Joost Schymkowitz

22.8k citations

188 papers · 14.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 58

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
Physiology top 0.5%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Papers in

Molecular Biology 148
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 67
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 25
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding 17
- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics 16
- Heat shock proteins research 13
Physiology 52
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments 48

Co-authors: Frédéric Rousseau Luís Serrano François Stricher Françoise Rousseau-Hans L. Serrano Jean‐Paul Borg Joke Reumers Laura S. Itzhaki
Journals: Nature Communications (13 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (13 papers)Bioinformatics (12 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (8 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (7 papers)
Partner nations: Belgium Germany Spain

In The Last Decade

Joost Schymkowitz

187 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation 2023 · 113 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2018 Trends in Cell Biology
2010 The EMBO Journal
2010 Nature Methods
2005 Nucleic Acids Research

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1	Development and evaluation of Hsp90-targeting nanobodies for visualisation of extracellular Hsp90 in tumours using PET imaging EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry ·Emily Feitosa Rêgo, Omar Pereira Campos, Christopher Cawthorne, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Guy Bormans	2025	1
2	Composition and liquid-to-solid maturation of protein aggregates contribute to bacterial dormancy development and recovery Nature Communications ·Heiliane B. Fontana, Leslie Tanner, И. Е. Стародубцев, 梁文琼, Ladan Khodaparast, Laleh Khodaparast, Stojan Kikkovic, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Liselot Dewachter, Jan Michiels	2025	6
3	An end-to-end approach for single-cell infrared absorption spectroscopy of bacterial inclusion bodies: from AFM-IR measurement to data interpretation of large sample sets Journal of Nanobiotechnology ·梁文琼, K. Alipbayev, Ladan Khodaparast, Laleh Khodaparast, Nikolaos Louros, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz	2024	3
4	Integrating physics in deep learning algorithms: a force field as a PyTorch module Bioinformatics ·Gabriele Orlando, Luís Serrano, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau	2024	4
5	Local structural preferences in shaping tau amyloid polymorphism Nature Communications ·Nikolaos Louros, Martin Wilkinson, K. Alipbayev, Meine Ramakers, Siwei Liu, Teresa García, Rodrigo Gallardo, 博文木野, Vera Goossens, Dominique Audenaert, Dietmar Rudolf Thal, Ian R. Mackenzie, Rosa Rademakers, Neil A. Ranson, Sheena E. Radford, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz	2024	16
6	Sodium glutamate and glutamic acid decarboxylase as alternative for classical chemical leavening in wheat (pan)cake batter systems Journal of Cereal Science ·Dora Orešković, Abhishek Shivkumar, Jonathan Sappl, Rob van der Kant, Elien Lemmens, Lomme J. Deleu, Kurt Gebruers, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Jan A. Delcour	2023	1
7	Improved coalescence and creaming stability of structured oil-in-water emulsions and emulsion gels containing ovalbumin amyloid-like fibrils produced by heat and enzymatic treatments Food Hydrocolloids ·J.B. Higgins, Paul Van der Meeren, Yang Xiaolan, Yong-qing Xu, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, Jan A. Delcour	2023	17
8	Modulation of hen egg white protein techno-functionality by amyloid formation Food Hydrocolloids ·Yong-qing Xu, 黄隽英, Yang Xiaolan, Anja Vananroye, Paula Moldenaers, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Jan A. Delcour	2023	7
9	Bioavailability and Health Impact of Ingested Amyloid‐like Protein Fibrils and their Link with Inflammatory Status: A Need for More Research? Molecular Nutrition & Food Research ·Alisson Ribeiro, Charlotte Grootaert, Yong-qing Xu, Jan A. Delcour, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, John Van Camp	2022	9
10	Exploiting Ligand-binding Domain Dimerization for Development of Novel Androgen Receptor Inhibitors Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Christine Helsen, Anand Kjs., Ahmed M. Shukur, Kazuo Dairiki, Nikolaos Louros, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Frank Claessens, Arnout Voet	2022	9
