Hugo Vankelecom

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Hugo Vankelecom is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugo Vankelecom has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 32 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Hugo Vankelecom's work include Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (31 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (30 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (15 papers). Hugo Vankelecom is often cited by papers focused on Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (31 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (30 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (15 papers). Hugo Vankelecom collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and China. Hugo Vankelecom's co-authors include Carl Denef, Jianghai Chen, Lies Gremeaux, Alfons Billiau, Qiuli Fu, Wilfried Allaerts, Peter Carmeliet, Jo Van Damme, Heleen Roose and Benoit Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hugo Vankelecom

118 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Development of organoids from mouse and human endometrium showing endometrial epithelium physiology and long-term expandability

2017 304 citations Matteo Boretto, Benoit Cox et al. profile →
Human blastoids model blastocyst development and implantation

2021 294 citations Hugo Vankelecom et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hugo Vankelecom Belgium	38	1.9k	1.3k	889	786	496	118	4.3k
Li‐Yuan Yu‐Lee United States	42	2.3k 1.3×	620 0.5×	1.7k 1.9×	970 1.2×	182 0.4×	99	4.7k
Jolene J. Windle United States	43	4.5k 2.4×	570 0.4×	2.5k 2.8×	633 0.8×	924 1.9×	137	7.7k
Jameel Iqbal United States	28	1.5k 0.8×	817 0.6×	755 0.8×	204 0.3×	242 0.5×	72	3.4k
Naoya Asai Japan	45	4.2k 2.3×	612 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	512 0.7×	120 0.2×	121	6.8k
Reidar Albrechtsen Denmark	44	2.6k 1.4×	295 0.2×	1.6k 1.8×	586 0.7×	253 0.5×	112	6.0k
Gretchen Frantz United States	34	3.7k 2.0×	214 0.2×	1.6k 1.9×	630 0.8×	408 0.8×	45	6.1k
Shao‐Yao Ying United States	32	4.1k 2.2×	825 0.6×	363 0.4×	263 0.3×	724 1.5×	100	5.9k
Luc Schoonjans Belgium	24	2.3k 1.2×	288 0.2×	297 0.3×	324 0.4×	451 0.9×	39	5.0k
Saul W. Rosen United States	34	1.2k 0.7×	899 0.7×	354 0.4×	322 0.4×	783 1.6×	100	3.8k
Anthony J. Mason United States	35	4.8k 2.6×	1.6k 1.2×	664 0.7×	394 0.5×	1.5k 3.0×	53	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Hugo Vankelecom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hugo Vankelecom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hugo Vankelecom

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Hermans, Florian, et al.. (2025). Single-cell transcriptome atlas of male mouse pituitary across postnatal life highlighting its stem cell landscape. iScience. 28(2). 111708–111708. 2 indexed citations

Saarela, Ulla, Riikka K. Arffman, Sharon Lie Fong, et al.. (2025). PCOS endometrium-derived epithelial organoids as a novel model to study endometrial dysfunction. Human Reproduction. 40(8). 1535–1549. 1 indexed citations

Qi, Jia, Xiaoxiao Li, Yuan Wang, et al.. (2024). Locationally activated PRP via an injectable dual-network hydrogel for endometrial regeneration. Biomaterials. 309. 122615–122615. 20 indexed citations

Hermans, Florian, et al.. (2024). From Pluripotent Stem Cells to Organoids and Bioprinting: Recent Advances in Dental Epithelium and Ameloblast Models to Study Tooth Biology and Regeneration. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 20(5). 1184–1199. 12 indexed citations

Gilbert, Penney M., Sandra Hofmann, Huck‐Hui Ng, Hugo Vankelecom, & James M. Wells. (2024). Organoids in endocrine and metabolic research: current and emerging applications. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 20(4). 195–201. 1 indexed citations

Hermans, Florian, Joel Chappell, Hiroto Kobayashi, et al.. (2022). Organoids from human tooth showing epithelial stemness phenotype and differentiation potential. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(3). 153–153. 30 indexed citations

Hermans, Florian, et al.. (2022). Decoding the activated stem cell phenotype of the neonatally maturing pituitary. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations

Vankelecom, Hugo, et al.. (2022). Interleukin-6 is dispensable in pituitary normal development and homeostasis but needed for pituitary stem cell activation following local injury. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 1092063–1092063. 2 indexed citations

Roose, Heleen, Hiroto Kobayashi, Raf Sciot, et al.. (2022). Exploring stem cell biology in pituitary tumors and derived organoids. Endocrine Related Cancer. 29(7). 427–450. 14 indexed citations

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Hermans, Florian, Benoit Cox, Elodie Modave, et al.. (2021). Interleukin-6 is an activator of pituitary stem cells upon local damage, a competence quenched in the aging gland. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 34 indexed citations

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Stejskalová, Anna, et al.. (2021). In vitro modelling of the physiological and diseased female reproductive system. Acta Biomaterialia. 132. 288–312. 19 indexed citations

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Heremans, Ruben, et al.. (2021). Organoids of the Female Reproductive Tract: Innovative Tools to Study Desired to Unwelcome Processes. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 661472–661472. 21 indexed citations

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Luo, Xinlong, et al.. (2020). Coordination of germ layer lineage choice by TET1 during primed pluripotency. Genes & Development. 34(7-8). 598–618. 8 indexed citations

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Vankelecom, Hugo, et al.. (2019). Traumatic brain injury and resultant pituitary dysfunction: insights from experimental animal models. Pituitary. 22(3). 212–219. 13 indexed citations

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Martin, Shaun, Aleksandra M. Dudek-Perić, Abhishek D. Garg, et al.. (2017). An autophagy-driven pathway of ATP secretion supports the aggressive phenotype of BRAF ^V600E inhibitor-resistant metastatic melanoma cells. Autophagy. 13(9). 1512–1527. 75 indexed citations

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Fu, Qiuli, et al.. (2015). Regeneration in the Pituitary After Cell-Ablation Injury: Time-Related Aspects and Molecular Analysis. Endocrinology. 157(2). 705–721. 37 indexed citations

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Fu, Qiuli & Hugo Vankelecom. (2012). Regenerative Capacity of the Adult Pituitary: Multiple Mechanisms of Lactotrope Restoration After Transgenic Ablation. Stem Cells and Development. 21(18). 3245–3257. 44 indexed citations

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broeck, Anke Van den, et al.. (2012). Molecular markers associated with outcome and metastasis in human pancreatic cancer. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 31(1). 68–68. 62 indexed citations

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Arends, Brigitte, Hugo Vankelecom, Sara Vander Borght, et al.. (2008). The Dog Liver Contains a “Side Population” of Cells with Hepatic Progenitor-Like Characteristics. Stem Cells and Development. 18(2). 343–350. 20 indexed citations

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Seuntjens, Eve, et al.. (2002). Combined Expression of Different Hormone Genes in Single Cells of Normal Rat and Mouse Pituitary. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 110(1-2). 12–15. 15 indexed citations

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