Hilde Willekens

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Hilde Willekens is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Hilde Willekens has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Hilde Willekens's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Hilde Willekens is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Hilde Willekens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and United States. Hilde Willekens's co-authors include Dirk Inzé, Wim Van Camp, Marc Van Montagu, Christian Langebartels, Heinrich Sandermann, Sangpen Chamnongpol, Wolfgang Moeder, Ron Mittler, Björn Lárus Örvar and Brian E. Ellis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The EMBO Journal and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Hilde Willekens

17 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Catalase is a sink for H2O2 and is indispensable for stress defence in C3 plants

1997 1.0k citations Hilde Willekens The EMBO Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hilde Willekens Belgium	14	2.8k	1.5k	187	104	103	17	3.2k
Vanesa B. Tognetti Argentina	19	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	78 0.4×	80 0.8×	106 1.0×	21	3.9k
Marc D. Anderson United States	13	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	79 0.4×	76 0.7×	59 0.6×	23	2.5k
Sultan Ciftci-Yilmaz United States	7	3.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	74 0.4×	61 0.6×	106 1.0×	7	4.0k
Ludivine Taconnat France	28	3.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	140 0.7×	172 1.7×	101 1.0×	35	4.3k
Enrique Olmos Spain	39	3.9k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	111 0.6×	88 0.8×	251 2.4×	81	4.4k
Akihiro Kubo Japan	30	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	76 0.4×	148 1.4×	58 0.6×	59	2.6k
Ryoung Shin Japan	31	4.5k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	97 0.5×	114 1.1×	113 1.1×	53	5.1k
Barbara Karpińska United Kingdom	30	3.7k 1.3×	2.7k 1.8×	175 0.9×	44 0.4×	198 1.9×	58	4.5k
Tottempudi K. Prasad United States	17	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	55 0.3×	85 0.8×	75 0.7×	33	2.8k
Irma Tari Hungary	35	3.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	63 0.3×	133 1.3×	97 0.9×	104	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Hilde Willekens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hilde Willekens

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Tinland, Bruno, et al.. (2006). Implementation of General Surveillance in Europe: the Industry Perspective. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety. 1(S1). 42–44. 4 indexed citations

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Garcia‐Alonso, Monica, Alan Raybould, Thomas E. Nickson, et al.. (2006). A tiered system for assessing the risk of genetically modified plants to non-target organisms. PubMed. 5(2). 57–65. 115 indexed citations

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Gechev, Tsanko, Hilde Willekens, Mark Van Montagu, et al.. (2003). Different responses of tobacco antioxidant enzymes to light and chilling stress. Journal of Plant Physiology. 160(5). 509–515. 109 indexed citations

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Vranová, Eva, Sari Tähtiharju, Rutchadaporn Sriprang, et al.. (2001). The AKT3 potassium channel protein interacts with the AtPP2CA protein phosphatase 2C. Journal of Experimental Botany. 52(354). 181–182. 35 indexed citations

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Vranová, Eva, Sari Tähtiharju, Rutchadaporn Sriprang, et al.. (2001). The AKT3 potassium channel protein interacts with the AtPP2CA protein phosphatase 2C. Journal of Experimental Botany. 52(354). 181–182. 4 indexed citations

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Mittler, Ron, Björn Lárus Örvar, Wim Van Camp, et al.. (1999). Transgenic tobacco plants with reduced capability to detoxify reactive oxygen intermediates are hyperresponsive to pathogen infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(24). 14165–14170. 301 indexed citations

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Chamnongpol, Sangpen, Hilde Willekens, Wolfgang Moeder, et al.. (1998). Defense activation and enhanced pathogen tolerance induced by H ₂ O ₂ in transgenic tobacco. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(10). 5818–5823. 391 indexed citations

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Willekens, Hilde. (1997). Catalase is a sink for H2O2 and is indispensable for stress defence in C3 plants. The EMBO Journal. 16(16). 4806–4816. 1014 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willekens, Hilde, Sangpen Chamnongpol, Marc Van Montagu, Dirk Inzé, & Wim Van Camp. (1996). Characterization of transgenic tobacco in which catalase activity has been modified through sense and antisense approaches. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment. 10(4). 114–119. 1 indexed citations

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Camp, Wim Van, Hilde Willekens, Hideki Takahashi, et al.. (1996). Tissue-Specific Activity of Two Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Promoters in Transgenic Tobacco. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 112(2). 525–535. 47 indexed citations

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Chamnongpol, Sangpen, Hilde Willekens, Christian Langebartels, et al.. (1996). Transgenic tobacco with a reduced catalase activity develops necrotic lesions and induces pathogenesis‐related expression under high light. The Plant Journal. 10(3). 491–503. 173 indexed citations

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Willekens, Hilde, Dirk Inzé, Marc Van Montagu, & Wim Van Camp. (1995). Catalases in plants. Molecular Breeding. 1(3). 207–228. 373 indexed citations

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Willekens, Hilde, Christian Langebartels, C. Tiré, et al.. (1994). Differential expression of catalase genes in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia (L.).. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(22). 10450–10454. 158 indexed citations

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Willekens, Hilde, Wim Van Camp, Marc Van Montagu, et al.. (1994). Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, and Ultraviolet B Have Similar Effects on mRNA Accumulation of Antioxidant Genes in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia L. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 106(3). 1007–1014. 236 indexed citations

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Willekens, Hilde, Raimundo Villarroel, Marc Van Montagu, Dirk Inzé, & Wim Van Camp. (1994). Molecular identification of catalases from Nicotiana plumbaginifolia (L.). FEBS Letters. 352(1). 79–83. 90 indexed citations

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Camp, Wim Van, Hilde Willekens, Chris Bowler, et al.. (1994). Elevated Levels of Superoxide Dismutase Protect Transgenic Plants Against Ozone Damage. Nature Biotechnology. 12(2). 165–168. 169 indexed citations

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Bowler, Chris, Hilde Willekens, Wim Van Camp, et al.. (1993). Genetic engineering of oxidative stress resistance in higher plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 342(1301). 235–240. 19 indexed citations

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