11	Heterotypic Amyloid β interactions facilitate amyloid assembly and modify amyloid structure The EMBO Journal ·Katerina Konstantoulea, Patrícia Guerreiro, Meine Ramakers, Nikolaos Louros, Yuxuan Wan, Bert Houben, Emiel Michiels, Matthias De Vleeschouwer, Bayu Priambodo, Luís F. Ribeiro, Joris de Wit, Wei‐Feng Xue, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau	2021	25
12	Highly efficient intercellular spreading of protein misfolding mediated by viral ligand-receptor interactions Nature Communications ·Shu Liu, Michael A. Holliday, A. R. Gilmanova, C. Boizot, 英博高根, Katerina Konstantoulea, Stephan A. Müller, Julio Ureña González, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Manuela Neumann, 小野田裕士, Ina Vorberg	2021	53
13	The cellular modifier MOAG‐4/SERF drives amyloid formation through charge complementation The EMBO Journal ·Шахризода Адхам қизи Саидова, Bert Houben, Francesco A. Aprile, Renée I. Seinstra, Rodrigo Gallardo, Ефименко Ирина Николаевна, Fanny Noemí Ipanaqué-Sánchez, Gabriela Francisco Pegler, Matthias De Vleeschouwer, Alejandro Mata‐Cabana, Mandy Koopman, 大村衡史, Shangti Feng, Aan Budianto, Janine Kirstein, Michele Vendruscolo, S. Fabio Falsone, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, Ellen A. A. Nollen	2021	15
14	Protein structure and aggregation: a marriage of necessity ruled by aggregation gatekeepers Trends in Biochemical Sciences ·Bert Houben, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz	2021	15
15	Repurposing the Antidepressant Sertraline as SHMT Inhibitor to Suppress Serine/Glycine Synthesis–Addicted Breast Tumor Growth Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Roberto Brito de Carvalho, Kim R. Kampen, Gianmarco Rinaldi, 雅弘澤田, Mélanie Planque, Nikolaos Louros, Chris J Durrant, Kaat De Cremer, Katrijn De Brucker, Stijn Vereecke, C. B. CHIKA, Pieter Vermeersch, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, David Cassiman, Sarah‐Maria Fendt, Arnout Voet, Bruno P.A. Cammue, Karin Thevissen, Kim De Keersmaecker	2020	57
16	Autonomous aggregation suppression by acidic residues explains why chaperones favour basic residues The EMBO Journal ·Bert Houben, Emiel Michiels, Meine Ramakers, Katerina Konstantoulea, Nikolaos Louros, Abdulnaser Kaadan, Rob van der Kant, Matthias De Vleeschouwer, Ma Victoria Ejea, M. Scalora, Rodrigo Gallardo, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau	2020	32
17	Comprehensive subcellular topologies of polypeptides in Streptomyces Microbial Cell Factories ·Konstantinos C. Tsolis, Lady Paola Rojas Peralta, Georgia Orfanoudaki, Tobias Busche, Lloyd Anderson, Miguel Beltrán Villalva, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, Christian Rückert, Jörn Kalinowski, Jozef Anné, Spyridoula Karamanou, Maria I. Klapa, Anastassios Economou	2018	14
18	Molecular Plasticity Regulates Oligomerization and Cytotoxicity of the Multipeptide-length Amyloid-β Peptide Pool Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Annelies Vandersteen, Marcelo F. Masman, Greet De Baets, Wim Jonckheere, Kees van der Werf, ‪Siewert J. Marrink, Jef Rozenski, Iryna Benilova, Bart De Strooper, Vinod Subramaniam, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Kerensa Broersen	2012	38
19	Structural Basis for Increased Toxicity of Pathological Aβ42:Aβ40 Ratios in Alzheimer Disease Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kris Pauwels, Thomas L. Williams, Kyle L. Morris, Wim Jonckheere, Annelies Vandersteen, Geoff Kelly, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Annalisa Pastore, Louise C. Serpell, Kerensa Broersen	2011	202
20	Prediction of water and metal binding sites and their affinities by using the Fold-X force field Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Ivo C. Martins, Jesper Ferkinghoff‐Borg, François Stricher, Luís Serrano	2005	287

About Joost Schymkowitz

Joost Schymkowitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, Microbiology and Food Science, having authored 188 papers that have together received 14.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (67 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (48 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (33 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (17 papers), Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (16 papers), Heat shock proteins research (13 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (10.6k citations), Physiology (3.4k citations), Cell Biology (1.2k citations), Neurology (530 citations) and Computational Theory and Mathematics (927 citations). Joost Schymkowitz has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Frédéric Rousseau, Luís Serrano, François Stricher, Françoise Rousseau-Hans, L. Serrano, Jean‐Paul Borg, Joke Reumers, Laura S. Itzhaki, Joost Van Durme and Rodrigo Gallardo. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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