren, Chao Du, Michael Liem, et al.. (2020). Antibiotic production in Streptomyces is organized by a division of labor through terminal genomic differentiation. Science Advances. 6(3). eaay5781–eaay5781. 52 indexed citations
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Westhoff, Sanne, et al.. (2019). Spatial structure increases the benefits of antibiotic production in Streptomyces *. Evolution. 74(1). 179–187. 18 indexed citations
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Carrión, Víctor J., Juan E. Pérez‐Jaramillo, Viviane Cordovez, et al.. (2019). Pathogen-induced activation of disease-suppressive functions in the endophytic root microbiome. Science. 366(6465). 606–612. 744 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ávalos, Mariana, Paolina Garbeva, Jos M. Raaijmakers, & Gilles P. van Wezel. (2019). Production of ammonia as a low-cost and long-distance antibiotic strategy by Streptomyces species. The ISME Journal. 14(2). 569–583. 48 indexed citations
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Nouioui, Imen, et al.. (2019). Polyphasic classification of the gifted natural product producer Streptomyces roseifaciens sp. nov.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 69(4). 899–908. 11 indexed citations
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Singh, Kumar Saurabh, et al.. (2019). Phylogenomic analyses and distribution of terpene synthases among Streptomyces. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 15. 1181–1193. 30 indexed citations
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Barka, Essaïd Ait, Parul Vatsa, Lisa Sanchez, et al.. (2016). Taxonomy, Physiology, and Natural Products of Actinobacteria. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 80(1). 1–43. 1425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vijgenboom, Erik, et al.. (2016). The DyP-type peroxidase DtpA is a Tat-substrate required for GlxA maturation and morphogenesis inStreptomyces. Open Biology. 6(1). 150149–150149. 52 indexed citations
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Abrudan, Monica, et al.. (2015). Socially mediated induction and suppression of antibiosis during bacterial coexistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(35). 11054–11059. 168 indexed citations
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Girard, Geneviève, Bjørn A. Traag, Vartul Sangal, et al.. (2013). A novel taxonomic marker that discriminates between morphologically complex actinomycetes. Open Biology. 3(10). 130073–130073. 45 indexed citations
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Jakimowicz, Dagmara & Gilles P. van Wezel. (2012). Cell division and DNA segregation inStreptomyces: how to build a septum in the middle of nowhere?. Molecular Microbiology. 85(3). 393–404. 104 indexed citations
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Wezel, Gilles P. van, Preben Krabben, Bjørn A. Traag, et al.. (2006). Unlocking Streptomyces spp. for Use as Sustainable Industrial Production Platforms by Morphological Engineering. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(8). 5283–5288. 104 indexed citations

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